Cisco ASR 9000 400GE Combo Service Edge Line Card - 5th Generation

Cisco ASR 9000 400GE Combo Service Edge Line Card - 5th Generation

The Cisco^®ASR 9000 Series 5^thGeneration 400 Gigabit Ethernet Multi-Rate Line Card delivers industry-leading high density, with line-rate 10, 25, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet ports, to any slot of a Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router. This Multi-Rate line card is designed to remove bandwidth bottlenecks in the network that are caused by a large increase in Video-on-Demand (VoD), IPTV, point-to-point video, internet video, and cloud services traffic. The physical interfaces support QSFP28, SFP28, QSFP+, SFP+ optics, giving customers the flexibility to mix and match interface types on the same line card.

Multiple interface modes can be configured easily through the Command Line Interface (CLI) without resetting or restarting the line card. With these capabilities, the ASR 9000 Series line card (Figure 1) and routers provide the fundamental infrastructure for scalable Carrier Ethernet and IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) networks, promoting profitable business, residential, and mobile services.

• Delivers dependable routing protocol functionality with feasible data packets forwarding to allow optimal Line Card usability


• With 100GBase-X technology, enjoy up to 1000Gbps data transfer rate over supported network cable


• Lets you conveniently connect to the 100 gigabit ethernet Ethernet technology to offer maximum productivity


• Optical Fiber media support for efficient and reliable connectivity


• Plug-in Module conveniently adds a specific feature to an existing computer program to ensure maximum productivity


• Line Card with data networking application/usage for maximum dependability and convenience