The Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 5500 modular chassis series includes the Cisco NCS 5504 modular chassis, Cisco NCS 5508 modular chassis and the Cisco NCS 5516 modular chassis (Figure 1). The Cisco NCS 5504 supports up to four line cards, six switch fabric cards, two route processors, two system controllers, three fan trays, and four power supplies. The Cisco NCS 5508 supports up to eight line cards, six switch fabric cards, two route processors, two system controllers, three fan trays, and eight power supplies.
The Cisco NCS 5516 supports up to 16 line cards, 6 switch fabric cards, 2 route processors, 2 system controllers, 3 fan trays, and 10 power supplies. These routers support 10, 25, 40, 50* and 100 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The Cisco NCS 5504 supports upto 14.4 Tbps full duplex, the NCS 5508 supports upto 28.8 Tbps full duplex and the Cisco NCS 5516 supports upto 57.6 Tbps full duplex today. With the introduction of the new NCS 5700 400 GE line cards, the per slot forwarding capacity increases by 2.67 times on each of the modular chassis to a maximum of 153.6 Tbps full duplex on the Cisco NCS 5516. |
