# Ethernet Modules

Table 11: Fast Ethernet Modules

Protocol or Application | GE/FE Line Module with FE-8 I/O and FE-8 SFP I/O Modules
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Accepts traffic destined for GRE tunnels or DVMRP (IP-in-IP) tunnels | Yes
APS/MSP | No
ATM | No
BERT | No
BFD | Yes
BGP | Yes
BGP/MPLS VPNs | Yes
Bridged Ethernet | No
Bridged IP | No
Cisco HDLC | No
DHCP external server | Yes
DHCP local server | Yes
DVMRP and GRE support—access side | Yes
DVMRP and GRE support—server side | No
Dynamic interfaces | Yes
Ethernet raw mode encapsulation in Martini layer 2 circuits | Yes
F4 OAM and F5 OAM (ATM administration) | No
FDL (facilities data link) | No
Firewall | Yes
Frame Relay | No
ICR | Yes (including fast reconnection of PPPoE subscribers)
IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation | Yes
IEEE 802.3ah OAM link-fault management | No
IP | Yes
IP multicast | Yes
IP reassembly for tunneled packets | No
IPSec | No
IPv6 | Yes
IPv6 multicast | Yes
IPv6 neighbor discovery | Yes
IS-IS | Yes
J-Flow Statistics | Yes
L2TP/IPSec | No
LAC support—access side | Yes
LAC support—peer side | Yes
LNS support—peer side | Yes
Local loopback | No
MDL (maintenance data link) | No
Mobile IP home agent | Yes
MPLS | Yes
MPLS L2VPNs over the LAGs configured between customer edge (CE) and provider edge (PE) devices | Yes
Multilink Frame Relay | No
Multilink PPP | No
Network Address Translation (NAT) | Yes
NBMA (multipoint ATM) | No
OSPF | Yes
Packet Mirroring | Yes
Packet over SONET | No
PPP | No
PPPoE | Yes
Remote loopback | No
RIP | Yes
Subscriber interfaces (static) | Yes
Subscriber interfaces (dynamic) | Yes
S-VLAN subinterface with an untagged C-VLAN ID in Martini circuits | Yes
Transparent bridging | Yes
Tunnel-server ports | No
Unified ISSU | No
VPLS (network interfaces) | Yes
VPLS (virtual core interfaces) | Yes
VRRP | Yes

Table 12: Gigabit Ethernet Modules

Protocol or Application | GE/FE Line Modules with GE I/O Modules | GE-2 Line Module or GE-HDE Line Module with GE-2 SFP I/O (formerly GE-2 APS I/O or 2XGE APS I/O) | GE-HDE Line Module with GE-8 I/O Modules
--- | --- | --- | ---
Accepts traffic destined for GRE tunnels or DVMRP (IP-in-IP) tunnels | Yes | Yes | Yes
APS/MSP | No | No | No
ATM | No | No | No
BERT | No | No | No
BFD | No | Yes | Yes
BGP | Yes | Yes | Yes
BGP/MPLS VPNs | Yes | Yes | Yes
Bridged Ethernet | No | No | No
Bridged IP | No | No | No
Cisco HDLC | No | No | No
DHCP external server | Yes | Yes | Yes
DHCP local server | Yes | Yes | Yes
DVMRP and GRE support—access side | Yes | Yes | Yes
DVMRP and GRE support—server side | No | Yes | Yes
Dynamic interfaces | Yes | Yes | Yes
Ethernet raw mode encapsulation in Martini layer 2 circuits | Yes | Yes | Yes
F4 OAM and F5 OAM (ATM administration) | No | No | No
FDL (facilities data link) | No | No | No
Firewall | Yes | Yes (not yet fully qualified) | No
Frame Relay | No | No | No
ICR | Yes (including fast reconnection of PPPoE subscribers) | Yes (including fast reconnection of PPPoE subscribers) | Yes (including fast reconnection of PPPoE subscribers)
IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation | No | Yes | Yes
IEEE 802.3ah OAM link-fault management | No | Yes | Yes
IP | Yes | Yes | Yes
IP multicast | Yes | Yes | Yes
IP reassembly for tunneled packets | No | Yes | Yes
IPSec | No | No | No
IPv6 | Yes | Yes | Yes
IPv6 multicast | Yes | Yes | Yes
IPv6 neighbor discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes
IS-IS | Yes | Yes | Yes
J-Flow Statistics | Yes | Yes | Yes
L2TP/IPSec | No | No | No
LAC support—access side | Yes | Yes | Yes
LAC support—peer side | Yes | Yes | Yes
LNS support—peer side | Yes | Yes | Yes
Local loopback | No | No | No
MDL (maintenance data link) | No | No | No
Mobile IP home agent | Yes | Yes (not yet fully qualified) | Yes (not yet fully qualified)
MPLS | Yes | Yes | Yes
MPLS L2VPNs over the LAGs configured between customer edge (CE) and provider edge (PE) devices | Yes | Yes | No
Multilink Frame Relay | No | No | No
Multilink PPP | No | Yes (with fragmentation and reassembly; over MPL2TP on shared tunnel-server port; dynamic only) | Yes (with fragmentation and reassembly; over MPL2TP on shared tunnel-server port; dynamic only)
Network Address Translation (NAT) | Yes | Yes (not yet fully qualified) | No
NBMA (multipoint ATM) | No | No | No
OSPF | Yes | Yes | Yes
Packet Mirroring | Yes | Yes | Yes
Packet over SONET | No | No | No
PPP | No | No | No
PPPoE | Yes | Yes | Yes
Remote loopback | No | No | No
RIP | Yes | Yes | Yes
Subscriber interfaces (static) | Yes | Yes (GRE tunnels only) | Yes (GRE tunnels only)
Subscriber interfaces (dynamic) | Yes | Yes | Yes
S-VLAN subinterface with an untagged C-VLAN ID in Martini circuits | Yes | Yes | Yes
Transparent bridging | Yes | Yes | Yes
Tunnel-server ports | No | Yes (shared only) | Yes (shared only)
Unified ISSU | Yes | Yes | Yes
VPLS (network interfaces) | Yes | Yes | Yes
VPLS (virtual core interfaces) | Yes | Yes | Yes
VRRP | Yes | Yes | Yes