[c-nsp] asr1001 question

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Thanks Mark - much appreciated.


> From: mark.tinka at seacom.mu
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] asr1001 question
> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:21:54 +0200
> CC: cisconsp_list at hotmail.com
> 
> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:33:11 AM CiscoNSP List 
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > - Are there 2 versions? - 1 that was released with an RP1
> > and a second that was released with an RP2(Not an actual
> > RP2, but close to it?)?  Some of the docs state 512,000
> > IPv4 and 128,000 IPv6...Or Is this just outdated info,
> > and only one version has ever been released with the
> > "RP2"?
> 
> I think there has only been one hardware version.
> 
> I know they have discontinued the ASR1001-HDD, which shipped 
> with an integrated hard drive at 160GB. 
> 
> They are now shipping the ASR1001, which is just 40GB hard 
> drive, I think...
> 
> > - Docs state that they can be upgraded to 16G DRAM, and
> > supports 1M IPv4 or 1M IPv6 - I assume this is only with
> > 8G+ DRAM installed? (And you only get benefits with 16G
> > if running as an RR?)
> 
> The ASR1001 has an integrated 5Gbps ESP.
> 
> The ESP ships in 2.5Gbps bandwidth mode, and with an extra 
> license, you can increase aggregate throughput to 5Gbps.
> 
> 4GB of control plane memory assures you 500,000 IPv4 or 
> 500,000 IPv6 entries in the FIB.
> 
> 8GB of control plane memory assures you 1,000,000 IPv4 or 
> 1,000,000 IPv6 entries in the FIB.
> 
> 16GB of control plane memory gives you similar FIB entry 
> numbers as the 8GB option, but coupled with the BGP-SD 
> feature, can provide for over 25,000,000 entries in the RIB 
> under scaled route reflector scenarios.
> 
> Mark.