This is simply a Cisco ASR 9000 Series router port adaptor that offers or provide customers or users with a flexible and excellent solution that supports quite a number of Ethernet connection ports. It also supports a wide range of densities and interfaces. It is currently one of the leading high capacity provider routers that deliver about 120Gbps of non-blocking. It has also been designed to deliver all of the features that are found in the ASR 9000 Series platform, thus, allowing users to standardize on the Cisco XR and IOS. Some of the other things it delivers include; service scalability, exceptional scale, as well as high availability to Ethernet transport networks.
Being a part of the ASR 9000 series, the A9K-MPA-4X10GE product provides certain services to businesses that are in need of them. Some of these services include; Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, mobile backhaul transport network, content delivery networks, and broadband gateway.
Specifications
- It is an ASR 9000 4 port modular port adapter
- It has been designed to be compatible with the ASR 9922, 9010, 9001, 9006.
- This modular line card supports up to two modular port adapters per each line card.
- Depending on your current need, the line card can come in SEO (Service Edge Optimized) or PTO (Packet Transport Optimized).
- It has an operating humidity of 10 to over 85%.
- It has a storage temperature range of -40° to 158° C with an operating humidity of -60 to over 400m
Benefits Of The A9K-MPA-4X10GE Modular Line Card
Some of the main benefits of this modular card include;
- This modular line card comes with the SFP, XFP, and the QSFP interfaces which according to experts provide the capacity to mix as well as match interface types across one line card. In addition, the Advanced FEC and G.709 also provide transmission layer operations, maintenance, and administration as well as an enhanced transmission system performance.
- It supports the use of various Layer 2 and Layer 3 service systems and is also compatible with quite a number of protocols like; Ethernet, Combined IP, MPLS, etc.
- The Video monitoring or “VidMon” feature of this modular line card helps to offer real-time monitoring of the flow of videos with the issuance and alarm degradation included.
- This modular line card has been designed to support a wide range of Ethernet ports all in a single slot. In addition to this, this modular line card is capable of supporting a vast range of Ethernet interfaces which in turn offers an increased level of network scalability with lower costs at the same time being easy to upgrade.
Downsides
- It is expensive; the cost of purchasing this modular line card has been identified to be one of the major downsides of this product.
Recommendations
While this product is expensive, it is capable of helping you achieve your desired result. Being expensive, this product unlike most of the others does not require much to start up and interestingly it is quite easy to upgrade and make use of.
