Cisco 8010 Series Medium Density Fixed Routers Data Sheet
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Powered by the Cisco Silicon One™ A100 ASIC, the Cisco® 8010 Series Medium Density Fixed Routers deliver high-performance, secure, and scalable networking for cell site router and dense metro access environments. With Class C timing support and full-stack encryption, including MACsec at line rate and IPsec, these routers enable seamless growth and secure service delivery. Built on the proven Cisco IOS® XR operating system, the routers are optimized for Agile Network Services, offering operational simplicity and dynamic service provisioning.
Building on the success of the Cisco 8000 Series Routers, the Cisco 8010 Series introduces the new A100 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), extending the unified Silicon One architecture across a broader segment of the networking market. This enables consistent scalability from web-scale data centers to service provider networks. The routers offer flexible Gigabit Ethernet interface options (1G, 10G, 25G), support industrial-temperature deployments, and include advanced timing and encryption capabilities to meet demanding transport and security requirements.
Designed for operational efficiency and service agility, the Cisco 8010 Series runs on the carrier-class Cisco IOS XR software and supports the Flexible Consumption Model (FCM) 2.0 comprising hardware, Right to Use (RTU), and System-Level Software Innovation Access (SIA). For secure broadband access, the Cisco 8010 Series provides high-speed, large-scale connectivity with strong hardware-based encryption. In mobile backhaul, the routers’ industrial-grade design, precise timing, and fast interfaces help ensure secure transport for LTE and 5G traffic. For enterprise VPNs, they offer scalable, secure connections for distributed sites. In 5G transport, the 8010 Series delivers ultra-low latency, high throughput, and reliable timing for demanding next-generation mobile services.
● 1 Rack Unit (1RU) fixed form factor
● Versatile Ethernet interface options: 1G/10G/25G
● G.8273.2 Class C Timing compliant
● Modular GNSS with Primary Reference Time Clock Class B (PRTC-B) for better performance
● MACsec and IPsec support for secure data communication
● Rich packet Ethernet Operations, Administration, and Management (OAM) capabilities, including Y.1564 SADT
● Power-optimized router with advanced algorithms for reduced Operating Expenses (OpEx)
● Designed for indoor or outdoor deployments, meeting European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) environmental standards
● Suitable for installation in sealed IP65/IP66 cabinets equipped with heat exchangers, conforming to GR-487 specifications for sufficient thermal management
● Industrial Temperature (I-Temp) variants for operation in extended temperature ranges
● Based on Cisco IOS XR Flexible Consumption Model (FCM) 2.0
Cisco 8011-12G12X4Y-A and 8011-12G12X4Y-D variant
Table 1. Key attributes of the 8011-12G12X4Y-A and 8011-12G12X4Y-D models
| Chassis product ID |
8011-12G12X4Y-A |
| CPU |
4 cores, 2.0 GHz |
| Memory |
16GB DRAM |
| Storage |
38GB eMMC |
| Interfaces |
4 ports 1G/10G/25G SFP28 12 ports 1G/10G SFP10 12 ports 1G SFP or 24 ports 1G cSFP |
| Performance |
Up to 250 Mpps |
| Power supplies |
Fixed redundant (AC/DC) |
| Fans |
Fixed fans with redundancy |
| Airflow |
Side to side: right to left |
| Operating temperature range |
8011-12G12X4Y-A: –20° to +65°C (–4° to +149°F) 8011-12G12X4Y-D: –40° to +65°C (–40° to +149°F) |
| Nonoperating (storage) temperature |
–40° to +70°C (–40° to +158°F) |
| Operating humidity range |
5% to 95% RH, noncondensing |
| Storage (relative) humidity |
5% to 95% at 40°C (104°F) per NEBS GR-63-Core |
| Altitude |
Up to 3960 meters (13,000 feet) |
| Power |
Worldwide ranging AC (90 to 264V; 50 to 60 Hz) Worldwide ranging DC (–40.8V to –72V) |
| Surge rating* |
4kV CM, 2kV DM |
| Timing ports |
Time of Day (ToD) 8000-TIC: 1 PPS, 10 MHz 8000-TIC-GNSS (internal GNSS PRTC-B module): 1 PPS, 10 MHz, ANT |
| Physical specifications |
Height: 43.6 mm (1.72 in.) Width: 439.4 mm (17.3 in.) Depth: 240 mm (9.45 in.) Weight: 5.5 kg (AC), 5.4 kg (DC) |
| Mounting options |
19 in., 23 in., ETSI |
| Management interfaces |
USB console port USB memory port RS-232 console port 10/100/1000M RJ-45 Ethernet out-of-band management port |
*Requires external surge protection devices for installations where higher surge levels are expected. Failure to do so might lead to permanent damage.
Table 2. Key software feature support
| Specification |
Description |
| Layer 3 |
IPv4 and IPv6 unicast routing Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2, v3 Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) for IPv4 and IPv6 Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Policy-Based Routing (PBR) ACL-based Forwarding (ABF) Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (L3VPN) |
| Layer 2 |
Ethernet Flow Point (EFP) Bridge Domains Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Ethernet VPN Virtual Private Wire Service (EVPN-VPWS) |
| Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) |
Bridge Virtual Interfaces (BVI) Ethernet VPN IRB (EVPN-IRB) |
| MPLS |
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) MPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) with RSVP-TE |
| Segment Routing (SR) |
Segment Routing with MPLS data plane (SR-MPLS) Segment Routing with IPv6 data plane (SRv6) Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE) Segment Routing Path Computation Element (SR-PCE) Topology-Independent Loop-Free Alternate (TI-LFA) Segment Routing On-Demand Next-Hop (SR-ODN) Segment Routing Performance Management (SR-PM) Segment Routing v6 Performance Management (SRv6-PM) Segment Routing Data Plane Monitoring (SR-DPM) Tree-SID Integrated Performance Monitoring (IPM) |
| Multicast |
IPv4 and IPv6 multicast routing Protocol Independent Multicast – Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) PIM – Source Specific Multicast (PIM-SSM) Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v3 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) v2 Multicast Label Distribution Protocol (mLDP) MPLS Point-to-Multipoint Traffic Engineering (MPLS P2MP-TE) Next Generation multicast VPN (NG mVPN) |
| Quality of service (QoS) |
Virtual Output Queueing (VOQ) with deep packet buffering Class-based 3-level hierarchical QoS Policing, shaping, remarking Multilevel priority queuing Random Early Detection (RED), Weighted RED (WRED) Dual Queue Limit (DQL) |
| Timing |
Enhanced Synchronous Ethernet (eSyncE) Enhanced Ethernet Synchronization Message Channel (eESMC) Internal PRTC-B GNSS receiver (optional hardware module) External GNSS receiver IEEE 1588-2008 Precision Time Protocol (PTP): T-GM, T-BC, Virtual Port, A-PTS G.8275.1, G.8275.2, G.8265.1, G.8273.2 Class C Network Time Protocol (NTP) |
| Security |
MACsec and IPsec Control Plane Protection (CoPP) Management Plane Protection (MPP) Local Packet Transport Services (LPTS) Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Access Control Lists (ACL) for IPv4, IPv6, and L2 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) FlowSpec Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) 802.1X |
| OAM |
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) Cisco Discovery Protocol(CDP) Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), DHCP Relay Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) v4, v6 MPLS OAM Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) Y.1731 Delay Measurement (DM) Y.1731 Synthetic Loss Measurement (SLM) Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP, TWAMP Lite) IP SLA (Service-Level Agreement) NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX 315 Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN, ERSPAN, SPAN to file) Dying Gasp |
| Manageability |
Command-Line Interface (CLI) SSH, Telnet, SCP, FTP, TFTP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) gRPC (Remote Procedure Calls) YANG models (OpenConfig, IETF) Model/event-Driven Telemetry (MDT) RPM-based software infrastructure Embedded Event Manager (EEM) Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) Secure Zero-Touch Provisioning (sZTP) |
Note: Some features are not supported at FCS.
Please refer to the Transceiver Module Group (TMG) Compatibility Matrix for the transceivers supported by the 8010 Series.
Regulatory standards compliance
Table 3. Regulatory standards compliance
| Specification |
8010 Series Medium Density Routers |
| Regulatory compliance |
Products comply with CE Markings according to directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/35/EU |
| Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) |
GR-63-CORE GR-1089-CORE |
| 8011-12G12X4Y-A: GR-3108 Class-1 8011-12G12X4Y-D: GR-3108 Class-2 |
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| ATIS TEER certification |
ATIS-0600015.03.2009 |
| Safety |
ANSI / UL 60950-1 CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1 ANSI / UL 62368-1 CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 62368-1 EN / IEC 62368-1 |
| EMC standards (Emissions) |
47 CFR Part 15:2016 CISPR32:2012:Ed:1 CISPR32:2015:Ed:2 CNS 15936:2016 EN 55032:2012 EN 55032:2015 EN 61000-3-3:2013+A1:2019 EN IEC 61000-3-2:2019+A1:2020 EN300 386:2012:V1.6.1 EN300 386:2021:V2.1.23 ICES-003:2020:Iss:7 KS C 9610-3-2:2020 KS C 9610-3-3:2020 KS C 9832:2019 VCCI-CISPR 32:2016 1TR9:2016 EN50121-4:2016 EN50121-4:2016:A1:2019 IEC62236-4:2018:Ed:3.0 TEC 11016:2016_TEC/SD/DD/EMC-221/05/OCT16 EN 301 489-1:2019:V2.2.3 EN 301 489-19:2022:V:2.2.1 |
| EMC standards (Immunity) |
CISPR24:2010+A1:2015 CISPR35:2016:Ed:1 EN 55035:2017 EN IEC61000-6-1:2019 EN300 386:2012:V1.6.1 EN300 386:2021:V2.1.23 EN61000-6-1:2007 EN61000-6-2:2005 EN61000-6-2:2019 IEC61000-6-1:2016:Ed:3 IEC61000-6-2:2016:Ed:3 KS C 9835:2019 1TR9:2005 1TR9:2016 EN50121-4:2016 EN50121-4:2016:A1:2019 IEC62236-4:2018:Ed:3.0 TEC 11016:2016_TEC/SD/DD/EMC-221/05/OCT16 EN 301 489-1:2019:V2.2.3 EN 301 489-19:2022:V:2.2.1 |
| ETSI |
ETS/EN 300 119 Part 4 ETS/EN 300 019 – Storage: Class 1.2, Transportation: Class 2.3, In-Use/Operational: Class 3.2 ETS/EN 300 753 |
| RoHS |
The product is RoHS-6 compliant with exceptions for leaded-Ball Grid-Array (BGA) balls and lead press-fit connectors. |
Table 4. Ordering information
| Router product ID |
8011-12G12X4Y-A |
| Description |
Cisco 8011 12x1G, 12x10G, 4x25G |
| Timing card |
8000-TIC 8000-TIC-GNSS (optional) |
| FCS software |
Cisco IOS XR 25.4.1 |
Table 5. Accessory kit for 8011-12G12X4Y-A and 8011-12G12X4Y-D
| Accessories |
Description |
| CBL-BRKT-V1 |
Cable Management Bracket for 8010 Series |
| RCKMT-19-A |
19-inch Rack Mounting Kit for 8010 Series for AC variant |
| RCKMT-19-D |
19-inch Rack Mounting Kit for 8010 Series for DC variant |
| RCKMT-ETSI-A |
21-inch (ETSI) Rack Mounting Kit for 8010 Series for AC variant |
| RCKMT-ETSI-D |
21-inch (ETSI) Rack Mounting Kit for 8010 Series for DC variant |
| RCKMT-23-A |
23-inch Rack Mounting Kit for 8010 Series for AC variant |
| RCKMT-23-D |
23-inch Rack Mounting Kit for 8010 Series for DC variant |
Table 6. Ordering information for software licenses available on Cisco 8010 Series
| Product ID |
Description |
| ESS-NGA-10G-RTU |
Access Network SW&Autom Ess 1.0 Perp RTU (per 10G) |
| ADN-NGA-10G-RTU |
Access Network SW&Autom Adn 1.0 Perp RTU (per 10G) |
| PRM-NGA-10G-RTU |
Access Network SW&Autom Prm 1.0 Perp RTU (per 10G) |
| NGA-M-SIA-3 |
SIA per system for 3 years - Medium |
| NGA-M-SIA-5 |
SIA per system for 5 years – Medium |
Table 7. Ordering information for power cables supported
| Part number |
Description |
| CAB-AC-SA |
Power Cord - South Africa, 16/10A, 250V, 1830mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-ARG |
Power Cord - Argentina, 10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-ISR |
Power Cord - Israel, 16/10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-TAI |
Power Cord - Taiwan, 15/10A, 125V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-CHI |
Power Cord - China, 10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-KOR |
Power Cord - Korea, 16/10A, 125V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-EUR |
Power Cord - Europe, 16/10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-ITL |
Power Cord - Italy, 10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-UK |
Power Cord - UK, 13/10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-AUS |
Power Cord - Australia, 10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-US |
Power Cord - US, 15A, 125V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-BRA |
Power Cord - Brazil, 10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-IND |
Power Cord - India, 16/10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
| CAB-AC-SUI |
Power Cord - Swiss, 10A, 250V, 2500mm, -40C to +85C |
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The Cisco 8010 Series Medium Density Fixed Routers have a 1-year limited hardware warranty. The warranty includes hardware replacement with a 10-day turnaround from receipt of a Return Materials Authorization (RMA).
Information about Cisco’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and performance is provided in Cisco’s CSR and sustainability reporting.
Table 8. Cisco environmental sustainability information
| Sustainability Topic |
Reference |
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| General |
Information on product-material-content laws and regulations |
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| Information on electronic waste laws and regulations, including our products, batteries, and packaging |
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| Information on product takeback and reuse program |
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| Sustainability inquiries |
Contact: csr_inquiries@cisco.com |
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| Material |
Product packaging weight and materials |
Contact: environment@cisco.com |
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