FLASR1-IOSRED-RTU

Description

The Cisco FLASR1-IOSRED-RTU is the Software Redundancy Right-To-Use (RTU) Feature License specifically designed for the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. This honor-based license activates software redundancy capabilities, enabling redundant instances of Cisco IOS XE Software on supported models such as the ASR 1001-X, ASR 1002-X, ASR 1001-HX, ASR 1002-HX, and ASR 1004. It enhances high availability by combining redundant hardware with modular software to contain faults and prevent system-wide failures, delivering up to 99.999-percent availability.

Product Overview

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers provide a Software Defined WAN platform that aggregates multiple WAN connections and network services including encryption and traffic management, forwarding them across WAN connections at line speeds from 2.5 to 200 Gbps. The routers feature both hardware and software redundancy in an industry-leading high-availability design. The latest additions include the Cisco ASR 1002-HX Router supporting up to 100 Gbps in a 2RU form factor and the Cisco ASR 1001-HX Router supporting 60 Gbps in a 1RU form factor. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor 3 offers higher performance, memory, and storage options.

The series supports Cisco IOS XE Software, a modular operating system with feature velocity and resiliency. Embedded Services Processors (ESPs) based on Cisco Flow Processor technology accelerate advanced features like crypto-based security, NAT, Zone-Based Firewall, Deep Packet Inspection, Unified Border Element, and Data-Center-Interconnect without additional hardware.

Cisco ASR 1000 Series routers are ideal for enterprise data center edges, large offices connecting to WAN, and service provider Points of Presence. They consolidate traffic from mobility, cloud, video, and collaboration, applying traffic management and redundancy for consistent performance.

Key Features and Benefits

• High availability with redundant hardware components, power supplies, stateful intrachassis redundancy, In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) support, and Cisco IOS XE Software Sub-package Mode for nonstop operation and quick upgrades.
• Scalable capacity and throughput via Cisco Flow Processor-based platform, hardware acceleration for QoS, cryptography, ACLs, and control-forwarding plane separation.
• Investment protection through software modularity, pay-as-you-grow licensing on -X and -HX models, reusable Cisco Shared Port Adapters (SPAs) and Network Interface Modules (NIMs).
• Cisco Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) enabled with IOS XE, offering better user experience, agility, advanced threat protection, integrated security like application-aware firewall and DNS enforcement.
• Application visibility integrated with Cisco ThousandEyes for hop-by-hop analytics, SD-WAN overlay monitoring, and SaaS performance measurement.
• Unified access security and multi-factor authentication supporting zero trust model for secure connections to on-premises or cloud applications.

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Use Cases

For enterprises: WAN edge with Modular QoS CLI policies on VLANs or tunnels, limiting low-priority traffic; multiservice IPsec VPN aggregation up to 78 Gbps encryption; embedded high-speed firewall with Zone-Based Policy Firewall up to 200 Gbps; managed CPE for branch offices with software redundancy; high-performance SD-WAN aggregation headend supporting 8,000 IPSec tunnels.

For service providers: Broadband L2TP LAC/LNS up to 64,000 subscribers; Layer 3 VPN provider edge scaling to 4 million routes; high-end route reflector up to 29 million IPv4 routes; next-generation voice/multimedia with Cisco Unified Border Element supporting 16,000 calls and 200 Gbps multimedia.

Software Licensing

The FLASR1-IOSRED-RTU license is a Right-To-Use (RTU) feature license for software redundancy. ASR 1000 requires one of five IOS XE Universal images and one of three technology packages: IP Base, Advanced IP Services, or Advanced Services. Cisco DNA Advantage and Premier subscriptions provide unified licensing across WAN portfolio. Cisco Smart Licensing offers flexible management without PAKs. Cisco ONE Software provides flexible models for WAN with Foundation and Collaboration options.

A valid ThousandEyes agent license is required for integration, with minimum 8 GB DRAM and 8 GB storage on eligible routers.

High Availability Details

Redundant hardware on ASR 1006, 1006-X, 1009-X, 1013 with dual route processors and ESPs. Software redundancy on ASR 1001-X, 1002-X, 1001-HX, 1002-HX, ASR1004. Stateful redundancy pairs routers for backup, ISSU allows upgrades without downtime, Sub-package Mode upgrades individual components quickly. Redundancy across routers offers five-nines availability.

SD-WAN and Security Integration

Cisco SD-WAN on ASR 1000 provides secure DIA with application-aware firewall and Umbrella DNS enforcement, managed via single vManage interface. ThousandEyes integration lowers MTTI with granular visibility into underlay, overlay, and SaaS apps.