Cisco ASR 9900 Series 5th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card Data Sheet

Product overview

The Cisco^® ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card delivers industry-leading high density, with line-rate 100 Gigabit Ethernet ports, to any slot of a Cisco ASR 9900 Series Aggregation Services Router. These high-capacity line cards are designed to remove bandwidth bottlenecks in the network that are caused by a large increase in Video-on-Demand (VoD), IPTV, point-to-point video, Internet video, and cloud services traffic. A single 100 Gigabit Ethernet port can now replace large 10 Gigabit Ethernet link aggregation bundles to simplify network operations. Based on QSFP technology, this line card has flexible interfaces that support 100 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet modes, so it gives customers the flexibility to mix and match interface types on the same line card.

These different interface modes can be configured easily through the Command Line Interface (CLI) without resetting or restarting the line card. Using a “green design,” these line cards also let customers put an unused slice in power-saving mode to reduce power consumption. With these capabilities, the ASR 9900 Series line card (Figure 1) and routers provide the fundamental infrastructure for scalable Carrier Ethernet and IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) networks, promoting profitable business, residential, and mobile services.

Cisco ASR 9900 3.2T Service Edge Line Card - 5^th Generation

Cisco ASR 9900 3.2T Packet Transport Line Card - 5^th Generation

Features and benefits

The ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card is fully compatible with the Cisco ASR 9904 Router, ASR 9906 Router, ASR 9910 Router, ASR 9912 Router, and ASR 9922 Router. However, the chassis may require a hardware update for the fabric cards, RP/RSP cards, and cooling systems, because the line card offers industry-leading, high-density 100 Gigabit Ethernet throughput. The 32-port line card is designed to support full line rate, non-oversubscribed.

This power-optimized line card, at such high density and scale allows customers to reduce capital expenditures (CapEx) and Operating Expenses (OpEx) while offering highly predictable, managed transport services for Core and Peering applications. The Cisco QSFP breakout option further increases the capability of each line card to support large-scale aggregation as well as the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Satellite Network Virtualization (nV) System mode on the ASR 9000 Series Router.

Table 1 lists the features and benefits of the 32-port Cisco ASR 9900 Series line card. Specific feature and scale support is hardware and software dependent.

Table 1.        Features and benefits: XR 7.1.15 or later of Cisco ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards

Line card types

The ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card is available in the service-edge- and packet-transport-optimized variants.

●      The service-edge-optimized line card is designed for customer deployments requiring enhanced service scale.

●      The packet-transport-optimized line card is designed for customer deployments requiring basic service scale.

Feature licenses are also available to turn on advanced features on the line cards, as described in the “Software Licensing” section later in this document.

Product specifications

Table 2 provides product specifications for the ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards.

Table 2.        Product specifications: XR7.1.15 or later

Ordering information

The ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards are available to order through two commercial models, the Flexible Consumption Model (FCM) and the Traditional Business Model.

The Flexible Consumption Model offers a built-in “pay-as-you-grow” structure that lowers initial start-up costs with the ability to add more capacity overtime as needed. Software subscription provides feature upgrades and helps defer the payment of software value for the initial purchase.

Table 3 provides ordering information for the ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card with the Flexible Consumption Model

Table 3.        Ordering information for the ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card with the Flexible Consumption Model

For more information, please refer to the Cisco IOS XR Software Flexible Consumption Model Data Sheet.

Table 4 provides ordering information for the ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards with the Traditional Business Model.

Table 4.        Ordering information for the ASR 9900 Series 5^th Generation 32-Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards with the Traditional Business Model

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