Redundancy and Availability Features 
Spare Component Recommendations ▀  
Cisco ASR 5000 Series Product Overview ▄  
Spare Component Recommendations 
This section provides a recommended quantity of spare parts to be used as part of a spare components program for the 
system. The information contained is for informational purposes only, and should only be used as a guideline for 
designing a spares program that meets your company's design, deployment, and availability goals. 
It is recommended that your company either has fully-trained personnel available to effect the exchange of Field 
Replaceable Units (FRUs) within your network, or requests on-site or field engineering resources to perform such 
duties. 
Based on industry-leading redundancy and failover features found in the system, the following minimum spare parts 
levels for any planned deployment are recommended. 
Table 28.  Recommended FRU Parts Sparing Quantities 
For every “n” number of deployed components 
ASR 5000 Chassis with Midplane 
System Management Card (SMC) 
Packet Services Card (PSC or PSC2) 
Ethernet 1000/Quad Gig-E (QGLC) Card 
10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (XGLC) 
Optical Line Card (OLC or OLC2) 
Channelized Line Card (CLC or CLC2) 
Switch Processor I/O Card (SPIO) 
Redundancy Crossbar Card (RCC) 
Ethernet 10/100 Line Card (FELC) 
Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (GELC)