Monitoring Key Router Components

You monitor the key router components—the Routing Engine and the Packet Forwarding Engine—to ensure that the router is handling general routing operations and is forwarding packets properly. This chapter provides an overview of the these components and includes the following information:

• Understanding Key Router Components

• Packet Forwarding Engine
• Routing Engine

For information about what components comprise the Packet Forwarding Engine on each routing platform, see Table 29.

For information about monitoring the Routing Engine, see:

• Monitoring the Routing Engine
• Monitoring Redundant Routing Engines