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Cisco A9K-VSM-500

Cisco A9K-VSM-500

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CISCO A9K-VSM-500 ASR9000 Virtualized Service Module

Cisco ASR 9000 Series VSM to help you maximize the availability of services through virtual machine migration in the event of hardware failures. The module has its own processors, 
network interfaces, and memory that operate independently of the host router resources, helping ensure maximum concurrent routing and application performance.

Figure 1 shows the Cisco ASR 9000 VSM and Table 1 summarizes features and benefits of the module.


High-performance processing: X86-based compute resources offering capability to host a multiple applications.

Hardware assist: On-board hardware based assist for cryptographic and regular expression functions.Integrated application forwarding plane architecture

Integration with router forwarding infrastructure (no external ports), as well as backplane connectivity of 120 Gbps.

Service management: Service instantiation, activation, and facilitation via the “service-enablement architecture”

supported on Cisco IOS® XR (beginning with Cisco IOS XR 5.1.1).

Single form factor for multiple applications in a virtualized environment

●  Efficient power load sharing and redundancy benefit from router integration, delivering high power with space efficiency.
●  Hardware once certified, can be used for hosting multiple applications.
●  Ability to repurpose the module by loading a different application on the hypervisor.
●  Agility in turning up newer services and improved monetization.
Service flexibility

●  Ability to scale applications based on the customer’s requirements by increasing compute resources allocated, offering “Pay as you grow” flexibility.
●  Improved and simplified operations offering lower total cost of ownership.
●  Ability to perform Service Chaining.
Redundancy: Application high-availability through virtualization.

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series VSM is supported on these Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers:

●   Cisco ASR 9904 Router

●   Cisco ASR 9006 Router

●   Cisco ASR 9010 Router

●   Cisco ASR 9912 Router

●   Cisco ASR 9922 Router

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