[c-nsp] Understanding ASR1k variants

2012-10-30 Thread Simon Lockhart
Cisco-NSP'ers, Due to a requirement to deploy CGN, I'm looking at the Cisco ASR1k range for the first time, and I'm a little confused about the different variants of RP, ESP, SIP, etc - and I'm hoping someone can clarify things a bit. I'm looking for a box which can route 10GE to 10GE at

Re: [c-nsp] Understanding ASR1k variants

2012-10-30 Thread Pete Lumbis
RP = control plan brains. The differences in RP will be CPU power and memory. I can't find exact CPU numbers but I'm pretty sure the RP2 is faster FP/ESP = data plane horsepower. Your pps numbers come from the ESP capabilities. The larger the ESP the more packets per second. There will also be

Re: [c-nsp] Understanding ASR1k variants

2012-10-30 Thread Pshem Kowalczyk
Hi, On 31 October 2012 05:46, Simon Lockhart si...@slimey.org wrote: Cisco-NSP'ers, Due to a requirement to deploy CGN, I'm looking at the Cisco ASR1k range for the first time, and I'm a little confused about the different variants of RP, ESP, SIP, etc - and I'm hoping someone can clarify