The Cisco ASR 9906 is a 4 line card slot chassis within the ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, delivering exceptional scalability, carrier-class reliability, environmentally conscious design, incredible flexibility, and an attractive price-to-performance benchmark to service providers and enterprise customers in edge and core routing.
Product Overview
The Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit on ASR 9000 Series operating system is an addition to the current generation of Cisco IOS XR operating systems, delivering the same comprehensive features and system resilience with additional benefits. In Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit on ASR 9000, the networking operating system evolves specifically to help customers move and innovate faster. While retaining its breadth of protocol spectrum and feature set, Cisco IOS XR Software has evolved to meet next-generation operational requirements.
As customer organizations have grown, they have sought a flexible operating system that can keep up. The new innovations in Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit on ASR 9000 enable incremental builds, agile workflow, and modular delivery of software, while also offering the capability to host third-party applications on Cisco routers.
Features and Benefits
Platform Support and Compatibility
The Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit supports various platforms in the ASR 9900 and ASR 9000 Series, including the ASR 9906 starting from software release 6.3.1.
System Requirements
For the ASR 9906, compatible components include specific Route Switch Processors (RSPs), Route Processors (RPs), Fabric Cards (FCs), and multiple generations of line cards. Refer to detailed compatibility lists for precise product IDs.
