Cisco ASR 5000 Series

Line Card Installation
Recommended Minimum Chassis Configuration ▀
ASR 5000 Installation Guide ▄
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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
Application Card
Slot Number
Associated Interface Card
Line Card
Slot Number
SMC
8
SPIO
24
RCC
40
Redundant SMC
9
SPIO
25
RCC
41
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.
2
FLC2 or QGLC
18 and 34
Redundant FLC2 or
QGLC
XGLC
17 and 32
PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 or PPC
3*
None required
N/A
PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 or PPC
4
None required
N/A
Redundant PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 or PPC
11
None required
N/A
* Minimum requirement for hardware + software redundancy or combined services on a single platform.