Part of the Cisco® ASR 9000 Series, the Cisco ASR 9001 Router (Figure 1) is a compact high-capacity Provider Edge (PE) router that delivers 120 Gbps of nonblocking, full-duplex fabric capacity in a two-rack-unit (2RU) form factor. Based on the same Cisco IOS® XR software image as the other routers in the Cisco ASR 9000 Series, the Cisco ASR 9001 Router delivers the features and services found on the ASR 9000 Series platforms, allowing customers to standardize on the same Cisco IOS XR image. The Cisco ASR 9001 Router has an Integrated Route Switch Processor (RSP) and two modular bays that support 1 GE, 10 GE, and future 40 GE Modular Port Adapters (MPAs). The base chassis has four integrated 10 GE Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) ports, a GPS input for stratum-1 clocking, Building Integrated Timing Supply (BITS) ports, and management ports.
Figure 1. Cisco ASR 9001 Router
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers deliver exceptional scale, service flexibility, and high availability to Carrier Ethernet transport networks. The routers are powered by Cisco IOS XR Software, an innovative self-healing, distributed operating system designed for always-on operation. This is the same operating system that powers industry-leading routers such as the Cisco CRS Carrier Routing System, bringing the same reliability, scalability, performance, and comprehensive features that have made the Cisco CRS the dominant entity in the service provider core. Cisco IOS XR Software also allows for an end-to-end IP/MPLS solution to service provider requirements based on the same software, thereby reducing the operational complexity of managing multiple operating systems. The Cisco ASR 9000 Series further enhances the IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) Carrier Ethernet design for converged, resilient, intelligent, and scalable transport of consumer, business, wholesale, and mobile services.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Carrier Ethernet applications include business services such as Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN (L2VPN and L3VPN), IPTV, Content Delivey Networks (CDNs), mobile backhaul transport networks, and broadband network gateway (BNG). Features supported include Ethernet Services; L2VPN; IPv4, IPv6, and L3VPN; Layer 2 and Layer 3 multicast; IP over dense wavelength-division multiplexing (IPoDWDM), Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), Ethernet operations, administration, and maintenance (EOAM) and MPLS OAM, Layer 2 and Layer 3 access control lists (ACLs), hierarchical quality of service (HQoS), MPLS Traffic Engineering Fast Reroute (MPLS TE-FRR), Multichassis Link Aggregation (MC-LAG), Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) and Cisco Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) and Nonstop Routing (NSR).
The integrated RSP has 8 GB RAM and is capable of holding serveral millions of routes, which makes the Cisco ASR 9001 Router useful as a dedicated route-reflector appliance.
Features and benefits of the Cisco ASR 9001 Router are listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Features and Benefits of Cisco ASR 9001 Router
Feature
Benefit
Scalable fabric
Designed to support high 1/10/40 Gigabit densities in a 2RU form factor
Provides built-in scalability for investment protection
Integrated port
Four 10 GE services-enabled SFP+ ports
Integrated route processor with 8 GB RAM
Runs Cisco IOS XR, a carrier-class operating system with high memory capacity suitable for a dedicated route-reflector application
Distributed forwarding plane architecture
Allows MPA cards to support independent forwarding for enhanced performance and scale
Control plane extension ports
Two 10 G out-of-band Ethernet communications ports support Network Virtualization (nV) technology for high-availability cluster applications
Hardware-based IEEE 1588 support
Delivers timing services over the packet network efficiently and reliably
Two independent clock source connections: BITS and Synchronization Supply Unit (SSU)) with DOCSIS® Timing Interface (DTI)
Offers redundant, centralized network synchronization support
GPS
Provides option for Stratum-1 clocking
Embedded USB memory (eUSB) port
Provides access to USB flash memory devices for software image loading and recovery
Front-panel LEDs
Provides visual indication of RSP status (active or standby), power management, and activity on compact flash and hard disk drive (HDD)
Management ports
Provides easy access to system console
Power supply
Redundant AC or DC power supplies
Product Specifications
Table 2 provides details about the Cisco ASR 9001 Router. The system is designed for high performance and high reliability. The Cisco ASR 9001 has an integrated RSP capable of supporting fabric bandwidth up to 120 Gbps.
Table 2. Specifications for Cisco ASR 9001 Router
Category
Part Number or Specification
Chassis
ASR 9001
Integrated interfaces
4 x 10 GE SFP+
Modular port adapters
20 x 1 GE, 2 x 10 GE, 4 x 10 GE
Redundancy
Power supply redundancy
Power supply
• A9K-750W-AC
• A9K-750W-DC
Physical specifications
• Height: 3.472 inches (88.2 mm)
• Width: 17.42 inches (442 mm)
• Depth: 18.5 inches (470 mm)
• Weight of chassis: 30.2032 lbs (13.7 kg)
• Weight of chassis with two MPAs: 36.37623 lbs (16.5 kg)
Power inputs
• Worldwide ranging AC (90-265V; 50-60 Hz; 16A nominal)
• Worldwide ranging DC (-48V to -72V ; 50A nominal)
Environmental conditions
• Operating temperature: 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
• Storage temperature: -40 to 167°F (-40 to 75°C)
• Relative humidity: 10 to 90%, noncondensing
• Regulatory compliance
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature (nominal)
41 to 104ºF (5 to 40ºC)
Operating temperature
(short-term)
23 to 131ºF (-5 to 55ºC)
Operating humidity (nominal) (relative humidity)
10 to 85%
Operating humidity
(short-term)
5 to 90%
Note: Not to exceed 0.024 kg water or dry air
Storage temperature
-40 to 158ºF (-40 to 70ºC)
Storage (relative humidity)
5 to 95%
Note: Not to exceed 0.024 kg water or dry air
Operating altitude
-1800m
Air flow
Side to side
Compliance
Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS)
Cisco ASR 9001 is designed to meet:
• SR-3580: NEBS Criteria Levels (Level 3)
• GR-1089-CORE: NEBS EMC and Safety
• GR-63-CORE: NEBS Physical Protection
• VZ.TPR.9205: Verizon TEEER
ETSI standards
Cisco ASR 9001 is designed to meet (qualification in progress):
