[c-nsp] real world experience - ASR901 / ASR903

[Rolf Mendelsohn]

Tassos,

Surely with this TCAM space, there are lots of routes which can be supported:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/asr_900/hardware/installation/overview.html

Supported RSPs:
The Cisco ASR 903 Series Aggregation Services Router supports the following RSPs:
•A900-RSP1A-55—Provides 2 GB of SDRAM, 5 Mb of TCAM memory, 3-Mb buffer table, 
576-Mb forwarding memory, and 1,536-Mb packet buffer memory.
•A900-RSP1B-55—Provides 4 GB of SDRAM, 20 Mb of TCAM memory, 144-Mb buffer table, 
1152-Mb forwarding memory, and 1,536-Mb packet buffer memory.


vs the ASR 1000 Series:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps9343/data_sheet_c78-450070_ps2797_Products_Data_Sheet.html

For 2.5-Gbps/5-Gbps integrated ESP in ASR1001: 256MB Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, 1GB DRAM, 5Mb ternary content addressable memory (TCAM), and 64MB packet buffer memory
For 5-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP: 256MB Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, 512MB DRAM, 5Mb ternary content addressable memory (TCAM), and 64MB packet buffer memory
For 10-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP: 512MB Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, 2GB DRAM, 10Mb TCAM, and 128MB packet buffer memory
For 10-N-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP: 512MB Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, 2GB DRAM, 10Mb TCAM, and 128MB packet buffer memory
For 20-Gbps Cisco ASR 1000 ESP: 1GB Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, 4GB DRAM, 40Mb TCAM, and 256MB packet buffer memory

Rolf

On 23 Mar 2012, at 10:30 AM, Tassos Chatzithomaoglou wrote:
> ASR903 seem more like a modular ME-3800X, with the ability to upgrade the RSP if needed.
> 
> --
> Tassos
> 
> Rolf Mendelsohn wrote on 23/3/2012 11:00:
>> Waris,
>> 
>> How many routes does the ASR903 support?
>> 
>> Rolf
>> 
>> On 23 Mar 2012, at 8:45 AM, Waris Sagheer (waris) wrote:
>>> ASR 903 runs IOS XE and ASR901 runs classical IOS.
>>> ASR 901 Scale:
>>> IPv4 Routes - 12K
>>> BGP peers - 100
>>> Number of VRF - 128
>>> IPv6 support is in roadmap for August timeframe.
>>> 
>>> ASR 903 is capable of line rate performance. It does not support full
>>> internet routing table.
>>> 
>>> -Waris
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>>> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Pshem Kowalczyk
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:58 PM
>>> To: Rolf Mendelsohn
>>> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>>> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] real world experience - ASR901 / ASR903
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> On 22 March 2012 03:58, Rolf Mendelsohn<rolf-web at internet.ao>  wrote:
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>> 
>>>> Just really curious regarding these new boxes (ASR901 / ASR903) ...
>>>> 
>>>> Has anybody bought them recently?
>>>> 
>>>> How is the IOS, relatively stable?
>>>> 
>>>> How many routes (901), BGP, MPLS, IPv6??
>>>> 
>>>> Does anybody have the ASR903, how is its performance and does anybody
>>> have a full table (or two going into one of these).
>>> 
>>> Not real world, but according to the information I got from Cisco RSP1A
>>> can hold 12k ipv4 routes or 6k ipv6 ones, and RSP1B - 32k ipv4 and 16k
>>> ipv6, so nowhere near what's required for full table. I don't have the
>>> numbers for ASR901, but that's mainly a L2 VPN device, so I'd expect
>>> them to be even lower.
>>> 
>>> kind regards
>>> Pshem