Recommended Minimum Chassis Configuration - Cisco ASR 5000 Series Installation Manual

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Recommended Minimum Chassis Configuration

An absolute minimum chassis configuration consists of one packet processing card and their respective line cards.
However, it is strongly recommended that redundant components be used to minimize the risk of system outage.
Therefore, the recommended minimum chassis configuration consists of the following:
Table 29. ASR 5000 Recommended Minimum Chassis Configuration
Application Card
SMC
Redundant SMC
PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 or PPC
Note that for Release 9.0, only PDSN and HA are
supported on the PPC.
Note that for Release 10.0, only PDSN, HA, and GGSN
are supported on the PPC.
PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 or PPC
PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 or PPC
Redundant PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 or PPC
* Minimum requirement for hardware + software redundancy or combined services on a single platform.
Application Card Associated Interface Card
Slot Number
8 SPIO
RCC
9 SPIO
RCC
2 FLC2 or QGLC
Redundant FLC2 or
QGLC
XGLC
3* None required
4 None required
11 None required
Recommended Minimum Chassis Configuration ▀
Line Card
Slot Number
24
40
25
41
18 and 34
17 and 32
N/A
N/A
N/A
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