The Cisco ASR 1001-HX is part of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers.It provides a Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) platform that aggregates multiple WAN connections and network services, including encryption and traffic management.The ASR 1001-HX comes in a 1-Rack-Unit (1RU) form factor and supports up to 60 Gbps.The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 3 is the latest addition to the modular control plane engines in the Cisco ASR 1000 Series, providing options for higher performance, memory, and storage.These routers are commonly used at the edge of enterprise data centers, large offices, and service provider Points Of Presence (POPs).Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers provide a Software Defined WAN platform that aggregates multiple WAN connections and network services including encryption and traffic management, and forward them across WAN connections at line speeds from 2.5 to 200 Gbps. The routers contain both hardware and software redundancy in an industry-leading high-availability design.