Routing Performance for a Highly Networked World

In today´s highly networked world, unprecedented traffic levels converge with ever more complex content and service intelligence requirements. The innovative Cisco ASR 1000 Series 100-Gbps Embedded Services Processor (ASR 1000-ESP100), powered by the next-generation Cisco QuantumFlow Processor, delivers industry-leading bandwidth and performance with built-in intelligent services to meet these demands.

Features and Capabilities

• Hardware acceleration for built-in intelligent services and baseline packet routing operations
• Massively parallel processing:128 multi-threaded packet processing engines
• Advanced, flexible, real-time queuing and scheduling
• Sophisticated quality of service
• Dedicated co-processor for security encryption

Specifications at a Glance

• Up to 63 Mpps performance depending on features configured
• 40 Mpps performance for the combination of the following commonly used features: IPv4 forwarding, IP Multicast, access control list (ACL), quality of service, Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF), load balancing, and sampled NetFlow
• Bandwidth of 100 Gbps for the combination of commonly used features, plus firewall or Network Address Translation (NAT)
• 25 Gbps for the combination of commonly used features, plus IPsec encryption

Supported Platforms

• Cisco ASR 1006 Router
• Cisco ASR 1013 Router