The Cisco ASR-9902 is a compact 2RU chassis router from the renowned ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, designed for exceptional scalability, carrier-class reliability, environmentally conscious design, flexibility, and superior price-to-performance for service providers and enterprises in edge and core routing applications.
The Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit operating system on ASR 9000 Series, including the ASR-9902, delivers comprehensive features and system resilience with innovations for faster innovation and operations. It evolves the networking OS to support incremental builds, agile workflows, modular software delivery, and third-party application hosting on Cisco routers.
Key Features and Benefits
- Fully automated initial installation: Bootable ISO simplifies installation on Cisco IOS XR 64 Bit on ASR 9000 images. Supports iPXE for booting from TFTP, HTTP, or FTP. Auto provisioning at boot end applies static configurations and executes scripts for easy, automatic customization without manual setup.
- Visibility for smarter control, simpler monitoring, and faster troubleshooting: Streaming telemetry pushes data to receivers at intervals as low as 10 seconds, encoded in JSON or GPB, enabling back-end analysis of control-plane and data-plane trends. Model-driven interfaces use SysDB (YANG models) as a treelike file system for scalable access to system data like integers, strings, and external items, replacing SNMP and syslog.
- Flexible design for agile maintenance and updates: Application hosting supports third-party off-the-shelf Linux-based apps and custom tools via Cisco SDK. Flexible packaging and provisioning in Release 6.1.1 enables modular software delivery of components for operational agility, efficient upgrades, and asynchronous maintenance.
- Open architecture: Linux-based OS (Wind River 7, Yocto 1.5 compatible) contrasts with 32-bit QNX, integrating apps, config tools, auto provisioning for high automation, transparency, and compatibility with monitoring/management tools.
- In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU): New foundation in virtualized Cisco IOS XR 64 Bit environment orchestrates upgrades to minimize service disruption without powering down the system.
Platform Support and Compatibility
Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit supports the ASR-9902 with Release 7.4.1, alongside other ASR 9000/9900 platforms. Full list:
- ASR 9922, ASR 9912: 6.1.1
- ASR 9910: 6.2.1
- ASR 9906: 6.3.1
- ASR 9904: 6.1.1
- ASR 9903: 7.1.3
- ASR 9902: 7.4.1
- ASR 9901: 6.4.1
- ASR 9006, ASR 9010: 6.1.1
For detailed software compatibility per product ID, refer to Release Notes from 6.1.1 onward.
System Requirements: Route Switch Processors, Fabric Cards, and Line Cards
The ASR 9000 Series, including ASR-9902 compatible systems like ASR 9006/9010/9904, support:
- Route Switch Processors (ASR 9006, ASR 9010, ASR 9904): A9K-RSP5-SE, A9K-RSP5-TR, A9K-RSP880-LT-SE, A9K-RSP880-LT-TR, A9K-RSP880-SE, A9K-RSP880-TR.
- Route Processors (ASR 9912, ASR 9922): A99-RP3-SE, A99-RP3-TR, A99-RP2-SE, A99-RP2-TR.
- Fabric Cards (ASR 9912, ASR 9922): A99-SFC3, A99-SFC2.
- Route Processors (ASR 9910, ASR 9906): A9K-RSP5-SE, A9K-RSP5-TR, A9K-RSP880-LT-SE, A9K-RSP880-LT-TR, A99-RSP-SE, A99-RSP-TR.
- Fabric Cards: A99-SFC3-S (ASR 9910), A99-SFC-S (ASR 9910), A99-SFC3-T (ASR 9906), A99-SFC-T (ASR 9906).
Line Cards:
- 5th Generation: A99-4T-FC, A99-10X400GE-X (-SE, -TR), A99-32HG-FC, A99-32X100GE-X (-SE, -TR), A9K-20HG-FLEX (-FC, -SE, -TR), A9K-8HG-FLEX (-FC, -SE, -TR), A99-4HG-FLEX (-FC, -SE, -TR), A9K-4HG-FLEX (-FC, -SE, -TR).
- 4th Generation: A99-32X100GE (-FC, -TR, -CM), A9K-16X100GE (-FC, -TR, -CM), A99-16X100GE-X (-FC, -SE).
- 3rd Generation: A99-12X100GE (-FC, -CM), A99-12X100GE, A99-8X100GE (-FC, -SE, -TR, -CM), A9K-8X100GE (-FC, -SE, -TR, -CM), A9K-8X100G-LB (-SE, -TR), A9K-4X100GE (-FC, -SE, -TR), A9K-400GE-LAN-FC, A9K-4X100GE, A99-48X10GE-1G (-FC, -SE, -TR), A9K-48X10GE-1G (-FC, -SE, -TR, -CM), A9K-24X10GE-1G (-FC, -SE, -TR, -CM), A9K-MOD400 (-FC, -SE, -TR, -CM), A9K-MOD200 (-FC, -SE, -TR), A9K-400G-DWDM-TR.
Ordering Information
Available software:
- XR-A9K-X64-07.6: Cisco IOS XR 64 Bit IP/MPLS Core Software
- XR-A9K-X64K9-07.6: Cisco IOS XR 64 Bit IP/MPLS Core Software 3DES
Cisco Environmental Sustainability
Cisco provides details on environmental policies in the CSR Report. Key topics:
- Product material content laws: Materials
- Electronic waste laws (products, batteries, packaging): WEEE compliance
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Document history includes updates on April 26, 2022 for supported platforms/IOS versions, line card PIDs, and IOS SW part numbers. PDF Datasheet (326.4 KB) available for download. 10 Units In Stock for Immediate Dispatch at special pricing.