Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Ordering Guide

 

Overview

This guide provides an overview and guidance for ordering and configuring the Cisco^® ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers with their respective hardware components, Cisco IOS^® XE Software, and feature licenses. It first addresses ordering of individual components, including hardware, software, and licenses. Then several ordering examples are presented, as well as a step-by-step walk-through of the Cisco Dynamic Configuration Tool, and of a typical deployment, including bundles. Finally, a list of part numbers, also referred to as Product Identifiers (PIDs), is included.

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series consists of nine platforms:

●      Cisco ASR 1001-X Router

●      Cisco ASR 1001-HX Router

●      Cisco ASR 1002-HX Router

●      Cisco ASR 1002-X Router

●      Cisco ASR 1004 Router

●      Cisco ASR 1006 Router

●      Cisco ASR 1006-X Router

●      Cisco ASR 1009-X Router

●      Cisco ASR 1013 Router

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series delivers multiple services embedded in the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor™ at wire speeds from 2.5 to 200 Gbps. The services supported on the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor include security services (for example, up to 78-Gbps [78G] encryption throughput and up to 6M firewall sessions), Quality of Service (QoS), Application Visibility and Control (AVC), Cisco Performance Routing (PfR), broadband aggregation, Cisco Unified Border Element (SP Edition), and Cisco Unified Border Element (Enterprise Edition). Additionally, the Cisco ASR 1000 offers feature-rich scalable Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solutions that include Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) and Virtual Private Label Switching (VPL) to connect geographically dispersed data centers. Advanced routing techniques such as the Locator Identity Separation Protocol (LISP) allow host mobility within and across subnets.

With separation of the control and data planes in the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router architecture, software redundancy (on the Cisco ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, ASR 1002-X, and ASR 1004 Routers), and hardware redundancy (on the Cisco ASR 1006, ASR 1006-X, ASR 1009-X, and ASR 1013 Routers), the highly reliable Cisco ASR 1000 Series demonstrates a consistently high throughput, even when new services are added. Additionally, the modular Cisco IOS XE Software that is introduced with the Cisco ASR 1000 Series facilitates In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) on the ASR 1006, ASR 1006-X, ASR 1009-X, and ASR 1013 models.

Getting started

To ensure that you order the correct Cisco ASR 1000, you must first know the answers to the following questions:

●      Is this deployment for a service provider or an enterprise network?

●      Do you have a form factor requirement? How many Rack Units (RUs) do you need?

●      What total throughput do you need in the router?

●      Do you need hardware or software redundancy?

●      What types of interfaces do you need, and how many?

●      What services need to be enabled, and how many services do you need to be running concurrently?

Cisco ASR 1000 Series high-level overview and part numbers

This section gives a brief overview of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router components.

●      Chassis

◦    The chassis houses all of the router components.

●      Processor modules

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processors: Route processors provide advanced routing features and also monitor and manage other resources on the router. They comprise the memory, hard disk, and USB flash memory token.

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processor (ESP): Based on the Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, the ESP performs forwarding, network security, deep packet inspection, firewalling, data center interconnect, and many other advanced features.

●      Interfaces and modules

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 Series Shared Port Adapters (SPAs): These media modules connect to a variety of service provider and enterprise media types. All SPAs connect to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers through the SPA Interface Processor (SIP) modules.

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 Series SPA Interface Processors (SIPs): The SIPs house and interconnect up to 4 SPAs each, depending on the router model.

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 Series Ethernet Line Cards (ELCs): ELCs come in two different types: two 10G and twenty 1G, and six 10G. Both of these Ethernet line cards have built-in SIP.

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 Series Modular Interface Processor (MIP): 100-Gbps carrier card to house and interconnect up to 2 Ethernet port adapters

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 Series Ethernet Port Adapters (EPAs): EPAs connect to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series routers through the MIP modules.

●      Cisco IOS XE Software images

◦    Software feature licenses are required to turn on services on Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. Currently, two types of feature licenses are available. Certain services require only a Right-To-Use (RTU) license, whereas other services require both a RTU license and one or more number-of-sessions licenses. All the licenses on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series are honor-based and are not enforced through a Product Activation Key (PAK).

◦    For ASR 1000 Series routers, one of the following packages is required:

◦    Cisco ASR 1001 IOS XE UNIVERSAL - NO PAYLOAD ENCRYPTION

◦    Cisco ASR 1001 IOS XE UNIVERSAL

◦    Cisco ASR 1001 IOS XE UNIVERSAL without Lawful Intercept

◦    Cisco ASR 1001 IOS XE UNIVERSAL - NO PAYLOAD ENCRYPTION without Lawful Intercept

●      To enable a set of required features, one of the following three technology packages is required:

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 IP BASE license

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 Advanced IP Services license

◦    Cisco ASR 1000 Advanced Services license

●      Cisco IOS XE Software feature licenses

◦    Certain functions supported on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series require feature licenses.

◦    All Cisco ASR 1000 feature and performance upgrade licenses are honor-based; that is, they are not enforced through a Product Activation Key (PAK). Note: Prior to Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.7S, performance upgrade licenses that are required to upgrade the Cisco ASR 1001 from 2.5 to 5 Gbps or the Cisco ASR 1002-X from 5 to 10 to 20 to 36 Gbps are enforced through a PAK. Similarly, prior to Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.6S, technology package licenses are enforced through a PAK.

●      Cisco ASR 1000 application part numbers

◦    When ordering a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router, please choose the application part number from Table 1 that most closely matches the type of deployment for the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router. Note: Although you must make a selection, your choice of application part number has no effect on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. This part number is used only for Cisco internal tracking purposes in order to better understand the customer use cases for the platform.

Table 1.        Application part numbers

Table 2 lists system part numbers for chassis, route processors, ESPs, SIPs, and SPAs.

Table 2.        Chassis, route processor, ESP, SIP, and SPA part numbers

Cisco ASR 1000 Series router hardware

This section discusses Cisco ASR 1000 hardware rules, including the default and maximum values for chassis, modules, power supplies, and accessories.

Chassis

Cisco ASR 1000 Series routers have six form factors (1RU, 2RU, 4RU, 6RU, 9RU, and 13RU). Table 3 lists the rack-unit (RU) height for the Cisco ASR 1000 chassis.

Table 3.        Cisco ASR 1000 Chassis rack-unit sizes

Embedded services processor

Depending on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series model, the ESP is either integrated into the chassis or modular.

Depending on the overall throughput or encryption performance needed, you can choose among four different modular ESP versions: 20-, 40-, 100-, and 200-Gbps ESPs.

Table 4 lists relevant ESP specifics.

Table 4.        ESP specifics

Release Information:

The ASR 1001-HX is supported on the following software release:

●      Cisco ASR 1001-HX support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 16.3S.

The ASR 1002-HX is supported on the following software release:

●      Cisco ASR 1002-HX support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 16.2S.

The Cisco ASR 1001-X is supported on the following software release:

●      Cisco ASR 1001-X support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.12S.

The 200-Gbps ESP is supported only on the following software releases:

●      Cisco ASR 1013 support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.10S.

●      Cisco ASR 1009-X support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.16S.

The 100-Gbps ESP is supported only on the following software releases:

●      Cisco ASR 1006 and ASR 1013 support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.7S.

●      Cisco ASR 1009-X support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.16S.

The 40-Gbps ESP is supported only on the following software releases:

●      Cisco ASR 1004 support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.2S.

●      Cisco ASR 1006 and ASR 1013 support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.1S.

●      Cisco ASR 1009-X support begins as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.16S.

Route processor

The disk drive on the route processor is used for storage purposes, such as for the Cisco IOS XE Software consolidated package, logs, and core dump files.

Route processor types

Route processors come in two main categories, integrated and modular. Depending on the chassis type, one or two can be running in a redundant mode. Table 5 lists relevant route processor specifics.

Table 5.        Route processor specifics

Route processor memory and storage

When ordering a route processor module, please consider the following components: memory, storage device, and USB flash memory token.

Table 6 lists relevant route processor memory and storage specifics.

Table 6.        Route processor memory and storage specifics

Note:     All of the Cisco ASR 1000 spare route processors (ASR1000-RP2=) and the route processors in spare chassis orders (ASR1001-X=, ASR1001-HX, ASR1002-HX, and ASR1002-X=) are not configurable at the time of order, and they ship without any software.

Note:     For Internet peering and edge and route reflector deployments, we highly recommend that you configure the Cisco ASR 1002-X with 8G of shared memory instead of the default 4G of shared memory. The Cisco ASR 1001-X and ASR 1001-HX come with 8G of shared memory as a default. The Cisco ASR 1002-HX comes with 16G of shared memory as a default.

Route processor redundancy

The Cisco ASR 1000 is a highly redundant router; the type of redundancy depends on the model. Table 7 lists relevant route processor memory redundancy requirements.

Table 7.        Memory requirements for route processor redundancy

USB flash memory token

You can order a 1-GB USB flash memory token (MEMUSB-1024FT) separately for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers to store configurations or Cisco IOS XE Software consolidated packages.

Ports and media interface modules: SIP and SPA

The media port adapter SPAs are housed by the SIP modules. The maximum number of SPA modules depends on both the type and number of SIPs supported by each router. SPA cards on the same SIP card do not need to be of the same type. Please refer to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Shared Port Adapter Support data sheet for details about supported SPAs.

Certain routers have built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports. These built-in ports require Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optic or copper media. An SFP is a hot-swappable input/output device that plugs into a Gigabit Ethernet port, linking the port with the network. You can order the SFP at the same time you order the SPAs or later as a spare.

Table 8 lists relevant port specifics.

Table 8.        Port specifics

Release information follows:

●      Cisco ASR 1000 Series 100-Gbps Modular Interface Processor (ASR1000-MIP100) as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.16.1S

●      Cisco ASR 1000 Series 1-port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Port Adapter (EPA-1X100GE) as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.16.1S on ASR1000-MIP100 and XE 16.4.1 for ASR1002-HX

●      Cisco ASR 1000 Series 2-port 40 Gigabit Ethernet port Adapter (EPA-2X40GE) as of Cisco IOS XE 16.6.2S

●      Cisco ASR 1000 Series 1-port 40 Gigabit Ethernet port Adapter (EPA-1X40GE) as of Cisco IOS XE 16.6.2S

●      Cisco ASR 1000 Series 2-port 40 Gigabit Ethernet Port Adapter (EPA-CPAK-2X40GE) as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.16.2S on ASR1000-MIP100 and XE 16.4.1 for ASR1002-HX

●      Cisco ASR 1000 Series 10-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port Adapter (EPA-10X10GE) as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release XE 16.2.1 on ASR1000-MIP100 and XE 16.3.1 for ASR1002-HX

●      Cisco ASR 1000 Series 18-port 1 Gigabit Ethernet Port Adapter (EPA-18X1GE) as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release XE 16.2.1 on ASR1002-HX and XE 16.3.1 for ASR1000-MIP100

Power supplies

All Cisco ASR 1000 chassis come by default with either dual AC or dual DC power supplies. At the time of ordering, you can choose between dual AC and dual DC power supplies. AC and DC in the same chassis is not supported. Table 9 lists relevant power-supply specifics.

Table 9.        Power-supply specifics

Note:     The dual power supplies for a spare chassis are optional, and they must either be configured with the spare chassis or ordered separately as power-supply spares.

Accessories

Every router chassis comes by default with an accessory kit. The accessory kit for a spare chassis is optional, and you must configure the spare chassis with it at the time of purchase or order it separately as a spare. The Cisco ASR 1000 accessory kit comes as a default on all Cisco ASR 1000 models and can be bought as a spare.

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) kits are sold only as spares. FIPS140-2 requires that routers have tamper-evident labels affixed across all removable component seams. In addition to tamper-evident labels, FIPS specifies that the view of internal components where cryptography is processed must be obscured.

Table 10 lists the accessories that come with the routers.

Table 10.     Accessories

Note:     * NIM-BLANK= (spare) is the same hardware component/product identified supported on Cisco ASR1001-X and ASR 4451-X Integrated Services Routers.

Note:     Please note that ASR 1002-HX Network Interface Module (NIM) support will come after First Customer Shipment (FCS).

Ordering Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router Software

With the Cisco ASR 1000 Series, beginning with release 16.2, the concept of a universal software image in combination with an honor-based technology package license was introduced.

In summary:

●      A PAK or license key enforces two types of licenses on the Cisco ASR 1001 prior to Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.6S:

◦    Technology package licenses (feature set licenses); part numbers and descriptions follow:

◦    SLASR1-IPB: Cisco ASR 1000 IP Base license

◦    SLASR1-AIS: Cisco ASR 1000 Advanced IP Services license

◦    SLASR1-AES: Cisco ASR 1000 Advanced Enterprise Services license

◦    Performance Upgrade license; part number FLS-ASR1001-5G to upgrade from 2.5 to 5 Gbps

●      To enable a certain feature set on the Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, or ASR 1002-X, you must order a universal image in combination with a technology package license.

Note:     As of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.7S, the technology package licenses, the performance upgrade licenses, and all other licenses required for certain features on the Cisco ASR 1000 are not enforced.

Table 11 lists the part numbers you must purchase to enable feature sets; Table 12 lists the part numbers for universal Cisco IOS XE Software consolidated packages with an integrated route processor; and Table 13 gives part numbers for the technology package licenses.

Table 11.     Part numbers for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Software feature set enablement

Table 12.     Descriptions of Universal Cisco IOS XE Software consolidated packages for ASR 1000 Series

Table 13.     Descriptions of Cisco ASR 1000 Technology package licenses

Ordering Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router feature licenses

Software feature licenses are required to turn on services on Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers, in addition to the appropriate Cisco IOS XE Software as described in the previous section.

Currently, two types of feature licenses are available. Certain services require only a Right-To-Use (RTU) license, whereas other services require both an RTU license and one or more number-of-sessions licenses.

All the licenses on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series (with some exceptions for the Cisco ASR 1001 licenses prior to Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.6S; refer to the section “Ordering Cisco ASR 1001, ASR1001-X, and ASR 1002-X Series Feature Licenses”) are honor-based; that is, the licenses are not enforced through a product activation or license key.

Alternatively, you can choose to order solution bundles that are for targeted use cases. APP and SEC solution licenses are available.

Services that require only an RTU license include the following:

●      IP Security (IPsec) service: The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router IPsec application requires an RTU license (FLASR1-IPSEC-RTU(=), and FLSA1-2X-IPS4G(=) on ASR 1002-X), which allows you to enable IPsec Triple Digital Encryption Standard (3DES) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), and Easy VPN.

The ASR1002-HX and ASR1001-HX each require a special encryption HW module (ASR1002HX-IPSECHW(=) and ASR1001HX-IPSECW(=)), along with RTU tier-based license(s), to enable IPsec Triple Digital Encryption Standard (3DES), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), and Easy VPN.

IPsec licenses for ASR1002-HX are offered in three tiers or levels: 8G, 16G, and 25G

FLSA1-2HXIPS8G(=): 8-Gbps crypto throughput base license

FLSA1-2HX8G16G(=): 8-Gbps to 16-Gbps crypto throughput upgrade license

FLSA1-2HX8G25G(=): 8-Gbps to 25-Gbps crypto throughput upgrade license

FLSA1-2HX16G25G(=): 16-Gbps to 25-Gbps crypto throughput upgrade license

L-FLSA1-2HXIPS8G=: 8-Gbps crypto throughput base license, e-delivery

L-FLSA1-2HX8G16G=: 8-Gbps to 16-Gbps crypto throughput upgrade license, e-delivery

L-FLSA1-2HX8G25G=: 8-Gbps to 25-Gbps crypto throughput upgrade license, e-delivery

L-FLSA1-2HX16G25G=: 16-Gbps to 25-Gbps crypto throughput upgrade license, e-delivery

IPsec licenses for ASR1001-HX are offered in two tiers or levels: 8G and 16G

FLSA1-1HXIPS8G(=): 8-Gbps crypto throughput base license

FLSA1-1HX8G16G(=): 8-Gbps to 16-Gbps crypto throughput upgrade license

L-FLSA1-1HXIPS8G=: 8-Gbps crypto throughput base license, e-delivery

L-FLSA1-1HX8G16G=: 8-Gbps to 16-Gbps crypto throughput upgrade license, e-delivery

●      Firewall service: The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router Firewall application requires an RTU license (FLASR1 FW-RTU(=)), which allows you to enable Firewall Services at Layer 4. Additionally:

◦    To enable per-subscriber or -user firewall in broadband and enterprise deployments, the firewall RTU license as well as the number-of-sessions licenses listed in the “Broadband and Service Provider Wi-Fi Service” bullet later in this list are required.

●      Firewall or Network Address Translation (NAT) stateful interchassis redundancy: Enabling interchassis redundancy for firewall and NAT requires an RTU license (FLASR1-FWNAT-RED(=)) on any Cisco ASR 1000 Router that supports interchassis redundancy.

●      Stateful Network Address Translation 64 (Stateful NAT64) service (available as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.4S): The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router NAT64 service helps solve the IPv4 exhaust problem, enables IPv6 adoption, and requires an RTU license (FLASR1-NAT64-2M (=)) that enables up to 2M translations depending on the selected ESP (for example, ESP20 or ESP40 supports 2M translations, whereas ESP10 supports 1M). Stateless NAT64 service that is available as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.2S does not require any license. Stateful NAT64 service is available as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.4S.

●      Carrier Grade Network Address Translation 44 (CGN) service (available as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.6S): The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router CGN is positioned between a private and public IP network and uses nonglobal, private IP addresses and a public IP address for translation. Carrier Grade NAT dynamically maps one or more private IP addresses into one or more public (globally routable) IP addresses that use Network Address and Port Translation (NAPT) techniques. Traditionally, NAT boxes are deployed in residential Home Gateways (HGWs) to translate multiple private IP addresses that are configured on multiple devices inside the home to a single public IP address that is configured and provisioned on the HGW by the service provider. Service providers deploy NAT in such a way that multiple subscribers can share a single global IP address. The Carrier Grade NAT scales to several millions of NAT translations. CGN on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router requires an RTU license (FLASR1-CGN-2M (=)) that enables up to 2M translations or (FLASR1-CGN-6M (=)) that enables up to 6M translations depending on the selected ESP. For hardware models that support more than 2M or 6M translations, you can order more than one license. For example, with the Cisco ASR 1000 ESP100, you can have up to 12M translations, so you can order 2 x FLASR1-CGN-6M(=) to give you RTU of up to 12M translations. You can configure CGN by using the ipnat settings mode cgn command. Use the ipnat settings mode default command to change to the default or traditional NAT operating mode. In the default mode, you do not need any license. In CGN mode, you will need one of the following part numbers: FLASR1-CGN-2M (=) or FLASR1-CGN-6M (=).

●      Cisco IOS Flexible Packet Inspection (FPI) service: The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router FPI application requires an RTU license (FLASR1-FPI-RTU(=)), which allows you to enable Flexible Packet Matching (FPM). As of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.4S, Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) requires the Application Visibility and Control license and is no longer covered under the FPI license.

●      Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC) (available as of Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.4S): Cisco AVC provides a powerful pervasive, integrated service management solution based on stateful Deep Packet Inspection (DPI). With Cisco AVC, instead of processing packets as individual events, the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router fully reconstructs flows and the Layer 7 state of each application flow for application- and session-based classification and management of IP traffic.

◦    The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router Application Visibility and Control RTU license (FLASR1-AVC-RTU(=)) enables you to configure NBAR and advanced application awareness on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers or application reporting (visibility) and usage in application control in QoS policies.

◦    The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router Application Visibility and Control Upgrade license (FLASR1-AVC-UPG(=)) enables you to upgrade from your current existing FPI license to the new advanced Application Visibility and Control (AVC) license.

◦    The Cisco Insight reporting RTU license ((FLASR1-NSIGHT-RTU(=)) is a complementary external software component to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router Application Visibility and Control RTU license; Cisco Insight is an external web-based reporting tool that you can install on any external generic server that complies to its prerequisites; the license is per Cisco ASR 1000 unit.

●      Cisco IOS Software redundancy: The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router software redundancy requires an RTU license (FLASR1-IOSRED-RTU(=) on ASR 1002; and FLSASR1-IOSRED(=) on ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, and ASR 1002-X), which allows you to enable software redundancy on the Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1002, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, ASR 1002-X, and ASR 1004 chassis. Software redundancy requires 4-GB DRAM on the RP1, and minimum 8-GB DRAM on the ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, or ASR 1002-X. The Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1002, and ASR 1002-X come by default with 4-GB DRAM on the built-in route processor, the ASR 1001-X and ASR 1001-HX come by default with 8 GB DRAM, and the ASR 1002-HX comes by default with 16-GB DRAM.

In addition, solution licenses are available for specific use cases. The following two types of solution licenses are orderable: APP and SEC. The APP solution license is a license bundle including AVC-RTU, while the SEC solution license is a license bundle for FW-RTU and IPSEC-RTU.

●      APP solution license: SL-ASR1-APP is a license bundle that includes FLASR1-AVC-RTU.

●      SEC solution license has two variants:

◦    SL-ASR1-SEC is a license bundle that includes FLASR1-FW-RTU and FLASR1-IPSEC-RTU.

◦    SL-ASR1-SEC-HX is a license bundle specifically for ASR1001-HX and ASR1002-HX. SL-ASR1-SEC-HX includes FLSASR1-FW and FLSA1-2HXIPS8G on ASR1002-HX; SL-ASR1-SEC-HX includes FLSASR1-FW and FLSA1-1HXIPS8G on ASR1001-HX.

Cisco ONE Software

Cisco ONE™ Software is a new software subscription model that allows you to transfer software from one generation to the next, provided that you are subscribed to the annual Cisco Software Support Service (SWSS). This subscription model offers software portability and lowers customer Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The SWSS charge is applied only to the Cisco ONE software suite. Cisco Smart Net Total Care™ support is optional.

Cisco ONE comprises hardware and software PIDs. When you enter a hardware PID beginning with “C1-”, you need to then configure the Foundation and/or AUC suites (refer to Tables 14 and 15).

Table 14.     Hardware PIDs

Table 15.     Software PIDs

Broadband and Service Provider Wi-Fi Service

You must order an RTU license to enable Broadband, Service Provider Wi-Fi (SP Wi-Fi), Intelligent Services Gateway (ISG), and Intelligent Wireless Access Gateway (iWAG) applications on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router. The FLASR1-BB-RTU(=) license allows you to enable Broadband, SP Wi-Fi, ISG, and iWAG applications for up to 500 sessions. To increase the number of sessions, you must order one or more number-of-sessions licenses. Part numbers for these licenses follow:

●      FLASR1-BB-4K(=)

●      FLASR1-BB-16K(=)

●      FLASR1-BB-32K(=)

●      FLASR1-BB-48K(=)

●      FLASR1-BB-64K(=)

For example, the FLASR1-BB-4K(=)license allows you to enable up to 4,000 sessions (+500 from RTU), whereas the FLASR1-BB-64K(=) license allows you to enable up to 64,000 (+500 from RTU) sessions.

●      You can combine multiple session licenses for the session count desired; for example, you can purchase two 4,000-session licenses for 8,000 additional sessions, and you can combine a 16,000-session license with a 4,000-session license for 20,000 additional sessions.

●      The maximum number of sessions supported with a particular Cisco ASR1000 RP-ESP combination depends on the features enabled with those sessions. Please refer to the Broadband scaling document for further details:

https://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/asr1000/configuration/guide/chassis/scaling_ps9343_TSD_Products_Configuration_Guide.html - wp1115111.

Cisco ASR 1000 broadband bundles are created to provide ordering convenience. Depending on the number of users supported, you can choose the following bundles:

●      Part number ASR1006-10G-B16/K9: Supports 16,000 sessions

●      Part number ASR1006-10G-B24/K9: Supports 24,000 sessions

●      Part number ASR1K6R2-20G-B32/K9: Supports 32,000 sessions

Note: For Cisco ASR 1000 Series bundles, please refer to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Price List or contact your local Cisco representative.

Features sets provided in the above bundles include:

●      LAC and LNS: For Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Access Concentrator (LAC) and L2TP Network Server (LNS) functions, sessions are counted as the number of Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) sessions. The numbers of Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) tunnels are not counted as sessions and do not require an additional license.L2TS: For L2TP Tunnel Switch (L2TS) functions, session licenses required are based on the number of L2TP tunnels being switched. For example, if the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used to switch 8,000 L2TP tunnels, you must order two 4,000-session licenses (FLASR1-BB-4K(=)).

●      ISG: The ISG feature set is covered under the Broadband RTU license. Session licenses apply similar to LAC and LNS based on PPP or IP over Ethernet (IPoE) sessions being enabled.

●      PMIPv6 MAG: The PMIPv6 MAG feature set is covered under the Broadband RTU license. Session licenses are required in addition, based on the number of subscribers tunneled using PMIPv6.

●      iWAG: The iWAG feature set is covered under the Broadband RTU license. Session licenses are required in addition, based on the number of subscribers supported by iWAG. The number of tunnels coming in and out of the Cisco ASR 1000 as iWAGs are not counted toward the sessions or licenses. For example, if the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is aggregating 8,000 subscribers, then you must order two 4,000-session licenses (FLASR1-BB-4K(=)). In cases where the ISG Walk-By subscriber management feature is used, the required session count is based only on the maximum number of active subscriber sessions being supported.

●      Per-Subscriber Firewall: The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router per-subscriber or per-user firewall service requires both an RTU license (FLA SR1-FW-RTU(=)) and one or more session licenses.

Services that require only number-of-sessions licenses follow:

●      Cisco Unified Border Element (SP Edition) service: Cisco Unified Border Element (SP Edition) is a highly scalable, carrier-grade SBC integrated into Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.

◦    Cisco Unified Border Element (SP Edition) licenses authorize the use of both distributed and unified SBC deployment models.

◦    For the purpose of session license ordering, an SBC session is a bidirectional media flow and associated signaling. A session represents a complete voice call through the SBC: two call legs consisting of two media legs for a bidirectional media flow and associated signaling on both call legs.

◦    A videophone call uses two sessions: one session for a bidirectional media flow and associated signaling (as in a voice call) and one more session for the second bidirectional media flow for video.

◦    An instant messaging session consists of signaling between two endpoints through the SBC; there is typically no associated media.

●      You can combine multiple session licenses for the session count desired. Part numbers for these licenses follow:

◦    FLASR1-CUBES-250P(=)

◦    FLASR1-CUBES-2KP(=)

◦    FLASR1-CUBES-4KP(=)

◦    FLASR1-CUBES-16KP(=)

◦    FLASR1-CUBES-32KP(=)

◦    FLASR1-CUBES-LAB(=)

◦    FLASR1-CUBES-TPEX(=)

When using an ACTIVE/STANDBY pair of routers, a single license for both is required for redundancy:

◦    CUBESP-250P-RED (=)

◦    CUBESP-2K-RED (=)

◦    CUBESP-4K-RED (=)

◦    CUBESP-10K-RED (=)

◦    CUBESP-16K-RED (=)

◦    CUBESO-32K-RED (=)

◦    CUBESP-TPEX-RED (=)

●      Cisco Unified Border Element (Enterprise Edition) service: For this service the SBC functions are integrated into Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. Cisco Unified Border Element (Enterprise Edition) licenses authorize the use of SBC for enterprise deployments. These licenses are session-count-based licenses.

●      Part numbers for these licenses follow:

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-100P

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-100P=

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-500P

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-500P=

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-1KP

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-1KP=

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-4KP

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-4KP=

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-16KP

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-16KP=

●      When using an ACTIVE/STANDBY pair of routers, a single license for both is required for redundancy:

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-100R

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-100R=

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-500R

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-500R=

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-1K-R

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-1K-R=

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-4K-R

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-4K-R=

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-16K-R

◦    FLASR1-CUBEE-16K-R=

Note:     For Cisco ASR 1000 demo licenses to test the Cisco ASR 1000 in the lab, please contact your local Cisco representative.

Note:     No feature license is required to run Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV), Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS), or LISP on Cisco ASR 1000 Series.

Ordering Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, and ASR 1002-X Series feature licenses

In order to turn on services on the Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, or ASR 1002-X Router, software feature licenses are required as on the other Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers (part numbers ASR1002, ASR1004, ASR1006, and ASR1013).

However, with the Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, and ASR 1002-X, the concept of a universal software image and a feature license to enable and enforce a certain feature set through a license (referred to as a technology package license) is introduced.

The technology package licenses as well as the performance upgrade license to upgrade from 2.5 to 5 Gbps on the Cisco ASR 1001 are enforced through a PAK prior to Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.6S. All the other feature licenses that are required on the rest of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series are also required on the Cisco ASR 1001, but those licenses are all honor-based; that is, there is no enforcement. For ASR 1001-X and ASR 1002-X, all licenses, including technology package licenses, performance upgrade licenses from 2.5 to 5, 10, or 20 Gbps (on ASR 1001-X) and 5 to 10, 20, or 36 Gbps (on ASR 1002-X), are honor-based.

●      Please note, though, that for the feature licenses on the Cisco ASR 1001, you must order different part numbers for the same type of functions. All the Cisco ASR 1001 feature set license part numbers are listed on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Price List.

Following is also an example related to the part numbers: If you want to deploy firewall on a Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, or ASR 1002-X, you must order part number FLSASR1-FW when you purchase the router.

The part number for deployment of firewall on the other Cisco ASR 1000 chassis (part numbers ASR1002, ASR1004, ASR1006, and ASR1013) is FLASR1-FW-RTU.

If you want to upgrade to firewall after the time of purchase of the router, for the Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, or ASR 1002-X you must order either part number FLSASR1-FW= or L-FLSASR1-FW=.

For the other Cisco ASR 1000 chassis (part numbers ASR1002, ASR1004, ASR1006, ASR 1006-X, ASR 1009-X, and ASR1013), you must order part number FLASR1-FW-RTU. All of the Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, and ASR 1002-X feature license part numbers are listed on the Cisco ASR 1000 Price List.

If a customer needs to purchase a Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, or ASR 1002-X spare license (for example, for a technology package upgrade from IP Base to Advanced Enterprise Services, for a performance upgrade from 2.5 to 5 Gbps on the Cisco ASR 1001 chassis, or for a feature that requires a license and the license was not purchased at the time of order), two types of spare licenses are available. The SLASR1-xxx-= license provides a PAK or license file with paper delivery, and the L-SLASR1-xxx-= license provides a PAK or license file through e-delivery.

●      The spares can also be purchased as a “multiuse PAK”, by ordering either SLFL-ASR1= (for paper delivery) or L-SLFL-ASR1= (for e-delivery).

Note:     For Cisco ASR 1001 demo licenses to test the Cisco ASR 1001 in the lab, please contact your local Cisco representative.

Ordering Cisco ASR 1000 Series bundles

Numerous Cisco ASR 1000 bundle part numbers are available to ease the ordering process. All bundles come by default with dual power supplies and power cable (if AC power supply is chosen), an ESP, a route processor module, and a SIP. The ESP, route processor, or SIP is either fixed in the chassis or added as a default component to the bundle, depending on the type of chassis.

All bundles are in general further configurable and related to hardware components:

●      Additional route processor and ESP (applicable only to the Cisco ASR 1006 and ASR 1013 bundles)

●      Additional SIP (applicable only to Cisco ASR 1004, ASR 1006, and ASR 1013 bundles)

●      SPAs

●      Additional feature licenses

●      Dual AC or DC power supplies

●      Type of power cord

●      USB flash memory

Following are the categories of Cisco ASR 1000 bundles:

●      Base bundles: No feature license included

●      HA bundles: Software redundancy license for Cisco ASR 1002, ASR 1001-X, ASR 1002-X, and ASR 1004, or redundant route processors and ESPs for Cisco ASR 1006 and ASR 1013

●      VPN bundles: IPsec license

●      Security bundles: IPsec and firewall licenses

●      FPI bundles: Cisco IOS Flexible Packet Inspection license

●      SHA (Security + HA) bundles: IPsec, firewall, FPI, and software redundancy license for Cisco ASR 1002, ASR 1002-X, and ASR 1004, or redundant route processors and ESPs for Cisco ASR 1006 and ASR 1013

●      Broadband bundles: Broadband RTU license (covers up to 500 broadband sessions) and broadband session licenses

The Cisco IOS XE Software in the Cisco ASR 1000 bundles is not configurable. In general the bundles come with the latest Cisco IOS XE Software release, but it is subject to change without further notice.

All Cisco ASR 1000 bundles except the broadband bundles come with the AESK9 consolidated package; the broadband bundles come with the AISK9 consolidated package.

Note:     For the Cisco ASR 1001, ASR 1001-X, and ASR 1002-X, one universal software image and one technology package license is included in the bundle. For example, the “equivalent” of the software image AESK9 on the Cisco ASR 1002, ASR 1004, ASR 1006, and ASR 1013 is obtained for the Cisco ASR 1001 or ASR 1002-X with the UK9 universal image and the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) technology package license.

Please go to the “Ordering Information” section of this document for the complete listing of available bundles.

Configuration examples

The following examples describe the products you need for certain network deployments, and they list the part numbers to order.

Note:     These examples are not exhaustive, and you should not follow them exactly as presented. You should customize your order based on your needs.

Example 1: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router for application experience (ASR1000-AX)

The ASR 1000-AX bundles offer optimal application experience from anywhere. Cisco is enabling customers to deploy application-centric networking, designed to help IT deliver applications from anywhere the business requires, with an optimal user experience that results in greater employee productivity and customer satisfaction.

●      Your business applications can run faster: We work with leading application vendors to tune their applications to run more efficiently on a Cisco network, automatically… reducing bandwidth by up to 70 percent and supporting more sessions and a better user experience. The business investment on mission-critical applications will be more productive with Cisco, giving a better Return on their Investment (ROI).

●      IT gains pervasive visibility to more than 1000 apps across the network, without expensive or difficult-to-deploy probes that are often deployed in selective areas of the network: Thus IT can quickly answer why an application is running slowly, validate service-level agreements (SLAs), and verify the ROI on network services.

All of these benefits are available at lower TCO, with lower operating expenses (OpEx) for maintenance and troubleshooting.

The ASR 1000 Application Experience (AX) bundles consist of the following items:

●      AVC license with NBAR2 DPI, Flexible NetFlow (FNF) and Performance Monitoring

●      AppNav for WAN optimization

●      Option to purchase heavily discounted Cisco Virtual Wide Area Application (vWAAS) licenses, to be run on a standalone server

Table 16 lists the part numbers associated with the new Cisco ASR 1000-AX offering.

Table 16.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router for application experience

Table 17 lists the part numbers associated with the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router bundles. Note that with each of the bundles, Cisco is providing the option to purchase discounted vWAAS licenses (FLASR1-AX-VWAAS12K and FLASR1-AX-VWAAS50K).

Table 17.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router bundles for application experience

Following is a walk-through example of an AX upgrade license using the Cisco Dynamic Configuration Tool found at: https://apps.cisco.com/qtc/config/jsp/configureHome.jsp.

Step 1.    Enter SLASR1-2XAX-AES= in the dynamic configuration tool homepage and select the AX upgrade license.

Step 2.    Select the Options tab and click “ASR1K AX vWAAS Bundle Options”.

Step 3.    [Optional] Select the quantity and type of the vWAAS license bundle to be purchased with the bundle.

Step 4.    Click “Check Configuration” to see the selected configuration.

Step 5.    The selected configuration with the price is as shown in the following screenshot.

Example 2: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a broadband aggregation Router

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used for broadband aggregation, such as a Point-to-Point Termination and Aggregation (PTA) device or as a(n):

●      IP-over-Ethernet (IPoE) broadband remote access server

●      LAC

●      LNS

●      L2TS

A 6RU chassis (Cisco ASR 1006) with redundant RP2s and 20-Gbps ESPs is configured in order to achieve five-nines availability. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP2 comes by default with an 80-GB hard disk. You should select RP2 16-GB DRAM memory (part number M-ASR1K-RP2-16GB). Additional memory is required when the broadband RTU license (part number FLASR1-BB-RTU) is selected with RP2 (part number ASR1000-RP2). You need three SIP cards to host two double-height, 10 Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards and four single-height, 8-Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards.

The Cisco IOS XE Advanced IP Services consolidated package facilitates broadband and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) features on the router.

A 32,000-subscriber broadband number-of-sessions license and the broadband RTU license allow you to scale up to 32,000 subscribers on the system.

Table 18 lists the part numbers to order for this scenario.

Table 18.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a broadband aggregation router

Following is a walk-through using the Cisco Dynamic Configuration Tool found at: https://apps.cisco.com/qtc/config/jsp/configureHome.jsp.

Step 1.    Enter ASR1006 in the config tool homepage and select the Search button.

Step 2.    At the next screen select the Select Options tab.

Step 3.     

1.     Select ASR1006 Power Option.

2.     Select ASR1006-PWR-AC.

Step 4.     

1.     Select ASR1006 Power Cables Option.

2.     Select the appropriate power cable.

Step 5.     

1.     Select ASR1000-RP Slot 0 and it should expand.

2.     Select ASR1000-RP2.

Step 6.     

1.     Select ASR1000-RP Slot 1 and it should expand.

2.     Select ASR1000-RP2.

Step 7.     

1.     Select ASR1000-RP Slot 0.

2.     Select ASR1000-RP2.

3.     Select ASR1000 Route Processor 2 Memory.

4.     Select M-ASR1K-RP2-16GB.

Step 8.     

1.     Select ASR1000-RP Slot 1.

2.     Select ASR1000-RP2.

3.     Select ASR1000 Route Processor 2 Memory.

4.     Select M-ASR1K-RP2-16GB.

Step 9.     

1.     Select ASR1000-RP Slot 0.

2.     Select ASR1000-RP2.

3.     Select ASR1000 Route Processor 2 Disk Drive.

4.     Select M-ASR1K-HDD-80GB.

Step 10.  

1.     Select ASR1000-RP Slot 1.

2.     Select ASR1000-RP2.

3.     Select ASR1000 Route Processor 2 Disk Drive.

4.     Select M-ASR1K-HDD-80GB.

Step 11.  

1.     Select ASR1000 Embedded Services Processor Option.

2.     Select ASR1000-ESP20 and enter a value of 2.

Step 12.  

1.     Select SIP Slot 0 and it should expand.

2.     Select SIP Options.

3.     Select ASR1000-SIP10.

Step 13.  

1.     Select ASR1000-SIP10.

2.     Select SPA Options.

3.     Select the type of SPA and enter quantity.

Step 14.  

1.     You are still under the SPA Options Sub-tab.

2.     Select SPA-8X1GE-V2.

3.     Select Optics Options.

4.     Select SFP-GE-L and enter quantity 32.

Step 15.  

1.     Select SIP Slot 1.

2.     Select SIP Options.

3.     Select ASR1000-SIP10.

Step 16.  

1.     Select ASR1000-SIP10.

2.     Select SPA Options.

3.     Select SPA-1X10GE-L-V2 and enter quantity 2.

Step 17.  

1.     Select SPA Options.

2.     Select SPA-1X10GE-L-V2.

3.     Select SPA 10G Optic Modules Option.

4.     Select XFP-10GLR-OC192SR and enter quantity 2.

Step 18.  

1.     Select ASR1000 RP2 Software Option.

2.     Select Advanced IP Services SW.

3.     Select SASR1R2-AISK9-33S.

Step 19.  

1.     Select ASR1000 RP2 Software Option.

2.     Select ASR1000 Licenses Option.

3.     Select FLASR1-BB-RTU.

4.     Select Check Configuration.

Step 20. The finished configuration is shown in the following screenshot:

Alternatively, you can use the Cisco ASR 1006 broadband bundles to build the same Bill Of Materials (BOM) as shown in Table 19.

Table 19.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a broadband aggregation router (with bundle PID)

The only difference, in terms of navigating the Cisco Dynamic Configuration Tool, is that for the route processor and SIP modules the PID you select will end in “-BUN”.

Example 3: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a quadruple-play edge router

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router provides quadruple-play (data, voice, video, and mobility) services, including Voice Over IP (VoIP), video conferencing, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and Internet, to subscribers. A Cisco ASR 1006 chassis with redundant route processors and 20-Gbps ESPs is configured in order to achieve five-nines availability. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP2 comes with an 80-GB hard disk. You should select RP2 16-GB DRAM memory (part number M-ASR1K-RP2-16GB). Additional memory is required when the broadband RTU license (part number FLASR1-BB-RTU) is selected with RP2 (part number ASR1000-RP2).

You need three SIP cards to host two full-height 10 Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards and four half-height 8 Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards.

The Cisco IOS XE Advanced IP Services consolidated package facilitates broadband, Cisco Unified Border Element (SP Edition), and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) features on the router.

You need a 16,000-subscriber broadband number-of-sessions license and a broadband RTU license to scale up to 16,000 broadband subscribers on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router. In addition, you must order Cisco Unified Border Element (SP Edition) licenses to enable the SBC services: You need a 16,000-subscriber Cisco Unified Border Element number-of-sessions license to scale up to 16,000 SBC sessions. Table 20 lists the components you need for using a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a quadruple-play edge router.

Table 20.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a quadruple-play edge router

Example 4: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as an LNS Router with per-subscriber firewall

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router provides per-subscriber firewall service to end users on an LNS router. A Cisco ASR 1006 chassis with redundant route processors and 10-Gbps ESPs is configured in order to achieve six-nines high availability. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1 comes with a 40-GB hard disk. You need three SIP cards to host two full-height 10 Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards and four half-height 8 Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards.

The Cisco IOS XE Advanced IP Services consolidated package facilitates broadband, firewall, and MPLS features on the router.

You need a 16,000-subscriber broadband number-of-sessions license, in addition to the broadband and firewall RTU license, to scale up to 16,000 broadband subscribers and provide per-subscriber firewall services to the end users on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router.

Table 21 lists the components for using a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as an LNS router with per-subscriber firewall.

Table 21.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as an LNS Router with per-subscriber firewall

Alternatively, you can use the Cisco ASR 1006 broadband bundles to build the same BOM, as shown in Table 22.

Table 22.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as an LNS Router with per-subscriber firewall (with bundle PID)

Example 5: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as high-end customer premises equipment

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used as managed high-end customer premises equipment (CPE). A 2RU chassis with a 5-Gbps ESP is configured, offering a great price-performance ratio.

The Cisco ASR 1002 comes with four built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports and 4-GB DRAM by default. The SIP card and the route processor are built into the chassis. The 3-slot 2RU chassis can host up to three SPAs; for example, it can host two single-height Channelized T3-to-DS-0 SPA cards and one single-height 8-port Fast Ethernet SPA card.

The Cisco IOS XE Advanced Enterprise Services consolidated package facilitates IPsec, firewall, and other advanced features on the router.

IPsec and firewall RTU licenses allow service providers to provide advanced services such as IPsec and firewall service to their end customers.

Table 23 lists the part numbers for deployment of this scenario. Alternatively, you can use the Cisco ASR 1002 security bundles to build the same BOM, as shown in Table 24. Another great high-end branch-office router solution is the compact-form-factor 1RU Cisco ASR 1001. Table 25 lists the part numbers for a possible deployment based on the Cisco ASR 1001 chassis with four built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports and an additional four integrated T3 ports (example listed is with the ASR1001-4XT3).

Table 23.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as high-end customer premises equipment

Table 24.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as high-end customer premises equipment (with bundle PID)

Table 25.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as high-end customer premises equipment (example based on chassis with part number ASR1001-4XT3)

Example 6: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a provider-edge router

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used as a provider-edge router in a service provider network. A 6RU chassis with redundant route processors and ESPs is configured in order to achieve five-nines high availability. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP2 comes with an 80-GB hard disk.

You need three SIP cards to host two full-height 10 Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards and four half-height 8-port Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards.

A Cisco IOS XE Advanced IP Services consolidated package facilitates MPLS and other advanced features on the router.

Table 26 lists the part numbers for deployment of this scenario.

Table 26.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a provider-edge router

Note:     It is not recommended to configure ESP10 with RP2. RP2 has a much faster control CPU than ESP 10; it could over-program ESP10 to exhaust system resources (for example, memory).

Example 7: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a route reflector

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used as a route reflector because of its high and scalable control-plane performance. A Cisco ASR 1001 chassis with an integrated route processor is chosen because of its great control-plane scaling and great price-performance ratio.

The performance upgrade license allows you to upgrade the Cisco ASR 1001 chassis to 5-Gbps total aggregate throughput without any hardware module exchange.

A Cisco IOS XE Advanced Enterprise Services technology package license in combination with the Cisco ASR 1001 universal K9 software image facilitates Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP), MPLS, and other advanced features on the router.

Table 27 lists the part numbers for deployment of this scenario.

Table 27.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a route reflector

Example 8: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a secure head-end router

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used as a secure head-end router in an enterprise network. A 6RU chassis with redundant route processors and ESPs is configured in order to achieve five-nines high availability. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1 comes with a 40-GB hard disk.

You need one SIP card to host one single-height, 5-port Gigabit Ethernet SPA card and one single-height Packet over SONET/SDH (PoS) OC-12 SPA card.

A Cisco IOS XE Advanced Enterprise consolidated package facilitates advanced security features on the router.

Table 28 lists the part numbers for deployment of this scenario.

Table 28.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a secure head-end router

Example 9: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as an internet gateway router

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used as an Internet gateway router in an enterprise network. A 1RU router (Cisco ASR 1001-X) and a 2RU router (Cisco ASR 1002-X) are configured as Internet gateway routers. The minimum route processor memory for an Internet gateway router is 8 GB; 4-GB memory cannot support Internet gateway deployments. In addition, software redundancy (FLSASR1-IOSRED) is not recommended for Internet gateway deployments.

Cisco ASR 1001 comes with 4 built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports, and the Cisco ASR 1002-X comes with 6 built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports. SPAs can be configured if more ports are required. A Cisco IOS XE Advanced Enterprise consolidated package facilitates advanced security features on the router.

Firewall, IPsec, and FPI RTU licenses facilitate firewall, IPsec, and FPM functions on the router.

Table 29 lists the part numbers for Cisco ASR 1001 deployment of this scenario.

Table 29.     Cisco ASR 1001 as an internet gateway router

Alternatively, you can use the Cisco ASR 1002-X to build the same BOM, as shown in Table 30.

Table 30.     Cisco ASR 1002-X as an internet gateway router

Example 10: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as an SBC in a centralized SIP trunking data center deployment

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1006 Series Router is used as an SBC in an enterprise data center, where it performs session control and security, demarcation, and interworking with a SIP trunk service provider to support the real-time voice transmission of the enterprise user for up to 16,000 SIP sessions.

The router uses a 6RU chassis with redundant route processors and ESPs in order to achieve high availability. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP2 comes with an 80-GB hard disk.

You need two SIP cards to host two full-height 10 Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards.

A Cisco IOS XE Advanced IP Services consolidated package facilitates the Cisco Unified Border Element (SP Edition) feature on the router.

For other variations on ASR configurations as a session border controller based on Cisco Unified Border Element (Enterprise Edition), please refer to the configuration guide at: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6790/gatecont/ps5640/order_guide_c07_462222.pdf.

Table 31 lists the part numbers for deployment of this scenario.

Table 31.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router deployed as an enterprise session border controller

Example 11: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as an SBC in an Intercompany Telepresence Solution deployed in a service provider data center

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used as an SBC in a service provider data center (also referred to as a Cisco TelePresence^® Intercompany Exchange), where it enables business-to-business telepresence service provided by the service provider to its enterprise customers. The router uses a 6RU chassis with redundant route processors and ESPs in order to achieve high availability. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP2 comes with an 80-GB hard disk.

You need two SIP cards to host two full-height 10 Gigabit Ethernet SPA cards.

A Cisco IOS XE Advanced IP Services consolidated package facilitates the Cisco Unified Border Element (SP Edition) feature on the router.

Table 32 lists the part numbers for deployment of this scenario.

Table 32.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a provider-edge router

Example 12: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a Stateful NAT64 translator (cloud provider edge)

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used as a provider-edge router in a cloud provider network. The Stateful NAT64 translation solution allowed the cloud provider to deploy new enterprises with IPv6 networks (helps IPv6 adoption) and enable them to reach the IPv4 Internet or networks (helps IPv4 exhaust through Port Address Translation [PAT]). A 6RU chassis with redundant route processors and ESPs is configured in order to achieve six-nines high availability. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP2 comes with an 80-GB hard disk.

A Cisco IOS XE IP Base consolidated package facilitates the NAT64 feature on the router.

Table 33 lists the part numbers for deployment of this scenario.

Table 33.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a Cloud provider-edge router

Example 13: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a Carrier-Grade NAT router

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used as a CGN router in a service provider network. A 6RU chassis with redundant route processors and ESPs is configured in order to achieve six-nines high availability. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP2 comes with an 80-GB hard disk.

A Cisco IOS XE IP Base consolidated package and CGN license facilitate the CGN feature on the router.

Table 34 lists the part numbers for deployment of this scenario.

Table 34.     Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a CGN router

Example 14: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router as a Secure WAN router

In this example, a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is used as a secure WAN router in an enterprise network. A 1RU router (Cisco ASR 1001-X) is configured as a secure WAN router.

Cisco ASR 1001-X comes with 6 built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports, and built-in 10G Ethernet ports to allow connectivity to 1G or 10G LAN or WAN circuits. The support SPA slot can be installed with additional Gigabit Ethernet, 10G, or older connectivity ports. A Cisco IOS XE Advanced Enterprise consolidated package facilitates advanced security features such as Crypto and Zone-Based Firewall on the router.

To improve user experience, you can add value-add services such as Application Visibility and Control. You can further use this application visibility to enable advance features such as Performance Routing and dynamically route traffic on a desired WAN link based on its live performance (for example, latency, delay, and jitter measurements).

Table 35 lists the part numbers for Cisco ASR 1001-X deployment of this scenario.

Table 35.     Cisco ASR 1001-X as a secure WAN router

Note:     The ASR 1001-X comes with 8G default control-plane memory that is shared with the Cisco ASR Route Processor, ESP, and SPA Interface Processor modules.

Example 15: Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router with Cisco ONE Software suites

The difference in ordering Cisco ONE PIDs is how you order feature sets. You must order at least one Cisco ONE PID, and then you can choose none or many of the traditional feature sets.

The first example shows Cisco ASR 1002-X with C1-ASR1002-X/K9 with the Foundation Suite. You can order only quantity 1. This suite contains AES, FW, AVC, and IPsec, so there is no need to select it in the “Feature License” section. For the rest of the configuration, you can configure it as you would any other ASR 1002-X.

The next example shows the customer ordering an ASR 1000 router with AUC using 700 CUBEE licenses. The general rule is that you use the same session rules and guidelines when ordering the AUC Suite that you use to order existing CUBEE licenses. However, you must always order the base C1AU*ASR1K9 license. This license comes with 100 nonredundant CUBE sessions. In this example you want AUC with 700 nonredundant CUBEE sessions.

Step 1.      Start by ordering two of the base licenses. Add 500 more sessions by selecting “CISCO ONE Suite Upgrades” in the left window and then choose the 500-session nonredundant license, where 200 + 500 = 700 sessions.

Ordering information

Table 36 lists the part numbers of the hardware components you need for a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router.

For more details and available bundles, please contact your local Cisco account representative. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series supports most Cisco SPAs. For details about the supported SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series, please refer to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Shared Port Adapter Support data sheet.

Table 37 lists the Cisco ASR 1000 software and software licenses (except for the Cisco ASR 1001 and ASR 1002 X); Table 38 lists the Cisco ASR 1001 and ASR 1002-X software and software licenses; and Table 39 lists the Cisco ASR 1000 bundles.

Table 36.     Ordering Information for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Hardware

Table 37.     Ordering information for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Software and Software Licenses (except for Cisco ASR 1001 and ASR 1002-X)

Table 38.     Ordering information for Cisco ASR 1001-X, ASR 1002-HX, and ASR 1002-X Software and Software licenses

The following bundles are available for the Cisco ASR 1000 Series:

●      Base bundles

●      VPN bundles

●      Security bundles

●      Security and High Availability

●      High Availability bundles

●      Broadband Bundles

●      Application Experience Bundles

Table 39.     Ordering information for Cisco ASR 1000 bundles

Cisco ASR 1000 Application Experience

The Cisco ASR 1000 Application Experience (AX) bundles consist of the following items:

●      AVC License with NBAR2 DPI, Flexible NetFlow (FNF), and Performance Monitoring

●      AppNav for WAN optimization

●      Option to purchase heavily discounted vWAAS licenses, to be run on a standalone server

Table 40 lists part numbers for Cisco ASR AX Router bundles.

Table 40.     Cisco ASR AX Router bundles

Virtual WAAS ordering option with Cisco ASR AX bundles

With each of the ASR bundles in Table 40, Cisco is providing the option to purchase a discounted vWAAS license; these licenses may then be deployed on a standalone server; product IDs are shown in Table 41.

Table 41.     vWAAS Product IDs for specific ASR AX configurations only