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Product Overview
The Cisco® NCS 5000 platform series is an extension to Cisco’s routing platform portfolio enabling MPLS enabled data center architectures to offer elastic networks with improved business agility and simplified operations to deliver high-bandwidth mobile, video, and cloud services.
The Cisco NCS 5011 (Figure 1) is a small form-factor, dense 10GE/25GE/40GE/50GE/100GE system. Powered by industry-leading routing operation system Cisco IOS® XR Software, the system also offers rich functions such as third-party application hosting, machine-to-machine interface, telemetry, and flexible package delivery.
Features and Benefits
Table 1 describes features and benefits.
Table 1. Features and Benefits of Cisco NCS 5011 (Cisco IOS XR Software 6.1.0 or Beyond)
Feature |
Benefit |
Integrated Interface |
32 ports of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE)/32 ports of 40 GE/128 ports of 25 GE/128 port of 10GE |
Cisco IOS XR Software, a carrier-class operating system with high memory capacity |
Visibility and telemetry Machine-to-machine interface Application hosting Flexible platform and packaging Modularity Automation |
Performance |
Up to 3.2 Tbps throughput |
Integrated route processor with 16 GB RAM |
Runs Cisco IOS XR Software |
Management ports |
Provides easy access to system console |
External USB port |
Helps simplify image and file management |
Embedded USB (eUSB) storage (32 GB) |
Flash memory devices for software image, configuration, logging, and recovery |
Power consumption and form factor |
Ultralow power and footprint |
Power supply |
Redundant AC or DC power supplies Redundant fan |
Product Specifications
Table 2 gives specifications of the Cisco NCS 5011.
Table 2. Product Specifications
Category |
NCS 5011 |
Integrated interfaces |
32 ports of 100 GE/32 ports of 40 GE/128 ports of 25 GE/128 port of 10GE |
Performance |
Up to 3.2 Tbps throughput |
Storage |
64 GB mSATA |
Memory |
16 GB DRAM |
Physical specifications |
Height: 1.72 in (4.3688 cm) Width: 17.3 in (43.942 cm) Depth: 22.5 in (57.15 cm) Weight of chassis: 22.2 lb (10.06 kg) |
Power inputs |
Worldwide ranging AC (100–240V) Worldwide ranging DC (–48V to – 60V) |
Power consumption |
Typical: 228W Maximum: 508W |
Operating temperature (nominal) |
0–40°C |
Operating temperature (short term) |
0–55°C |
Operating humidity (nominal) (relative humidity) |
5% to 95% noncondensing |
Operating humidity (short term) |
5–93% not to exceed 0.026 kg water/kg of dry air |
Storage temperature |
–40°C to 70°C |
Storage (relative humidity) |
93% at 40C per NEBS GR-63-Core |
Operating altitude |
0–10,000 ft (0–3000m) |
Air flow |
Front to back Back to front |
Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) |
Designed to meet GR-63-CORE and GR-1089-CORE |
EMC standards |
47 CFR Part 15 CISPR22: Edition 6.0: 2008 CNS13438: 2006 EN 300 386 V1.6.1 EN 55022:2010 EN61000-3-2: 2014 EN61000-3-3: 2008 ICES-003 Issue 5: 2012 KN 22: 2009 TCVN 7189: 2009 V-3/2015.04 |
Immunity |
CISPR24: 2010 EN 300 386 V1.6.1 EN55024: 2010 KN24: 2011 TCVN 7317: 2003 |
Table 3 describes software feature support.
Table 3. Software Feature Support on NCS 5011 in Cisco IOS XR Software 6.1.0 Release or Beyond
Description |
Specification |
Layer 2 |
● Layer 2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
● IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation/Q-in-Q encapsulation
● IEEE 802.1ad
● Cisco Bundle Ethernet technology (up to 32 ports per Ethernet Bundle)
● Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP): IEEE 802.3ad
● Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes)
● L2 ingress access control list (ACL)
● L2 AC-AC cross-connect
● Integrated routing and bridging (IRB)
|
Layer 3 |
● IPv4 and IPv6 unicast
● Layer 3 interfaces: physical and subinterfaces
● Routing protocols: static, Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2), OSPFv3, Intermediate System to Intermediate System (ISIS), ISISv6, and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
● 32-way equal-cost multipath (ECMP)
● L3 ingress IPv4 ACL and IPv6 ACL
● Bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD)
● Cisco Bundle Ethernet technology (up to 32 ports per Ethernet Bundle)
● Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP): IEEE 802.3ad
● Jumbo frame support (up to 9216 bytes)
● Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)/Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
● Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (L3VPN)
|
Multicast |
● Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM), PIM Source-Specific Multicast (PIM-SSM)
● Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Versions 2 and 3
|
MPLS |
● Label switching
● LDP
● Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS)
|
Segment routing (SR) |
● Segment routing–based transport
● ISIS extensions to segment routing
● OSPF extensions to segment routing
● BGP egress peering engineering
● Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE)
|
Quality of service (QoS) |
● Classification can be based on class of service (L2), IP differentiated service code point (L3), IP ACL (L3/L4), IP precedence (type of service) (L3), IP Real-Time Transport Protocol (L4 user data protocol ports)
● DSCP marking
● 8 number of queues for user traffic
● Support for priority queuing
|
Automation |
● Zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), iPXE
● Configuration management
● Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONG/YANG)
|
Security |
● Provides comprehensive network security features, including ACLs; control-plane protection; management plane protection; routing authentications; authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) and Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+); Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol; SNMPv3; and RPL support
● Layer 2 ingress ACLs
● Layer 3 ingress ACLs
|
Management |
● MIB, XML, JSON, GPB, and SNMP
● MPLS OAM (label switched path [LSP] ping, LSP traceroute)
● Ethernet OAM
|
Table 4 describes optics support.
Table 4. Optics Support (Cisco IOS XR Software 6.1.0 or Beyond)
Part Number |
Product Description |
QSFP-100G-SR4-S |
100GBASE SR4 QSFP transceiver, MPO, 100m, enterprise class |
QSFP-100G-LR4-S |
100GBASE LR4 QSFP transceiver, LC, 10km, enterprise class |
QSFP-100G-CWDM4-S |
100GBASE CWDM4 QSFP transceiver, LC, 2km over SMF |
QSFP-100G-AOCxM |
QSFP active optical breakout cables (length x - 1m to 30m) |
QSFP-100G-CUxM |
QSFP passive copper cable (length x - 1m to 5m) |
QSFP-40G-SR4 |
40GBASE-SR4, 4 lanes, 850 nm MMF |
QSFP-40G-SR4-S |
40GBASE-SR4, 4 lanes, 850 nm MMF |
QSFP-40G-CSR4 |
40GBASE-CSR4, 4 lanes, 850 nm MMF |
QSFP-40G-LR4 |
40GBASE-LR4, 1310 nm, SMF with OTU3 data-rate support |
QSFP-40G-LR4-S |
40GBASE-LR4, 1310 nm, SMF |
QSFP-40G-ER4 |
40GBASE-ER4, 1310 nm, SMF with OTU3 data-rate support |
QSFP-40G-SR-BD |
40GBASE-SR-BiDi, duplex MMF |
QSFP-40GE-LR4 |
40GBASE-LR4, 1310 nm, SMF |
QSFP-H40G-AOCxM |
QSFP active optical breakout cables (length x - 1m to 15m) |
QSFP-H40G-CUxM |
QSFP to QSFP copper direct-attach cables (length x- 1m to 5m) |
QSFP-H10G-ACUxM |
QSFP to QSFP copper direct-attach cables (length x- 7m, 10m) |
QSFP-4x10G-LR-S |
4x10GBASE-LR |
QSFP-4SFP10G-CUxM |
QSFP to 4 SFP+ copper break-out cables (length x- 1m to 5m) |
QSFP-4X10G-ACxM |
QSFP to 4 SFP+ copper break-out cables (length x - 7m, 10m) |
QSFP-4X10G-AOCxM |
QSFP active optical breakout cables (length x - 1m to 10m) |
Ordering Information
Table 5 provides ordering information.
Table 5. Ordering Information
Product Name |
Part Number |
Chassis |
|
NCS-5011 |
Cisco NCS 5011 Routing System |
Software |
|
XR-NC50-P-06.00 |
Cisco NCS 5011 Routing System Cisco IOS XR Software |
Software Licenses |
|
NC5011-ADV-LIC |
Cisco NCS 5011 Advanced License (L2 VPN + L3 VPN Combined) |
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