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Data Sheet

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services
Processors

Product Overview

The Cisco

ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processors (ESPs) handle all the network data-plane

traffic-processing tasks of Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. These ESPs allow the activation

of concurrent enhanced network services, such as cryptography, firewall, Network Address Translation (NAT),

quality of service (QoS), NetFlow, and many others while maintaining line speeds. Figure 1 shows the Cisco ASR

1000 Series ESP 100 and ESP 200.

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers are placed at the WAN edge of your enterprise data center or large office, as well

as in service provider points of presence (POPs). The routers rely on the power of the ESPs to aggregate multiple

traffic flows and network services, including encryption and traffic management, and forward them across WAN

connections at line speeds. With router options that run from 2.5 to 200 Gbps, the Cisco ASR Family contains

many models and licensing options to meet the speed and budget requirements of different types of organizations

and various-sized locations.

The Cisco ASR 1000 ESP components of these routers accelerate service delivery using parallel processing. The

ESPs are based on the Cisco Flow Processor (FP) for next-generation forwarding and queuing in silicon. They

operate at 20-, 40-, 100-, and 200-Gbps data-plane forwarding throughput rates. Together, the Cisco ASR 1001-X,

ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, and ASR 1002-X Routers and 100- and 200-Gbps ESPs introduce the second

generation of the Cisco FP hardware and software architecture. With FP-based ESPs at their core, ASR 1000

Routers accomplish the following:

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Handle all baseline packet routing operations, including MAC address classification, Layer 2 and Layer 3

forwarding, QoS classification, and NetFlow packet accounting

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Perform advanced services such as IP Security (IPsec) encryption, Network Address Translation (NAT),

firewall, AppNav, Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC), Performance Routing (PfR), and Locator ID

Separation Protocol (LISP); they offer diverse feature Layer 2 connectivity options such as Ethernet over

MPLS (EoMPLS), Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS), Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV), and Virtual

Extensible LAN Services (VXLAN)

Platform Overview

The following embedded services processors are supported on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers:

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Cisco ASR 1000 Series 20-Gbps Embedded Services Processor

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Cisco ASR 1000 Series 40-Gbps Embedded Services Processor

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Cisco ASR 1000 Series 100-Gbps Embedded Services Processor

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Cisco ASR 1000 Series 200-Gbps Embedded Services Processor