The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers are a family of routers designed to provide high performance, flexibility, and scalability for various networking needs. Here are some key aspects and features of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series:
- Versatility:
- Enterprise and Service Provider Use: These routers are suitable for both enterprise networks and service provider environments, offering a versatile solution for different use cases.
- Integrated Services: The ASR 1000 Series integrates a wide range of services including routing, security, and various network services.
- Scalability:
- High Scalability: The series offers high scalability to accommodate growing network demands, making it suitable for large-scale deployments.
- Quantum Flow Processor: The routers utilize the Quantum Flow Processor, a custom ASIC that allows for high scalability and efficient service integration.
- Performance:
- High Throughput: The routers in this series provide high forwarding throughput, ensuring fast data processing and transmission.
- Custom-Built ASIC: The Quantum Flow Processor ASIC is specifically designed to handle the demands of modern networks, enabling efficient data processing.
- Flexibility:
- Modular Design: The routers often feature modular designs, allowing users to add or upgrade modules and interfaces based on their requirements.
- Software Features: The ASR 1000 Series supports a wide array of software features, allowing users to customize the routers according to their specific networking needs.
- Security:
- Integrated Security: These routers come with integrated security features, providing protection against various network threats and attacks.
- Encryption and Crypto Processing: The series includes models with dedicated processors for encryption and crypto processing, ensuring secure communication.
- Management and Redundancy:
- Management Capabilities: The routers offer comprehensive management interfaces, including CLI, web-based interfaces, and SNMP for efficient network management.
- Redundancy: Many models in the ASR 1000 Series support redundancy features such as Dual IOS and hardware redundancy, enhancing network reliability.
- Service Modules:
- Flexibility in Interface Modules: The routers support various interface modules, including SPA (Shared Port Adapters) and NIM (Network Interface Modules), allowing users to choose the right interfaces for their specific requirements.
- Service Module Slots: These routers often come with multiple service module slots, allowing for additional expansion and service integration.
- Energy Efficiency:
- Green Design: Cisco has designed these routers with energy efficiency in mind, reducing power consumption and minimizing the environmental impact.
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers are widely used in enterprise networks, data centers, and service provider networks where high performance, scalability, and security are paramount. They offer a robust solution for organizations with demanding networking needs.
The Cisco ASR 1001-X Router is a part of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series and features a compact form factor that requires less rack space and power, providing a forwarding throughput of 20 Gbps. The router supports all general-purpose routing and security features of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers.
Hardware Features of the Cisco ASR 1001-X Router include:
- Up to 16 GB (8 GB in the base configuration) of DDR3 error-correcting code-protected field-replaceable memory, with single-bit error correction and multi-bit error detection.
- A nonmodular and fixed Embedded Services Processor (ESP) with a default throughput of 2.5 Gbps, upgradable with a software-activated performance license of 5 Gbps, 10 Gbps, or 20 Gbps.
- Up to 8 Gbps security and crypto processing through a dedicated security processor.
- RJ-45 console ports and auxiliary ports, along with a mini USB console port.
- One copper Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps network management port.
- An embedded USB (eUSB) flash module supporting 8 GB of nonvolatile Flash storage.
- Two USB 2.0 ports for USB flash sticks or USB secure tokens (secure key distribution).
- Stratum 3E network clocking per GR-1244-CORE, using 1588, 10 GE, GE, SPA, or Network Interface Module (NIM) interfaces as timing sources.
- Six built-in 1 GE SFP-only interfaces (do not support SFP+), and two built-in 10 GE SFP+ interfaces (support only 10-GE rate) that support SyncE.
- One half-height SPA bay.
- Software redundancy using Dual IOS, similar to other non-hardware redundant routers in the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Router family.
- LED indicators for Ethernet and console status, as well as visual system state indications.
- Command-line interface (CLI), alarm, network management, logging, statistics aggregation, and on-board failure logging (OBFL).
- Environmental chassis management.
- 10 MB ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM).
- Up to 20 Gbps sustained forwarding data traffic through the chassis.
- One Network Interface Module (NIM) bay.
