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Chapter 3      Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers Embedded Services Processors
Features of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processors
Features of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services 
Processors
Table 3-1 summarizes the features of the embedded services processors.
Table 3-1 Differences in Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processors
Embedded 
Services 
Processor Memory Performance Bandwidth
Security Traffic 
Performance
Cisco 
ASR1000-ESP
5
256MB Cisco QuantumFlow 
Processor, 5Mb TCAM, 64 
MB packet buffer, and 1 GB 
FECP DRAM
4 Mpps for the combination of the 
following commonly-used features: 
IPv4 forwarding, IP Multicast, ACL, 
QoS, Reverse Path Forwarding 
(RPF), load balancing, and Sampled 
NetFlow
5 Gbps 1 Gbps 
Cisco 
ASR1000-ESP
10 
512MB Cisco QuantumFlow 
Processor, 10Mb TCAM, and 
128MB packet buffer, and 2 
GB FECP DRAM
8 Mpps forwarding for the 
combination of the following 
commonly-used features: IPv4 
forwarding, IP Multicast, ACL, 
QoS, Reverse Path Forwarding 
(RPF), load balancing, and Sampled 
NetFlow
10 Gbps  3 Gbps 
Cisco 
ASR1000-ESP
20 
1 GB Cisco QuantumFlow 
Processor, 40Mb TCAM, 256 
MB packet buffer, 4 GB FECP 
DRAM
16 Mpps forwarding for the 
combination of the following 
commonly-used features: IPv4 
forwarding, IP Multicast, ACL, 
QoS, Reverse Path Forwarding 
(RPF), load balancing, and Sampled 
NetFlow
20 Gbps 8 Gbps 
Cisco 
ASR1002-ESP
-F
Same as Cisco ASR 1002 
Router
Same as the Cisco ASR 1002 router 
except where limited by constrained 
throughput of 2.5G
Limited to 2.5 
Gbps
1 Gbps
Cisco 
ASR1000-ESP
40
1
• 1 GB Cisco QuantumFlow 
Processor, 40Mb TCAM, 
256MB packet buffer, 4 
GB FECP DRAM
• 8 GB of registered DDR2 
SDRAM memory within 
two DIMM connectors (4 
GB DIMMs)
ASR1000-ESP40 performance** 40 Gbps 12.9 Gb of 
aggregate 
security traffic