Cisco ASR 9000 800G Packet Transport Combo Line Card 5th Gen A9K-8HG-FLEX-TR

Overview

The Cisco^® A9K-8HG-FLEX-TR High-Density Multi-Rate Line Cards deliver industry-leading high density, with line-rate 100, 200, and 400 Gigabit Ethernet ports, to any slot of a Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router. These high-capacity line cards are designed to remove bandwidth bottlenecks in the network that are caused by a large increase in Video-on-Demand (VoD), IPTV, point-to-point video, Internet video, and cloud services traffic. A single 100 Gigabit Ethernet port can now replace large 10 Gigabit Ethernet link aggregation bundles to simplify network operations. Based on QSFP technology, this line card has flexible interfaces that support 400 Gigabit Ethernet, 200 Gigabit Ethernet, 100 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet modes, so it gives customers the flexibility to mix and match interface types on the same line card and offers operators the readiness for mass-scale networking. These different interface modes can be configured easily through the Command Line Interface (CLI) without resetting or restarting the line card. Using a “green design,” these line cards also let customers put an unused slice in power-saving mode to reduce power consumption. With these capabilities, the ASR 9000 Series line card and routers provide the fundamental infrastructure for scalable Carrier Ethernet and IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) networks, promoting profitable business, residential, and mobile services.

Specifications

• Product Name: Cisco A9K-8HG-FLEX-TR
• Line Card Type: 5th Generation High-Density Multi-Rate Line Card
• Total Capacity: Up to 0.8 Terabits (T)
• Port Configurations:
• 8 ports of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100G)
• 2 ports of 200 Gigabit Ethernet (200G)
• 2 ports of 400 Gigabit Ethernet (400G)
• Combination of ports not to exceed 0.8T in total
• Flexibility:
• Two of the 8 ports can be upgraded to 400GE through a license on a per-port basis.
• Compatibility:
• Fully compatible with the Cisco ASR 9006 Router, ASR 9010 Router, ASR 9904 Router, ASR 9906 Router, ASR 9910 Router, ASR 9912 Router, and ASR 9922 Router.
• Note that the chassis may require a hardware update for the fabric cards, RP/RSP card, and cooling systems.
• Purpose:
• Designed to remove bandwidth bottlenecks caused by increased Video-on-Demand (VoD), IPTV, point-to-point video, Internet video, and cloud services traffic.
• Enables simplified network operations by replacing large 10 Gigabit Ethernet link aggregation bundles with single 100 Gigabit Ethernet ports.
• Green Design:
• Allows customers to put unused slices in power-saving mode to reduce power consumption.
• Applications:
• Provides infrastructure for scalable Carrier Ethernet and IP/MPLS networks, supporting profitable business, residential, and mobile services.

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