New and Changed Information
The following sections list the new hardware and software features that are supported by the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers for Cisco IOS XE Release 3.12S:
New Hardware in Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Release 3.12.aS
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Release 3.12.aS introduces the Cisco ASR 1001-X Router.
Cisco ASR 1001-X Router
The Cisco ASR 1001-X router is a compact 1RU form factor that consumes less rack space and power while offering 20 Gbps forwarding throughput. The Cisco ASR 1001-X Router supports one half-height Shared Port Adapter (SPA) slot, one Network Interface Module (NIM) slot, six Gigabit Ethernet (GE) small form-factor pluggable (SFP) slots, and two 10 GE SFP+ slots.
For detailed information, see the following Cisco document:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/asr1000/install/guide/1001-x/asr1hig.html
New Hardware in Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Release 3.12.0S
The following hardware is introduced in Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Release 3.12.0S.
New Software Features in Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Release 3.12.0S
The following are the new software features introduced in Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Release 3.12.0S.
Open Plug-N-Play Agent
The Open Plug-N-Play Agent is a software module running on an IOS device. This feature enables the acquisition and loading of pertinent image, configuration, and other required files to the device along with notifications for various events.
In the absence of a startup configuration file, the Open Plug-n-Play agent attempts to discover the address of the Open Plug-n-Play server. For this the Open Plug-n-Play agent uses DHCP, Domain Name System (DNS) server and other methods to acquire the desired IP address of the PnP server.