Cisco Network Convergence System 5700 Series: NCS-57C3 Fixed Chassis Data Sheet
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As the world adapts to newer ways of operation, we see tremendous growth in internet usage driven by an increasing rate of digitization along with a rush to adopt a cloud-first approach. Meeting up with this demand would require significant investment from organizations. A robust and scalable solution offering best-in-class capabilities at a lower operating cost is what they need in order to expand their infrastructure and establish intelligent connections.
The Cisco® Network Convergence System 57C3 Series Routers (hereinafter referred to as the NCS 57C3) are designed for cost-effective delivery of next-generation networking services. These are high-capacity and low-power-consuming devices available in a 3-rack-unit compact form factor. The chassis along with the Modular Port Adapters (MPAs) provide options of using different types of interfaces ranging from 1GE to 400GE along with industry-leading MACSec encryption and Class C Timing support. These devices also provide Control Plane redundancy, thereby enabling high availability and reliability.
The Cisco NCS 57C3 Series Routers are well equipped for a range of applications such as Carrier Ethernet Aggregation, Subscriber Services, Business Ethernet, Mobile Edge, Campus, Peering and Core roles. Powered by the industry-leading Cisco IOS® XR Software, the NCS 57C3 supports a rich and comprehensive set of features like QoS, IP/MPLS, Segment Routing, SRv6, and Ethernet VPN (EVPN).
The Cisco NCS-57C3-MOD-SYS (Base) chassis
The Cisco NCS-57C3-MODS-SYS (Scale) chassis
Table 1. Cisco NCS 57C3 chassis components
| Cisco NCS 57C3 chassis components |
Specification |
| NC57-MOD-RP2-E Route Processor
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8 cores at 2 GHz 32GB DRAM 256GB Flash 1 USB Console Management Ethernet |
Cisco IOS XR Software overview
The Cisco NCS-57C3 Series is powered by an industry-leading, carrier-class, 64-bit version of IOS XR NOS designed on operational efficiency, optimized utilization, and service agility (evolved programmable network). Cisco IOS XR Software offers rich features such as iPXE boot, autoprovisioning, native support for third-party application hosting, machine-to-machine interface, telemetry, and flexible software package delivery.
The Cisco NCS-57C3-MOD-SYS fixed chassis supports Cisco IOS XR Software Release 7.4.1 and later.
The Cisco NCS-57C3-MODS-SYS fixed chassis supports Cisco IOS XR Software Release 7.4.1 and later.
Tables 1 through 5 list key specifications for the Cisco NCS 57C3 Series fixed chassis.
Table 2. Features and benefits of Cisco NCS 57C3 Series fixed chassis (Cisco IOS XR Software 7.4.1 Release and later)
| Feature |
Specification |
| Interface |
1/10/25/100/200/400G QSFP DD, CFP2 DCO Gigabit Ethernet support using fixed and MPA ports |
| Industry-leading, carrier-class Cisco IOS XR Software |
Visibility and telemetry Machine-to-machine interface Application hosting Flexible platform and packaging Modularity Automation |
| Power consumption |
Ultra-low power per Gigabit Ethernet |
| Redundancy |
Redundant Control Plane Redundant fan tray Redundant AC or DC power supply |
Table 3. Cisco NCS 57C3 chassis specification
| Description |
Specification |
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| Chassis PID |
Flexible Consumption Model (FCM): NCS-57C3-MOD-SYS: NCS 57C3 Fixed 48x 1/10/25G + 8x 100G and 3x MPA Base Chassis NCS-57C3-MODS-SYS: NCS 57C3 Fixed 48x 1/10/25G + 4x 100G and 3x MPA Scale Chassis Perpetual Licensing (BAU): NCS-57C3-MOD-S: NCS 57C3 Fixed 48x 1/10/25G + 8x 100G and 3x MPA Base Chassis NCS-57C3-MOD-SE-S: NCS 57C3 Fixed 48x 1/10/25G + 4x 100G and 3x MPA Scale Chassis |
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| Port configuration |
Base chassis: Fixed - 48 port 1/10/25G and 8 port 100G Modular Port Adapters (MPAs) - Maximum 3 units of MPA (Slot 1 – 400G, Slot 2 and Slot 3 – 800G) Scale chassis: Fixed - 48 port 1/10/25G and 4 port 100G Modular Port Adapters (MPAs) - Maximum 3 units of MPA (Slot 1 – 400G, Slot 2 and Slot 3 – 800G) |
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| Modular Port Adapter (MPA) |
Flexible Consumption Model (FCM): NC57-MPA-2D4H-FC (New): NCS 5700 4X QSFP-DD MPA NC55-MPA-2TH-S-FC: NCS 5500 2X200G CFP2 MPA NC55-MPA-1TH2H-FC: NCS 5500 1X200G CFP2 + 2X100G QSFP28 MPA NC55-MPA-12T-S-FC: NCS 5500 12X10G MPA NC55-MPA-4H-S-FC: NCS 5500 4X100G QSFP28 MPA Perpetual (BAU): NC57-MPA-2D4H-S (New): NCS 5700 4X QSFP-DD MPA NC55-MPA-2TH-S: NCS 5500 2X200G CFP2 MPA NC55-MPA-1TH2H-S: NCS 5500 1X200G CFP2 + 2X100G QSFP28 MPA NC55-MPA-12T-S: NCS 5500 12X10G MPA NC55-MPA-4H-S: NCS 5500 4X100G QSFP28 MPA |
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| Performance |
Up to 2.4 Tbps/1 BPPS of system throughput |
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| Route scale |
Base chassis: Up to 2 M FIB entries Scale chassis: Up to 4 M FIB entries |
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| Timing ports |
Internal GNSS receiver module with GPS 1PPS in/out, 10 Mhz in/out, ToD |
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| Power and cooling |
2 hot-swappable power supplies provide 1 + 1 redundancy Front-to-back airflow 6 hot-swappable fan trays provide 5 + 1 redundant system cooling |
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| Power consumption |
Base chassis Typical (25°C): 445W Maximum (50°C): 675W |
Scale chassis Typical (25°C): 485W Maximum (50°C): 735W |
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| Physical specification of chassis |
Dimensions |
Weight |
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| Width – 438 mm Height – 130.5 mm Depth – 284 mm |
Scale chassis (SE) – 24.5 lbs (11.12 kg) Base chassis (non-SE) – 24.8 lbs (11.25 kg) |
Fan tray 1 – 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg) Fan tray 2 – 1.1 lbs (0.49 kg) Route Processor – 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg) Power supply unit – 2.27 lbs (1.03 kg) |
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For power consumption and physical specification of MPAs, please refer to NCS 5700 Series MPA data sheet and NCS 55A2 MOD data sheet.
Table 4. Software feature support on NCS 57C3 in Cisco IOS XR 7.4.1 Release and later
| Description |
Specification |
| Layer 2 |
● Layer 2 switch ports
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IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation/Q-in-Q encapsulation
● IEEE 802.1ad
● Cisco Bundle Ethernet technology (up to 64 ports per Ethernet Bundle)
● Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP): IEEE 802.3ad
● Jumbo frames on all ports (up to 9216 bytes)
● L2 ingress Access Control List (ACL)
● L2 AC-AC cross-connect
● Ethernet Flow Point (EFP) and VLAN trunks
● Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
● Carrier Ethernet Services
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| Layer 3 |
● IPv4 and IPv6 unicast
● Layer 3 interfaces: physical and sub-interfaces
● Routing protocols: static, Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2), OSPFv3, Intermediate System to Intermediate System (ISIS), ISISv6, and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
● 64-way Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP)
● L3 ingress and egress IPv4 ACL and IPv6 ACL
● Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
● Cisco Bundle Ethernet technology (up to 64 ports per Ethernet Bundle)
● Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP): IEEE 802.3ad
● Jumbo frame support (up to 9216 bytes)
● Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
● Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (L3VPN)
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| Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
● Label switching
● Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
● MPLS Traffic Engineering
● Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS)
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| Segment Routing (SR) |
● Segment routing–based transport
● ISIS extensions to segment routing
● OSPF extensions to segment routing
● BGP egress peering engineering
● Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE)
● Segment Routing Topology Independent Loop-Free Alternatives (TI-LFA)
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| Multicast |
● IPv4, IPv6
● PIM-SM, PIM-SSM
● IGMPv3, MLDv2
● PIM-ECMP
● mLDP
● P2MP-TE
● Tree-SID
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| Quality of Service (QoS) |
● Hierarchical QoS
● Ingress classification based on Class of Service (L2), IP differentiated service code point (DSCP) (L3), IP ACL (L3/L4), IP precedence (type of service) (L3)
● DSCP marking
● 8 queues for user traffic
● Support for priority queuing
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| Timing |
● SyncE, G.8265.1, G.8275.1, G.8275.2
● G.8273.2 Class C support on ports 8-39 (base chassis) and ports 8-35 (scale chassis)
● G.8273.2 Class B support on other fixed ports
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| Automation |
● Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP), iPXE
● Configuration management
● Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONG/YANG model)
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| Security |
● Provides comprehensive network security features, including ACLs; control-plane protection; management plane protection; routing authentications; Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+); Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol; Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v3; and Route Policy Language (RPL) support
● Layer 2 ingress ACLs
● Layer 3 ingress ACLs
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| MACsec encryption |
● IEEE 802.1AE standards-based Layer 2 hop-by-hop encryption that provides data confidentiality and integrity for media access independent protocols
● Supported on 24 out of 48 SFP28 ports (on fixed ports 0-7, 40-55 [base chassis] and 0-7, 36-51 [scale chassis])
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| Management |
● MIB, XML, JSON, GPB, and SNMP
● MPLS Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) (Label Switched Path [LSP] ping, LSP traceroute)
● Ethernet OAM
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For more details on features supported on NCS 57C3 Series routers, refer to Release Notes for IOS-XR 7.4.1 and later.
Supported transceivers modules
Check the Cisco NCS 5700 Series supported transceivers module matrix: https://tmgmatrix.cisco.com
Table 5. Environmental properties
| Property |
Specifications |
| Normal operating temperature (at 1800 m) |
0-50°C 0-45°C (with NC57-MPA-2D4H-FC and low-powered 400G optics) |
| Non-operating (storage) temperature |
–40 to 158°F (–40 to 70°C) |
| Operating humidity |
Normal: 5% RH to 85% RH Short term: 5% to 95% RH Should not exceed 0.026 kg water/kg of dry air |
| Storage (relative) humidity |
5% to 95% at 40C per NEBS GR-63-Core |
| Altitude |
0 to 9842 ft (0 to 3000 m) |
| Power inputs |
Worldwide ranging AC: 90-240V; 50-60 Hz Worldwide ranging DC: -40V to -72V; Power ON at -45V |
| Air flow |
Front to back |
Regulatory standards compliance
Table 6. Regulatory standards compliance: Safety and EMC
| Specification |
Description |
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| Regulatory compliance |
Products should comply with CE Markings according to directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/35/EU. |
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| Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) |
Designed to meet:
● GR-63-CORE
● GR-1089-CORE
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| Safety |
UL 62368-1 Third Edition CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 62368-1, Third Edition EN 60950-1 Second Edition IEC 60950-1 Second Edition IEC 62368-1: 2018, Third Edition EN 62368-1: 2020, Third Edition AS/NZS 62368.1 ETSI EN 300 019-1-1; Storage, Class 1.2 ETSI EN 300 019-1-2; Transportation, Class 2.3* ETSI EN 300 019-1-3; Operational, Class 3.2 |
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| EMC standards |
FCC 47CFR15 AS/NZS CISPR 32 EN55032/EN55022 CISPR 32/CISPR 22 ICES-003 VCCI KN32 CNS-13438 |
EN61000-3-2 Power Line Harmonics EN61000-3-3 Voltage Changes, Fluctuations, and Flicker IEC 60068-2 |
| EMC immunity |
IEC/EN61000-4-2 IEC/EN61000-4-3 IEC/EN61000-4-4 IEC/EN61000-4-5 IEC/EN61000-4-6 IEC/EN61000-4-8 IEC/EN61000-4-11 |
EN 300 386 C-4 EN50121-4:2016 IEC62236-4:2018 EN55022 EN55024/CISPR 24 I EN55035/CISPR 35 EN61000-6-1 KN35 |
Additional information related to NCS57C3 regulatory compliance and safety standards.
Table 7. Ordering information – Flexible Consumption Model Hardware
| Part number |
Description |
| NCS-57C3-MOD-SYS |
NCS 57C3 Base Chassis, Fixed ports - 48X25G, 8X100, and 3XMPA Chassis |
| NCS-57C3-MODS-SYS |
NCS 57C3 Scale Chassis, Fixed ports - 48X25G, 4X100, and 3XMPA Chassis |
| NC57-MPA-2D4H-FC |
NCS 5500/5700 2X400G or 4X200G QSFP-DD MPA |
| NC55-MPA-2TH-S-FC |
NCS 5500 2X200G CFP2 MPA |
| NC55-MPA-1TH2H-FC |
NCS 5500 1X200G CFP2 + 2X100G QSFP28 MPA |
| NC55-MPA-12T-S-FC |
NCS 5500 12X10G MPA |
| NC55-MPA-4H-S-FC |
NCS 5500 4X100G QSFP28 MPA |
| NC57-MOD-RP2-E |
Route Processor for MOD Chassis |
| NC57-1600W-ACFW |
NCS 57C3 AC 1600W Power Supply Port-S Intake/Front-to-Back |
| NC57-1600W-DCFW |
NCS 57C3 DC 1560W Power Supply Port-S Intake/Front-to-Back |
| NC57-C3-FAN1-FW |
NCS 57C3 Fan Tray 1 Chassis Port-S Intake/Front-to-Back Port-Side Intake |
| NC57-C3-FAN2-FW |
NCS 57C3 Fan Tray 2 Chassis Port-S Intake/Front-to-Back Port-Side Intake |
| NC57-3RU-ACC-KIT |
NCS 5700 Accessory Kit for 3RU Chassis |
Table 8. Ordering information - Flexible Consumption Model Software Licenses
| Part number |
Description |
| ESS-100G-RTU-2 |
NCS 5500 Core and Aggregation Essentials SW RTU v2.0 100G |
| ADN-100G-RTU-2 |
NCS 5500 Core and Aggregation Advantage w/Essentials SW RTU v2.0 100G |
| ESS-100G-SIA-3 |
NCS 5500 Core and Aggregation Essentials SIA per 100G 3- to 5-Year Subscription |
| ADN-100G-SIA-3 |
NCS 5500 Core and Aggregation Advantage w/Essentials SIA per 100G 3- to 5-Year Subscription |
| ESS-100G-SIA-5 |
NCS 5500 Core and Aggregation Essentials SIA per 100G 5- to 10-Year Subscription |
| ADN-100G-SIA-5 |
NCS 5500 Core and Aggregation Advantage w/Essentials SIA per 100G 5- to 10-Year Subscription |
Table 9. Ordering information – Perpetual Hardware
| Part number |
Description |
| NCS-57C3-MOD-S |
NCS 57C3 Base Chassis, Fixed Ports - 48X25G, 8X100, and 3XMPA Chassis |
| NCS-57C3-MOD-SE-S |
NCS 57C3 Scale Chassis, Fixed Ports - 48X25G, 4X100, and 3XMPA Chassis |
| NC57-MPA-2D4H-S |
NCS 5500/5700 2X400G or 4X200G QSFP-DD MPA |
| NC55-MPA-2TH-S |
NCS 5500 2X200G CFP2 MPA |
| NC55-MPA-1TH2H-S |
NCS 5500 1X200G CFP2 + 2X100G QSFP28 MPA |
| NC55-MPA-12T-S |
NCS 5500 12X10G MPA |
| NC55-MPA-4H-S |
NCS 5500 4X100G QSFP28 MPA |
| NC57-MOD-RP2-E |
Route Processor for MOD Chassis |
| NC57-1600W-ACFW |
NCS 57C3 AC 1600W Power Supply Port-S Intake/Front-to-Back |
| NC57-1600W-DCFW |
NCS 57C3 DC 1560W Power Supply Port-S Intake/Front-to-Back |
| NC57-C3-FAN1-FW |
NCS 57C3 Fan Tray (40mm) Chassis Port-S Intake/Front-to-Back Port-Side Intake |
| NC57-C3-FAN2-FW |
NCS 57C3 Fan Tray (60mm) Chassis Port-S Intake/Front-to-Back Port-Side Intake |
| NC57-3RU-ACC-KIT |
NCS 5700 Accessory Kit for 3RU Chassis |
Table 10. Ordering information – Perpetual Software Licenses
| Part number |
Product description |
| XR-NC55-P-07.04 |
Cisco IOS XR IP/MPLS Core Software |
| XR-NC55-PK9-07.04 |
Cisco IOS XR IP/MPLS Core Software 3DES |
| NC55P-TIMING-F |
NCS 5500 Timing and Mobility Lic for Fixed Chassis |
| NC55P-BASIC-LSR |
NCS 5500 Basic MPLS LSR License |
| NC55P-ADVL3-100S |
NCS 5500 L3VPN Lic for NCS 5500 Scale per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-ADVL2-100S |
NCS 5500 L2VPN Lic for NCS 5500 Scale per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-CRAGR-100S |
NCS 5500 Core and Aggr Lic for NCS 5500 Scale per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-PEER-100S |
NCS 5500 Peering Lic for NCS 5500 Scale per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-ADVDC-100S |
NCS 5500 Adv Data Center Lic for NCS 5500 Scale per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-MSEC-100T |
NCS 5500 MACsec Lic for NCS 5500 Base and Scale per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-ADVL3-100T |
NCS 5500 L3VPN Lic for NCS 5500 Base per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-ADVL2-100T |
NCS 5500 L2VPN Lic for NCS 5500 Base per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-CRAGR-100T |
NCS 5500 Core and Aggr Lic for NCS 5500 Base per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-PEER-100T |
NCS 5500 Peering Lic for NCS 5500 Base per 100G Bandwidth |
| NC55P-ADVDC-100T |
NCS 5500 Adv Data Center Lic for NCS 5500 Base per 100G Bandwidth |
For details on the Cisco Network Convergence System 5500 Series perpetual software licenses, refer to this data sheet, and details on the flexible consumption model for the NCS 5500 Series are available in the data sheet for the IOS XR Software flexible consumption model.
Table 11. Cisco environmental sustainability information
| Sustainability topic |
Reference |
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| General |
Information on product-material-content laws and regulations |
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| Information on electronic waste laws and regulations, including our products, batteries, and packaging |
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| Information on product takeback and reuse program |
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| Sustainability inquiries |
Contact: csr_inquiries@cisco.com |
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| Countries and regions supported |
Table 5. Regulatory standards compliance: Safety and EMC |
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| Predicted MTBF (at 40°C with credit from NCS-55A2 series in accordance with Telecordia issue 3) |
NCS-57C3-MOD-SYS |
505,736 hours |
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| NCS-57C3-MODS-SYS |
486,445 hours |
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| Power |
Power consumption |
Table 2. Cisco NCS 57C3 chassis specification |
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| Material |
Product packaging weight and materials |
Contact: environment@cisco.com |
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| Weight |
Table 2. Cisco NCS 57C3 chassis specification |
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The Cisco NCS 5500 Series has a one-year limited hardware warranty. The warranty includes hardware replacement with a 10-day turnaround from receipt of a Return Materials Authorization (RMA).
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Table 12. Document history
| New or Revised Topic |
Described In |
Date |
| Text and formatting updates |
November 2024 |
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| Updated compliance section with addition of new standards in EMC (300 019-1-1,2,3), Safety |
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November 2024 |