Asr 5000 Installation Guide - Cisco ASR 5000 Installation Manual

ASR 5000 Hardware Platform Overview
Packet Processing Cards: PSC2 and PSC3
To take advantage of the distributed processing capabilities of the system, you can add packet processing
cards to the chassis without their supporting line cards, if desired. This results in increased packet handling
and transaction processing capabilities. Another advantage is a decrease in CPU utilization when the system
performs processor-intensive tasks such as encryption or data compression.
Packet processing cards can be installed in chassis slots 1 through 7 and 10 through 16. Each card can either
Active (available to the system for session processing) or redundant (a standby component available in the
event of a failure).
The front panel of a packet processing card with its major components is shown below.
Figure 11: Packet Processing Card (Generic)

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