JCS1200 Routing Engine Description
Figure 1 shows a JCS1200 Routing Engine.
Figure 1: JCS1200 Routing Engine

The JCS1200 platform provides 12 bays for Routing Engines. A Routing Engine is a hot-swappable independent server with its own processors, memory, storage, network controllers, operating system, and applications. The Routing Engine is installed in a bay in the JCS1200 platform and shares power, fans, switches, and ports with other Routing Engines.
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Note: JCS1200 Routing Engines can be used only on the JCS1200 platform. |
The Ethernet controllers on the Routing Engine communicate with the network through the Ethernet-compatible switch modules on the JCS1200 platform. Network signals to and from the Routing Engine are automatically routed to a same-network-interface switch module through circuitry in the JCS1200 platform.
Table 1 shows the Routing Engines supported on the JCS1200 platform.
Table 1: Routing Engines Supported on the JCS1200 Platform






