[c-nsp] ASR1006 Hardware redundancy question

[Satish Patel]

Thank for input.

Good to know we don't need to do extra configuration to create
redundancy. So in future if i slide in other RP/ESP it will auto
function right?


On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 5:32 PM, CiscoNSP List
<CiscoNSP_list at hotmail.com> wrote:
> You have no RP/ESP/SIP redundancy....if any of those fail, you are in trouble
>
> If you add another RP+ESP, then you have auto redundancy...one will be primary, the other failover (We have them, I have tried this many times in the lab.....ie disconnecting primary RP etc to ensure backup RP takes over....they do)
>
> If you only have one SIP, but multiple SPAs, then connect into different SPAs for "redundancy"....but you are only getting SPA redundancy, not SIP.....dual(Or more SIPs), SPAs in each one, you get SPA redundancy.
>
> Or, the best option, is two completely separate boxes....both connected to upstream....customers can connect to both.....if one dies, you are still operational...this is far better than a single box, with dual "everything"
>
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> Sent: Monday, 23 May 2016 5:13 AM
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> Subject: [c-nsp] ASR1006 Hardware redundancy question
>
> I am new to ASR1006 and i never work on router with hardware
> redundancy so i just want some input and understanding how does it
> work. currently we have single component so its not a 100% redundant.
>
> ESP40  - 1
> RP2 - 1
> SIP - 1
> SPA - 4  ( 1x10GB SPA)
>
> Question:
>
> Do i need to configure or run some command to tell router related
> redundancy or  its builtin function and it will auto detect number of
> component and take decision related Action-Hot standby. Let say in
> future i purchase RP2 component and plug into router does my router
> auto detect two RP2 processor and enable Redundancy?
>
> Just want to understand how Hardware redundancy will work.
>
> In my current setup where we have all single component in that case we
> have single SIP with 4 SPA cards, If one of SPA failed how does it
> provide redundancy?
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