Modules

Advanced routing services combined with component monitoring and management come in both modular and fixed form factors.

Product Overview

The Cisco^® ASR 1000 Series Route Processors address the stringent route-processing requirements of carrier-grade IP and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packet network infrastructures. They are the central control processors that run the network operating system, provide advanced routing capabilities, and also monitor and manage the other components of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Router.

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processors fall into two main categories:

• Modular Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processors for modular chassis, including the ASR 1004, ASR 1006, ASR 1006-X, ASR 1009-X and ASR 1013 models. These are the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 1 (RP1; part number ASR1000-RP1), Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 2 (RP2; part number ASR1000-RP2), and Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 3 (RP3; part number ASR1000-RP3)
• Fixed or built-in Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processors for fixed chassis, including the ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1002, ASR 1002-F, and ASR 1002-X models. ASR 1002 and ASR 1002-F contain an embedded RP1 (part number ASR1000-RP1).

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 3 (Cisco ASR1000-RP3) module runs the network operating system, BINOS kernel, and the IOSD (IOS daemon). The Cisco ASR1000-RP3 module is supported on the Cisco ASR 1013, Cisco ASR 1006-X, and Cisco ASR 1009-X routers.

The Cisco ASR1000-RP3 module supports:

• the running of the router control plane, including network control packets, and connection setup
• the synchronization of the active and standby Cisco ASR1000-RP3 and Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP master and standby (tasks include switchover from failing master to standby)
• code storage, management, and upgrade
• On-board failure logging (OBFL) with 2 MB of memory
• the downloading of operational code for SPA interface processors (SIPs), modular interface processors (MIPs), and Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP over Ethernet out of band channel (EOBC), which is used for communication between the control processors on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers
• command line interface (CLI), alarm, network management, logging, and statistics aggregation
• punt path processing of packets not supported by the embedded services processors
• configuration repository along with a solid-state drive (SSD) for logging system statistics, records, events, errors, and dump
• the management interfaces of the platform including Dual Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (DUART) that is used for the CON and AUX serial ports. The MGMT Ethernet (ENET) management ports, CLI, status indicators, BITS interface, reset switch, Audible Cutoff (ACO) button, USB ports for secure key distribution, and a mini-USB Console port to connect to a USB host (laptop)
• field-replaceable unit (FRU) with online insertion and removal (OIR)
• the chassis management including activation and initialization of the other cards, selection or switchover of active versus standby cards, image management and distribution, logging facilities, distribution of user configuration information, and alarm control
• the control signals for monitoring the health of power entry modules, shutting down the power and driving alarm relays located on the power entry modules
• redundancy

The Cisco ASR1000-SIP10, is a high-performance, feature-rich SPA interface processor that functions as a carrier card for shared port adapters (SPAs) on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. The SIP is supported on the Cisco AggregationServices Router 1000Series, and is compatible with one or more platform-independent SPAs. For more information on SPA compatibility, see the SIP and SPA Compatibility section. This section provides a list of some of the primary features supported by the SIP hardware and software. For feature compatibility information by SIP and SPA combination, and information about configuring these features, see the Configuring the SIP chapter.