The sixth generation Series E network modules provide unsurpassed traffic management features. The increased connection capacity, priority queuing and cell buffering coupled with hierarchical shaping present the service provider, as well as the enterprise customer, with the strongest ATM offering. WAN connectivity, xDSL aggregation and MPLS service solutions are just a few of the applications for the Series E network modules. Enterprise customers efficiently manage bandwidth to WAN connections and effectively share server connectivity by partitioning the bandwidth between departments. Traffic can be shaped to the policed service level agreements while protecting high-priority traffic, such as voice or video. Additionally, server utilization is maximized while prioritizing departments and users with virtual partitions. Series E network modules provide the ideal interface for demanding enterprise applications. The Series E network modules provide a level of support for the service provider's applications that was previously exclusive to the ASX-4000 Series 2 port card technology. The extended connection capacity enables the Series E network modules to be ideal for xDSL or mobile connectivity. Utilizing Series E technology, service providers provision differentiated services for both multi-tenant and multi-service applications. All customers benefit from the advanced fault isolation and performance monitoring statistics as well as the additional buffering queues. Series E network modules are hardware ready for MPLS services with reserved queues for fairness and throughput guarantees.