Cisco Cisco CRS-X Multishelf System Data Sheet

Page 2 of 5

The Label Switch Processor offers many advantages:

●

includes a 140-Gbps application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) based on 65-nanometer (nm) technology;

QuantumFlow Array was engineered for the Cisco CRS Family of routers to provide higher bandwidth

without compromising service performance

●

Supported across all the Cisco CRS-1 and CRS-3 form factors: 4-slot, 8-slot, 16-slot, and multi-chassis

●

Scales the Cisco CRS per-slot forwarding capacity 3.5 times from 40 Gbps to 140 Gbps

●

Always paired with an interface module through the chassis midplane, thus occupying one-half of a slot

●

Can be paired with a variety of interface modules, providing deployment flexibility

●

Can be mixed with 40-Gbps-per-slot modules occupying other slots in the chassis

●

Features two 140-Gbps forwarding ASICs for discrete ingress and egress packet handling

●

Single-flow traffic processing at 140 Gbps in each direction

●

Enhanced onboard multicore CPU for accelerated software processing

●

Optimized for label switching functions in a service provider's network

●

Packet Transport forwarding engine with industry-leading, wire-rate performance at 140 Gbps

●

Additional services such as class of service (CoS) processing, multicast, traffic engineering, and statistics

gathering, all performed at line-rate 140 Gbps

●

Support for up to 8 queues per port

●

Scale for hundreds of thousands of LSPs and traffic engineering midpoints

●

Built-in support for carrier-class high availability with fast reroute (FRR) capability, providing guaranteed

restoration in 50 ms in case of link and node failures

●

Built-in hardware acceleration for critical network control traffic

●

Built-in support for video monitoring for a comprehensive video quality of experience (QoE)

●

Accurate hardware-assisted time-stamping support for service-level agreement (SLA) monitoring

●

Industry-leading environmental efficiency with a lower power and weight profile