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Businesses searching for a mass scale metro and WAN aggregation solution to handle massive traffic growth
About Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 5500 Series
The NCS 5500 Series offers industry-leading 100 GbE and 400 GbE port density to handle massive traffic growth. It is designed for operational simplicity and to efficiently meet the scaling needs of large enterprises, web, and service providers. Handle traffic growth with fixed or modular systems delivering unprecedented 100G and 400G density. Build unique network experiences with Segment Routing and EVPN powered by cloud-enhanced IOS XR. Reduce environmental impacts with systems delivering lower power consumption (down to 0.3 Watts/Gb) and by integrating automation tools to reduce manual and onsite operations. Upgrade your systems with Flexible Consumption Models to evolve your network with peace of mind.
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Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 5700 Series
NCS 5700 line cards and routers bring scalability and flexibility to provider networks. Integrated Segment Routing supports performance-based service offerings and high-density 400G ports provide long-term network growth. Scale with demand with flexible port configurations from 10G to 400G and available 3.6, 4.8, 7.2 or 9.6 Tbps per slot line cards. Converge all services onto a single infrastructure and use Segment Routing for end-to-end granular traffic control that delivers the best client experience. With backward compatibility, a flexible pay-as-you-grow model, and IOS XR throughout the network, this platform offers long-term growth that scales with demand and protects investment. Power efficiency and scalability with a carrier-grade network operating system to rightsize the network footprint and lower your carbon impact.
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Cisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers
The ASR 900 Series is a modular aggregation platform that delivers cost-effective converged mobile, residential, and business services. You get redundancy, a shallow depth, low power consumption, and high service scale in routers packed with useful features and optimized for small aggregation and remote point-of-presence (POP) applications. Deliver a greatly enhanced broadband customer experience. This series supports broadband aggregation for voice, video, data, and mobility services. It supports thousands of subscribers, and QoS scales to a large number of queues per device. Deployed as a pre-aggregation platform for mobile backhaul, the series can aggregate cell sites and use MPLS as a transport for RAN backhaul traffic. Get the timing services required in today’s converged access networks. The series offers integrated support for a variety of interfaces and can act as the source for network clocking for GPS and other interfaces.
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Cisco® 8000 Series routers complete this journey. They deliver provider-class routing functionality at unmatched density, performance, and power. This enables Cisco 8000 Series to be deployed into an unprecedented range of routing roles – all supported with a single ASIC architecture and operating system – thus streamlining qualification, deployment, and operations. The Cisco 8000 Series combines the revolutionary Cisco Silicon One™, IOS XR® software, and a set of clean sheet chassis to deliver a breakthrough in high-performance routers. The 8000 Series comprises a full range of feature-rich, highly scalable, deep-buffered, on-chip High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)-optimized routers ranging from 10.8 to 25.6 Tbps in a 1 RU footprint. It is also available in an industry leading, rack-mountable modular system capable of 518.4 Tbps of full-duplex, line rate forwarding.
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