Configuring the nV Edge System on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router

[edwardwaithaka]

Hi,

What are the hardware requirements for the nV Edge system?

Im still not very sure even after going through the below;

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/asr9000/software/asr9k_r4.2/interfaces/configuration/guide/hc42clst.html#wp1011420

Which line cards can I use for the Inter rack links? Which SFPs on the line cards can be used?

Which SFPs are supported on the RSP 2 EOBC ports? Do the SFPs come in built as I cannt find them in the configuration tool?

Do I have to have two RSPs installed?

[Alexei Kiritchenko]

Hi

Which line cards can I use for the Inter rack links?

     Cisco ASR 9000 Enhanced Ethernet line card 10 GigE links are used as IRLs (inter-rack links).

Which SFPs on the line cards can be used?

      Ones which are supported by LC.

Which SFPs are supported on the RSP 2 EOBC ports?

      SFP-GE-L

Do the SFPs come in built as I cannt find them in the configuration tool?

      No, they are no build in.

Do I have to have two RSPs installed?

Yes, 2 RSP in every chassis.

Regards,

/A

[idayen]

Hi Edward,

The main thing is to have RSP-3 (or RSP-440) and  the new 10GE port  line card to connect to the ASR 9000v or ASR 901 or ASR 903.

We have a demonstration to show it all works.  Please visit http://cisco.com/go/testdrive  or contact your account rep to schedule a demo.

Regards,

--Igor

[edwardwaithaka]

Hi,

Will two routers with the below specs form an nV?

Sup Engine

A9K-RSP440-SE          ASR9K Route Switch Processor with 440G/slot Fabric and 12GB          Qty 1

10G Line Card

A9K-MOD80-SE          80G Modular Linecard Service Edge Optimized          Qty 1

A9K-MPA-4X10GE          ASR 9000 4-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter          Qty 1

XFP-10G-MM-SR          10GBASE-SR XFP Module          Qty 4

[idayen]

Hello Edward,

If you have an ASR 9006 or an ASR 9010,

yes, you will need at leas one ASR9K Route Switch Processor (RSP) . I don't hear  "Sup Engine"  term to be commonly used for the ASR 9000 RSP's.

You will need one or more RSP.

Either A9K-RSP440-SE or A9K-RSP440-TR should be fine .  Please note: if at some point you want to get a second RSP, the types (SE or TR) will have to match for both of them.

AND

you need a newer type of the 10GE  linecards: 

24 x 10GE   http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps9853/datasheet_C78-662708.html

OR

36 x 10GE   http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps9853/data_sheet_c78-712040.html

if you have an ASR 9001,

RSP is built in AND then you can use the built-in 10GE ports as well.

As I mentioned, please  sign up for the demo to see how it works  http://cisco.com/go/testdrive

regards,

--Igor

[idayen]

Hi Edward,

I found a good summary slide of all ASR 9000 line cards and adapters.

I also reviewed the documentation and what I saw there is that it says is that the MOD80/MOD160 Line cards are supported for nV, which implies that the MPA adapters and SIP-700 are also supported as well.

That means that MPA-4x10GE will support nV.

Regards,

--Igor

 

[edwardwaithaka]

Hi Igor,

The ASR9006 will be used as a BNG gateway. From the IOS side, the bng feature is supported on the MPA-4*10GE hence why my config has that.

Can I assume nV is not supported on the mpa card?



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[budilasmono]

Hi all,

One of our customer have two of the ASR9K, that act as BGP and NAT router. They have ISM module installed.

What we are trying to do, is to create nv cluster for two of the ASR9K for a single NAT process.

The configuration is :

- RSP-4G

- MOD80

- 4x10GE

module.

Can the ASR9K support the nv edge to create single ISM NAT proccess for load balancing ?

Thanks,

Budi L

[xthuijs]

Hi Budi,

ISM is not supported in cluster, it was originally targeted for 430 but didnt make it.

The next gen board called VSM will be supported in nv Cluster/edge, but the ISM will never...

(technically it could work, but if there is trouble, you might have support issues... so better not take the risk,

but for lab testing, why not)

regards

xander