GGSN Support in GPRS/UMTS Wireless Data Services 
Cisco ASR 5000 Series Product Overview ▄  
Product Specification 
This section describes the hardware and software requirement for GGSN service. 
The following information is located in this section: 
 
  Licenses 
  Hardware Requirements 
  Operating System Requirements 
 
Licenses 
The GGSN is a licensed product. A session use license key must be acquired and installed to use the GGSN service. 
The following licenses are available for this product: 
 
  GGSN Software License, 10K Sessions 600-00-7544 
  GGSN Software License, 1K Sessions 600-00-7545 
Apart from base software license, GGSN requires feature licenses for various enhanced features supported on ASR 5000 
platform in GGSN service. 
Important:  For more information on requirement of licenses for optional enhanced features, refer to Features and 
Functionality - Optional Enhanced Feature Software  section. 
 
Hardware Requirements 
Information in this section describes the hardware required to enable the GGSN service. 
 
ASR 5000 Platform System Hardware Components 
The following application and line cards are required to support GPRS/UMTS wireless data services on the system: 
 
  System Management Cards (SMCs): Provides full system control and management of all cards within the ASR 
5000 platform. Up to two SMCs can be installed; one active, one redundant. 
  Packet Processing Cards (PSCs/PSC2s/PPCs): In the ASR 5000 platform, packet processing cards provide 
high-speed, multi-threaded PDP context processing capabilities for GGSN services. Up to 14 packet processing 
cards can be installed, allowing for multiple active and/or redundant cards.