Cisco ASR 9000 Architecture Overview

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Christian Calixto, IP NGN Consulting Systems Engineer
ccalixto@cisco.com

Agenda
Hardware Overview
Carrier Class, Scalable System Architecture
Fabric architecture
Line card architecture
Packet flow, control plane and data plane
Multicast packet flow and replication
Internal system Qos

nV Technology Overview
Q&A Session with ASR9000 Business Unit

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Cisco ASR 9000 Next-Gen Edge Routing Platform

SP Edge + Data Center Edge
Designed for Longevity
Full HW portfolio
Based on IOS-XR: true modular, fully
distributed OS
Full L2 and L3 feature set with high scale
Advanced Video and Mobility DNA
Data center internet and cloud gateway
Next generation broadband Router (BNG)
nV (network virtualization) for operational
saving
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48 Tbps

ASR 9000 Chassis Overview

Same HW&SW architecture, identical features
across different chassis type
one ASR 9000 family

7 Tbps

3.5 Tbps
240 Gbps
ASR 9001
(Ironman)

ASR 9006

ASR 9010

ASR 9922 (Megatron)

Max Capacity
(bi-directional)

120Gbps

440G/slot
880G/slot capable

440G/slot
880G/slot capable

Size

2RU

10RU

21RU

44RU

Air Flow

Side to side

Side to back

Front to back

Front to back

FCS

shipping

Shipping

Shipping

Shipping

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1.2T/slot
2T/slot capable

ASR 9010 and ASR 9006 Chassis

Front-to-back
airflow

Integrated cable
management
with cover
System fan trays

Side-to-back
airflow

RSP (0-1)
(switch fabric)

Line Card
(0-3)

Line Card
(0-3, 4-7)

RSP (0-1)
(switch fabric)

System fan trays

Air draw

cable
management

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V1 power shelf: 3 Modular V1 PS

V2 power shelf: 4 Modular V2 PS
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2 power shelves
6 or 8 PS

ASR 9001 Iron Man Chassis

Sub-slot 0 with MPA

Redundant
(AC or DC)
Power Supplies
Field Replaceable

Sub-slot 1 with MPA

GPS, 1588
BITS

Console, Aux,
Management
EOBC ports for nV
Edge (2xSFP)

Fixed 4x10G
SFP+ ports
Fan Tray
Field Replaceable

Supported MPA (Media Port Adaptor): 20xGE, 2/4x10GE, 1x40GE

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ASR 9922 Megatron Chassis

48Tbps system
Front-to-back
airflow

8+8 ACs or
11+1 DCs
20x Line Cards
(10 top, 10 bottom)

Height : 44 RU (AC & DC)

Depth : 28.65 (800mm)
Width : 17.75 (fits 19 rack)

Fan trays 4x
(ASR-9922-FAN)

2 x RPs
2 x RPs

6+1 FCs

4+1 Fabric Cards initially

6+1 Fabric Cards in future

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ASR 9006/9010 RSP (Route/Switch Processors )

RSP440

Processors

ASR 9922 RP is based

on RSP440, but with
separated fabric cards

Intel x86 Jasper Forest

4 Core 2.27 GHz

RAM

RSP440-TR: 6GB
RSP440-SE: 12GB

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nV EOBC ports

Yes, 2 x 1G/10G SFP+

Switch fabric
bandwidth

440G/slot
(with dual RSP)

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ASR 9000 Ethernet Line Card Overview

Second-gen LC
(Typhoon)

-TR, SE

A9K-24x10GE

A9K-2x100GE

A9K-MOD80

A9K-MOD160
MPAs
20x1GE
2x10GE
4x10GE
1x40GE
2x40GE

A9K-36x10GE

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New HW PID and Shipping Release

Part Number

Target
Release

Part Number

Target
Release

ASR 9001

4.2.1

A9K-RSP440-SE

4.2.0

ASR 9000v

4.2.1

A9K-RSP440-TR

4.2.0

ASR 9922

4.2.2

A9K-MOD80-SE

4.2.0

A9K-24x10GE-SE

4.2.0

A9K-MOD80-TR

4.2.0

A9K-24x10GE-TR

4.2.0

A9K-MOD160-SE

4.2.1

A9K-2x100GE-SE

4.2.0

A9K-MOD160-TR

4.2.1

A9K-MPA-2x10GE

4.2.1

A9K-2x100GE-TR

4.2.0

A9K-MPA-4x10GE

4.2.0

A9K-36x10GE-SE

4.2.2

A9K-MPA-20x1GE

4.2.0

A9K-MPA-1x40GE

4.2.2

A9K-36x10GE-TR

4.2.2

A9K-MPA-2x40GE

4.2.1

All Line Cards are shipping today!

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ASR 9000 SIP-700 and SPA

20Gbps, feature rich, high scale, low speed

SPA support list:
interfaces

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/prod/collateral/routers/ps9853/data_sheet_c78-573452.html

Scalability
Distributed control and da
plane; 20G; 4 Bays
L3 i/f, route, session,
protocol scaled up for
MSE needs

Strong QoS
128+K Queues,
128+K Policers
H-QoS
Color Policing

Powerful and Flexible

QFP Processor
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Flexible ucode Architecture

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Feature
Richness
L2 + L3 Services: FR, PPP,
HDLC, MLPPP, LFI,
L3VPN, MPLS, Netflow,
6PE/VPE

SPA Support:
ChOC-12: T1 / T3, MLPPP, LFI, IC-SSO, MR-APS
ChOC-3/STM1 + ChOC-12: DS0 / STM1 + ChOC-48:
DS3 / E3 / STM4
POS: OC3/STM1, OC-12/STM4, OC-48/STM16,
OC-192/STM64
Ch T1/E1, Ch T3/E3, CEoPs, ATM

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A9K-SIP-700

ASR 9000 ISM (Integrated Service Module)

CGN (carrier grade NAT):
NAT44, DS-Lite
NAT64(future)

Feature
Application
Environmental

ASR 9000 ISM Capabilities

CGv6
NEBS / ETSI compliant

CGv6: 20M translations, 1M translations/sec., ~15Gbps throughput / ISM

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Agenda
Hardware Overview
Carrier Class, Scalable System Architecture
Fabric architecture
Line card architecture
Packet flow, control plane and data plane
Multicast packet flow and replication
Internal system Qos

nV Technology Overview
Q&A Session with ASR9000 Business Unit

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ASR 9000 System Architecture

At-a-Glance

Line Card
RSP
CPU
CPU

BITS/DTI

FIA
FIC

Switch Fabric

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Agenda
Hardware Overview
Carrier Class, Scalable System Architecture
Fabric architecture
Line card architecture
Packet flow, control plane and data plane
Multicast packet flow and replication
Internal system Qos

nV Technology Overview

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IOS-XR 2-Stage Forwarding Overview

For high system scale
1st Stage: Ingress LC look up
2nd Stage: Egress LC look up
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +

NP

NP

FIA
FIA

3x10GE
SFP +

NP

3x10GE
SFP +

NP

3x10GE
SFP +

NP

3x10GE
SFP +

NP

3x10GE
SFP +

1
Typhoon
2

FIA
FIA

FIA

Switch
Fabric

Switch
Fabric

Switch Fabric
ASIC

NP

Switch Fabric
ASIC

3x10GE
SFP +

Ingress
NP

FIA

Egress
NP 2

FIA

Ingress
NP

100G

100GE
MAC/PHY
100G

100G

100GE
MAC/PHY

FIA

Egress
NP

100G

Uniform packet flow for simplicity and predictable performance

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ASR 9000 Fully Distributed Control Plane

LPTS (local packet transport service):
control plane policing

RP

EOBC (1G internal switch)

CPU

LC2

CPU

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Typhoo
LPTS
n
NP
NP
NP

Switch Fabric

FIA
Switch Fabric

FIA

FIA

NP
FIA
NP

Switch
Fabric ASIC

3x10G
E
SFP +
3x10G
E
SFP +
3x10G
E
SFP +
3x10G
E
SFP +
3x10G
E
SFP +
3x10G
E
SFP +
3x10G
E
SFP +
3x10G
E
SFP +

LC1

Punt
FPGA

RP CPU: Routing, MPLS, Multicast,

HSRP/VRRP, etc
LC CPU: ARP, ICMP, BFD, Netflow,
OAM, etc

NP
NP

FIA

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L3 Control Plane Overview

LDP

RSVP-TE

Static

LSD

BGP

OSPF

ISIS

EIGRP

RIB

RP

Selective VRF download

Over internal EOBC

ARP

FIB

SW FIB

Adjacency

AIB

LC

LC NPU

LC CPU

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AIB: Adjacency Information Base

RIB: Routing Information Base
FIB: Forwarding Information Base
LSD: Label Switch Database
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Hardware based MAC

learning: ~4Mpps/NP

MAC Learning and Sync

NP learn MAC address in hardware (around
4M pps)
NP flood MAC notification (data plane)
message to all other NPs in the system to sync
up the MAC address system-wide. MAC
notification and MAC sync are all done in
hardware

RP

Punt
FPGA

CPU

FIA

Switch Fabric

CPU

CPU

FIA

NP
NP
NP
NP

FIA

FIA

NP
NP

FIA

NP

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3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +

LC2

NP
NP

FIA

NP
NP

FIA

NP
NP

FIA

Switch
Fabric ASIC

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NP

LC1

Switch
Fabric ASIC

3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +
3x10GE
SFP +

Switch Fabric

NP
NP

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Internal Multicast Replication Overview

1

FGID Fabric Group ID

Fabric to LC Replication

Efficiency: replicate if required

Line rate: for fully loaded chassis
Simple and clean architecture
Predictable performance

MGID Multicast Group ID

LC fabric to FIA Replication

FIA to NP Replication

MFIB Multicast Forwarding Information Base

4 NP to egress port Replication

MFIB

Typhoo
4n

3x10GE
SFP +

NP
4

3x10GE
SFP +

NP
NP

3x10GE
SFP +

NP

3x10GE
SFP +

NP

3x10GE
SFP +

NP

4NP

3x10GE
SFP +

FIA
FIA

FIA

MGID/
FPOE

FIA
3

FIA

FGID/
FPOE

1
Switch
Fabric

Switch
Fabric

MFIB

FIA

Egress
NP
4

FIA

Ingress
NP

MGID

100GE
MAC/PHY

FIA

Uniform packet flow

for simplicity and predictable performance
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Ingress
NP
100GE
MAC/PHY

MGID/
FPOE

Switch Fabric
ASIC

3x10GE
SFP +

MGID

Switch Fabric
ASIC

3x10GE
SFP +

Egress
NP

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Internal System QoS Overview

End-to-End priority (P1,P2, 2xBest-effort) propagation
Unicast VOQ and back pressure
Unicast and Multicast separation
Ingress side of LC

Egress side of LC

CPU

PHY

NP

PHY

NP1
1
Ingress Port
QoS

FIA

CPU
3

FIA

NP

PHY
PHY

Switch
Fabric

2
4 VOQ per each virtual port in
the entire system
Up to 4K VOQs per FIA

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4 Egress Queues per each
virtual port, aggregated
rate per NP

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Egress Port
QoS

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Agenda
Hardware Overview
Carrier Class, Scalable System Architecture
Fabric architecture
Line card architecture
Packet flow, control plane and data plane
Multicast packet flow and replication
Internal system Qos

nV Technology Overview
Q&A Session with ASR9000 Business Unit
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ASR 9000 nV Technology Overview

SP Services/
Content

Before: nV Technology

Third-Party
Services/
Content

After: nV Technology
Cisco
Prime IP NGN

Individual device to
manage

Core

nV Edge

Edge

Complex network
protocols

Residential

Business
Converged

Feature inconsistent,
inter-operability

Aggregation

nV

nV Satellite

No network protocols
within virtual system,
Remote satellite is
plug-n-play, zero
touch
Single feature set,
one release cycle

Access

Physical port limit

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One virtual system to

manage

Scale to 10 of 1000s
physical ports
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ASR 9000 nV Satellite Overview

Plug-n-play, zero touch satellite access device

ASR9K local port

Satellite Protocol

Satellite access port

Satellite

nv fabric links
One ASR 9000 nV System

Host

Satellite and ASR 9000 Host run satellite protocol for auto-discovery, provisioning and
management
Satellite and Host could co-locate or in different location. There is no distance limit between
satellite and Host
The connection between satellite and host is called nv fabric link, which could be L1 or over
L2 virtual circuit (future)

Satellite access port has the same feature parity as ASR9K local port,
it works/feels just as local port
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Satellite Hardware: ASR 9000v Overview

Power Feeds
Redundant -48vDC
Power Feeds

Field Replaceable Fan Tray

1 RU ANSI & ETSI

Compliant

Redundant Fans
ToD/PSS Output

Single AC power
feed

Bits Out

44x10/100/1000 Mbps
Pluggables

4x10G SFP+
Initially used as Fabric Ports ONLY
(could be used as access port in the
future)

Full Line Rate Packet

Processing and Traffic
Management

Copper and fiber SFP+ optics

Copper and fiber SFP optics

Power 210 auto
Watts
Max
Speed/duplex
Nominal
Power
159
Watts
negotiation

Industrial Temp Rated

-40C to +65C Operational Temperature
-40C to +70C Storage Temperature

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Satellite Operation Initial Configuration

Satellite Protocol

Satellite
101

nv fabric links
One ASR 9000 nV System

Host

nv
satellite 101 define satellite
type asr9000v
ipv4 address 10.0.0.101
interface TenGigE 0/2/0/2 configure satellite fabric
port
ipv4 point-to-point
ipv4 unnumbered Loopback100
nv
satellite-fabric-link satellite 101
remote-ports satellite to fabric port mapping
GigabitEthernet
0/0/0-9
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Summary

Cisco ASR 9000: Next-gen SP+DC Edge Routing

Carrier Class

Scalable
System Architecture
Full HW portfolio: chassis, LC, port

IOS-XR true modular OS

Superior Multicast replication

nV expand the system capacity and

physical ports
Fully distributed IOS-XR control plane

Advanced internal system QoS

IOS-XR 2-stage forwarding
And more

HW MAC learning, prefix independent

fast convergence, and more

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Q&A
Carolina Dvila ASR9000 Product Manager
Dennis Cai

ASR9000 Technical Marketing Engineer

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