Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 Satellite Shelf

Description

Feature alignment

Because services and features of the nV technology are provided by the Cisco ASR 9000 Series host, the Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 reduces the error-prone and frustrating guesswork of aligning the continuously evolving features, services, and behavior of otherwise independently deployed access and edge systems.

Flexible topologies

The Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 can be deployed adjacent to, or remotely from their Cisco ASR 9000 Series host, supporting applications that require high-density ports, or many remote points of presence. The Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 can be directly connected to the Cisco ASR 9000 Series host, including over a dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) system, or evolve to operate over other topologies.

Service scale

By taking advantage of the industry-leading service and network scale of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series edge system, the Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 redefines the relationship between service scale and packaging.

Resiliency

The Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 can be connected to multiple Cisco ASR 9000 Series redundant hosts. The Cisco ASR 9000 Series control plane extension to the Cisco ASR 9000v delivers resiliency to Cisco ASR 9000v shelf, access port, and fabric port failures.

Ease of certification, training, and deployment

Because feature provisioning, command-line interface (CLI), management system integration, software maintenance, and feature processing are provided by the Cisco ASR 9000 Series host using Cisco IOS XR Software, the incremental effort for certification, operator training, network integration, and deployment of a Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 is dramatically reduced.

Ease of management

Management of a Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 will be dramatically reduced relative to a standalone network element. The Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 are not deployed, configured, upgraded, or integrated into the EMS and NMS as an independent network element. The functions provided by the Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 are reduced relative to a standalone network element. Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 software images are managed through the Cisco ASR 9000 software Management infrastructure.

Ultra-low power and footprint

With power requirements comparable to a light bulb and a physical profile comparable to a laptop, the Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 delivers the advanced features and services of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series at a tiny fraction of the power draw or the footprint of any comparable edge router.

Environmentally hardened design

The Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 hardened design supports deployment of Cisco ASR 9000 Series services in cabinets and non-temperature-controlled buildings.

Front access

The fully front-access Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 can be mounted against a wall or cabinet or back-to-back with other equipment in a single cabinet with complete serviceability through the front panel.

Ease of EMS and NMS integration

The incremental effort to integrate the Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 into a network with the Cisco ASR 9000 Series is dramatically reduced because the Cisco ASR 9000 Series host presents the Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 to the EMS and NMS as a component of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series and because provisioning, services, and feature processing are delivered by the Cisco ASR 9000 Series host using its existing schema.

ACT support

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series Craft Tool (ACT) that is available with the Cisco ASR 9000 Series host provides a graphical representation of the Cisco ASR 9000v-V2 status as part of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series, as well as administration of the ASR 9000v software.