The Cisco ASR 1000 Series supports Cisco IOS® XE Software, a modular operating system with modular packaging, feature velocity, and powerful resiliency. It also has 8 built-in 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports and 8 1-GE ports, with the Ethernet port adapter (EPA) slot for expansion. The new router supports up to 100 Gbps in a 2-rack-unit (2RU) form factor. The latest addition to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series is the Cisco ASR 1002-HX router. The routers contain both hardware and software redundancy in an industry-leading high-availability design. Cisco® ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers aggregate multiple WAN connections and network services including encryption and traffic management, and forward them across WAN connections at line speeds from 2.5 to 200 Gbps.
