Cisco 7500 Series Router Architecture

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Cisco 7500 Series Router Architecture

1.1 Product Overview

Cisco 7500 series is Cisco`s premier high-end platform of data, voice and video
routers, which includes the Cisco 7505, the Cisco 7507, and the Cisco 7513. These
systems combine Cisco Systems` proven software technology with exceptional
reliability, availability, serviceability, and performance features to meet the
requirements of today`s most mission-critical internetworks.

Cisco 7505 features a high-speed Cisco Extended Bus (CyBus); the Cisco 7507 and
Cisco 7513 feature dual CyBuses. Network interfaces reside on modular interface
processors, which provide a direct connection between the CyBus and the external
network, and support any combination of ATM, multichannel T3, Ethernet, Fast
Ethernet, FDDI, IBM channel attachment, multichannel E1 and T1, HSSI,
synchronous serial, Token Ring, Packet OC-3, Packet OC-12 and Gigabit Ethernet
interfaces.

• The Cisco 7505 contains five slots (one slot for the Route Switch Processor
(RSP), and four slots for interface processors).
• Cisco 7507 contains seven slots (two slots for RSPs, and five slots for
interface processors).
• The Cisco 7513 contains thirteen slots (two slots for RSPs, and eleven slots
for interface processors).

Cisco 7500 series runs Cisco IOS software, the industry-leading networking
software. Cisco IOS software assures robust, reliable internetworks by supporting
both LAN and WAN protocols, optimizing WAN services, and controlling
internetwork access.

1.2 Features of the Cisco 7500 series:

• Online software reconfiguration — Enables software configuration changes to

occur without rebooting or interrupting network applications and services.
• Online insertion and removal (OIR) — Allows seamless upgrades to new
interface processors without rebooting or taking the system off-line.
• Fast boot — Enables the system to come online quickly (35 seconds is
typical) after software upgrades, minimizing impact on the network.
• Optional dual-redundant power supply systems (for Cisco 7507 and Cisco
7513 only) — Extend individual power supplies by load sharing.
• Flash memory — Enables fast, reliable software and microcode updates.

1.3 Options for Cisco 7500 Series

— Options for the Cisco 7500 Series: VIP2 & VIP4

• Versatile Interface Processor 2 (used in NIB)

• Versatile Interface Processor 4

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Figure 1: Cisco 7507 Interface Processor View

Figure 2: Cisco 7513 Interface Processor View

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1.4 Key Features and Benefits

The Cisco 7500 series base system includes the following standard features:

• System chassis
• Route Switch Processor
o RSP2 — MIPS RISC CPU, external clock speed of 50 MHz, and an
internal clock speed of 100 MHz (Cisco 7505, Cisco 7507 and Cisco
7513 only) (used in NIB)
o Console port (male EIA/TIA-232 — default DCE mode)
o Auxiliary port (EIA/TIA-232 DTE)
o 32 MB DRAM default, upgradeable to 128 MB (RSP2)
o 64 MB DRAM default, upgradeable to 256 MB (RSP4+, RSP8)
o 128 KB NVRAM (RSP2, RSP4+)
o 2 MB NVRAM (RSP8)
o 16 MB (RSP2/RSP4+) Flash memory via PCMCIA Flash memory
cards, upgradeable to 110 MB (RSP8 default at 20 MB)
o Battery backup
o Real-time calendar clock
• Interface processors
o Four slots in the Cisco 7505
o Five slots in the Cisco 7507
o Eleven slots in the Cisco 7513
• AC-input or DC-input power supplies
• Power cord (AC-input only)
• Y console and auxiliary cables
• Rack-mounting hardware
• Cable-management bracket (Cisco 7505, Cisco 7513)

2.1 Hardware Specifications

Technical Specifications for Cisco 7500 Series

Description Cisco 7505 Cisco 7507 Cisco 7513
Routers per chassis 1 1 1
Power supplies 1 2 2
Interface processor 4 5 11
slots
Route Switch 1 2 2
Processor slots
PCMCIA Flash 16 MB default, 20 MB Same as Cisco 7505 Same as Cisco 7505
memory card option
(optional, 2 slots
available)
Processor type MIPS RISC MIPS RISC MIPS RISC
High-speed back 5-slot, 1 1.067-gigabits 7-slot, 2 1.067 Gbps 13-slot, 2 1.067 Gbps
plane per second (Gbps) CyBuses: 5 interface CyBuses: 11 interface

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CyBus: 4 interface processor slots, and 2 processor slots, and 2

processor slots, and 1 RSP slots RSP slots
RSP slot

Power Requirements for Cisco 7500 Series

Description Cisco 7505 Cisco 7507 Cisco 7513
Power dissipation, 600W with AC-input 626W max. (530W 1200W with 1 AC-input
max. config. typical)
600W with DC-input 1200W with 1 DC-input

1700W with 2 AC- or DC-

inputs
Heat dissipation 715W (2440 BTUs/hr) 1200W (4100 1600W (5461 BTU/hr)
BTU/hr)
Power distribution 75A max. @ +5 VDC +5.2V @ 100A Same as Cisco 7507

15A max. @ +12 VDC +12V @ 15A

3A max. @ -12 VDC -12V @ 3A

5A max. @ +24 VDC +24V @ 5A

Frequency 50 to 60 Hz 50 to 60 Hz 50 to 60 Hz
autoaranging
Airflow Side-to-side through the 140 cfm through the Through chassis by
chassis using a variable- system blower variable-speed blower;
speed, 6-fan array 62 to 70 dB

2.2 Route Switch Processors

A Cisco 7500 series system requires at least one Route Switch Processor (RSP),
which can be ordered in three ways: as part of an initial system, as a spare, or as an
upgrade. The RSP can be ordered with your choice of 32, 64, or 128 MB DRAM and
one or two Flash memory cards, which are available in 16 and 20 MB densities. The
price of an RSP includes 32 MB of DRAM and a 16 MB Flash memory card.

2.2.1 RSP2

The RSP2 is the base system processor module for the Cisco 7505, Cisco 7507 and
Cisco 7513. The RSP2 contains the system CPU and system memory components.
It maintains and executes the management functions that control the system. The
RSP2 supports the high system availability (HSA) feature, which allows two RSP2s
to be used in a Cisco 7507 or Cisco 7513 router. By default, the system master is
the RSP2 that occupies the first RSP slot in the chassis: slot 2 in the Cisco 7507,
and slot 6 in the Cisco 7513.

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Cisco IOS images reside in Flash memory, which is located either on a SIMM on the
RSP2; or on as many as two Flash memory cards. Storing Cisco IOS images in
Flash memory allows you to download and boot from upgraded images remotely.
This eliminates the need to remove and replace ROM devices for software updates.

Cisco 7500 Series RSP2 Memory Components

Type Size Quantity Description
DRAM 32 to 128 2 to 4 8, 16 or 32 MB SIMMs (based on max. DRAM
MB required, user configurable)
NVRAM 128 KB 1 Nonvolatile EPROM for the system configuration file
Flash SIMM 8 MB 1 Contains the Cisco IOS BOOT images on the RSP2
Flash memory 16 or 20 Up to 2 Contains the Cisco IOS images on up to two PCMCIA
cards MB cards (user configurable)
ROM monitor 256 KB 1 EPROM for the ROM monitor program

2.3 Flash Memory Cards

In Cisco 7500 series routers, Flash memory cards can be used to store and boot
Cisco IOS images and/or system configurations. A Cisco 7500 series router can also
be used as a TFTP server, with the Flash card memory used to store other files
such as software and microcode images for other systems. Cisco recommends
using one card for image storage and another for configurations. The number of
system images that can be stored on the card depends both on the Flash card size
and the file size.

The Flash memory card is available in 16, 20 or 32 MB densities, and conforms with
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) format.

• The Flash memory card shipped with a Cisco 7500 system contain a software
image; the same Flash memory card ordered as a spare is shipped blank and
Program

2.4 Power Supplies

The Cisco 7507, Cisco 7513 and Cisco 7576 support dual power supplies. (This
option is not available for the Cisco 7505.) The optional additional power supply
system provides dual load-sharing for protection against system interruption if one
power supply system or one source of power fails.

Note Both dual power supplies must be AC-input or DC-input. The routers do not
support mixed power supply types.

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