Cisco ASR1000 ASR1000-RP1 Data Sheet
Product codes
ASR1000-RP1
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Data Sheet
Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor
Product Overview
The Cisco
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ASR 1000 Series Route Processors address the route-processing requirements of carrier-grade IP and
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packet infrastructures. Not only do they provide advanced routing
capabilities, but they also monitor and manage the other components in the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation
Services Router. The first-generation Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 1 (RP1; part number ASR1000-
RP1) and the second-generation Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 2 (RP2; part number ASR1000-RP2)
(Figure 1) offer the following embedded features:
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Integrate full range of industry-leading Cisco IOS
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Software features and services
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Run with the modular Cisco IOS XE Software for the Cisco ASR 1000 Series
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Provide optional redundant-processor support and dual Cisco IOS Software support for single-route-
processor solutions for the industry's most compact, fully redundant, high-availability solution, improving
network resiliency, management, and costs
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Provide a hard disk drive (HDD) for code storage, boot, configuration, logs, and so on
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Provide USB port for 1-GB Compact Flash memory support
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Offer built-in embedded USB (eUSB) memory support (1 GB on ASR1000-RP1; 8 GB on the built-in RP1 on
the Cisco ASR 1002 Router) (partitioned: 1 GB for bootflash; 7 GB for mass storage)
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Offer field-replaceable and hot-swappable capabilities to help ensure minimal service disruption
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Offer Stratum-3 clock circuitry, building integrated timing supply (BITS) input and output (BITS output
available on ASR1000-RP2 only)
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Offer memory scalability up to 4-GB DRAM on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 1 and 16-GB
DRAM on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 2
Features and Benefits
Figure 1. Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP2