Product Overview
The Cisco® ASR 9000 Series SPA Interface Processor (SIP) extends the unprecedented scale and flexibility of Cisco's flagship edge router. The Cisco ASR 9000 Series represent an exciting new paradigm in the world of routing with exceptional Layer 2 and Layer 3 scalability, carrier-class reliability, environmentally conscious design, incredible flexibility, and an enticing new price-to-performance benchmark. Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers are 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 9000 Series also offers service- and application-level intelligence focused on optimized video delivery and mobile aggregation. Finally, the Cisco ASR 9000 Series is designed to simplify and enhance the operational and deployment aspects of service-delivery networks.
Figure 1. Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700
The Cisco I-Flex design combines shared port adapters (SPAs) and SPA interface processors (SIPs), leveraging an extensible design that enables service prioritization for data and voice services. Enterprises and service providers customers can take advantage of improved slot economics resulting from modular port adapters that are interchangeable across Cisco routing platforms. The I-Flex design maximizes connectivity options and offers superior service intelligence through programmable interface processors.
Features and Benefits
Powered by the incredibly potent Cisco Quantum Flow Processor, the Cisco ASR 9000 Series SPA Interface Processor 700 (A9K-SIP-700) uses proven hardware and software designs to accelerate introduction of new and varied physical layers and enable a lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
The 4-bay A9K-SIP-700 doubles the capacity of previous-generation offerings. It provides powerful hierarchical quality of service (H-QoS), high multidimensional scalability, and support for rich Layer 3 services and features. The Cisco Quantum Flow Processor is a fully integrated and programmable chipset designed to unify massive parallel processing, advanced memory management, security, and sophisticated QoS mechanisms with virtual service delivery and programmability.
The Cisco ASR 9000 Series enable operators to deploy any combination of Layer 2 and Layer 3 service applications at an industry-leading price-to-performance ratio. The Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700 is designed to complement this ability by, over time, extending the same scalability and reliability to the realm of traditional transport media such as time-division multiplexing (TDM), Frame Relay, ATM, and Packet over Sonet (POS), thereby reducing capital expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx), as well as reducing the time required to develop and deploy new services. It also allows service providers to continue their deployed services, keeping those revenue streams open, while simultaneously migrating to the next-generation routing platform that opens up new channels of revenue.
By seamlessly integrating within the same chassis, the SIP-700 and Ethernet line cards provide true network and device convergence - a key design goal for the Cisco ASR 9000 Series of routers. The Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700 only utilizes one line card slot within the Cisco ASR 9000 Series chassis, saving valuable line-card real estate, and can be deployed within both the Cisco ASR 9010 and 9006 without any power-zone restrictions. Fully integrated with the Cisco ASR 9000 Series synchronization circuitry, the Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700 line cards provide standards-based line-interface functions for delivering and deriving transport-class network timing, enabling support of network-synchronized services and applications such as mobile backhaul and time-division multiplexing (TDM) migration.
Product Specifications
Table 1 lists specifications for the Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700 line card.
Table 1. Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700 Specifications
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Feature |
Description |
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Chassis compatibility |
All Cisco ASR 9000 Series chassis |
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Software compatibility |
Cisco IOS XR Software Release 3.9 or later |
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Density |
Up to 4 single-height SPAs or Up to 2 double-height SPAs or A combination of the two - subject to above restrictions |
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Routing capabilities |
Combined IPv4, IPv6, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and Layer 3 VPN (L3VPN) services. Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP) and link fragmentation and interleaving (LFI) are also supported. |
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Synchronization |
Derives and provides synchronization to and from SONET/SDH interfaces. Interworks with SyncE support on the Ethernet interfaces and network synchronization interfaces on the Cisco ASR 9000 Route Switch Processor (RSP). |
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Reliability and high availability |
• Online Insertion and Removal (OIR) without affecting system traffic
• Multi-Router Automatic Protection Service (MR-APS) is a Cisco developed feature which provides protection against various hardware and software faults, including catastrophic system failure. MR-APS builds on the Bellcore defined APS standard by adding Protect Group Protocol (PGP) communication between redundant routers. The SONET APS signaling and the PGP communication convey system state and SONET link state information between the Working and Protect routers. Upon failure of the network links or one of the routers, a backup path is available to prevent loss of service.
• Inter-Chassis Stateful Switchover (IC-SSO): The Inter-chassis Stateful Switchover for PPP feature is a collection of Cisco IOS XR Software sub-features that provide switchover of PPP sessions to a backup router in the event of network or router failure. The feature integrates the MR-APS, IP-FRR, and SSRP features to provide fast switchover of PPP data traffic.
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Manageability |
• Cisco IOS XR Software includes industry-standard management interfaces, including modular command-line interface (CLI), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and native XML interfaces.
• Cisco Active Network Abstraction (ANA): Cisco ANA is a flexible, vendor-neutral management framework for a multi-technology, multiservice network environment. Operating between the network and the operations-support-system (OSS) layer, Cisco ANA aggregates virtual network elements (VNEs) into a software-based virtual network, much as real network elements create the real-world network. Cisco ANA dynamically discovers network components and tracks the status of network elements in near real time.
• Cisco ANA offers service providers:
• Simplified integration of OSS applications with network information
• A flexible common infrastructure for managing network resources
• Consistent procedures and interfaces for all network elements
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MIBs |
Support for a large number of hardware and product-specific as well as software feature MIBs; following is a partial list of MIBs supported: • ENTITY-MIB,
• CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB
• CISCO-ENTITY-ASSET-MIB
• CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB.
• IF-MIB, DS1-MIB
• SONET-MIB
• CISCO-SONET-MIB
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Physical dimensions (H x W x D); weight |
14 x 1.72 x 20.5 in.; 14 lb |
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Power |
375W (maximum) |
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Operating temperature (nominal) |
41 to 104ºF (5 to 40ºC) |
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Operating temperature (short-term)1 |
23 to 131ºF (-5 to 55ºC) |
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Operating humidity (nominal) (relative humidity) |
10 to 85% |
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Storage temperature |
-40 to 158ºF (-40 to 70ºC) |
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Storage (relative humidity) |
5 to 95% Note: Not to exceed 0.024 kg water per kg of dry air |
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Operating altitude |
-60 to 4000m (up to 2000m conforms to IEC, EN, UL, and CSA 60950 requirements) |
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1Short-term refers to a period of not more than 96 consecutive hours and a total of not more than 15 days in one year. (This refers to a total of 360 hours in any given year, but no more than 15 occurrences during that one-year period.)
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Approvals and Compliance
As is expected of any component of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series of routers, the SIP line card achieves extensive compliance, demonstrating its carrier-class focus and capabilities. Table 2 gives compliance information.
Table 2. Compliance and Agency Approvals for Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700
System Requirements
You can deploy Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700 line cards in any Cisco ASR 9000 Series platform starting with Cisco IOS XR Software Release 3.9.0.
Ordering Information
The Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700 is available in a single version capable of handling multiple SPA types. This single version provides high-scale, powerful H-QoS, high queue density, and interface flexibility. Software licenses are not required on the Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700.
Table 3 provides ordering information for the Cisco ASR 9000 SIP-700 line card.
Table 3. Ordering Information
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Product Name |
Part Number |
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Cisco ASR 9000 SPA Interface Processor-700 |
A9K-SIP-700 |
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Cisco ASR 9000 SPA Interface Processor-700, Spare |
A9K-SIP-700= |
To place an order, visit Cisco Ordering Home Page or refer to Table 3.
Downloading the Software
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Service and Support
Cisco offers a wide range of services programs to accelerate customer success. These innovative services programs are delivered through a unique combination of people, processes, tools, and partners, resulting in high levels of customer satisfaction. Cisco services help to protect your network investment, optimize network operations, and prepare the network for new applications to extend network intelligence and the power of your business. For more information about Cisco Services, refer to Cisco Technical Support Services or Cisco Advanced Services.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco ASR 9000 Series SIP-700 line cards, visit the Cisco ASR 9000 Series homepage or contact your local Cisco account representative.