Cisco ASR 1000 Series 40-Gbps Embedded Services Processor

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processors (ESPs) offer innovative new capabilities for forwarding and queuing in silicon. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series 40-Gbps ESP is supported on the Cisco ASR 1006 and 1013 Routers. On the Cisco ASR 1006 and 1013 Routers, the ESP can be deployed in a redundant configuration.

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESPs handle data-plane processing tasks for all network traffic. The modules perform all baseline router packet operations, including:

• MAC classification
• Quality-of-service (QoS) classification, policing, and shaping
• Security access control lists (ACLs)
• VPNs
• Load balancing
• NetFlow

They are also responsible for advanced services such as:

• Zone-based firewall
• Encryption services
• Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR)
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Flexible packet matching (FPM)

Supported Platforms

• Cisco ASR 1006 Router
• Cisco ASR 1013 Router