ASR9K & NCS 5000
Brian Kvisgaard
System Engineer – CCIE SP #41039
February 2016
The Hardware Foundation behind IOS XR
Innovations in Software Hardware and System Design
Virtual
RR/PE/DC Forwarder
Cisco IOS-XRv 9000
Cisco IOS XR on Merchant Silicon
Cisco ASR 9000, CRS, and NCS 6000
OPTIMIZED Cisco XR Software
99.99%
Elastic
Cost Optimized
Ultra-high Density
Carrier Grade
Programmability
and Automation
All Platforms
9910, 9912, 9922
MPA to be used with MOD400/MOD200
8x100GE
OTN*
8x100GE
LAN
PHY*
Line Cards
&
MPAs
MOD400
2X100GE
MPA
4x100GE
OTN
400G
IPoDWDM
20X10GE
MPA
Jan 2015
XR 5.3.0
April 2015
XR 5.3.1
August 2015
XR 5.3.2
Dec 2015
XR 6.0.0
Mar 2016
XR 6.0.1
Jun 2016
XR 6.1.1
Extending the Portfolio for Next-Gen DC, WAN Providers
5508& Peering
Content DeliveryNCS
Network
ASR 9K / NCS 6K
Core Routers
NCS 6K / CRS-X
Label Edge Router
ASR 9K
Metro Aggregation
NCS 5001/5002
Q4
2015
Modular 8 slot
288x100GE QSFP28
NCS 5001
Optical Core
NCS 2K
Optical
MetroNCS 5002
NCS 2K/4K
High-scale WAN Aggregation
NCS 5508
MPLS CORE
DC Switching
Nexus
DC Switching
Nexus
Optical Data Center Interconnect
NCS 1002
Q4
2015
40x10G SFP+
4x100G
QSFP28
80x10G
SFP+
Q4Access
Aggregation
4x100G
2015
ASR 90x
QSFP28
NCS 5000
NCS-5000 Product Family
Innovations in Software, Hardware, and System Design
NCS-5001
Fixed 1RU, 1.2Tbps @275W
40xSFP+ (10/1GE) and
4xQSFP28 (100GE)
Q4
2015
*Engineering estimates
NCS-5002
Fixed 2RU, 1.2Tbps@500W
80xSFP+ (10/1GE) and
4xQSFP28 (100GE)
Q4
2015
NCS 5000 High Level Architecture
Management
Ethernet
CPU
16 GB DDR3 RAM
NVRAM
OBFL
Flash
Console
USB Conn
P
C
H
3
Switch on Chip (SoC)
Power Supply
FAN / Temp
40/80 SFP + Cages
PCH = Platform Controller Hub
4 QSFP28
NCS 5001/5002 Positioning
Core
NCS 6000, CRS
Service Provider
Edge
ASR 9000
•
Position for Next Generation SP
Aggregation Architectures
• Operates in Standalone and Satellite
Mode
• Offers 1G/10G Dense Aggregation
links/100G Uplink
• Powered by industry hardened IOS-XR
Aggregation
NCS 5001/5002
1G/10G Access
Access
Residential
Mobile
2G/3G / LTE
Business
STB
Scale the SP Aggregation with NCS 5001/5002 Dense 10G Solutions
NCS 5001/5002/5011 Positioning
Web/OTT and SP-DC
•
MPLS Enabled TOR/Leaf Architectures
• Offers 10G/25G*/40G/100G Server
Aggregation
• Powered by industry hardened IOS-XR
Spine
NCS
5K
NCS
5K
NCS
5K
Spine
NCS
5K
*Pending Standardization
MPLS Enabled DC Architectures at the TOR
NCS
5K
NCS
5K
NCS
5K
NCS
5K
NCS 5000 Deep Dive
(NCS5001/NCS5002)
NCS 5001
Dense
•40X
10G/100G System
(1/10GE) ports (SFP/SFP+), Only 24 ports (ports 16 to 40) Supports DWDM and ZR
•4X100G
Latest
ports (4xQSPF28)
28nm CPU
Dimensions
Weight
- 1 RU (1.72” X17.44” X 19.3”)
of chassis: 20.5 lbs
Storage
32 G (internal Flash)
Support
for external USB on the back
Front
to Back/Back to Front Airflow
Redundant
Max
Modular Fan Tray and AC/DC Power supply
Power (Estimated) ~ 275W
NCS5001 View
Console
MGNT Port1
Status LEDs
TOD
MGNT Port 2
Power Supply 1
SFP+ Ports
Fan 1
100G – QSFP28 Ports
1 PPS
USB Port
Fan 2
10 MHz
Power Suppy 2
NCS 5002

Dense 10G/100G based System
•
•
80X (1/10GE) ports (SFP/SFP+), Only higher 40 ports Supports DWDM and ZR
4X100G ports (4xQSPF28)

Latest 28nm CPU

Dimensions - 2 RU (3.38” x 17.44” x 19.3”)

Weight of chassis: 33 lb

Storage 32 G (internal Flash)

Support for external USB in the front

Front to Back / Back to Front Airflow

Redundant Modular Fan Tray and AC/DC Power supply

Max Power (Estimated) ~ 500W
NCS 5000 as nV satellite
NCS 5001/5002 as Satellite – Network
Topologies
Satellite
NCS 5001 & NCS 5002 will be supported as
Satellite to ASR 9000 and NCS 6000
Host
Hub & Spoke
Access Ports – 1G/10G
Hub & Spoke Topology will be supported in
FCS release
Satellite
Host A
ICCP
ICL – 10G/100G
Satellite
Satellite
Ring & L2 Fabric Topology planned to be
supported in future release
Host B
Ring
CFM
VLAN-A
Host A
VLAN-B
CFM
Host B
Satellite
L2 Fabric
NCS5k as an nV Satellite – XR 6.0.0 FCS
80 x 10G SFP+ and 4 x 100G
QSFP28
•
NCS-5002 can be used directly as an nV Satellite
H/w, S/w PIDs and all onboard firmware are same for standalone and satellite operations.
•
100% plug-and-play installation
•
No need to telnet directly into this switch for initial installation or for feature configuration/
monitoring; all handled from host ASR9K.
•
On first time boot up, the s/w intelligently discovers the mode it’s supposed to operate on and
switches to satellite mode (if it receives SDAC discovery probes from the Host) or standalone
mode (if user starts configuration directly) as needed.