Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(19)S

IP Services Engine Line Cards

Feature Overview

Cisco IOS Release 12.0(19)S

Direct Customer Connectivity

The high density and enhanced edge features of the ISE line cards also allows Cisco 12000 series
Internet routers to provide direct customer connections, as shown in

Figure 3

Figure 3

Direct Optical Customer Aggregation

Intra-POP Connectivity

With functionality such as accounting, statistics, and policy based routing, the ISE line cards can provide
connectivity between 12000 series core and access routers.

Tier 1/2 Peering

At peering points, the ISP require full control of incoming information flows and accounting for these
flows. The ISE line cards provide tier 1/2 peering functionality.

Enhanced Features

This section describes the advanced features supported by the ISE line cards. For additional Cisco
Systems documentation on these topics, see