Core Router Brick

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Description

Core routers are part of the backbone, which also contains all the high-speed transport media. This layer does not provide any packet manipulation.

Brick Information
Tactical (0-2 years)	Strategic (2-5 years)
Cisco Systems Foundry Networks Enterasys Networks Extreme Networks	Cisco Systems Enterasys Networks Extreme Networks
Retirement (To be eliminated)	Containment (No new development)
3Com Asante Cabletron Systems Marconi Networth (now HP Compaq)	HP Compaq
Baseline (Today)	Emerging (To track)
3Com Asante Cabletron Systems (now Enterasys Systems) Cisco Systems Extreme Networks Foundry Networks HP Compaq Marconi Networth (now HP Compaq)	Juniper Networks

All new network elements at NIH must support Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6).
Each network layer has required features for routers and switches for a given OSI layer. The following features are required for routers and switches in this network layer:
- OSI Layer 4: SIP and H.32x
- OSI Layer 3: Multicast, Port Channel, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, Native AppleTalk, Native IPX, SNMP, Device Security, and QoS
- OSI Layer 2: Ether Channel OSI Layer 1: MMF (1G/Full) and SMF (1G/Full and 10G/Full)
- Other Features: Power Redundancy and RMON
Tactical and strategic products were selected to leverage NIH's investment in products that are a proven fit for NIH's known future needs. Leveraging baseline products in the future will minimize the operations, maintenance, support and training costs of new products.
Some baseline products have been designated retirement and containment. These products are either not as widely or successfully deployed at NIH, or they do not provide as much functionality, value, or Total Cost of Ownership as the selected tactical and strategic products.