ASR 9906 NV Edge IRL

[jwjorgensen]

I read on a doc this morning on nv edge that the IRLs had to be 40 or 100 GE but then I read on another doc that they can be 10GE links.  Can someone clarify for me?

Thanks in advance!

JJ

[tkarnani]

for Nv edge cluster.

the last supported release is 5.3.4 and the line cards supported are only Typhoon based (thanks Sam, for correction)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/routers/asr-9000-series-aggregation-services-routers/116726-qanda-product-00.html#anc3

[smilstea]

Trident is not supported, only typhoon.

SW requirement

• Supported since 4.2.1
• Requires cluster software license on each chassis

HW requirement – Chassis

• Only ASR 9006 and 9010 are supported in 4.2.x
• ASR 9001 is supported starting in 4.3.0
• ASR 9001-S and 9922 are supported starting in 4.3.1
• ASR 9904 and 9912 are supported starting in 5.1.1
• Only like-like chassis are supported

HW requirement – Line card and RSP

• Dual RSP440 for 9006/9010/9904
• Dual RP for 9912/9922
• Single RSP 9001/9001-S
• No RSP-4/8G support
• Only Typhoon LC and SIP-700 allowed to boot
• Only Typhoon LC support IRL
• VSM/ISM not supported

To answer the 10G/40G/100G question yes all are supported.

• 40/100G IRL will be supported starting 5.1.1
• Mixed mode not supported

Sam

[jwjorgensen]

I've got a pair of 9906's running 6.3.2, RSP880s, and Tomahawk linecards (24x10GE-1GE).  Is this a supported configuration?

[tkarnani · Accepted solution]

Hi, NV cluster is not supported with 6.3.2 + Tomahawk cards

[jwjorgensen]

Thanks for the info!  Just for my knowledge, and to explain to my customer, do you have insight as to why this is not supported in the later releases? 

[tkarnani]

There is a trend moving towards vendor agnostic EVPN where we can use BGP to achieve active/active or active/standby forwarding between two PEs

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/asr9000/software/asr9k-r6-2/lxvpn/configuration/guide/b-l2vpn-cg-asr9000-62x/b-l2vpn-cg-asr9000-62x_chapter_01011.html#concept_5A93CE8A263C4D8FBA0F8E521FC6E854

[Aleksandar Vidakovic]

Can you share the URL to that document? Was it maybe specific to ncs5000 as satellite?

/Aleksandar