Cisco ASR 9006 Router

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series is an operationally simple, future-optimized platform using next-generation hardware and software. The following are highlights of this next-generation platform: Fully distributed system: The Cisco ASR 9000 Series operates in a fully distributed fashion; all packet-forwarding decisions and actions take place on the individual line cards. These high-density Ethernet line cards are equipped with a specialized network processor that provides a flexible programming infrastructure with high-density Hierarchical Quality-of-Service (H-QoS) services, security, and advanced timing capabilities, with PTP and Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) support. The distributed nature of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series improves resiliency by adding a ...