Cisco Agile Metro Components

This chapter covers the main components, the supported Cisco IOS XR OS products, and the automation components of Cisco Agile Metro architecture.

Main components of Agile Metro

The table lists the main hardware and software components of Agile Metro and their compatible versions.

Table 1. Compatibility matrix for Agile Metro components

Agile Metro component

Hardware or software component

Component version

(Agile Metro 1.0)

Component version

(Agile Metro 1.1)

Cisco routers

Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers

Cisco NCS 540 Series Routers

Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers

Cisco NCS 5700 Series Routers

Cisco 8000 Series Routers

Cisco 8700 Series Routers

Cisco Catalyst (SD-WAN)

Not applicable

Not applicable

NOS for Cisco ASR 9000, NCS 540, NCS 5500, NCS 5700, Cisco 8000, and Cisco 8700 Series Routers

Cisco IOS XR Software

24.4.1

25.2.1

NOS for Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms

Cisco IOS XE Software

17.15

17.15

Edge Fabric Management

Metro Fabric Manager Function Pack

1.0

1.0

DDoS Controller

Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection

24.07.09.2976

25.02.01.3261

IP Controller

Cisco Crosswork Network Controller

7.0.1

7.1.0

Multi-Layer Controller

Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller

9.0

11.0

Network Services Orchestrator

Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator

6.1.11.2

6.4.1.1

Workflow Management Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager

1.2

2.0

SD-WAN Controller Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

17.15.1

17.15.1

Provider Connectivity Assurance Sensor Management

CPCA Sensor Control

CPCA Orchestrator

22.x

22.x

PON Management Cisco Routed PON Manager

5.0

5.0

CUPS Control Plane

Cisco Cloud Native BNG (cnBNG) Control Plane

2024.04.0 with Cloud Native Deployment Platform (CNDP) 24

2025.02.0 with Cloud Native Deployment Platform (CNDP) 25

CUPS User Plane

Cisco Cloud Native BNG (cnBNG) User Plane:

Cisco ASR 99XX modular chassis with Cisco ASR 9000 5th generation High Density Ethernet line cards:

ASR 9902

ASR 9903

24.4.1

25.2.1

CnBNG CFP for Day-0 and Day-1 Management

CNBNG SMI-NSO CFP

2024.04.0

2025.02.0

Supported Cisco IOS XR OS products for Agile Metro

The table lists the supported Cisco IOS XR OS products for Agile Metro and the introduced release.

Product Product ID

Introduced Agile Metro release

Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers

ASR 9902

ASR 9903

1.0

Cisco 8000 Series Routers

(Q200-based)

8201-24H8FH

8201-32FH

8202-32FH-M

1.0

Cisco 8608 (Centralized):

86-MPA-14H2FH-M

86-MPA-24Z-M

86-MPA-4FH-M

1.0

Cisco 8000 Series Routers

(P100-based)

8711-32FH-M

8212-48FH-M

1.0

Cisco 8000 Series Routers

(K100-based)

8712-MOD-M

1.0

Cisco 8000 Series Routers

(A100-based)

8011-4G24Y4H-I

1.1

Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers

NCS 55A1:

NCS-55A1-24Q6H-S

NCS-55A1-24Q6H-SS (MACsec)

1.0

Cisco NCS 55A2 Series Routers

Cisco NCS 57C3 Series Routers

NCS-55A2-MOD-SE

NCS-57C3-MOD-SE-S

NCS-55A2-MOD-S

NCS-57C3-MOD-S

1.0

Cisco NCS 5700 Series Routers

NCS-57B1-5DSE-SYS

NCS-57B1-6D24-SYS

NCS-57D2-18DD

NCS-57C1-48Q6-SYS

1.0

Line cards for Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers

NC57-48Q2D-S

NC57-48Q2D-SE-S

NC57-36H6D-S

1.0

Cisco NCS 540 Series Routers

N540-24Z8Q2C-SYS

N540-ACC-SYS

N540-24Q8L2DD-SYS

N540X-16Z4G8Q2C-D/A

N540-28Z4C-SYS-D/A

1.0

Cisco IOS XRv 9000 Router Cisco IOS XRv 9000

1.0

Cisco IOS XRd virtual router Cisco IOS XRd vRouter

1.0

Automation components of Agile Metro

The table lists the main automation components of Agile Metro and their compatible versions.

Automation component

Component version

(Agile Metro 1.0)

Component version

(Agile Metro 1.1)

Cisco Crosswork Network Controller

7.0.1

7.1

Cisco Crosswork Hierarchical Controller

9.0

11.0

Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator

6.1.3.1

6.4.1.1

Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager

1.2

2.0

Cisco Cloud Native BNG (cnBNG) Control Plane

2024.04.0 with Cloud Native Deployment Platform (CNDP) 24

2025.02.0 with Cloud Native Deployment Platform (CNDP) 25

Cisco Cloud Native BNG NSO SMI Deployer

2024.04.0

2025.02.0

Crosswork Planning

7.0.1

7.1.0

Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance

24.2

24.2

CX Fabric Manager

1.0

1.0