Ah now I understand better. I thought the RP did everything like the RSP of an ASR9000
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Nathan Ward <cisco-...@daork.net> wrote: > > On 4/06/2016, at 11:19, Curtis Piehler <cpiehl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is it a requirement to have an ESP in the chassis? I know what the they > are supposed to be used for (offload network services). If the router is > going to be used for doing just packet forwarding and some QOS is it really > needed in the chassis? > > > Hi Curtis, > > All packets hit the ESP, they are the backbone of the ASR1000. Just like > the RSP in the ASR9000 and the SCB in the J-MX, etc. etc. > > Did a quick Google, there are a couple of useful pictures and words on > this page, though others may have links to better docs/training materials. > I used to have some someplace but use ASR9000s almost exclusively these > days if I’m doing Cisco, and have misplaced them.. > > http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/routers/asr-1000-series-aggregation-services-routers/110531-asr-packet-drop.html > > -- > Nathan Ward > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/