Network Convergence System 5000 Series Routers
The Network Convergence System 5000 Series offers a high-density, small-form-factor MPLS aggregation router for metro aggregation. It is designed to economically scale large enterprise, over-the-top (OTT), and service provider Data Center networking architectures.
The Cisco NCS 5000 Series is an extension to Cisco’s routing platform portfolio enabling Service Providers and MPLS enabled data center architectures to offer elastic networks with improved business agility and simplified operations to deliver high-bandwidth mobile, video, and cloud services.
It can also operate as an extension shelf of Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers using Network Virtualization (nV) technology, consolidating multiple layers in the network and dramatically reducing operational costs.
The Cisco NCS 5000 series routers are small form factor dense aggregation systems. Powered by industry leading routing operation system, IOS-XR, the system also offers rich functions such as third party application hosting, machine-to-machine interface, telemetry and flexible package delivery.
 Note |
Cisco IOS XR Release 7.4.2 is an Extended Maintenance Release of Cisco IOS XR Release 7.4.1 for Cisco NCS 5000 Series routers. For more details on the Cisco IOS XR release model and associated support, see Guidelines for Cisco IOS XR Software. |
The Cisco NCS 5000 series router is not supported in the standalone mode in IOS XR Release.7.4.2. It is only supported as a satellite to the ASR 9000 Router. For information on satellite features, see Release Notes for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers, IOS XR Release.7.4.2.
Release Packages
This table lists the Cisco IOS XR Software feature set matrix (packages) with associated filenames.
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Composite Package |
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Feature Set |
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Description |
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Cisco IOS XR IP Unicast Routing Core Bundle |
ncs5k-mini-x.iso |
Contains base image contents that includes:
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Individually-Installable Optional Packages |
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Feature Set |
Filename |
Description |
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Cisco IOS XR Manageability Package |
ncs5k-mgbl-3.0.0.0-r742.x86_64..rpm |
XML, Parser, HTTP Server, Telemetry, and gRPC. |
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Cisco IOS XR MPLS Package |
ncs5k-mpls-3.1.0.0-r742.x86_64.rpm |
Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), MPLS forwarding , MPLS operations , Administration and maintenance (OAM), Layer3-vpn , layer-2 vpn. |
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Cisco IOS XR MPLS RSVP TE package |
ncs5k-mpls-te-rsvp-1.1.0.0-r742.x86_64.rpm |
Supports MPLS RSVP-TE (Resource Reservation Protocol with Traffic Engineering extensions) |
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Cisco IOS XR Security Package |
ncs5k-k9sec-3.2.0.0-r742.x86_64.rpm |
Support for Encryption, Decryption, and Secure Shell (SSH), |
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Cisco IOS XR Multicast Package |
ncs5k-mcast-2.2.0.0-r742.x86_64.rpm |
Multicast routing protocols (PIM, IGMP, Auto-rp, BSR) and infrastructure (Multicast routing information Base) , Multicast forwarding (mfwd) |
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Cisco IOS XR ISIS package |
ncs5k-isis-2.2.0.0-r742.x86_64.rpm |
Supports ISIS |
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Cisco IOS XR OSPF package |
ncs5k-ospf-2.0.0.0-r742.x86_64.rpm |
Supports OSPF |
Caveats
Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS XR Software releases. Severity-1 caveats are the most critical caveats; severity-2 caveats are less critical.
Caveats
These caveats are applicable for Cisco IOS XR Software:
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ROUTING-OSPF-3-EXTERNALERR_RC : External error, xtc_api_connect - log seen post RPFO |
Upgrading Cisco IOS XR Software
Cisco IOS XR Software is installed and activated from modular packages, allowing specific features or software patches to be installed, upgraded, or downgraded without affecting unrelated processes. Software packages can be upgraded or downgraded on all supported card types, or on a single card (node).
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