As the first service convergence routers based on a multi-core processor, the HP A6600 series routers dramatically enhance service processing capacity with HP FlexNetwork. Distributed processing architecture, isolated routing, and service engines, as well as isolated control and service panels, provide higher reliability and continual services. Different software service engines can handle different services such as network address translation (NAT), quality of service (QoS), IPSec, and NetStream, with no services modules needed. A6600 routers feature a modular design, embedded hardware encryption, as well as flexible deployment configurations, including High-speed Interface Modules (HIMs), Multi-function Interface Modules (MIMs), and Open Application Architecture (OAA)-enabled modules that provide network customization and investment protection. These routers provide carrier-class reliability at network, device, link, and service layers.

Quality of Service (QoS)

• Traffic policing: supports Committed Access Rate (CAR) and line rate


Management

• Management interface control: provides management access through modem port, terminal interface, as well as in-band and out-of-band Ethernet ports


Connectivity

• High port density: provides up to 16 interface module slots, and high-density Ethernet interface cards. A single card can provide up to 48 GE interfaces. Therefore, the routers can fully satisfy the demand of high-density Ethernet (MSTP) link distribution.


Performance

• Industry-leading performance: provides up to 252 Mpps forwarding performance


Resiliency and high availability

• Separate data and control planes: provide greater flexiblity and enables continual services


Layer 3 services

• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP): determines the MAC address of another IP host in the same subnet; supports static ARPs; gratuitous ARP allows detection of duplicate IP addresses; proxy ARP allows normal ARP operation between subnets or when subnets are separated by a Layer 2 network


Layer 3 routing

• Static IPv4 routing: provides simple, manually configured IPv4 routing