Cisco Systems CRS-8-PRP-6G= - CRS/4/8 6 G Performance RP

The Cisco® Carrier Routing System (CRS) Performance Route Processor is the next-generation route processor for the Cisco CRS-1 and CRS-3 platforms. It is the first Cisco CRS Route Processor to offer the amazing speed of the Intel Xeon Dual-Core processor (Nehalem family). With 6 GB or 12 GB of fast double data rate 3 (DDR3) error correcting code (ECC) memory the Performance Route Processor provides extremely fast routing performance at exceptional scale for the largest core and edge applications. The multicore design and speed allows you to achieve high levels scale for all applications such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and Interior Gateway Protocols (IGP) Multiprotocol Label Switch Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) NetFlow Lawful Intercept Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) or Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) monitoring without adversely affecting routing performance.

The CRS Performance Route Processor runs the award-winning Cisco IOS® XR Software which is a fully modular fully distributed internetwork operating system that uses a memory-protected microkernel-based architecture and control-plane distribution that allows the system to scale.

The Performance Route Processor includes a pair of Solid State Drives (SSDs) for fast software installation and bootup. Like the ECC memory which protects against memory errors the dual SSDs guard against drive failure by mirroring the boot partition that stores the Cisco IOS XR Software.