The Routing Engine is the central location for control of the system in a juniper networks router and it consists of an Intel-based PCI platform running JUNOS software. The Routing Engine constructs and maintains one or more routing tables. From the routing tables, the Routing Engine derives a table of active routes, called the forwarding table, which is then copied into the Packet Forwarding Engine.
Functions of the routing engine include the following
The Packet Forwarding Engine is the central location for data packet forwarding through the router.
The packet forwarding engine uses four ASICs:
The software upgrades and the maintenance are performed on the Routing Engine. Routing Engine is the central location that controls the system. It is often referred as the intelligence of the router.
Routing Engine is the place where the entire JUNOS software resides. It is the logical location where software is stored. Routing Protocols and routing tables are also stored in this engine.
Routing Engine 2 is found in the M-Series routers of Juniper Networks. It contains the 333MHz processor and 768MB of Random Access Memory(RAM). M-Series is the first series of router introduced by the Juniper Networks.
The main components of the Packet Forwarding Engine in the juniper devices are the Physical Interface card(PIC), the Flexible PIC Concentrator(FPC) and a switching control board. All these components consist of the ASICs designed by Juniper Networks.
The Routing Engine in a Juniper Networks router is the central location for control of the system. This is where the intelligence of the router operates. You can perform software upgrades and maintenance on the Routing Engine. In addition, you can interface with the Routing Engine for monitoring and configuring the router. Each Routing Engine is based on an Intel PCI motherboard. The actual components of each Routing Engine depend on the model you are using and include the following:
