N560-RSP4 route processor is a medium-scale route processor with 800 Gbps throughput, maximum 700MPPS packet processing rate, and wide form factor.

N560-RSP4-E route processor is a large-scale route processor with 800 Gbps throughput, maximum 700MPPS packet processing rate, and wide form factor.

For more information on N560-RSP4 and N560-RSP4-E route processors, see Product specifications.

The N560-RSP4 and N560-RSP4-E route processors (RSPs) increase the system capacity, interface density and scale of the routers they are installed in. These RSPs operate on the 64-bit IOS-XR (eXR) operating system and are designed to support 1:1 redundancy for the data plane. Both RSPs receive and forward traffic; however, only the active data plane forwards traffic to the external network.

The N560-RSP4 and N560-RSP4-E are supported on the Cisco ASR 907 Routers (which effectively turns the Cisco ASR-907 Router into an NCS560-7 Router, running the Cisco IOS-XR software) and can be installed in any available route processor slot in these chassis.

Note	Do not use the N560-RSP4 and N560-RSP4-E route processors together in the same router.

Network Interfaces

The N560-RSP4 and N560-RSP4-E modules support the following network interfaces through the pluggable IMs:

• GE SFP ports – supporting 1000/1GE modes with A900-IMA-8CS1Z-M

• GE C-SFP ports – supporting 1000/1GE BASE-BX modes with A900-IMA-8CS1Z-M

• 10GE SFP+ ports – supporting 10GE mode with A900-IMA-8CS1Z-M, A900-IMA-8Z, and A900-IMA-8Z-L IMs

• 100GE QSFP-28/QSFP-DD 100G ZF1/QSFP+ Ethernet ports using 2 x 100GE IM – supporting both 100GE and 40GE with N560-IMA-2C. Effective Cisco IOS XR Release 7.3.2, only 100GE is supported on the N560-IMA-2C-DD. Effective Cisco IOS XR Release 7.8.1 Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD 100G ZF1) is supported on the interface module. Only 100GE is supported in a single fixed wavelength mode.

Network Timing Interfaces

The following network timing interfaces are located on the RSP:

• BITS simultaneous input and output (T1/E1)—RJ48 jack

• 1PPS input—mini-coaxial connector

• 1PPS output—mini-coaxial connector

• 2.048/10MHz input—mini-coacoaxialx connector

• 2.048/10MHz output—mini-coax connector

• ToD input or output—shielded RJ45 jack

• GNSS RF input port—To support high availability, an RSP GPS support with single antenna, external passive splitter is required to split output while maintaining the minimum RF power input required by GNSS receiver.

The network interfaces are sources and destinations of frequency (for example, SyncE, T1/E1, SONET/SDH) and phase/ToD (for example, IEEE 1588-2008 PTP).

Management Interfaces

• Copper 10/100/1000Base-T LAN management port—RJ45 jack

• Console/Aux RS232 serial ports—RJ45 jacks

• Console—USB 2.0 type A receptacle

• Mass Storage—USB 2.0 or 3.0 type A receptacle

Indicators

Status LEDs are present on the RSP. For more information on LED, see LED Details.

The Cisco NCS 560 router with RSP4/RSP4-E utilizes Cisco’s IOS-XR Software Flexible Consumption Licensing Model. For information on the IOS-XR Flexible Consumption License, see:

• Cisco IOS XR Software Flexible Consumption Model Data Sheet

• Cisco Platform Suite

For the NCS 560 with RSP4 RSP4-E, the Flexible Consumption Model comprises two software suites:

• The Essentials software suite is required for active ports in the system and is a per-100-Gbps capacity license.

• The Advanced software suite is required when one or more of the Advanced software suite features are used (for example, L2VPN, L3VPN, and E-VPN Services), and is on a per-100-Gbps capacity license.

The Essentials software suite supports the following features on a per-100-Gbps capacity license:

• Routing: IP, ISIS, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, SR, basic Multicast (PIM) ICMP

• L2 and Interface: mLACP and MC-LAG, Dot1Q, QinQ, VLAN

• Management: Yang models, CLI and SSH, SNMP, up to eight management VRFs

• QOS: QoS and H-QoS (two-level/three-level)

• E-OAM (Link-level Fault-Management)

• High Availability: ISSU, ISIS GR/NSF, BFD, BGP PIC, SR TI-LFA FRR

• Security: ACLs, CoPP (LPTS), SSH, Radius and TACACS, PBR

• PTP timing: G.8275.1, G.8275.2, G.8265.1, and default profile

The Advanced software suite supports the following features on a per-100-Gbps capacity license:

• Traffic Engineering: MPLS-TE and RSVP-TE, SR-TE, TI-LFA

• L3VPN: MPLS IPv4/v6 VPN, VRF-Lite

• L2VPN: VPWS, VPLS, Pseudowire (PW)

• EVPN: EVPN VPWS, EVPN ELAN, EVPN IRB

• Multicast VPN, Multicast PIM-SM, PIM-SSM v4 andv6, IGMP v2 and v3

• Lawful Intercept, Netflow

The Essentials software suite PIDs/SKUs are:

• ESS-AC-100G-RTU-1 = Access Network Essentials SW Right to Use (RTU), per-100-Gbps capacity license

• ESS-AC-100G-SIA-3 = Access Network Essentials SW Innovation Access - 3 Year Subscription, per-100-Gbps capacity license

• ESS-AC-100G-SIA-5 = Access Network Essentials SW Innovation Access - 5 Year Subscription, per-100-Gbps capacity license

The Advanced software suite PIDs/SKUs are:

• ADV-AC-100G-RTU-1 = Access Network Advanced SW Right to Use (RTU), per-100-Gbps capacity license

• ADV-AC-100G-SIA-3 = Access Network Advanced SW Innovation Access - three-year subscription, per-100-Gbps capacity license

• ADV-AC-100G-SIA-5 = Access Network Advanced SW Innovation Access - five-year subscription, per-100-Gbps capacity license

Starting with Cisco IOS XR Release 7.5.1, 1G mode is supported on A900-IMA8Z-L IM. Use the following command to configure A900-IMA8Z-L interface module in 1G mode:

hw-module quad 1 slot 0 mode 1g

The A900-IMA-8CS1Z-M interface module is supported on 0-15 slots of the chassis. Out of the nine physical ports, the first eight are CSFP ports, thus a total of 17 ports are present in the interface module. Out of these 17 ports of the interface module, ports 0-15 are 1G CSFP ports and port 16 is 10G SFP+ port. However, for slots 0, 1, 14, and 15, you can only use the even ports of the interface module. This is because the odd ports are unusable due to bandwidth restrictions.

Starting with Cisco IOS XR Release 7.4.2, the A900-IMA-8CS1Z-IM interface module is supported on slots 0, 1, 14, and 15 in 8 x 1G and 1 x 10 mode by disabling the odd 1G ports. You can achieve this by using the following command to disable the eight unused odd ports (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 15) within the slots:

• hw-module slot <0-15 >im-mode 1

Out of the nine even ports of the interface module, ports 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 can be used as 1G ports and port 16 can be used as 10G port. Disabling the odd ports of the interface module helps increase the router's port density by optimizing hardware resource utilization.

Note	Maximum number of supported IMs depends on the configuration. Also, there may be restrictions to use some IM combinations. Contact your sales support for more information.

FAN-H enhances the thermal performance of the chassis. It supports industrial temperature ambient condition with industrial temperature optics in the chassis.

For information about the installation of the fan tray, see the Installing the Fan Tray section.

The A907-FAN-E has:

• Four dual rotor fans—for the PSU area cooling

• 12 fans (three columns for four fans)—60x60x38mm fans for the RSP and interface modules

This fan tray has redundant fans and provides side-to-side forced air cooling. A907-FAN-E is a field replaceable unit (FRU).

The following table describes the fan speed when used with the N560-RSP4 route processor.

Note	The system considers the temperature of the fan inlet for the appropriate fan speed.

For information about the installation of the fan tray, see the Installing the Fan Tray section.

The Cisco routers, interface modules, and FAN-H are designed to support online insertion and removal (OIR). However, time-to-OIR for FAN-H fan tray is dependent on the temperature of the chassis. At room temperature of up to 30° C, fan tray OIR should be done within two minutes.

Note	Before replacing the card, you must perform a graceful shutdown of the card to avoid disk corruption.

Note	It is not recommended to perform fan tray OIR above the ambient temperature of 40° C.

The following table describes the parameters for the OIR of the various modules in the router.

Note	Before replacing the card, you must perform a graceful shutdown of the card to avoid disk corruption.

Note	Consecutive IMs insertions, consecutive IMs reload or removal, and subsequent IM re-oinsertion should be done while waiting at least 180s between the actions.

As the N560-RSP4 supports various interface modules, there are system configurations that require wattage higher than 1200W to support the chassis power. In this case, (2+1) configuration is recommended for 1200W DC or 1200W AC power supply unit (PSU), where the two PSUs are required for system operations and one PSU is redundant. In this case, all three PSUs are in load sharing mode and the system continues to operate with one PSU failure. For more details on system power, see the CPC tool or get in touch with your Cisco Sales contact.