Cisco Cisco Application Extension Platform for SRE

Cisco AXP provides a Linux-based hosting infrastructure. Having a Linux base allows the use of open 
source software for development. The hosting infrastructure installs and runs applications in separate 
security contexts using Cisco AXP Virtual Instance Manager. These security contexts all use a common 
Linux kernel but have separate dedicated resources. Libraries can be independent in each context. The 
network infrastructure is made more secure by only allowing software that has been developed by 
Cisco-approved partners to be installed and run on the service module.

The key features of Cisco AXP are:

 

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Cisco AXP’s Linux-based features allow applications to interact with Cisco IOS software. Program 
interfaces in Cisco AXP enable applications to modify Cisco IOS software configurations, receive 
notification of events from Cisco IOS software, and access peripherals attached to Cisco ISRs.

Applications can be tightly integrated with Cisco ISRs: this is a key advantage of using Cisco AXP for 
hosting, compared to using other server-based solutions. Cisco AXP hosts and executes an operating 
system in a virtualized environment.

The execution environment separates the application space from the router space, providing an 
extensible and flexible platform for hosting applications.