FLSASR1-BB

Description

The Cisco FLSASR1-BB is a Broadband Right-To-Use (RTU) license and 500 sessions feature license designed specifically for the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. This license unlocks powerful broadband aggregation capabilities, enabling service providers and enterprises to deliver high-performance, scalable subscriber services at the network edge.

Key Capabilities Enabled by FLSASR1-BB

• Broadband aggregation for L2TP Access Concentrator (LAC) or L2TP Network Server (LNS), supporting PPPoX or IP sessions over STM-1 ATM, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth ranges.
• Scalable to extremely high subscriber densities, with base 500 sessions expandable via additional licenses like FLASR1-BB-4K (4K sessions), FLASR1-BB-16K (16K), FLASR1-BB-32K (32K), FLASR1-BB-48K (48K), and FLASR1-BB-64K (64K sessions).
• Complete service suite including per-subscriber firewall, Session Border Controller (SBC), QoS, encryption, Flexible Packet Matching (FPM), Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR), and IP multicast.
• Optimized for triple-play deployments (data, voice, video) with support for thousands of users and channels, ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) for hosted CPE architectures.
• Integrated with Cisco IOS XE software, leveraging the Cisco QuantumFlow processor for embedded services without additional hardware modules.

ASR 1000 Series Integration

The license is fully compatible across the Cisco ASR 1000 Series portfolio, including fixed-configuration models like ASR 1001, ASR 1002 Fixed, ASR 1002, ASR 1002-X, and modular chassis such as ASR 1004, ASR 1006, and ASR 1013. It supports software redundancy in 1RU/2RU chassis (ASR1001, ASR1002-F, ASR1002, ASR1002-X, ASR1004) and hardware redundancy in larger chassis (ASR1006, ASR1013).

Performance scales from 2.5 Gbps to 100 Gbps via embedded service processors (ESPs), with services like security (encryption, firewall), QoS, NBAR, FPM, broadband aggregation, and Cisco Unified Border Element (SP edition, formerly SBC) processed in hardware for exceptional throughput.

Deployment Applications

• Service Provider Edge – Broadband LAC/LNS: Handles massive triple-play deployments with up to 64,000 users/channels, per-user firewall/SBC, and optimized multicast performance.
• Hosted CPE: Routes branch traffic over Ethernet SLAs, encrypts gigabits of bandwidth, provides WAN optimization, firewall/NAT (2.5-100 Gbps), and embedded encryption (1.8-25 Gbps).
• Layer 3 VPN Provider Edge: Scales to 8,000 VRF instances, 1M LDP labels, 4,000 ACLs, 4M IPv4/IPv6 routes; supports distributed or global VPN networks over ADSL, T1/E1, STM-1/4, Ethernet.
• High-End Route Reflector: Up to 29M IPv4 routes, 64K Layer 3 adjacencies, BGP optimizations; modular RP/ESP redundancy.
• Next-Gen Voice/Multimedia – Unified Border Element (SP): SBC for voice/video gateway, 32K concurrent calls, 40 Gbps multimedia, integrated with high-availability SIP trunks and DHCP relay.

Software and Licensing Details

Requires Cisco IOS XE software (versions starting from 2.1/3.2S depending on chassis). Integrates with universal software images (e.g., SASR1001U, SASR1001UK9 for ASR1001) combined with technology packages (SLASR1-IPB, SLASR1-AIS, SLASR1-AES). License activation via PAK (paper or electronic delivery). Dual IOS instances supported for software redundancy on RP1-integrated chassis.

Cisco IOS XE consolidates 7 sub-packages: RPBase, RPControl, RPAccess (K9/non-K9), RPIOS, ESPBase, SIPSPA, SIPBase, enabling modular upgrades without full image replacement.

Advanced Features and Performance

• Zone-Based Policy Firewall: Embedded, scales 2.5-100 Gbps, 40K sessions/sec logging via NetFlow v9.
• IPsec VPN Aggregation: Up to 8,000 tunnels, 25 Gbps encryption on ESP100.
• QoS: Modular CLI on VLANs/channels, 232K queues, hierarchical policies with priority propagation.
• Embedded Hardware Encryption: 1.8-25 Gbps depending on ESP model.
• Control/Data Plane Separation: Enables ISSU, high availability.

For detailed chassis specifications, refer to the comprehensive ASR 1000 Series comparison including physical dimensions, port counts, redundancy options, power requirements, environmental tolerances, and supported SPAs/interfaces.