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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, Cisco7507-MX, Cisco 7513, Cisco 7513-MX and Cisco7576 routers. The RSP8
significantlyincreases 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
andan 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 page25 for more information on HSA.
The RSP8 also supports high availability (HA), a series of features that operatessimilarly 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 page41.

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, page24
•Configuring High System Availability, page 25
•Enabling High Availability Features, page41
•Monitoring and Maintaining the Active and Standby RSPs, page64