Cisco Cisco Packet Data Gateway (PDG) Installationsanleitung
ASR 5500 Hardware Platform Overview
▀ Card Types
▄ ASR 5500 Installation Guide
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Card Types
The ASR 5500 supports rear cards and front cards. Rear cards are larger and perform node management, packet
processing and I/O functions (traffic sources). Front cards determine the amount of bandwidth for the switching fabric
(crossbars), and indicate the operating and alarm status of the ASR 5500. The figure below is a simplified block diagram
showing the ASR 5500 card architecture.
processing and I/O functions (traffic sources). Front cards determine the amount of bandwidth for the switching fabric
(crossbars), and indicate the operating and alarm status of the ASR 5500. The figure below is a simplified block diagram
showing the ASR 5500 card architecture.
Figure 5.
Block Diagram of Card Architecture