The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processors (ESPs) offer innovative new capabilities for forwarding and queuing in silicon. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series 40-Gbps ESP is supported on the Cisco ASR 1006 and 1013 Routers. On the Cisco ASR 1006 and 1013 Routers, the ESP can be deployed in a redundant configuration.
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series ESPs handle data-plane processing tasks for all network traffic. The modules perform all baseline router packet operations, including:
- MAC classification
- Quality-of-service (QoS) classification, policing, and shaping
- Security access control lists (ACLs)
- VPNs
- Load balancing
- NetFlow
They are also responsible for advanced services such as:
- Zone-based firewall
- Encryption services
- Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR)
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Flexible packet matching (FPM)
Supported Platforms