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Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation

Services Routers
TRANSFORM AND EXTEND THE ENTERPRISE WAN EDGE AND HIGH-END BRANCH OFFICE IN YOUR BORDERLESS NETWORK

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers: Transform and Extend the

Enterprise WAN Edge
Cisco creates a new paradigm for the WAN edge with the Cisco ASR 1000 Series
Aggregation Services Routers, which offer business-critical resiliency with intelligent
services flexibility to allow enterprise businesses to accelerate their growth potential.

What Is the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router?

Figure 1. Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router
Where the Cisco ASR 1000 Fits
Service Provider Edge Routers
Managed Services CPE Routers

Cisco ASR 9000 Series

Performance and Stability

Managed L2/L3 VPNS Integrated Security Application Recognition

Cisco 7600 Series

Cisco ISR Series

2.5 - 360 Gbps

Broadband
Route Reflector
Distributed PE
Hosted Firewall
IPsec
SBC/VoIP

Cisco QuantumFlow Processor:

The Next-Generation Network Processor from Cisco
Meeting the requirements of the aggregation service edge required an entirely new
category of network processors. Cisco has developed an innovative router engine
called the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, which is the industrys first fully integrated
and programmable flow processor. The Cisco QuantumFlow Processor combines
massive parallel processing, customized quality of service (QoS), advanced memory
management, and integrated services programmability. With these capabilities, the
Cisco ASR 1000 Series accelerates service deployment and feature velocity, resulting
in reduced qualification and deployment time and lower operating expenses (OpEx).

What Problems Does It Help Solve?

Enterprises worldwide face several new WAN infrastructure challenges:

Cisco ASR 1000 Series

Cisco 7200 Series

integrated threat and defense services at the WAN or Internet edge; data center
interconnect (DCI) router; managed customer premises-equipment (CPE) services;
or to deliver complex residential quadruple-play (data, voice, video, and mobile) or
business services from the provider edge.

40 Gpps
Carrier Ethernet
IP RAN
Mobile Gateways
SBC/VoIP
Broadband
Vidmon

200 Gbps
Carrier
Ethernet
IP RAN
L2/L3 VPNs
Vidmon

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router, a critical part of the Cisco Borderless Network
Architecture, is the industrys first aggregation services router and the first system
within the Cisco portfolio to use the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, a processor built
for edge-based service delivery (refer to Figure 1). You can deploy the Cisco ASR
1000 Series Routers at the enterprise to provide secure WAN aggregation services;

WAN edge infrastructure performance: Enterprises need to deliver higherperformance, higher-bandwidth services over their converged WANs, along with
capacity headroom to operate efficiently.
Highly available WAN infrastructure: Enterprises need to provide anytime, everywhere
access to applications and services over the WAN. This provision requires a more
highly available, resilient, and adaptive infrastructure than they have today.
WAN security for data protection and compliance: Businesses need to satisfy
industry regulations regarding data privacy, and adhere to regulations such as
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Payment Card Industry (PCI), Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and so on.
Service delivery with application intelligence: Enterprises need to meet demanding
internal service-level agreements (SLAs), with improved service delivery and
application performance over the WAN.

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Cisco ASR 1000 Series Positioning

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series provides scalable, secure multiservice aggregation at
the headquarters, and high-end branch-office and managed CPE services in remote
offices. By meeting or exceeding these requirements, the Cisco ASR 1000 Series
Routers are helping to define the new enterprise WAN.
Figure 2. Cisco Enterprise WAN Routing Portfolio

Cisco ASR 1013

Cisco
ASR 1004

Cisco ASR 1001

Cisco
ASR 1006

1002-X
Cisco ASR 1002 Cisco ASR 1002-

Cisco ESP 20G

Cisco ESP 40G

Service Plane

Unparalleled WAN availability for consistent and reliable service delivery across the
WAN:
Highly available carrier-class design with redundant hardware and software,
providing consistent, reliable, and always-on services

Complete hardware redundancy for forwarding and route processors with

millisecond failover and zero packet loss (Note: forwarding engine failover results in
minimal packet loss.)

Cisco RP2

Industrys first redundant software (Cisco IOS XE Software) on nonredundant

hardware (1-rack-unit [1RU], 2RU, and 4RU chassis)

Control Plane

Cisco ESP 10G

Cisco ESP 2.5-5G
G

Easy upgrade path because the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router price/performance
is positioned between the Cisco 7200 Series at the low end of the portfolio and the
Cisco 7600 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series at the high end

Resilient hardware platform architecture with control- and data-plane separation for
powerful system availability

Chassis
Cisco RP1

New WAN initiatives such as segmentation of enterprise networks for workgroups,

data-center consolidation, and converged data, voice, and video applications facilitated

Cisco ESP 100G

Cisco ESP 200G

(ESP)

Benefits of Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers

Enterprises deploying the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers can realize the following
benefits:
Very high performance at the WAN edge to support new and faster WAN services:
More than twentyfold increase in WAN bandwidth performance and capacity
compared with Cisco 7200 Series Routers
New collaborative and secure connectivity features enabled with Cisco WebEx
Node on Cisco ASR 1000 Series for on-premises web meeting acceleration, Cisco
Unified Border Element (UBE) Service Provider and Enterprise Editions for enhanced
business-to-business telepresence, high-definition (HD) voice and video telephony,
voice-over-IP (VoIP) public-switched-telephone-network (PSTN) interconnect, and
enhanced secure connectivity and application optimization

Modular Cisco IOS XE Software that provides ability to remotely restart, fault
containment, and In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSUs)
High-performance embedded WAN edge security for attack prevention and
compliance:
Ability to instantly turn on embedded security services without affecting WAN routing
performance
Integrated all-in-one router approach that simplifies operation and reduces costs
and time to qualify, deploy, and maintain the WAN infrastructure
Secure services aggregation for private WAN and remote sites
Embedded secure Internet access, session border controller, firewall, and VPN
termination
Built-in high-performance, integrated security services that reduce the need for
standalone devices:
-- Control packets, computation of routes, and connection setup; a redundant
route-processor module option is available for the 6RU and 13RU chassis
-- Secure connectivity services: Provides secure and scalable network connectivity,
incorporating multiple types of traffic; examples include various VPN services
such as Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), Group Encrypted Transport VPN,
Enhanced Easy VPN, and up to 11-Gbps IP Security (IPsec) VPN services

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-- Integrated threat control: Prevents and responds to network attacks and threats
using network services; examples include Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF)-aware
firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT) services with up to 100-Gbps
throughput, NetFlow services, and multigigabit deep packet inspection through
Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR), Flexible Packet Matching (FPM),
and Application Visibility and Control (AVC) to provide a rapid first line of defense
against network threats and notable worms and viruses
Improved WAN service levels and operational excellence:
Reduced and optimized total WAN operating costs through effective bandwidth
usage, and overlaid network and device consolidation, power efficiencies, and
service integration
Improved bandwidth usage with WAN optimization features such as Web Cache
Communication Protocol Version 2 (WCCPv2), and traffic management and
instrumentation (scalable full NetFlow Version 9)
Innovative hardware and software architecture to readily adapt to new business
requirements
Sophisticated Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router system software and hardware design
to address oversubscription and provide scalable and flexible QoS for predictable
application performance

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Components

A common hardware and software architecture and common components are used
across the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. Primary components include:
Chassis: The chassis is available in five different form factors, and all have capability
for dual power supplies (refer to Table 1):
Table 1. Chassis Form Factors

Chassis

Rack Unit Height Part Numbers and Additional Notes

Cisco ASR 1001 Router

1RU

ASR1001, ASR1001-2XOC3POS,
ASR1001-4TX3, ASR1001-HDD,
ASR1001-4X1GE, and ASR1001-8XCHT1E1

Cisco ASR 1002 Router

Cisco ASR 1002-X Router

2RU

ASR1002
ASR1002-X

Cisco ASR 1004 Router

4RU

ASR1004

Cisco ASR 1006 Router

6RU

ASR1006

Cisco ASR 1013 Router

13RU

ASR1013 (with option for quad power supply)

For more details about the different chassis SKUs and bundles, please refer to the data
sheet or ordering guide.
Route processor: The route processor runs the router control plane, including
processing of network control packets, computation of routes, and connection setup.
Embedded services processor (ESP): The ESP includes the Cisco Quantum Flow
Processor chip set and provides forwarding, services, and traffic management
(QoS) capabilities. A redundant ESP module option is available for the 6RU and
13RU chassis.
SPA interface processor (SIP): The SIP is the housing for the shared port adapters
(SPAs) in the system, each of which can take up to 4 half-height SPAs, or 2
double-height SPAs, or 1 double-height SPA and 2 single-height SPAs. For more
information about the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers, please visit
http://www.cisco.com/go/asr1000.

Cisco and Partner Services for the Borderless Network

Architecture
Enable the Borderless Networks Architecture and the business solutions that run on
it with smart, personalized services from Cisco and our partners. Backed by deep
networking expertise and a broad ecosystem of partners, these services help you plan,
build, and run a network that enables you to expand geographically, embrace new
business models, and promote business innovation. Whether you plan to transition
to a Borderless Networks Architecture, solve specific business problems, or improve
operational efficiency, we have a service that can help you get the most from your IT
environment. For more information, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/services.

Why Cisco?
With the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as part of the Cisco Borderless Networks
Architecture, Cisco provides powerful WAN services aggregation products,
architectures, guidance, and support to help you transform your network as the
platform to aid business excellence. Building on the success of existing Cisco WAN
platforms, including the Cisco 7200 Series Routers, Cisco 7600 Series Routers, and
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches, this innovation can help you achieve business
success by providing services on your WAN securely and reliably, while minimizing the
total cost of ownership.

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