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Data Sheet 

Cisco Carrier Grade Services Engine Module 

Do you want to scale your infrastructure to perform tens of millions of IPv4 to IPv6 
address translations? Do you need to support a powerful distributed denial of service 
(DDoS) attack mitigation solution? The Cisco

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 Carrier-Grade Services Engine (CGSE) 

for the Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS) is an ideal platform for these services. 
The Cisco CGSE is a single-slot module supported on all models of proven, high-end 
Cisco carrier-class routing system, including the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Router and 
CRS-3 platform. 

The Cisco CGSE for the Cisco CRS (Figure 1) is an integrated multi-CPU service module offering carrier-class 

performance and scale in support of both the Cisco Carrier-Grade IPv6 (CGv6) Solution and a DDoS mitigation 

solution. This data sheet provides detailed product specifications for the Cisco CGSE module and details about the 

Cisco CGv6 Solution and the DDoS mitigation software available on the Cisco CGSE. 

Product Overview 

The Cisco CGv6 Solution, running on one or more Cisco CGSE modules inside of a Cisco CRS, can scale to tens 
of millions of IP address translations with tens of gigabits of performance. It’s an effective way to address IPv4 

depletion and facilitate IPv6 transition. Several modules can be populated within a chassis for a high-performance 

solution that can be deployed at places in the network where the best Cisco CGv6 coverage can be obtained. 

The Cisco CGSE also supports the Arbor Peakflow SP Threat Management System (TMS) from Arbor Networks, 

which is licensed by Cisco to provide DDoS mitigation capabilities on Cisco CRS platforms. It provides service 

providers with the ability to offer: 

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Managed DDoS mitigation services to enterprise clients 

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Protection of the network backbone and services against attacks originating from both the outside and the 

inside of the service provider network 

The module supports a highly available architecture with line-rate accounting and logging of translation information. 

Cisco IOS

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 XR Software on the module offers a flexible way to divert selected packets through the Cisco CGSE 

while allowing global IPv4 and IPv6 packets to traverse the Cisco CRS forwarding infrastructure as usual. 

Figure 1.    Cisco CRS Carrier Grade Service Engine Module