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Cisco ASR 9000 Architecture Overview

BRKARC-2003
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
ASR 9006 ASR 9010 ASR 9922 (Megatron)
(Ironman)

Max Capacity
120Gbps 440G/slot 440G/slot 1.2T/slot
(bi-directional) 880G/slot capable 880G/slot capable 2T/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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ASR 9010 and ASR 9006 Chassis
Front-to-back
Integrated cable airflow
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 2 power shelves


management V1 power shelf: 3 Modular V1 PS 6 or 8 PS
V2 power shelf: 4 Modular V2 PS

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ASR 9001 Iron Man Chassis

Sub-slot 0 with MPA Sub-slot 1 with MPA

GPS, 1588 Console, Aux,


Redundant Management
Fixed 4x10G
(AC or DC)
Power Supplies BITS SFP+ ports
EOBC ports for nV
Field Replaceable
Edge (2xSFP)
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 Height : 44 RU (AC & DC)


(10 top, 10 bottom) Depth : 28.65 (800mm)
Width : 17.75 (fits 19 rack)
Fan trays 4x 2 x RPs
(ASR-9922-FAN)
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 ASR 9922 RP is based
on RSP440, but with
separated fabric cards
Processors Intel x86 Jasper Forest
4 Core 2.27 GHz
RAM RSP440-TR: 6GB
RSP440-SE: 12GB

nV EOBC ports Yes, 2 x 1G/10G SFP+

Switch fabric 440G/slot


bandwidth
(with dual RSP)

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ASR 9000 Ethernet Line Card Overview
Second-gen LC
(Typhoon)

-TR, -
SE

A9K-MOD80 A9K-MOD160
A9K-24x10GE A9K-2x100GE
MPAs
20x1GE
2x10GE
4x10GE
1x40GE
2x40GE

A9K-36x10GE

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New HW PID and Shipping Release
Target Target
Part Number Part Number
Release 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-MOD160-TR 4.2.1
A9K-2x100GE-SE 4.2.0
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
interfaces
SPA support list:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/prod/collateral/routers/ps9853/data_sheet_c78-573452.html

Strong QoS Scalability


128+K Queues, Distributed control and da
128+K Policers plane; 20G; 4 Bays
H-QoS L3 i/f, route, session,
protocol scaled up for
Color Policing
MSE needs

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
Powerful and Flexible Ch T1/E1, Ch T3/E3, CEoPs, ATM

QFP Processor
Flexible ucode Architecture
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L2 + L3 Services: FR, PPP,


HDLC, MLPPP, LFI,
L3VPN, MPLS, Netflow,
6PE/VPE
A9K-SIP-700
ASR 9000 ISM (Integrated Service Module)

CGN (carrier grade NAT): Feature ASR 9000 ISM Capabilities

NAT44, DS-Lite Application CGv6


NAT64(future)
Environmental 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 + NP

3x10GE
FIA
SFP + NP
1 Ingress 100G
FIA
NP
3x10GE 100GE
SFP + NP
MAC/PHY
FIA Switch

Switch Fabric
3x10GE Egress
NP Fabric FIA 100G

Switch Fabric
SFP + NP 2
3x10GE ASIC

ASIC
SFP + NP

3x10GE
FIA FIA
Ingress
NP 100G
SFP + NP
100GE
3x10GE MAC/PHY
SFP + NP
Egress
FIA Switch FIA NP 100G
3x10GE
SFP +
1
Typhoon Fabric
2

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
EOBC (1G internal switch) RP
Punt
LC2 CPU FPGA FIA

Switch Fabric Switch Fabric


CPU LC1
3x10G
Typhoo
E LPTS
n
SFP +
3x10G FIA
E NP
SFP +
3x10G RP CPU: Routing, MPLS, Multicast,
E NP
HSRP/VRRP, etc
Fabric ASIC
SFP +
3x10G FIA Switch
E NP
SFP +
3x10G
E
SFP +
3x10G
NP
FIA
LC CPU: ARP, ICMP, BFD, Netflow,
E
SFP +
NP OAM, etc
3x10G
E NP
SFP +
3x10G FIA
E NP
SFP +

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L3 Control Plane Overview

BGP OSPF
LDP RSVP-TE
Static
ISIS EIGRP RP CPU

LSD RIB RP

Selective VRF download


Over internal EOBC

ARP
LC
FIB Adjacency
SW FIB
AIB LC NPU

AIB: Adjacency Information Base


LC CPU RIB: Routing Information Base
FIB: Forwarding Information Base
LSD: Label Switch Database

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MAC Learning and Sync Hardware based MAC
NP learn MAC address in hardware (around
learning: ~4Mpps/NP
4M pps)

NP flood MAC notification (data plane) RP


message to all other NPs in the system to sync Punt
CPU
up the MAC address system-wide. MAC FPGA FIA
notification and MAC sync are all done in
hardware
Switch Fabric Switch Fabric

CPU LC1
CPU LC2
3x10GE
SFP + NP
FIA 3x10GE
3x10GE
SFP +
NP
SFP + NP
3x10GE FIA
3x10GE
SFP + NP
NP
Fabric ASIC
Switch
SFP +
FIA 3x10GE
3x10GE NP

Fabric ASIC
Switch
NP SFP +
SFP +
3x10GE FIA
3x10GE
SFP + NP
SFP + NP
FIA 3x10GE
3x10GE
SFP + NP
SFP + NP FIA
3x10GE
3x10GE
SFP + NP
SFP + NP
3x10GE FIA 3x10GE
NP
NP SFP +
SFP + FIA
3x10GE
SFP + NP

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Internal Multicast Replication Overview
1 Fabric to LC Replication FGID Fabric Group ID
MGID Multicast Group ID Efficiency: replicate if required
2 LC fabric to FIA Replication
MFIB Multicast Forwarding Information Base
Line rate: for fully loaded chassis
FIA to NP Replication Simple and clean architecture
3
Predictable performance
4 NP to egress port Replication

MFIB
3x10GE Typhoo MGID
SFP + 4n 3
3x10GE
FIA
SFP + NP
4
FIA Ingress
NP
3x10GE FGID/ 100GE
NP

ASIC
Switch Fabric
SFP + FPOE
MGID/ MAC/PHY
FIA MGID/
FPOE 1
Switch FPOE MFIB

ASIC
Switch Fabric
3x10GE MGID Egress
NP Fabric FIA
SFP +
2 2 3 4
NP

3x10GE
SFP + NP

3x10GE
FIA FIA
Ingress
NP
SFP + NP
100GE
3x10GE MAC/PHY
SFP + NP 3
Egress
FIA Switch FIA NP
3x10GE 4NP Fabric
SFP +

Uniform packet flow


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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 CPU 4
NP PHY
3
2 NP PHY
FIA FIA
PHY NP Switch
Fabric
PHY NP1

1 2 3 4
Ingress Port Egress Port
QoS 4 VOQ per each virtual port in 4 Egress Queues per each
the entire system virtual port, aggregated QoS
Up to 4K VOQs per FIA rate per NP

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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/ Third-Party
Content Services/
Before: nV Technology Content After: nV Technology
Cisco
Prime IP NGN
Individual device to One virtual system to
manage Core manage

No network protocols
Edge nV Edge within virtual system,
Complex network
protocols Remote satellite is
Residential
Converged
Business nV plug-n-play, zero
Aggregation
touch
Feature inconsistent, nV Satellite
inter-operability Single feature set,
Access
one release cycle

Physical port limit 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 access port Satellite Protocol

nv fabric links
Satellite
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 Field Replaceable Fan Tray
1 RU ANSI & ETSI
Redundant -48vDC Compliant Redundant Fans
Power Feeds
ToD/PSS Output
Single AC power
feed Bits Out

44x10/100/1000 Mbps 4x10G SFP+


Pluggables
Initially used as Fabric Ports ONLY
Full Line Rate Packet (could be used as access port in the
Processing and Traffic future)
Management
Copper and fiber SFP+ optics
Copper and fiber SFP optics
Industrial Temp Rated
Max Power 210 auto
Speed/duplex Watts
Nominal Power
negotiation 159 Watts -40C to +65C Operational Temperature
-40C to +70C Storage Temperature
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Satellite Operation Initial Configuration
Satellite Protocol

Satellite nv fabric links


101
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
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Summary
Cisco ASR 9000: Next-gen SP+DC Edge Routing
Scalable
Carrier Class System Architecture
Full HW portfolio: chassis, LC, port
IOS-XR true modular OS
nV expand the system capacity and
physical ports
Superior Multicast replication
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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