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The new Cisco® ASR 1001-X and 1002-X Routers provide many more capabilities than previous models, and at higher scale and performance. Customers are encouraged to migrate from the older ASR 1001 and ASR 1002 to the next-generation ASR 1001-X and ASR 1002-X.
| Intent-based networking capability |
Feature |
First-generation ASR 1001 and 1002 |
Next-generation ASR 1001-X |
Next-generation ASR 1002-X |
Benefits |
| Comprehensive security solutions |
Highly scalable and flexible VPN solutions |
Up to 1.8 Gbps (ASR 1001) and up to 3.5 Gbps (ASR 1002) |
Up to 8 Gbps |
Up to 4 Gbps |
Higher number of secure connections with diverse VPN solutions (DMVPN, GETVPN, FlexVPN, and SSL VPN) |
| NSA Suite B encryption support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Supports robust, more efficient next-generation encryption that offers strong ciphers and key entropy |
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| Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)-256 WAN MACsec |
No |
Yes |
No |
Overlays encrypted secure channels over provider Ethernet circuits in point-to-point or point-to-multipoint solutions |
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| Encrypted Traffic Analytics |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Able to detect security threats in encrypted traffic at line rate |
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| Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Border router for SD-Access; extends segmentation through the WAN |
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| Trustworthy systems |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Security foundation provides integrity verification, trust, and security built into the hardware |
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| Patchability and Software Maintenance Upgrade (SMU) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Ability to patch critical bug fixes and PSIRTs on the same Cisco IOS® XE Software release (no recertification of new software release) |
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| High-performance cloud connectivity |
Scalable throughput |
Up to 5 Gbps (ASR 1001) and 10 Gbps (ASR 1002) |
Up to 20 Gbps |
Up to 36 Gbps |
Up to 4 times the performance in the same form factor available on demand |
| Higher control plane memory |
Up to 1 million IPv4 routes |
Up to 3.5 million IPv4 routes |
Up to 3.5 million IPv4 routes |
Up to 3.5 times more routes for multiple ISP peering |
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| 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 10GE ports |
4x 1GE built in; no built-in 10GE shared port adapters (SPAs) for 1GE and 10GE |
6x 1GE and 2x 10GE built in; 1 SPA |
6x 1GE built in; 3 SPAs |
Built-in 10GE ports provide an easier 1GE to 10GE transition. Up to 3x 10GE ports in 1 rack unit (ASR1001-X) |
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| Hybrid cloud connectivity |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Use proven designs with the ASR 1001-X and 1002-X on-premises in your data center and the Cisco CSR 1000V in the cloud to extend into public and private clouds |
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| Azure ExpressRoute certified |
No |
Yes |
No |
Fast, private connections to Microsoft Azure. ASR 1001-X is jointly validated by Cisco and Microsoft for 50, 100, 200, and 500 Mbps, and 1 Gbps ExpressRoute circuits |
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| Simplified orchestration and management |
Able to support SD-WAN networking |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Application visibility and optimization, lower WAN OpEx and TCO |
| Cisco DNA Center orchestration and management |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Single pane of glass for provisioning, managing, and securing the network |
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| Programmability |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Zero-touch provisioning, Guest Shell, telemetry, and programmatic interfaces (such as NETCONF and RESTCONF) to simplify network management |
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| Analytics and assurance |
Cisco vAnalytics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Cisco vAnalytics assesses application health and correlates it with network performance for actionable insights |
| Cisco ThousandEyes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Extends visibility into the internet, cloud, and SaaS* |
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| Flexible consumption models |
Subscription-based software licensing options |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Flexible consumption models, software portability, pay as you grow |
| On-demand services and features |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Next-generation platforms offer instant-on services and features with on-demand licensing at higher performance than older platforms |
The Cisco ASR 1001 and 1002 Routers reached end of sale effective April 2016, with final milestone dates for software maintenance and software security/vulnerability support of August 1, 2018, and August 1, 2019, respectively.
EOS notice for ASR 1001 and 1002: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/asr-1000-series-aggregation-services-routers/eos-eol-notice-c51-734572.html.
EOS notice for Cisco IOS XE Release 3.16: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/asr-1000-series-aggregation-services-routers/eos-eol-notice-c51-738519.html.
To view buying options and speak with a Cisco sales representative, visit https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/buy.html.