Cisco Systems manual Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers Features

Chapter 1 Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers Hardware Overview

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Router is Cisco next-generation, modular, highly services-integrated routing platform designed with the flexibility to support a wide range of packet forwarding, system bandwidths, performance, and scaling. The overall system architecture is common across the chassis.

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series consists of three different versions:

•Cisco ASR 1006 Router Description, page 4-1

•Cisco ASR 1004 Router Description, page 5-1

•Cisco ASR 1002 Router Description, page 6-1

All three models use the powerful Cisco QuantumFlow Processor which provides performance and resiliency for network processors.

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers deliver multiple services embedded in the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor. The services supported on the Cisco Packet QuantumFlow Processor include security services (for example, encryption and firewall), quality of service (QoS), Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR), broadband aggregation, and session border controller, among others.

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers Features

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers use different field replaceable units. The processors are the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 1 (RP1), Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processor (Cisco ASR1000-ESP5, Cisco ASR1000-ESP10, and Cisco ASR1000-ESP20), and the Cisco ASR 1000 SPA Interface Processor (SIP). The Cisco ASR 1000 ESP is based on Cisco QuantumFlow Processor technology.

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers contains the following features:

•Online insertion and removal (OIR) capability

•Route processor and embedded services processor redundancy in the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers

•Control processor for ASR 1000 Series SPA Interface Processor

•Control processor for embedded services processors (Cisco ASR1000-ESP5, Cisco ASR1000-ESP10, or Cisco ASR1000-ESP20)

•10Gbps and 20Gbps interconnect between Cisco QuantumFlow Processor with redundant Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP to mirror data for stateful features

•Power supply redundancy

•Environmental monitoring and reporting functions

•Family of routers using common hardware and software architecture

•Centralized forwarding design (all network traffic passes through one engine)

•Front-to-back airflow—Allows you to mount the router from either front or back into 19-inch equipment rack

•Supports half-height shared port adapters (HHSPAs) and full-height shared port adapters (FHSPAs)

•Single midplane design (all connectors on one interface midplane)

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregaion Services Routers Hardware Installation and Initial Configuration Guide

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