Cisco Systems ASR 903 manual Supported RSPs, Supported RSP Features, RSP Redundancy

Chapter 1 Cisco ASR 903 Router Overview

Cisco ASR 903 Router Features

•Traffic management, including buffering, queuing, and scheduling, Ethernet MAC functions

•Network clocking functions including phase and time-of-day for BITS, 1 PPS, 10 MHz, and 1588 PTP clock references.

•Storage of software images, system configuration, OBFL, SysLog

•PTP packet processing including IEEE 1588-2008 for recovering network timing (frequency, phase, and time) from upstream PTP clocks, for generating PTP frequency and phase references as inputs to the SETS, and for distributing them to downstream PTP clocks

•External management interfaces (RS232 console, management ENET, USB console, USB storage) and system status LED indicators

Supported RSPs

The Cisco ASR 903 Router supports the following RSPs:

•A900-RSP1A-55—Provides 2 GB of SDRAM, 5 Mb of TCAM memory, 3-Mb buffer table, 576-Mb forwarding memory, and 1,536-Mb packet buffer memory.

•A900-RSP1B-55—Provides 4 GB of SDRAM, 20 Mb of TCAM memory, 144-Mb buffer table, 1152-Mb forwarding memory, and 1,536-Mb packet buffer memory.

Note The supported RSPs have different memory capacities, but they have the same interfaces and functionality.

Supported RSP Features

The RSP provides the following features on the Cisco router:

•Centralized data plane, timing, and control plane functions for the system

•High-level control of interface modules

•Management functionalities for the router

•Control plane (host) CPU and associated memory in which IOS-XE and platform control software runs

•Nonvolatile memory for storage of software images, configurations, and system files

•Enabling and monitoring the health and presence of fan trays, interface modules, and power supplies

•Field replacement and hot-swap capabilities

RSP Redundancy

The Cisco ASR 903 Router chassis includes two RSP slots to allow for redundant RSPs. When the router uses redundant RSPs, one RSP operates in the active mode and the other operates in the hot standby mode. Removal or failure of the active RSP results in an automatic switchover to the standby RSP.

Note If you are using redundant RSPs, both the RSPs must be of the same type because a mixed configuration of two different RSP types is not supported.

Cisco ASR 903 Router Hardware Installation Guide

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