ASR-920-4SZ Throughput

[ZK916]

Hello, 

I was trying trying the throughout of the ASR-920-4SZ router. This router supports Cisco ASR920 Series - 2GE and 4-10GE. We bought the 10G licensing and we are planning on upgrading our internet circuit to 10Gb/s. 

Does this this router need any other licensing besides the 10Gb port licensing? 

What is the throughput specified for this platform? 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/asr-920-series-aggregation-services-router/datasheet-c78-732103.pdf 

Thanks in advance. 

~zK 

[Ramblin Tech]

The forwarding engine of the ASR 920 is a fixed (non-modular) version of the 64Gbps RSP2 used in the A900 line (902, 903, 907, etc). It will provide wire-speed forwarding for all ports of an ASR 920 with real-world packet sizes.

All ASR900/920 models require an IOS-XE license which is available in one of three levels: Metro Access, Metro IP Access, and Advanced Metro IP Access. Take a look at the A900 IOS-XE data sheet to match up your use-case requirements to the appropriate level, but briefly, Metro Access = basic L2, Metro IP Access = basic L3, while Advanced Metro IP Acess = MPLS:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/asr-920-series-aggregation-services-router/datasheet-c78-732079.html

The 10G license enables SFP+ ports to operate at 1G/10G rather than just at 1G, but does not license the system for XE.