Summary

The H3C SR6600 series of open multi-core routers are high-end multi-service routers developed by H3C for carrier, government, utilities, finance, education, and enterprise environments. The SR6600 features superior forwarding performance, high service processing flexibility, and high-density access capability.

Being the first router in the industry to adopt the multi-core multi-thread CPU architecture, the SR6600 employs a new hardware platform and service-oriented design to offer new solutions for service distribution/access and enterprise gateways, comprehensively meeting the challenges of future service expansion and application diversity. It conforms to both current and future models of enterprise IT construction. The SR6604/SR6608/SR6616 employ two routing processing units (RPUs), redundant power supply modules (PSUs), distributed modular architecture, and a high-capacity high-speed backboard, guaranteeing processing of distributed services at wirespeed. Additionally, the SR6604/SR6608/SR6616 employ an advanced multi-core multi-thread CPU for data forwarding and service processing, inheriting high service flexibility from the CPU while ensuring high-performance service processing.

Currently, the SR6600 series consists of the SR6602, SR6604, SR6608, and SR6616.  The SR6602 is designed as a high-performance external gateway and a distribution/access device for carrier and industry networks. The SR6604 and the SR6608 can work at the distribution/access layer of carrier networks or large enterprise networks, at the distribution layer and core layer of medium-sized enterprise networks, and at the core layer of medium- and small-sized enterprise networks. The SR6616 can work at the core layer of carrier networks or large enterprise networks, and as core routers for medium-sized MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) networks.