On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:12:29 +0100 Nick Hilliard <n...@foobar.org> wrote:
> On 18 Jul 2010, at 10:58, "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobb...@arbor.net> wrote: > > ASR1K, which is what I'm assuming you're referring to, is a hardware-based > > router. Same for ASR9K. > > My c* SE swears that the asr1k is a "software router". I didn't push him on > it's architecture though. > This document supports that. If the definition of a software router is one that doesn't have a fixed at the factory forwarding function, then the ASR1K is one. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps9343/solution_overview_c22-448936.html The CRS-3 might be too, as they say they've added the quantumflow processor into those too. > The asr9k is an npu based device - a completely different beast with > different architecture / operating system / capabilities / etc. > > Nick
