Routers & Gateways

The Cisco® ASR 9000v employs the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Network Virtualization (nV) technology. The nV technology revolutionizes networks by integrating access and edge into one nV system. The Cisco ASR 9000v operates as an extension shelf of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, providing delivery of Cisco ASR 9000 services from the ASR 9000v. This nV technology dramatically lowers operational costs by simplifying the access and edge network, and delivers tremendous service and network scale through the use of the Cisco ASR 9000 distributed control plane and feature processing.

Cisco ASR 9006 Router is designed to provide true carrier-class reliability using the Cisco IOS XR operating system, comprehensive system redundancy, and a full complement of network resiliency schemes. The Cisco ASR 9006 also offers service and application-level intelligence focused on optimized video delivery and mobile aggregation. Finally, the Cisco ASR 9006 is designed to simplify and enhance the operational and deployment aspects of service-delivery networks.

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series is an operationally simple, future-optimized platform using next-generation hardware and software. The following are highlights of this next-generation platform.

• The Cisco ASR 9000 System brings increased power and simplicity to the edge, and the ASR 9000v sets the industry benchmark as a virtualized compact carrier-class converged access and aggregation platform. Leveraging Cisco's "network virtualization" or nV Technology, the Cisco ASR 9000 System offers exceptional pay as you grow scale, carrier-class reliability, and simplified service provisioning.

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router system provides unsurpassed 10GE and 100GE scale and density. The Cisco ASR 9006 and 9010 routers provide an in-place upgrade roadmap to higher density of 10GE and 100GE ports without the need for a complete chassis replacement. These line cards, offered in base and extended-scale configurations, are complemented by the nonblocking fabric (on the Route Switch Processor [RSP] for the Cisco 9006 and 9010 routers and on separate fabric cards for the Cisco 9922 router), and by the innovative backplane (BP), thermal, and power infrastructure on the chassis.

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series is an operationally simple, future-optimized platform using next-generation hardware and software. The following are highlights of this next-generation platform.

• The Cisco ASR 9000 System brings increased power and simplicity to the edge, and the ASR 9000v sets the industry benchmark as a virtualized compact carrier-class converged access and aggregation platform. Leveraging Cisco's "network virtualization" or nV Technology, the Cisco ASR 9000 System offers exceptional pay as you grow scale, carrier-class reliability, and simplified service provisioning.
• Cisco IOS XR modular operating system: The Cisco ASR 9000 Series uses the Cisco IOS XR operating system, made famous by the highly successful Cisco CRS Carrier Routing System platform in core deployments. Cisco IOS XR operating system is purpose-built for distributed systems such as the Cisco ASR 9000 Series and uses a microkernel architecture to achieve true modularity. This modularity provides the path to nonstop operations during software image upgrades or module changes, without affecting normal platform operations.