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This controller card runs the ASR 5000 chassis. It initialises the system, loads the configuration image onto the other cards and manages the internal gigabit Ethernet fabrics that carry management and control traffic.
The card goes in chassis slots 8 and 9. The one in slot 8 is primary during normal operation and the one in slot 9 is secondary, and every ASR 5000 configuration uses two of them. Sliding the interlock switch downward on the active card forces an immediate switchover to the standby. Redundancy runs as 1:1 or 1:N across hardware and software resources.
Each card has a dual-core CPU and 4 GB of RAM. A Type II CompactFlash holds configuration files, software images and license keys, a front-panel slot takes ATA Type I or II PCMCIA cards, and a small-form-factor hard disk sits inside where it cannot be reached, so a disk failure counts as a card failure. In a redundant pair the standby disk mirrors the active one as a RAID array. The chassis midplane provides a 320 Gbps switch fabric for traffic between cards.
Cisco announced end-of-sale on August 1, 2015; the end-of-sale date is January 30, 2016 and the last date of support is January 31, 2021. The last software release supported on the ASR 5000 is 21.5.
For the newer platform, see the ASR 5500 base chassis. Other modules are listed in Cisco modules.
Related part: ASR5K-SPIO-BNC-K9 Cisco ASR 5000 Switch Processor I/O Card, BNC BITS
| Part number | ASR5K-SMC-K9 |
| Spare part number | ASR5K-SMC-K9= |
| Function | Primary system controller |
| Chassis slots | 8 (primary) and 9 (secondary) |
| CPU | Dual-core |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Removable storage | Type II CompactFlash and one PCMCIA ATA Type I/II slot |
| Internal storage | Small-form-factor hard disk, mirrored in a redundant pair |
| Chassis switch fabric | 320 Gbps |
| End-of-sale date | January 30, 2016 |
| Last date of support | January 31, 2021 |