Description
Performance and Scalability
The CRS-FCC-SC-22GE is a high-performance fabric chassis controller card designed by Cisco Systems for their Carrier Routing System (CRS) product line. It is specifically designed to provide high-speed switching and routing capabilities for large-scale data centers and service provider networks.
Performance: The CRS-FCC-SC-22GE is built with high-performance hardware and software components to ensure high-speed packet processing and forwarding. It features a 2.2 GHz quad-core processor and 16GB of memory, which allows it to handle a high volume of traffic with low latency. Additionally, it provides line-rate forwarding up to 40Gbps per slot.
Scalability: The CRS-FCC-SC-22GE is designed to be highly scalable, allowing service providers to expand their network capacity as demand grows. It can support up to 1.6 Tbps of fabric capacity, and it allows for the addition of more chassis to increase network capacity. Additionally, it supports Cisco’s CRS Performance Routing (PR) technology, which provides intelligent traffic management to optimize network utilization.
Redundancy and High Availability
The CRS-FCC-SC-22GE Cisco Fabric Chassis Controller Card is a critical component of Cisco’s Carrier Routing System (CRS) product family. It provides high-speed connectivity between line cards and fabric modules within the CRS chassis, allowing for the efficient exchange of data and control signals.
To ensure maximum uptime and availability of the CRS-FCC-SC-22GE card, redundancy and high availability features are built into the product design. These include:
- Redundant power supplies: The CRS-FCC-SC-22GE card is designed to operate with two redundant power supplies, each of which can power the card independently. If one power supply fails, the other takes over, ensuring uninterrupted operation.
- Hot-swappable components: The card is designed with hot-swappable components, such as fans and power supplies, that can be replaced without shutting down the system. This enables maintenance and upgrades to be performed without disrupting network traffic.
- Active-standby configuration: In an active-standby configuration, two CRS-FCC-SC-22GE cards are installed in the same chassis, with one card serving as the active controller and the other as the standby. If the active card fails, the standby card takes over, ensuring uninterrupted operation.
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP): VRRP is a protocol that enables two or more routers to present a virtual IP address to the network. If the active router fails, the standby router takes over the virtual IP address, ensuring uninterrupted network connectivity.
Installation and Configuration
The CRS-FCC-SC-22GE is a Fabric Chassis Controller Card designed by Cisco Systems for use in their Carrier Routing System (CRS) line of routers. The card is designed to provide high-performance fabric interconnects for the router, ensuring low latency and high throughput in data center and service provider applications.
To install and configure the CRS-FCC-SC-22GE, follow the steps below:
- Install the card in an available slot on the CRS router. Ensure that the slot is compatible with the card and that the card is properly aligned before inserting it.
- Power on the router and allow it to boot up. The card should be automatically recognized and configured by the system.
- Configure the card using the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI). This will involve setting up the card’s interface settings, such as IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.
- Configure any necessary protocols or services on the card, such as Quality of Service (QoS), Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), or Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP).
- Test the card’s connectivity and performance using tools such as ping, traceroute, and throughput tests. Verify that the card is performing as expected and that there are no connectivity issues
