Cisco ASR1000-RP2 : Cisco ASR1000 Route Processor 2, 8GB DRAM

The Cisco® 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 (part number ASR1000-RP1) and the second-generation Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 2 (part number ASR1000-RP2) offer the following embedded features:

• Integrate full range of industry-leading Cisco IOS® Software features and services

• Run with the modular Cisco IOS XE Software for the Cisco ASR 1000 Series

• 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

• Provide a hard disk drive (HDD) for code storage, boot, configuration, logs, and so on

• Provide USB port for 1-GB Compact Flash memory support

• Offer built-in eUSB memory support (1GB 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)

• Offer field-replaceable and hot-swappable capabilities to help ensure minimal service disruption

• Offer Stratum-3 clock circuitry, BITS input and output (BITS output available on ASR1000-RP2 only)

• Offer memory scalability up to 4 GB DRAM on the ASR1000-RP1 and 16GB DRAM on the ASR1000-RP2