Routing Engine Component Companionship

On the M10i router, the Routing Engine works with its companion High-Availability Chassis Manager (HCM) to provide control and monitoring functions for router components. For more information about the HCM, see Monitoring the HCM. For more information about monitoring Redundant HCMs, see Monitoring Redundant HCMs.

For information about monitoring redundant Routing Engines, see Host Redundancy Overview and Monitoring Redundant Routing Engines.

On the M40e and M160 routers, the host module provides the routing and system management functions. The host module consists of the Routing Engine and the Miscellaneous Control Subsystem (MCS). For more information about the host module, see Monitoring the Host Module. For more information about the MCS, see Monitoring the MCS.

On the M320 router, T320 router, and T640 routing node, the host subsystem provides the routing and system management functions. The host subsystem consists of the Routing Engine and the Control Board. For more information about the host subsystem, see Monitoring the Host Subsystem. For information about the Control Boards, see Monitoring the Control Board.

For more detailed information about the Routing Engine, see the appropriate router hardware guide.