ASR 9000 Series Line Card Types

Document ID: 116726

Contributed by David Powers, Cisco TAC Engineer.
May 09, 2014
Contents
Introduction
Differences between TridentBased and TyphoonBased Line Cards
TridentBased Line Cards
TyphoonBased Line Cards
Additional Types of Line Cards
A9KSIP700
A9KISM100
Introduction
This document describes how to differentiate between Tridentbased and Typhoonbased line cards on a
Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 9000 Series, and describes some additional types of line cards.
Differences between TridentBased and TyphoonBased
Line Cards
The terms Tridentbased and Typhoonbased are often used in discussions about features, routescale,
architecture, and general troubleshooting of packet flows on an ASR 9000 Series router. This section
describes the differences between these two types of ASR line cards.
TridentBased Line Cards
The first generation of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Ethernet line cards are often referred to as Tridentbased
(or Ethernet) line cards. The term comes from the Network Processors (NPs) that are used on these line cards.
Note: The Cisco ASR 9000 Series Ethernet Line Cards data sheet provides a list of the first generation
Tridentbased line cards.
You can easily identify Tridentbased line cards, because there are only three types:
L Low Queue
B Base (Medium) Queue
E Extended (High) Queue
These line cards are Tridentbased:
A9K40GEL
A9K40GEB
A9K40GEE
A9K4TL
A9K4TB
A9K4TE
A9K8T/4L
A9K8T/4B
A9K8T/4E
A9K2T20GEL
A9K2T20GEB
A9K2T20GEE
A9K8TL
A9K8TB
A9K8TE
A9K16/8TB
TyphoonBased Line Cards
The second generation of the ASR 9000 Series Ethernet line cards are often referred to as Typhoonbased (or
Enhanced Ethernet) line cards. The term comes from the NPs that are used on these line cards.
These data sheets provide additional information about Typhoonbased line cards:
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Modular Line Cards
Cisco ASR 9000 Series 24Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards
Cisco ASR 9000 Series 36Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards
Cisco ASR 9000 Series 2Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards
Cisco ASR 9000 Series 1Port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards
Similar to Tridentbased line cards, you can easily identify Typhoonbased line cards, because there are only
two types:
SE Services Edge Optimized
TR Packet Transport Optimized
These line cards are Typhoonbased:
A9KMOD80SE
A9KMOD80TR
A9KMOD160SE
A9KMOD160TR
A9K24X10GESE
A9K24X10GETR
A9K36X10GESE
A9K36X10GETR
A9K2X100GESE
A9K2X100GETR
A9K1X100GESE
A9K1X100GETR
Note: The ASR9001 and ASR9001S have Typhoonbased line cards built into the standalone chassis.
Reference the Cisco ASR 9001 Router Data Sheet and Cisco ASR 9001S Router Data Sheet articles for
more details.
Additional Types of Line Cards
This section describes other types of line cards for the ASR 9000.
A9KSIP700
This line card is based on the Cisco Packet Processor (CPP), and is neither Tridentbased nor
Typhoonbased. For more information, reference the Cisco ASR 9000 Series SPA Interface Processor 700
Cisco article.
A9KISM100
This line card does not use NPs, and is neither Tridentbased nor Typhoonbased. For additional information,
reference the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Integrated Service Module Cisco article.
Updated: May 09, 2014 Document ID: 116726