Cisco Systems RSP8 manual Document Contents

Route Switch Processor (RSP8)

Installation and Configuration Guide

Product Numbers: RSP8=, CISCO7507/8-MX, CISCO7513/8-MX, CISCO7507/8x2-MX, CISCO7513/8x2-MX, MEM-RSP8-64M=, MEM-RSP8-128M=, MEM-RSP8-256M=, MEM-RSP8-FLC16M=, MEM-RSP8-FLC20M=, MEM-RSP8-FLC32M=, MEM-RSP8-FLD48M=, MEM-RSP8-FLD48M=, MEM-RSP8-FLD128M=

Customer Order Number: DOC-786586=

This document describes the Route Switch Processor (RSP8), an optional system processor for the Cisco 7507, Cisco 7507-MX, Cisco 7513, Cisco 7513-MX and Cisco 7576 routers. The RSP8 significantly increases the performance for most protocols and services over the RSP2 and RSP4/RSP4+.

The RSP8 supports the high system availability (HSA) feature, which allows two RSP8s (or an RSP8 and an RSP16) to be used in a Cisco 7507, Cisco 7507-MX, Cisco 7513, or Cisco 7513-MX router. See the “Configuring High System Availability” section on page 25 for more information on HSA.

The RSP8 also supports high availability (HA), a series of features that operates similarly to HSA, but which further minimizes system downtime. (HSA is the system default.) For more information on HA, see the “Enabling High Availability Features” section on page 41 .

Document Contents

This document contains the following sections:

•Related Documentation, page 2

•Product Description, page 3

•Installation Prerequisites, page 10

•Installing the RSP8, page 16

•Configuring the Router for a Single RSP8, page 24

•Configuring High System Availability, page 25

•Enabling High Availability Features, page 41

•Monitoring and Maintaining the Active and Standby RSPs, page 64

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