vsm built-in 4 x 10G ports

[samiwehbi]

Dears,

concerning the VSM built-in 4 x 10G ports as per guide below they are not currently used, i just need to confirm this issue, and if any information on future use (VSM sync, etc. ??)

The four 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ module ports and their associated LEDS on the VSM card are not supported in the current release.

Link: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/asr9000/hardware/vsm_line_card/installation/guide/vsmig/vsmig_install.html#58562

Regards

Sami

[Nicolas Fevrier]

Hi Sami,

you are correct, the ports are not useable. We currently don't have any use-case for them in the roadmap.

Kind regards,

N.

[samiwehbi]

Hi Nicolas,

thanks for the confirmation.

Regards

Sami

[haitham.jneid]

Hi Nicolas,

I have going through your following post:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/document/12885281/installation-steps-arbor-tms-asr9000vsm

may you please share with me a sample bgp configuration after finishing setup the installation as above?

Also is it necessary to use bgp flow spec?

thanks,

Haitham Jneid

[Vincent Ng]

Haitham,

Besides the TMS software on the ASR9K VSM card, you will also need to run the Arbor Peakflow SP on a UCS VM for this solution to work.

There is no specific configuration required for BGP, just a regular iBGP session between the ASR9K and SP or TMS.

The Arbor user guide has a lot of information on the setup of the SP and BGP.

Thanks

Vincent