Cisco is reinventing edge routing with the Cisco® ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, a new line of midrange routers that establish a new price-to-performance class offering, benefiting both service providers and enterprises alike:
• For service providers, the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers facilitate more flexible, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of complex consumer and business services.
• For enterprises, the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers deliver a highly reliable, high-performance WAN edge solution where information, communication, collaboration, and commerce converge.
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers:
• Accelerate services by offering outstanding performance and resiliency with optimized, intelligent services
• Establish a new benchmark for price-to-performance offerings in the enterprise advanced routing, service provider edge, and broadband aggregation segments
• Facilitate significant network architectural innovations in areas such as WAN aggregation, managed customer-premises-equipment (CPE) services, service provider edge services, etc.
• Reduce operating expenses (OpEx) and capital expenditures (CapEx) by facilitating managed or hosted services over identical architectures and operating environments
Product Overview
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series consists of three different versions (Figure 1): the Cisco ASR 1002 Router, the Cisco ASR 1004 Router, and the Cisco ASR 1006 Router. All three models use the innovative and powerful Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, which provides a huge leap in performance and resiliency for network processors.
Figure 1. Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series provides a significant enhanced value compared to prior generations of Cisco midrange routing solutions by providing more than tenfold performance improvement with services running. Additionally, the routers have hardware and software redundancy, as well as an industry-leading high-availability design.
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series delivers multiple services embedded in the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor at wire speeds of up to 20 Gbps. The services supported on the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor include security services (for example, encryption and firewall), quality of service (QoS), Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR), Cisco IOS® Flexible Packet Matching (FPM), broadband aggregation, and Cisco IOS Session Border Control (SBC), among others.
With the separation of the control and data planes in the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router architecture, software redundancy (on the Cisco ASR 1002 and ASR 1004 Routers) and hardware redundancy (on the Cisco ASR 1006 Router) are provided. Additionally, the modular Cisco IOS XE Software that is introduced with the Cisco ASR 1000 Series facilitates In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU).
From a price-to-performance perspective, the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router solution fits well between the Cisco 7200 Series and Cisco 7300 Series and the Cisco 7600 Series and Cisco Catalyst® 6000 Series Routers, thus dramatically enhancing the Cisco midrange routing portfolio (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Cisco Midrange Routing Portfolio
More details about the individual Cisco ASR 1000 Series components such as the embedded services processors, the route processor, and the SPA interface processor (SIP) card are available in the respective data sheets:
Tables 1 and 2 describe enterprise and service provider application examples, respectively.
Table 1. Cisco ASR 1000 Series Enterprise Applications
Applications
Benefits
Implementations
Superior application availability at the WAN edge:
Guarantee high-priority applications by creating a virtual "glass ceiling" for lower-priority applications.
• Applies Modular QoS CLI (MQC) policies on VLANs or tunnels
• Clamps an arbitrary collection of low-priority traffic to a certain bandwidth
• Classifies based on differentiated services code point (DSCP), NBAR, and Cisco IOS FPM into numerous hierarchies, (one for high priority and one for low priority)
• Implements flexible hierarchies
• Supports 128,000 queues
• Allows all queues to have a minimum, maximum, and excess bandwidth with priority propagation
Multiservice, scalable, and secure headend:
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series offers full-service IP Security (IPsec*) VPN aggregation that scales to meet the new bandwidth demands of service provider IP VPNs.
• Reduces CapEx and OpEx by migrating and consolidating to fewer Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers
• Protects investment through easy transition to much higher encryption support -- offering encryption support of up to 7 Gbps with the Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP (ASR1000-ESP20)
• Offers easier management through embedded security services in Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, with no additional service modules or blades required
• Optimized for QoS and IP Multicast applications
• Supports thousands of sites
• Supports 4000 IPsec tunnels
• Offers up to 7-Gbps encryption performance and up to 12-Gbps noncryptographic throughput support with the ASR1000-ESP20 engine
Embedded high-speed firewall:
With the Zone-Policy Firewall, the Cisco ASR 1000 Series acts as an implicit complete barrier between any interfaces not members of the same zone. An explicit zone-pair policy must be specified (using Cisco Policy Language; that is, MQC) in each direction between each zone pair. The policy establishes within the router what kind of stateful inspection (Layer 4, Layer 7, or application) and session parameters to apply to each zone pairing.
Example: An explicit policy allowing HTTP and Domain Name System (DNS) to traverse the Internet-DMZ zone boundary would be required.
• The firewall is embedded in the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor; no additional service blades or modules are required.
• Multigigabits of bandwidth are routed while at the same time the router performs Zone-Policy Firewall and other baseline features such as QoS, IPv4, IPv6, NetFlow, etc.
• The Cisco ASR 1000 Series provides logging of all firewall session state off to network-management applications capable of accepting relatively huge amounts of flow data. Third-party applications can handle the session data.
• Provides firewall performance of 5 to 20 Gbps at time of first availability, depending on the embedded services processor
• Offers high-speed logging of 40,000 sessions per second with NetFlow Version 9
Managed CPE:
This implementation of branch-office architecture offers powerful investment protection with services and scale.
• Helps branch office route correctly over various types of Ethernet service-level agreements (SLAs)
• Encrypts multigigabits of bandwidth -- without any additional service blades or modules
• Optimizes the WAN to route around brownouts in the service provider network to further guarantee mission-critical applications
• Offers a small form factor (2 rack units [2RU]) with the Cisco ASR 1002 Router, including software modularity and ISSU
• Offers accessibility even when the Cisco IOS Software is down
• Offers first-in-industry software redundancy support, without any additional hardware module
• Offers powerful firewall and NAT performance of 5 to 20 Gbps and 1.8- to 7-Gbps encryption support in addition to WAN optimization and voice features
* This product includes software developed by Cavium Networks.
Table 2. Cisco ASR 1000 Series Service Provider Applications
Applications
Benefits
Implementations
Broadband L2TP Access Concentrator (LAC) or L2TP Network Server (LNS):
The solution offers Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) endpoint to tunnel Point-to-Point Protocol (PPPoX) or IP sessions with bandwidth demands in the STM-1 ATM, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet range.
• Ideal for triple-play (data, voice, and video) wholesale deployments
• Offers integral service delivery
• Offers per-user firewall, SBC, etc.
• Provides very high scalability of up to 32,000 subscribers and up to 16,000 tunnels
Service provider edge: Layer 3 VPN (L3VPN) provider edge:
Example: The solution can be deployed at the distributed provider edge, or provider edge in global VPN networks for bandwidth demands such as asymmetric DSL (ADSL), T1/E1, STM-1, STM-4, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, etc.
• Provides integral services in Cisco QuantumFlow Processor
• Provides encryption, FPM, NBAR, SBC, IP Multicast, etc.
• Offers excellent multicast performance
• Scales to 1,000 Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF) instances, 1 million Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) labels, and 4,000 access control lists (ACLs)
• Supports up to 1 million IPv4 routes
• Supports up to 250,000 IPv6 routes
Service provider edge: High-end route reflector:
You can use the solution as a route reflector for bandwidth support of 20 Gbps.
• Provides high scalability
• Offers modular design of route processor and embedded services processor with hardware and software redundancy
• Scales up to 1 million IPv4 routes or 250,000 IPv6 routes
• Supports 64,000 Layer 3 adjacencies
• Offers sufficient memory (2-GB DRAM)
• Offers optional upgrade to 4-GB DRAM
Note: The Cisco ASR 1002 Router ships by default with 4-GB DRAM (ASR1002).
• Offers extensive Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) feature support
Next-generation voice and multimedia example: Cisco IOS SBC:
The SBC implementation performs the voice and video gateway functions simultaneously with regular IP data services. No appliance or additional service blade is required. The control protocols and media protocols work transparently within a complex voice architecture.
• The WAN edge is simpler to manage because only one egress and one ingress point needs management and policy application.
• With the distributed control plane and separate data-forwarding plane, the signaling and control processing remain separate from media processing.
• ISSU support allows for easy addition of new-use cases.
• You can use a single SBC application on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series for residential, enterprise, and service provider peering applications.
• Facilitates SBC with security, QoS, IPv4, and IPv6 (IP Unicast and IP Multicast simultaneously)
• Supports 32,000 simultaneous voice calls and multimedia data of up to 20 Gbps with accounting, firewall, and call quality enabled
• Integrated with inbox high-availability infrastructure and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Relay
Software
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series is supported in Cisco IOS XE Software, which is introduced with the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers as a modular operating system. Based on Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2SR, Cisco IOS XE Software is designed to provide modular packaging, feature velocity, and powerful resiliency. Because of the extreme flexibility and robust performance of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESPs, which are based on the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor technology, Network Security, Deep Packet Inspection, Cisco IOS Firewall, and many other advanced features are implemented in Cisco IOS XE Software without the need of additional hardware support (for example, in the form of a service blade).
One of the most innovative features is that the Cisco IOS XE Software supports dual Cisco IOS Software consolidated packages in one single Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor for software redundancy in the Cisco ASR 1002 and ASR 1004 Routers. This dual Cisco IOS Software consolidated package could be the same consolidated package for backup, or a different consolidated package also on a different Cisco IOS XE Software release for resilient upgrade. Information about the compatibility of supported dual consolidated packages is available in the release notes. The (optional) hardware-redundant route processor and ESP configuration in the Cisco ASR 1006 Router does not support Cisco IOS Software redundancy in a single route processor because each of the two route processors supports one Cisco IOS XE image.
For ease of ordering, you can choose from four supported consolidated packages in each Cisco IOS XE Software release:
• IP Base without crypto
• IP Base
• Advanced IP Services
• Advanced Enterprise Services
All Cisco IOS XE Software Route Processor 1 (RP1) consolidated packages are compatible across the entire Cisco ASR 1000 Series with the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 1 (ASR1000-RP1). Table 3 describes each of the Cisco IOS XE consolidated packages.
Table 3. Descriptions of Cisco IOS XE Software Consolidated Packages
Cisco IOS XE Consolidated Package
Part Number
Description
Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1 IP BASE W/O CRYPTO
SASR1R1-IPB
• Provides low-cost base consolidated package
• Offers only basic IP feature support
• Satisfies export requirements for noncryptographic software
Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1 IP BASE
SASR1R1-IPBK9
• Provides low-cost base consolidated package
• Offers only basic IP feature support, including Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol and Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) support
Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1 ADVANCED IP SERVICES
SASR1R1-AISK9
• Targeted for service provider customers
• Supports all features, including encryption (IPsec*, Triple Digital Encryption Standard [3DES], Advanced Encryption Standard [AES], and SSH), Lawful Intercept, and SBC
• Does not support older protocols
Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1 ADVANCED ENTERPRISE SERVICES
SASR1R1-AESK9
• Supports all features included in the ADVANCED IP SERVICES image as well as older protocols
* This product includes software developed by Cavium Networks.
Each of the Cisco IOS XE consolidated packages consists of seven different subpackages. You can download each Cisco IOS XE consolidated package from the Cisco website. In case of upgrades for support of new features, you can upgrade the consolidated package as a whole or each of the seven subpackages as an individual subpackage. Compatibility of the different subpackages in each consolidated package is checked with a compatibility matrix.
Table 4 lists the seven software subpackages that make up each of the Cisco IOS XE consolidated packages.
Table 4. Cisco IOS XE Software Subpackages
Cisco IOS XE Subpackages
Function of Each Subpackage
RPBase
This subpackage provides the operating system software for the route processor.
RPControl
This subpackage controls the control-plane processes that interface between the Cisco IOS Software and the rest of the platform.
RPAccess (non-K9)
This subpackage is required for router access. The RP-Access subpackage (non-K9 version) is included only in the Cisco IOS XE consolidated packages that do not have cryptographic support or SSH support.
RPAccess (K9)
This subpackage is required for router access. The RP-Access sub-package (K9 version) includes restricted components (Secure Sockets Layer [SSL] and SSH). The Cisco IOS XE consolidated packages with this subpackage are subject to export controls.
RPIOS
This subpackage provides the Cisco IOS Software kernel, which is where Cisco IOS Software features are stored and run. Each Cisco IOS XE consolidated package has a different Cisco IOS Software image (for example, the Cisco IOS XE consolidated package Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP 1 IP BASE W/O CRYPTO contains the Cisco IOS IP BASE W/O CRYPTO image).
ESPBase
This subpackage provides the ESP operating system and control processes and the ESP software.
SIPSPA
This subpackage provides the shared-port-adaptor (SPA) driver and associated field-programmable device (FPD) images.
SIPBase
This subpackage controls the SIP carrier-card operating system and control processes.
Product Specifications
Table 5 compares the different Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers, and Table 6 provides further Cisco ASR 1000 Series product specifications. Table 7 lists the SPAs supported; this list will be extended over time, so please check with your local Cisco account representative for information about the latest SPAs offered.
Table 5. Cisco ASR 1000 Series: Chassis Comparison and Specifications
Model
Cisco ASR 1002
Cisco ASR 1004
Cisco ASR 1006
Physical specifications
Height: 3.5 in. (88.9 mm)
Width: 17.2 in. (437.4 mm)
Depth: 22 in. (558.8 mm)
Weight:
• 33.65 lb (15.23 kg) (with dual AC power supply and SPA blank covers)
• 36.85 lb (16.75 kg) (with dual AC power supply, blank covers, and Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP5 [ASR1000-ESP5])
• No SPAs included
Note: The Cisco ASR 1002 has the route processor and SIP integrated.
Height: 7 in. (177.8 mm)
Width: 17.2 in. (437.4 mm)
Depth: 22 in. (558.8 mm)
Weight: 68.7 lb (31.16 kg) (with dual AC power supply, SPA blank covers, Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP10 (ASR1000-ESP10), Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1 (ASR1000-RP1), Cisco ASR 1000 Series SIP10 (ASR1000-SIP10) (two), and no SPAs)
Height: 10.5 in. (266.7 mm)
Width: 17.2 in. (437.4 mm)
Depth: 22 in. (558.8 mm)
Weight: 98.70 lb (44.77 kg) (with dual AC power supply, SPA and route processor and SIP blank covers, two Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP10s (ASR1000-ESP10), two Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1s (ASR1000-RP1), three Cisco ASR 1000 Series SIP10s (ASR1000-SIP10), and no SPAs)
Shared port adapters
3 SPA slots
8 SPA slots
12 SPA slots
Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP
1 ESP slot
1 ESP slot
2 ESP slots
Route processor
Integrated in chassis
1 route-processor slot
2 route-processor slots
Number of SIPs supported
Integrated in chassis
2
3
Redundancy
Software: Yes
Software: Yes
Hardware: Yes
Built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports
Yes: 4 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) ports
0
0
Airflow
Front-to-back
Front-to-back
Front-to-back
Note: The 2RU chassis (ASR1002) comes by default with 4-GB DRAM, and 4 GB is required for the for software-redundancy implementation, which is also of high interest for the managed CPE application.
Table 6. Cisco ASR 1000 Series: Detailed Specifications
Cisco ASR 1000 Series
Cisco ASR 1002 Router
Cisco ASR 1004 Router
Cisco ASR 1006 Router
Embedded Services Processor
ESP support
5-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP (ASR1000-ESP5) and 10-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP (ASR1000-ESP10)
10-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP (ASR1000-ESP10)
10-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP (ASR1000-ESP10)
ESP bandwidth
5 to 10 Gbps
10 to 20 Gbps
Same as for Cisco ASR 1004
ESP memory
5-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP (ASR1000-ESP5): 1-GB DRAM default; 1-GB DRAM maximum
10-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP (ASR1000-ESP10):
2-GB DRAM default; 2-GB DRAM maximum
10-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP (ASR1000-ESP10): 2-GB DRAM default; 2-GB DRAM maximum
20-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP (ASR10000-ESP20): 4-GB DRAM default; 4-GB DRAM maximum
Same as for Cisco ASR 1004
Route Processors
Route Processor 1
Integrated in the chassis: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 1 (ASR1000-RP1)
Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 1 (ASR1000-RP1):
Supported as a module on the Cisco ASR 1004 and ASR 1006
Same as for Cisco ASR 1004
Route-processor memory
• Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 1 (ASR1000-RP1) is integrated in the chassis of the Cisco ASR 1002.
• Cisco ASR 1002 comes with 4-GB DRAM (default and maximum).
• The router offers 8-GB Embedded USB memory (EUSB) support (partitioned: two 32-MB for nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) and the rest for mass storage).
• Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor (ASR1000-RP1): 2-GB DRAM default; 4-GB DRAM maximum
• 1-GB EUSB memory support (partitioned: two 32-MB for NVRAM and the rest for mass storage)
• For mass storage: Hard disk drive (40-GB) or solid-state drive (32-GB) support (will be offered later)
Same as for Cisco ASR 1004
SIPs
Integrated in chassis: 10-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 SIP Carrier Card (ASR1000-SIP10)
10-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 SIP Carrier Card (ASR1000-SIP10)
Supported as a module on the Cisco ASR 1004 and ASR 1006
Same as for Cisco ASR 1004
Embedded hardware-based encryption
Yes: On 5-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP (ASR1000-ESP5) with up to 1.8 Gbps and on 10-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP (ASR1000-ESP10) with up to 4 Gbps
Yes (ASR1000-ESP10 with up to 4 Gbps; ASR1000-ESP20 with up to 8 Gbps)
Same as for Cisco ASR 1004
Minimum Cisco IOS XE Software Release
Cisco IOS XE Software Release 2.1
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Rack-mounting
Yes: 19-inch
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Wall-mounting
No
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
External USB flash memory
1-GB USB flash memory support
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Power Requirements
Redundant power supply
Yes: Dual power supply by default; option of either AC or DC power supply
Note: A mix of one AC and one DC power supply is not supported.
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Power input
Worldwide ranging AC (85 to 264V; 120 or 240V; 60 or 50 Hz nominal)
Worldwide ranging DC (-40.5 to -72: -48V nominal)
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Power consumption
• Maximum (DC): 590W
• Maximum (AC): 560W
• Maximum (Out): 470W
• Maximum (DC): 1020W
• Maximum (AC): 960W
• Maximum (Out): 765W
• Maximum (DC): 1700W
• Maximum (AC): 1600W
• Maximum (Out): 1275W
Airflow
Front to back
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Environmental Specifications
Operating temperature (nominal)
41 to 104ºF
(5 to 40ºC)
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Operating temperature (short-term)
23 to 131°F
(-5 to 55°C)
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Operating humidity (nominal) (relative humidity)
10 to 85%
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Operating humidity (short-term)
5 to 90%
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Storage temperature
-38 to 150°F
(-39 to 70°C)
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Storage (relative humidity)
5 to 95%
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Operating altitude
-60 to 4000m (up to 2000m conforms to IEC/EN/UL/CSA 60950 requirements)
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Regulatory Compliance
Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS)
GR-1089 and GR-63
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
Same as for Cisco ASR 1002
EMC standards
• FCC 47 CFR Part 15 Class A
• VCCI Class A
• AS/NSZ Class A
• ICES-003 Class A
• EN55022/CISPR 22 Information Technology Equipment (Emissions)
• EN55024/CISPR 24 Information Technology Equipment (Immunity)
