Black Box Corporation
1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018
USA, Canada: www.blackbox.com,
EU, Africa, Asia, South America, Australia: www.blackbox.eu
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Overview
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1.2 Product Highlights
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1.2.1 Increased Bandwidth, Scalability and Resilience……………..
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1.2.2 Virtual Private Network Support……………………………………….
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1.2.3 Advanced Firewall Security……………………………………………….
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1.2.4 Intelligent Bandwidth Management………………………………….
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1.3 Package Contents
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1.3.1 Front Panel………………………………………………………………………..
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1.3.2 Rear Panel………………………………………………………………………….
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1.3.3 Rack Mounting…………………………………………………………………..
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1.3.4 Cabling………………………………………………………………………………
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Chapter 2: Router Applications
2.1 Overview
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2.2 Bandwidth Management with QoS
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2.2.1 QoS Technology…………………………………………………………………
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2.2.2 QoS Policies for Different Applications……………………………..
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2.2.3 Guaranteed / Maximum Bandwidth………………………………….
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2.2.4 Policy Based Traffic Shaping……………………………………………..
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2.2.5 Priority Bandwidth Utilization……………………………………………
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2.2.6 Management by IP or MAC address…………………………………..
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2.2.7 DiffServ (DSCP Marking)…………………………………………………..
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2.2.8 DSCP (Matching)……………………………………………………………….
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2.3 Outbound Traffic
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2.3.1 Outbound Fail Over…………………………………………………………….
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2.3.2 Outbound Load Balancing………………………………………………….
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2.4 Inbound Traffic
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2.4.1 Inbound Fail Over……………………………………………………………….
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2.4.2 Inbound Load Balancing…………………………………………………….
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2.5 DNS Inbound
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2.5.1 DNS Inbound Fail Over……………………………………………………….
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