ASR-9922-AC

Description

Overview

The Cisco® ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000 Series) usher in a groundbreaking era in edge and core routing, characterized by unparalleled scalability, carrier-grade reliability, eco-friendly design, immense flexibility, and an outstanding price-to-performance ratio. This series boasts a comprehensive product line, spanning from the compact Cisco ASR 9001 (occupying 2 Rack Units [2RU]) to the expansive Cisco ASR 9922 (occupying 44RU). Each system within this series is meticulously crafted to deliver genuine carrier-grade reliability, leveraging the robust Cisco IOS® XR operating system, extensive system redundancy mechanisms, and a comprehensive suite of network resilience strategies. Ultimately, the Cisco ASR 9000 Series is engineered to streamline and elevate the operational efficiency and deployment agility of service delivery networks.

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series represents an advanced, future-ready platform, leveraging cutting-edge hardware and software technologies for streamlined operations. Key highlights of this next-gen platform encompass:

• Fully Distributed Architecture: The Cisco ASR 9000 Series operates in a fully distributed manner, where packet-forwarding decisions and actions occur directly on individual line cards. These high-density Ethernet line cards feature specialized network processors, offering flexible programming, high-density Hierarchical Quality-of-Service (H-QoS), robust security, and advanced timing capabilities (PTP, SyncE). This distributed approach enhances resilience by introducing new dimensions to features like Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) and Ethernet Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (EOAM).

• Operational Efficiency & Redundancy: The Cisco ASR 9000 Series boasts a redundant infrastructure, with duplicate Route Switch Processors (RSPs), Route Processors (RPs), switching fabrics, fans, and power supplies. The platform dynamically adjusts power consumption based on system needs, facilitating a true pay-as-you-grow model that minimizes CapEx and optimizes operational efficiency. Advanced power management further controls energy usage, while space-optimized, high-capacity compact platforms offer additional deployment flexibility.

• Environmentally Conscious Design: Amidst growing concerns over environmental impact and fiscal implications, the Cisco ASR 9000 Series introduces a sustainable product development approach. From optimized thermal and power architectures to precise line-card placement and slot pitch, every design aspect aims to minimize environmental footprint through reduced power consumption and cooling requirements. Even packaging is eco-friendly, minimizing waste. This underscores Cisco’s commitment to efficient, future-oriented product design.

• Cisco IOS XR Modular Operating System: The Cisco ASR 9000 Series runs on the Cisco IOS XR operating system, renowned for its high quality, scalability, and feature richness. The microkernel architecture enables true modularity, ensuring uninterrupted operations during software upgrades or module changes.

• IPv6 Optimization: Aligned with Cisco’s IPv6 strategy, the ASR 9000 Series simplifies service design, deployment, and management for global providers.

• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Reduction: Advanced switching capacity, optimized power and cooling, high availability, and a modular OS significantly lower TCO for service providers.

Hardware

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers offer exceptional speeds up to 400 Gigabit Ethernet, combined with scalability and high density. They provide flexibility in supporting various Ethernet port speeds (1Gbps, 10Gbps, 25Gbps, 40Gbps, 100Gbps, and 400Gbps) without the need to replace the entire chassis. These routers feature non-blocking fabric, innovative backplane, thermal, and power infrastructure designs.

The modular power architecture of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series is available in both AC and DC configurations, with Power Entry Modules (PEMs) that can house multiple power modules. This allows service providers to expand power capacity as needed, reducing initial CapEx and optimizing OpEx over the product’s lifetime.

The routers also integrate a timing infrastructure that can receive and distribute timing inputs (such as SyncE, GPS, BITS, and DTI) across the backplane, enabling support for transparent mobile convergence, mobile RAN backhaul, and TDM circuit emulation without compromising performance or scalability.

Lastly, the optimized thermal infrastructure is designed for scalability to meet future capacity requirements. High-efficiency variable-speed fans reduce power consumption under normal operating conditions while maintaining the ability to cool current and future line cards even in extreme environments.

Software

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers offer an unparalleled combination of scale, service flexibility, high availability, and operational simplicity. Running on the innovative Cisco IOS XR Software, these routers are designed for always-on operation, supporting system capacities up to 160 Tbps. Cisco IOS XR Software streamlines operations by providing an end-to-end IP/MPLS solution, reducing the complexity of managing multiple operating systems. With the introduction of Release 3.7.2, Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers have been optimized to support Carrier Ethernet for visual networking, further enhancing the IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) Carrier Ethernet design.

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers support a wide range of Carrier Ethernet applications, including business services like Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, IPTV, CDNs, and mobile backhaul transport networks. Key features include Ethernet services, SR, SRv6, EVPN, VxLAN, L2VPN, IPv4, IPv6, L3VPN, Layer 2 and Layer 3 Multicast, IPoDWDM, SyncE, EOAM and MPLS OAM, Layer 2 and Layer 3 ACLs, H-QoS, MPLS TE-FRR, MC-LAG, IRB, and Cisco NSF and NSR. These capabilities enable converged, resilient, intelligent, and scalable transport of various services, catering to the needs of consumers, businesses, wholesale customers, and mobile service providers.

Hardware Available for Cisco ASR 9000 and ASR 9900 Series

Cisco ASR 9912 and ASR 9922