The Cisco ASR-9006-AC-V2 is an ASR 9006 AC Chassis with PEM Version 2, part of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. This scalable, low-power, next-generation Carrier Ethernet platform features a system architecture designed to meet service providers’ convergence requirements for Layer 2 Ethernet transport and Layer 3 services.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers provide one of the industry’s highest-capacity Carrier Ethernet platforms, optimized for aggregation of dense 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 100 Gigabit Ethernet connections. Key enhancements include distributed forwarding and control planes for superior performance, modularized hardware and software components to isolate failures, hardware-based signaling for the fabric supporting zero packet loss on switchover, and built-in redundancy across route switch processors, switch fabric, control-plane chassis control bus, and power supplies to eliminate single points of failure.
Distributed Architecture and Performance
The Cisco ASR 9000 Series operates in a fully distributed fashion, with all packet-forwarding decisions and actions on individual line cards. Line cards offer flexible programming infrastructure with high-density hierarchical quality-of-service (HQoS) services, security, and integrated Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE). The distributed control plane scales features like Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) and Ethernet Operations, Administration, and Management (EOAM) for improved resilience and instrumentation.
Cisco IOS XR Software brings carrier-class capabilities to the Carrier Ethernet edge, supporting true software process modularity. Each process runs in separate protected memory, including routing protocols and multiple instances of control, data, and management planes, with distributed route processing.
Route Switch Processor Capabilities
The Cisco ASR 9000 Series Route Switch Processor (RSP) delivers high scalability, performance, and fast convergence for video, cloud, and mobile services. It features an active-active switch fabric architecture for scalability and high availability, single-stage nonblocking architecture, service intelligence, and traffic prioritization. Network synchronization supports centralized Building Integrated Timing Supply (BITS) and DOCSIS Timing Interface (DTI) timing references.
Key Features and Benefits
Hardware Components
Cisco ASR 9000 Series RSPs (A9K-RSP-4G and A9K-RSP-8G) include bidirectional nonblocking fabric, controller, 40-GB hard drive, switch fabric, high-performance dual-core processors, memory (4-GB ECC-protected DRAM for A9K-RSP-4G, 8-GB for A9K-RSP-8G), 40-GB SAS HDD, 4-GB eUSB Flash memory, 1-GB Compact Flash external memory, timing with two independent clock source connections (RJ-45 for BITS/SSU), management ports (two 10/100/1000 BASE-T RJ-45 LAN, one console, one auxiliary), alarms (Critical, Major, Minor), and LEDs (ACO, lamp test, SYNC, CF, HDD, UFAN/LFAN).
System Specifications
The ASR 9000 Series supports chassis variants including ASR-9006-AC-V2. Line cards include A9K-40GE-L, A9K-40GE-B, A9K-40GE-E, A9K-8T/4-L, A9K-8T/4-B, A9K-8T/4-E, A9K-4T-L, A9K-4T-B, A9K-4T-E, A9K-2T20GE-L, A9K-2T20GE-B, A9K-2T20GE-E, A9K-8T-L, A9K-8T-B, A9K-8T-E, A9K-16T/8-B, A9K-SIP-700, A9K-2x100GE-TR, A9K-2x100GE-SE, A9K-24x10GE-TR, A9K-24x10GE-SE, A9K-MOD80-TR, A9K-MOD80-SE, A9K-40GE-TR, A9K-40GE-SE, A9K-4T16GE-TR, A9K-4T16GE-SE. Redundancy features no single point of failure, fabric redundancy, power supply redundancy, RSP redundancy (same version A9K-RSP-4G or A9K-RSP-8G), and software redundancy. Power supplies: A9K-3KW-AC, A9K-2KW-DC, A9K-1.5KW-DC, PWR-3KW-AC-V2, PWR-2KW-DC-V2.
RSP physical: Occupies one slot, dual redundant in 2 slots for ASR 9006, Height: 1.65 in. (4.19 cm), Width: 16 in. (40.64 cm), Depth: 26.53 in (67.38 cm), Weight: 18 lb (8.16 kgs). Power input: Worldwide AC (200–240V; 50–60 Hz; 16A), DC (-48V to –60V; -54V; 50A). RSP power: Typical 170W, Maximum 205W.
Environmental and Compliance
Operating temperature: 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C), short-term 23 to 131°F (–5 to 55°C). Humidity: 10 to 90% noncondensing nominal, short-term 5 to 90%. Storage: -40 to 167°F (-40 to 75°C), humidity 5 to 95%. Detailed: Nominal 41 to 104ºF (5 to 40ºC), short-term 23 to 131ºF (–5 to 55ºC) up to 96 hours/360 hours/year, humidity nominal 10-85%, short-term 5-90%, storage -40 to 158ºF (-40 to 70ºC), altitude –60 to 4000m.
NEBS: SR-3580 Level 3, GR-1089-CORE, GR-63-CORE, VZ.TPR.9205. ETSI: EN300 386, ETSI 300 019 classes, EN55022/24, EN50082-1/EN-61000-6-1. EMC: FCC Class A, ICES 003 Class A, AS/NZS 3548 Class A, CISPR 22 Class A, VCCI Class A, BSMI Class A, IEC/EN 61000-3-2/3-3, EN 50121-4. Immunity: IEC/EN-61000-4-2 to 4-11 standards. Safety: UL/CSA/IEC/EN 60950-1, IEC/EN 60825, ACA TS001, AS/NZS 60950, FDA CFR Laser Safety.
Software and Services
Powered by Cisco IOS XR Software for always-on operation and Tbps scale. Supports L2VPN, L3VPN, IPTV, CDNs, Mobile Backhaul, Ethernet Services, IPv4/IPv6, Multicast, IPoDWDM, SyncE, EOAM, MPLS OAM, ACLs, H-QoS, MPLS TE-FRR, MC-LAG, IRB, NSF, NSR. IOS XR 4.0+ supports SPAs for MSE/E-MSE with high VRF, route, BFD, BGP scale (8G RSP recommended).