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Cisco ASR 9000 Line Card A9K-8T-L 8-Port 10GE Low Queue Line Card, Requires XFPs
| OA&M | • Ethernet OA&M (EOAM) IEEE 802.3ah: Physical link OA&M for monitoring link health and fault isolation. Works with 802.1ag for rapid link-failure detection and remote fault signaling. • EOAM IEEE 802.1ag: Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (E-CFM) for discovery and verification of paths through 802.1 bridges and LANs. • EOAM ITU Y.1731: Fault Management (FM) extends 802.1ag for Ethernet verification and troubleshooting; Performance Monitoring (PM) measures delay, latency, and loss to support SLAs. • Ethernet LMI (E-LMI): Protocol between CE and PE on the UNI link, reporting Ethernet service connectivity and configuration to the CE device. • MPLS OA&M: Supports LSP ping, LSP traceroute, and VCCV. |
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| Model | A9K-8T-L |
| Power | Maximum 350 W to 630 W (depending on card type); typical 310 W to 565 W (depending on card type) |
| Memory | 4 GB DRAM |
| Safety | Cisco ASR 9000 Series is designed to meet: • UL/CSA/IEC/EN 60950-1 • IEC/EN 60825 Laser Safety • ACA TS001 • AS/NZS 60950 • FDA: Code of Federal Regulations Laser Safety |
| Weight | kg |
| Options | Available as low queue, base, or extended line card |
| Immunity | Cisco ASR 9000 Series is designed to meet: • IEC/EN 61000-4-2: Electrostatic Discharge Immunity (8 kV contact, 15 kV air) • IEC/EN 61000-4-3: Radiated Immunity (10 V/m) • IEC/EN 61000-4-4: Electrical Fast Transient Immunity (2 kV power, 1 kV signal) • IEC/EN 61000-4-5: Surge AC Port (4 kV CM, 2 kV DM) • IEC/EN 61000-4-5: Signal Ports (1 kV) • IEC/EN 61000-4-5: Surge DC Port (1 kV) • IEC/EN 61000-4-6: Immunity to Conducted Disturbances (10 Vrms) • IEC/EN 61000-4-8: Power Frequency Magnetic Field Immunity (30 A/m) • IEC/EN 61000-4-11: Voltage dips, short interruptions, and voltage variations • EN 50121-4: Railway EMC |
| Policers | 8000 |
| Security | • Cisco IOS XR security: Includes ACLs, control-plane protection, routing authentication, AAA and TACACS+, SSH, SNMPv3, and Routing Policy Language (RPL) support. • Layer 2 ACLs: Filters packets under an EVC based on MAC addresses. • Layer 3 ACLs: ACL matching by IPv4 packet attributes. • Additional security features: - 802.1ad L2CP and BPDU filtering - MAC limiting per EFP or bridge domain - Unicast, multicast, and broadcast storm control on any interface or port - Unknown Unicast Flood Blocking (UUFB) - DHCP snooping - Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (URPF) - Control-plane security - Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI) - IP Source Guard (IPSG) |
| Multicast | • IPv4 Multicast: Supports IGMPv2 and IGMPv3, PIM-SSM, PIM-SM, PIM SSM Mapping, MSDP, Multicast VPN, and Anycast RP. • IGMP v2 and v3 snooping: Layer 2 multicast membership tracking at VLAN or pseudowire level, aggregating joins into a single upstream join. Ideal for residential broadband where only watched channels are sent downstream. |
| MPLS L3VPN | • MPLS L3VPN: Scalable IPv4 Layer 3 VPN backbone services on Cisco IOS or Cisco IOS XR Software networks for applications, data hosting, e-commerce, and voice services. • Carrier supporting carrier (CSC): Lets an MPLS VPN provider connect sites over another provider backbone while keeping private customer VPN address space, as defined in IETF RFC 4364. • Selective VRF Download: Downloads VRF FIB entries only to line cards with VRF membership, increasing chassis FIB scale while avoiding unnecessary entries on other cards. • 6PE and 6VPE: Introduces IPv6 from the edge over an IPv4/MPLS backbone without IPv6 addressing restrictions and without impacting the existing IPv4 core. |
| Part Number | A9K-8T-L |
| Connectivity | 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, and 10 Gbps IEEE 802.3 Ethernet |
| Total Queues | 8 per port |
| Manageability | • Cisco IOS XR manageability: Modular CLI, SNMP, Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), and native XML interfaces. • Smart Call Home (SCH): Proactive support, detecting and reporting problems before they affect services to reduce troubleshooting time. • Cisco Active Network Abstraction (ANA): Vendor-neutral management framework that discovers and tracks network elements in near real time and aggregates VNEs into a virtual network, offering simplified OSS integration, a common infrastructure for resource management, and consistent procedures and interfaces. |
| ETSI Standards | Cisco ASR 9000 Series is designed to meet (qualification in progress): • EN 300 386: Telecommunications Network Equipment (EMC) • ETSI 300 019 Storage Class 1.1 • ETSI 300 019 Transportation Class 2.3 • ETSI 300 019 Stationary Use Class 3.1 • EN 55022: Information Technology Equipment (Emissions) • EN 55024: Information Technology Equipment (Immunity) • EN 50082-1 / EN 61000-6-1: Generic Immunity Standard |
| L2VPN Services | • Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS): Connects multiple sites in a single bridged domain over an IP/MPLS network, presenting an Ethernet interface and decoupling service bandwidth from the physical port. • Hierarchical VPLS (HVPLS): Adds hierarchy at the VPLS edge for scale, supporting QinQ access and Ethernet over MPLS (pseudowire) access. • Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) with Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS): Transports Ethernet frames across an MPLS core using pseudowires, at EFP level or full-port level. • Pseudowire redundancy: Allows configuration of a backup pseudowire to protect a primary pseudowire. • G.8032: Sub-50 ms Ethernet ring protection, compliant with ITU-T G.8032 v2 on Cisco ASR 9000 Series. • Multisegment pseudowire stitching: Interworks two pseudowires to form a cross-connect relationship. |
| Layer 3 Routing | • IPv4 routing: Supports BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, static routing, IPv4 Multicast, Routing Policy Language (RPL), HSRP, and VRRP. • IPv6 routing: Supports OSPFv3, IS-IS, VRRPv6, DHCPv6 relay, and static routing. • BGP Prefix Independent Convergence (PIC): Fast convergence of BGP routes using Cisco IOS XR innovations. |
| Storage Humidity | 5 to 95% relative humidity (not to exceed 0.024 kg water per 1 kg of dry air) |
| High Availability | • MPLS TE-FRR: Layer 3 protection switching for MPLS LSPs, with temporary rerouting around failed links, nodes, or paths. • Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD): Fast forwarding-path failure detection for any media, encapsulation, topology, or routing protocol. • 802.3ad Link Aggregation Bundles: Multiple-member link bundles for resiliency and load balancing. • Multichassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG): Standards-based 802.3ad bundle to a pair of Cisco ASR 9000 routers that appear as a single router. Supports fast restoration and works with business L2VPN and L3VPN, residential backhaul, mobile aggregation, and service provider edge. |
| Operating Altitude | -60 to 4000 m (up to 2000 m conforms to IEC, EN, UL, and CSA 60950 requirements) |
| Product Description | 8-Port 10GE Low Queue Line Card, requires XFPs |
| Storage Temperature | -40 to 70 °C (-40 to 158 °F) |
| Warranty | 3-Year Warranty |
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