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CiscoASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter1 Preparing for Installation
RSP and RP Port Connection Guidelines
CMP Port
The Connectivity Management Processor (CMP) on the RSP-440, RSP-440 Lite, and RSP-880 card, is
a secondary, lightweight processor that provides a second network interface to the system. Each CMP
contains its own RAM, bootflash, and front panel management Ethernet port.
The CMP port provides the following functions:
•RSP4 ROMMON console access through the CMP port. This eliminates the need to use external
terminal servers.
•SSH/telnet into a designated CMP port.
RSP Compact Flash Slot
The Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router RSP cards support a single ATA/IDE type I/II compact flash external
slot accessible on the front panel. The compact flash slot has a door that can be closed whether a compact
flash device is present or not. The file systems supported on compact flash are DOS/FAT or QNX4. The
compact flash comes with a DOS format. The supported flash disk sizes and their Cisco part numbers
are listed in Table 4 -5.
The RSP-440, RSP-440 Lite , and RSP-880 cards do not have an ATA/IDE type I/ II compact flash exte rnal
slot.
USB Port
The RSP-440, RSP-440 Lite, RSP-880, and CiscoASR 9922 Router RP cards have a single external
Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. A USB flash memory device can be inserted to load and transfer
software images and files. This memory device can be used to turboboot the system or as the installation
source for Package Information Envelopes (PIE) and Software Maintenance Upgrades (SMU). This
memory device can also be used for users' data files, core files, and configuration backups.