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ContentsProduct overview3Features and benefits4Product portfolio6Software licensing7Cisco ASR 1000 Series use cases9Product specifications12Ordering information21Product sustainability22Support for Cisco Software-Defined WAN22Upgrade paths26Cisco Capital26For more information26Document history27 2021 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Page 2 of 27

Product overviewCisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers provide a Software Defined WAN platform thataggregates multiple WAN connections and network services including encryption and traffic management, andforward them across WAN connections at line speeds from 2.5 to 200 Gbps. The routers contain both hardwareand software redundancy in an industry-leading high-availability design.The latest additions to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series are the Cisco ASR 1002-HX Router and the Cisco ASR1001-HX Router. Both new routers support up to 100 Gbps in a 2-Rack-Unit (2RU) and 60 Gbps in a 1-RackUnit (1RU) form factor, respectively. The ASR 1002-HX has 8 built-in 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports and 8 1 GEports, with the Ethernet Port Adapter (EPA) slot for expansion. The ASR 1001-HX has 4 built-in 10 GE ports, 8 1GE ports, and 4 configurable 10 GE or 1 GE ports. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 3 is the newestaddition to the modular control plane engines in the Cisco ASR 1000 Series. The Route Processor 3 adds moreoptions for higher performance, memory, and storage to the ASR 1000 Series.The Cisco ASR 1000 Series supports Cisco IOS XE Software, a modular operating system with modularpackaging, feature velocity, and powerful resiliency. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded ServicesProcessors (ESPs), which are based on Cisco Flow Processor technology, accelerate many advanced featuressuch as crypto-based access security; Network Address Translation (NAT), thread defense with Cisco ZoneBased Firewall (ZBFW), Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE), and a diverse setof Data-Center-Interconnect (DCI) features. These services are implemented in Cisco IOS XE Software withoutthe need for additional hardware support.Cisco ASR 1000 Series routers sit at the edge of your enterprise data center or large office connecting to theWAN, as well as in service provider Points Of Presence (POPs). The Cisco ASR 1000 Series will benefit thefollowing types of customers: Enterprises experiencing explosive network traffic as mobility, cloud networking, and video andcollaboration usage increase: Cisco ASRs consolidate these various traffic streams and apply trafficmanagement and redundancy properties to them to maintain consistent performance among enterprisesites and cloud locations. Network service providers needing to deliver high-performance services, such as DCI and branch-officeserver aggregation, to business customers: Service providers can also use the multiservice routers todeploy hosted and managed services to business and multimedia services to residential customers. Existing Cisco 7200 Series Router (end-of-sale) customers looking for simple migration to a newmultiservice platform that delivers greater performance with the same design. 2021 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Page 3 of 27

Features and benefitsThe Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers carry a modular yet integrated design, so network operators can increasetheir network capacity and services without a hardware upgrade. With flexibility in the number of connections,speed maximums, and price, you don’t have to under- or overprovision for any network location.Alternatively, you also have the option to buy “-X” and “-HX” models, so you can increase throughput by simplypurchasing upgrade licenses as you grow to increase your network speed dynamically.Cisco Software-Defined WANCisco SD-WAN can be enabled on the Cisco ASR 1000 series platforms with IOS-XE. Cisco SD-WAN offers anentirely new way to manage and operate your WAN infrastructure. Cisco SD-WAN is a cloud deliveredarchitecture that offers secure, flexible and rich services with the following key benefits: Better user experience: The ability to deploy applications in minutes, on any platform, with a consistentuser experience. Deliver predictable performance for applications residing in the data center or in thecloud. Greater agility: Faster, easier deployment and operation of your WAN, and get faster performance usingless bandwidth. Add new revenue generating services in minutes not months. Advanced threat protection: Securely connect your users to applications in minutes and protect yourdata from the WAN edge to the cloud. Secure segmentation for critical assets and multi-layer, robustsecurity that encrypts all data.SD-WAN Integrated SecurityIn order to efficiently connect to multiple cloud infrastructures many enterprise customers want to build an SDWAN infrastructure that uses Direct Internet Access (DIA). This can save costs and reduce complexity byreducing WAN traffic backhauled to your data centers; however connecting branches directly to the internetwithout the right security controls exposes your network to threats and vulnerabilities.With Cisco SD-WAN and the ASR 1000 series platforms, you have integrated security built-right-in for branchDIA security with these integrated security capabilities: Application aware enterprise firewall DNS layer enforcement (Umbrella)And with Cisco SD-WAN security integration you will reduce complexity by having a single managementinterface (vManage) for both the network and security.For more info on Cisco SD-WAN and vManage see: https://www.cisco.com/go/sd-wan. 2021 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Page 4 of 27

Unified access security and multi-factor authenticationThe Zero trust security model allows secure connections to all applications (whether on premises or in thecloud) based on the trustworthiness of users and devices.Table 1 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.Table 1.Features and benefits of Cisco ASR 1000 Series RoutersFeatureBenefitHigh availabilityRedundant hardware components andpower supplies These components provide system and business continuity. The ASR 1006, ASR 1006-X, ASR 1009-X, and ASR 1013 have redundant routeprocessors and ESPs. The ASR 1001-X, ASR 1002-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, and ASR1004 haveredundant instances of Cisco IOS XE Software.Stateful intrachassis redundancy Redundant hardware combined with modular software contains faults to preventsystem wide failure. Redundancy across routers is enabled by pairing routers that act as backup for eachother. The routers offer 99.999-percent (“five-nines”) availability for consistent, highperformance user application experiences.In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)support You don’t need to schedule downtime windows; changes are made while the systemCisco IOS XE Software Sub-packageMode You can upgrade individual software components in less time.keeps on working, with nonstop routing availability.Scalable capacity and throughputCisco Flow Processor-based platform Advanced services can operate at high speeds without the need for additionalHardware acceleration Features such as Quality of Service (QoS), cryptography, and Access Control ListsControl- and forwarding-planeseparation You can scale control and data planes independently of each other.hardware or blades.(ACLs) are processed in hardware.Investment protectionSoftware modularity You can mix and match the services that best meet your business needs; you won’tPay-as-you-grow licensing with “-X”models When you need greater throughput, you simply activate it with a change in softwareCisco Shared Port Adapters (SPAs) You can reuse your investment in network I/O across platforms.Cisco Network Interface Modules (NIMs) You can reuse your investment in network I/O across platforms. 2021 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.“waste” investments on capabilities you don’t need.license, rather than having to expend capital for additional hardware.Page 5 of 27

Product portfolioThe Cisco ASR 1000 Series contains 8 models with varying types of I/O connectivity and slots and differentmaximum throughput rates (Figure 1). All models use the innovative and powerful Cisco Flow Processor andsupport the same feature set based on the Cisco IOS XE Operating System. All this commonality simplifiesmanagement and operations. Cisco ASR 1001-X Router (Figure 2) Cisco ASR 1002-X Router Cisco ASR 1001-HX Router (Figure 3) Cisco ASR 1002-HX Router (Figure 4) Cisco ASR 1004 Router Cisco ASR 1006 Router Cisco ASR 1006-X Router Cisco ASR 1009-X Router Cisco ASR 1013 RouterFigure 1.Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services RoutersFigure 2.Cisco ASR 1001-X RouterFigure 3.Cisco ASR 1001-HX Router 2021 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Page 6 of 27

Figure 4.Cisco ASR 1002-HX RouterSoftware licensingSoftware subscription through Cisco DNA LicensingThe ASR 1000 series supports software based subscription using Cisco DNA based licensing. Two Cisco DNAbased software subscription licenses are available for the WAN portfolio: Cisco DNA Advantage and Cisco DNAPremier allowing customers to have a single unified solution that spans across the ASR 1000 series routers andits ISR 1000 and ISR 4000 counterparts.The license tiers are structured to support the growth in business needs enabling the customer to move frombasic functionality at branch to full-functionality with the Cisco DNA Advantage and expanding that to includeWAN Optimization and Analytics on the Cisco DNA Premier. This provides complete flexibility to move the samelicense across end-points based on growing network and security requirements, growth in bandwidth based onuser and application growth at the sites as also the ability to change the management of the platform from onprem to cloud or vice-versa.Cisco DNA Licenses are supported for ASR 1000 platforms using the Cisco DNA Center, the controller andanalytics platform at the heart of Cisco’s intent-based network. For more information on the Cisco DNA Centerand supported platforms, please refer to msmanagement/dna-center/index.html.Cisco Smart LicensingCisco Smart Licensing is a flexible licensing model that provides you with an easier, faster, and more consistentway to purchase and manage software across the Cisco portfolio and across your organization. And it’s secure– you control what users can access. With Smart Licensing you get: Easy Activation: Smart Licensing establishes a pool of software licenses that can be used across theentire organization—no more PAKs (Product Activation Keys). Unified Management: My Cisco Entitlements (MCE) provides a complete view into all of your Ciscoproducts and services in an easy-to-use portal, so you always know what you have and what you areusing. License Flexibility: Your software is not node-locked to your hardware, so you can easily use andtransfer licenses as needed.To use Smart Licensing, you must first set up a Smart Account on Cisco Software Central (software.cisco.com).For a more detailed overview on Cisco Licensing, go to cisco.com/go/licensingguide 2021 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Page 7 of 27