Cisco ASR1000 Route

Cisco ASR1000 Route Processor 3

• the running of the router control plane, including network control packets, and connection setup
• the synchronization of the active and standby Cisco ASR1000-RP3 and Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP master and standby (tasks include switchover from failing master to standby)
• code storage, management, and upgrade
• On-board failure logging (OBFL) with 2 MB of memory
• the downloading of operational code for SPA interface processors (SIPs), modular interface processors (MIPs), and Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESP over Ethernet out of band channel (EOBC), which is used for communication between the control processors on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers
• command line interface (CLI), alarm, network management, logging, and statistics aggregation
• punt path processing of packets not supported by the embedded services processors
• configuration repository along with a solid-state drive (SSD) for logging system statistics, records, events, errors, and dump
• the management interfaces of the platform including Dual Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (DUART) that is used for the CON and AUX serial ports. The MGMT Ethernet (ENET) management ports, CLI, status indicators, BITS interface, reset switch, Audible Cutoff (ACO) button, USB ports for secure key distribution, and a mini-USB Console port to connect to a USB host (laptop)
• field-replaceable unit (FRU) with online insertion and removal (OIR)
• the chassis management including activation and initialization of the other cards, selection or switchover of active versus standby cards, image management and distribution, logging facilities, distribution of user configuration information, and alarm control
• the control signals for monitoring the health of power entry modules, shutting down the power and driving alarm relays located on the power entry modules
• redundancy