Cisco ASR 5000 Series

Application Card Installation
▀ Chassis Slot Numbering and Assignments
▄ ASR 5000 Installation Guide
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Recommended Minimum Chassis Configuration
The recommended minimum chassis configuration for application cards, including redundancy, is as follows:
Slot Number
Card
Card State
8
SMC
Active
9
SMC
Standby
2 and 4 (see Note 1)
2, 3 and 4 (see Note 2)
PSC2 or PSC3
Active
11 (see Notes 1 and 2)
PSC2 or PSC3
Standby
Notes:
1. Minimum requirement for hardware redundancy.
2. Minimum requirement for hardware + software redundancy, MME service, SGSN service, as well as combined
services on a single platform.
Install additional cards in the remaining chassis slots as required.
If you use the session recovery feature, a minimum of three active packet processing cards and one standby (redundant)
packet processing card are required.