Cisco 5000 Series Manual

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OverviewThis chapter provides an overview of the Cisco 5000 Series routers.The Network Convergence System 5000 Series offers a high-density, small-form-factor MPLS aggregationrouter for metro aggregation. It is designed to economically scale large enterprise, over-the-top (OTT), andservice provider Data Center networking architectures.• Overview, on page 1• Cisco NCS 5001, on page 1• Cisco NCS 5002, on page 3• Cisco NCS 5011, on page 6• Cisco NCS 5064, on page 9OverviewThis chapter provides an overview of the Cisco 5000 Series routers.The Network Convergence System 5000 Series offers a high-density, small-form-factor MPLS aggregationrouter for metro aggregation. It is designed to economically scale large enterprise, over-the-top (OTT), andservice provider Data Center networking architectures.Cisco NCS 5001Cisco NCS 5001 OverviewThe Cisco NCS 5001 router is an extension to Cisco's routing platform portfolio enabling Service Providersand MPLS enabled data center architectures to offer elastic networks with improved business agility andsimplified operations to deliver high-bandwidth mobile, video, and cloud services.It can also operate as an extension shelf of Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers usingNetwork Virtualization (nV) technology, consolidating multiple layers in the network and dramatically reducingoperational costs.The Cisco NCS 5001 router is a small form factor dense GE/10GE aggregation systems. Powered by industryleading routing operation system, IOS-XR, the system also offers rich functions such as third party applicationhosting, machine-to-machine interface, telemetry and flexible package delivery.Overview1