| Ideal application (where does it fit; what does it solve) |
Ideal for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) and Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) services |
Optimized for Ethernet-to-the-Business (ETTB) VPN services |
Built for the convergence of wireless and wire-line services |
Ideal for broadband aggregation, and mobile backhaul applications |
Designed for service providers looking to deploy next-generation residential services |
Deployed adjacent to, or remotely from, a Cisco ASR 9000 host; operates as an extension shelf of the Cisco ASR 9000 |
| Port density |
ME2600X
44 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) with 4x10 GE Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus [SFP+) |
ME-3400EG-12CS-M
12 dual-purpose ports (10/100/1000) and Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP); 4 SFP uplinks and 2 slots for field-replaceable power/fans
ME-3400EG-2CS-A
2 dual-purpose ports (10/100/1000) and SFP, 2 SFP uplinks and 1 fixed AC power supply
ME-3400E-24TS-M
24 10/100 and 2 dual purpose (10/100/1000) and SFP uplinks, with 2 slots for field-replaceable power/fans |
ME 3600X-24TS (copper)
24 ports (10/100/1000) and two 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) SFP+ ports
ME 3600X-24FS (fiber)
24 GE SFP ports and two 10 GE SFP+ ports |
ME 3800X-24FS
24 GE SFP and two 10 GE SFP+ ports |
ME-4924-10GE
24 GE SFP User to Network Interfaces (UNI) and 4 GE SFP uplinks/trunk ports with an additional two 10 GE X2 uplinks |
ASR-9000V
44 GE SFPs with 4x10 GE SFP+ |
