BRKSPG-1001

Designing High Density SPDC

Networks with NCS 5500

Iqbal Syed, Senior Product Marketing Manager

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Session Abstract
The Network Convergence System 5500 (NCS 5500) Series offers industry-leading density
of routed 100-GE ports for high-scale WAN aggregation. The NCS 5500 Series is designed
to efficiently scale between data centers and large enterprise, web, and service provider
WAN and aggregation networks.
The NCS 5500 is part of the Cisco's SP router portfolio family. The platform runs on IOS XR
64bit Linux which brings a lot of software innovation in areas such Containerization, 3rd
party apps hosting & automation capabilities. NCS 5500 is being adopted by many
customers around the world for many different variety of applications.
In this session, the audience will learn about how they can utilize the NCS 5500 series to
effectively design and implement highly dense, scalable and Software Defined Networking
(SDN) ready WAN, & SPDC Fabric & Spine networks. The session will go over various
design options with details on use cases and applications where NCS 5500 would be best
suited.

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Related Sessions
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• BRKSPG-2069 : Tuesday @ 4:45 PM, Ahmed Abeer
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• BRKSPG-2002 : Wednesday 11:30 AM, Naren Narendra
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• BRKSPG-2303 : Thursday @ 2:30 PM, Santiago Alvarez
Model-driven programmability for Cisco IOS XR
• LABSPG-2068 : Walk in Self Paced labs, Mayur Shetty, Ahmad Bilal
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Agenda

• Cisco NCS 5500 Family Overview

• NCS 5500 Features & Scale
• IOS-XR Innovations
• SPDC Design Options and Examples
• Data Center Interconnect Design Options
• Conclusion & References
Cisco NCS 5500 Family Overview
IOS XR Family
Innovations in Software Hardware and System Design

Virtual RR/PE/DC
Forwarder

Cisco IOS-XRv 9000 Cisco NCS 5500 & NCS 5000 Cisco ASR 9000, CRS & NCS 6000

OPTIMIZED Cisco vXR Software

Programmability
Elastic Cost Optimized Ultra-high Density Carrier Grade and Automation

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 Cisco NCS 5000 Series
NCS 5001, Fixed 1RU NCS 5002, Fixed 2RU NCS 5011, Fixed 1RU

1.2Tbps @275W 1.2Tbps@500W 3.2Tbps @500W

40xSFP+ (1/10GE) 80xSFP+ (1/10GE) 32xQSFP28 (40GE /100GE)
and 4xQSFP28 (100GE) and 4xQSFP28 (100GE) Dense 100G Platform

• Latest 28nm Technologies • Intel IvyBridge CPU 1.8GHz, 4 cores

• CPU – Intel IVB Gladden, 4 Cores, 2.5GHz/Mem – 16GB • Front to Back/Back to Front Airflow
• Front to Back/Back to Front Airflow • Redundant Modular Fan Tray and hot-
• Redundant & Modular Fan Tray and AC/DC Power supply swappable AC/DC Power supply
• 16MB Buffers • 16MB Buffers
• 128K FIB, 16K MPLS Labels • 128K FIB, 16K MPLS Labels

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NCS 5500 : A Growing Family NCS-5516

NCS-55A2-MOD
NCS-5508
NCS-55A2-MOD-SE
NCS-55A1-36H-S
NCS-55A1-36H-SE-S
NCS-55A1-24H NCS-5504

NCS-5502
NCS-5502-SE

NCS-5501 NCS-5501-SE
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NCS 5500 : A Growing Family NCS-5516

NC55-MOD

NCS-55A2-MOD NC55-MOD-SE
NCS-5508
NCS-55A2-MOD-SE NC55-36X100G-SE

NCS-55A1-36H-S NC55-36X100G
NCS-55A1-36H-SE-S
NCS-55A1-24H NC55-18H18F NCS-5504

NC55-24X100G-SE
NCS-5502
NC55-24H12F-SE
NCS-5502-SE
NC55-6X200-DWDM-S

NC55-36X100G-S
NCS-5501 NCS-5501-SE
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NCS 5500 Family Attributes
Common characteristics for all NCS 5500 platforms
• Highest density & lowest power
• Integrated forwarding and fabric interface
• 28nm ASIC process
• 3rd generation modular QSFP28 100G optics

• 10/25/40/50/100GE interface support*

• Feature parity among NCS 5500 systems
• Deep Virtual Output Queue Buffers
• Small (16 MB) on-chip buffers
• 4GB off-chip GDDR5 memory for additional buffering

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NCS 5504 Modular System
• 14.4 Tbps @ ~ 4000W = 0.27 W/Gbps
• 144 QSFP28 or QSFP+ ports
• 7 RU
• 4 line card slots
• 100GE QSFP with 40G QSFP+ compatibility
• LC options for FIB and ACL scale

• 6 Fabric Cards and 3 Fan Trays (5504 specific)

• Redundant Hardware (common to 5508 / 5516)
• 4 power supplies AC or DC 3+1, 2+2 redundancy
• 2 Route Processors
• 2 System Controllers

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NCS 5500 Modular System Comparison

NCS 5504 NCS 5508 NCS 5516

LC Slots / # of 100G 4 / 144 8 / 288 16 / 576
Rack Unit (RU) 7 13 21
Power Usage (Typ) ~4KW ~ 7KW ~ 15KW
Watts / Gbps 0.27 0.24 0.26
PSU Options 4 x AC/DC 8 x AC/DC 10 x AC/DC
PSU Redundancy N+1 or N+N N+1 or N+N N+1 or N+M

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True Front-To-Back Airflow
Streamlined Operations For Next-Generation Network Designs
No Mid Plane and Perforated Faceplate for
True Front-to-Back Cooling
• Save Cooling and Power
• Same chassis for multiple generations of
line cards and fabric modules

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Modular Line Cards

36 Port 100GE Internal TCAM (QSFP) 24 Port 100GE & 12 Port 40GE
NC55-36X100G-BA External TCAM (QSFP)
NC55-24H12F-SB

24 Port 100GE External TCAM (QSFP)

NC55-24X100G-SB
Now 36 Port 100GE with MACsec
Shipping Internal TCAM (QSFP)
NC55-36X100G-BM
18 Port 100GE & 18 Port 40GE
Internal TCAM (QSFP), NC55-18H18F-BA
6 Port 100/150/200GE with MACsec
Internal TCAM (CFP2)
NC55-6x200-DWDM-S
Now 36 Port 100GE External TCAM (QSFP)
Shipping NC55-36X100G-A-SB

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Modular (MOD) Line Card
• Modular Line Card to offer maximum port flexibility (2 port adaptors)
• 1x Forwarding ASIC @ 825 Mpps / 900 Gbps
• External TCAM option
• Timing Support
• Fixed ports
̵ 12 ports of SFP/SFPP, 2 ports of QSFP
• Modular Port Adaptor (MPA) options up to 400G
̵ 12 ports of SFP/SFP+ with 10G LAN, WAN, OTN, MACsec, 10G linear DWDM
̵ 2 ports of CFP2 (including CFP2-DCO 100G/200G DWDM) with MACsec
̵ 1 port CFP2, 2 ports QSFP28

Targeted for XR 6.5.1

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NCS 5500-MOD Chassis
• Compact system with fixed ports and two MPA bays
• 2RU, Depth 11 inches (280mm)
• 1 x Forwarding ASIC
• External TCAM option
• Timing Support
• Fixed ports
• 24 ports of 1/10G & 16 ports of 1/10/25G

• Modular Port Adaptors (MPA)

• Same as Modular Line Card

Product LEM LPM eTCAM

NCS-55A2-MOD 750k 256k-350k
NCS-55A2-MOD-SE 750k 256k-350k 4M Targeted for XR 6.5.1
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New 1RU Fixed System : 24 x100G & 36 x 100G
• NCS-55A1-36H-S / NCS-55A1-36H-SE-S*
̵ 36x QSFP28 or QSFP+ ports with MACsec
̵ 4 x 900 Gbps Forwarding ASICs
̵ Base and SE (external TCAM) versions
• NCS-55A1-24H Product LEM LPM eTCAM
̵ 24x QSFP28 or QSFP+ ports 55A1-36H-S 750k 256k-350k -
̵ 2 x 900 Gbps Forwarding ASICs 55A1-36H-SE-S 750k 256k-350k 4M
̵ Base version, but with enhanced scale NCS-55A1-24H 750k 1M-1.3M -

• Timing support

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NCS 5500 Enhanced RP (RP-E)
• Common between the two:
• 1 x Serial Console Port
• 1 x Management Ethernet Port (RJ45)
• 2 x USB Ports
• Compatible in NCS-5504, NCS-5508,
and NCS-5516 Chassis
NC55-RP

• New Timing Features on NC55-RP-E:

• 1588 Port
• TOD Port
• GPS
• BITS
• Intel Broadwell-DE 1.9Ghz 6 Core CPU
NC55-RP-E
• 32GB DDR4 RAM
• 256GB Solid State Drive
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Dual Input Universal (AC/DC) Power supply
• Universal High Voltage Dual Input 3.15 KW Power supply for modular chassis
• Designed for APJC Customers
• Suitable PSU for N+N Grid Redundancy across all modular chassis
• Designed for grid redundancy with dual inputs (from 2 grids) on same PSU
• Voltage range:
• AC – 180v to 305v
• DC – 192v to 400v (Doesn’t support DC range from -48v to -60v)

FCS Target Release : 6.3.2 ( 1HCY18)

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Cisco NCS 5500 Features & Scale
NCS-5500 Solution Roadmap & Score Card
6.3.1 & 6.3.2
1H CY17 1H CY18 CY18 & Onwards

SP Data Center MPLS LSR, EVPN/SR, EVPN/SR vxLAN/DC Gateway,

MACSec, IPoDWDM New HW Platforms New HW Platforms

MPLS IPv4/v6, LSR, TI-LFA, LDPoTE,

SP Core BFD Echo, v6 SR, New HW
MPLS/TE, PIM-SM/SSM, IP-FRR/Remote LFA
Platform
IPoDWDM BFD MH, mVPN Core

SP Agg VPWS, P2MP EVPN,

L2 MCAST PIC Edge, mVPN, P2MP TE
L3VPN, VPLS

SP Peering Scale ACL/Classmap, LPTS,

Lawful Intercept BGP FlowSpec, QPPB
Storm Control

SP Access VPWS EVPN, TWAMP, Eth OAM, MEF, Y.1564, Timing,

Fixed 5501/5502 Y.1731, Timing, L2 MCAST PW Red, REP-AG

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Base Hardware Scalability
Can handle IPv4/v6 Internet Table with comfortable growth margin

Hardware LEM LPM

NCS 5501
NCS 5502
750k entries
36 x 100G shared between: 256k-350k entries
36 x 40G (18H18F) MPLS labels, shared between
MAC addresses, IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes,
36 x 100G MACsec IPv4/32 (default) & Optionally Multicast Groups
IPv4 /24, /23 & /20
6x 200G IPoDWDM

NCS-55A1-36H

NCS-55A1-24H 750K 1.0M – 1.3M

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Scale Hardware Scalability

Hardware LEM LPM eTCAM

NCS 5501-SE 750k entries 64k-160k

shared between: shared between: Up to 2M
NCS 5502-SE MPLS labels, IPv6 prefixes shared between:
MAC addresses, (except /48), IPv4 prefixes
24 x 100G-SE

24H12F-SE
IPv4/32 &
IPv6/48
V4 Multicast
Groups + (non /32)

NCS-55A1-36H-SE
750K 64k-160k Up to 4M
NC55-36X100G-A-SE

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IOS-XR Innovations
Why XR ??
Cloud Scale networking operations with XR
• Most advanced dominant & well-known OS in the core/WAN space
• Strong MPLS, SR & EVPN feature support
• Scalable & extensible software with open interfaces
• Evolved programmability with model driven operations & common APIs
• Ability to run (host) 3rd party off the shelf apps built with Linux tool chains
• Run apps inside LXC containers with 64-bit Linux host
• Streaming telemetry with software modularity

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IOS-XR operational enhancements

Visibility & • Operational Data, Deep analytical hooks

Telemetry • Policy-based, flexible, Push Model

• Data accessible via published model driven interfaces

Evolved
• Machine friendly
Programmability • Enables automation @ scale

Application • Ability to run 3rd party off the shelf applications built with Linux tool chains
Hosting • Run custom applications inside an LXC container on the 64-bit Linux host

• Packages can be inspected on box using standard tool chain (RPM tools)
Flexible Platform
• Automated package dependency checkers
and Packaging • Open Bootloaders (iPXE) and end-to-end auto-provision

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Cisco BGP SR/EVPN Fabric
Compute and storage

Hosts DC Core Agg

Data center fabric

Single SDN-enabling A fabric solution based on Ethernet VPN

forwarding paradigm
SR –IP/ MPLS Based

and Segment Routing

No reclassification at boundary point
Fabric (w/ eVPN)

Lean and simple A unified end-to-end fabric based on SR

Label-based -IP/MPLS & EVPN
Multi-Tenant
Provides common operation models
Internet
Core /
backbone
Internet Common Operational across DC & WAN with IOS-XR
models Segment Routing provides End-to-End
IOS-XR
unified transport
Common Capabilities
EVPN control plane minimizes flooding
Model-driven operations and facilitates learning
Consistent data model
Common API’s

Data center fabric

Compute and storage

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 EVPN
BGP/SR/EVPN SP Fabric Overlay Spine
SR Transport
(underlay)

A fabric solution based on EVPN and

Segment Routing Leaf

• Segment Routing provides End-to-End

A/A
seamless transport (IP Fabric (SRv6*) Multihoming

based or MPLS based)

• EVPN control plane minimizes flooding
and facilitates learning

SR EVPN IOS-XR
- Explicit Path Control - MPBGP for MAC/IP Distribution - Modular & extensible software
- Full path programmability - No Pseudowires - Automation @ scale
- TE based on application needs - Standardized Multivendor soln - Visibility & Telemetry
- Strong MPLS & SR support

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 For Reference

Segment Routing
Segment Routing builds the forwarding plane and provides:

Enables end-to-end policy aware architecture

Tight application-network interaction
Simplified traffic engineering
Efficient data path
Operational simplicity
Full path programmability

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 For Reference

EVPN
EVPN builds BGP control-plane for Ethernet Segment and MAC
distribution:
Common control plane for L2, L3 & IRB
Per flow redundancy and load balancing
All active multi-homing
Workload mobility
Fast convergence
Standard based multi-vendor solution

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EVPN - End-to-End Control-Plane
Common EVPN Control Plane based on BGP: EVPN, PBB-EVPN, EVPN-VPWS
Evolution:
SR (IP/MPLS) IP,MPLS,VXLAN IP,MPLS,SR,VXLAN

Data Center Network

Service Provider Network overlap
NCS5500

Leaf
ASR9K ASR9K VM
NCS5500

Spine Spine
PE1 DCI

Leaf
VM
A1 Access/Agg WAN/Core
ASR 9k

Leaf
NCS5500
PE2 DCI VM

ASR9K ASR9K

Existing Solution: L2/L3VPN (BGP,T-LDP) - VPLS, EoMPLS VPLS Trill etc

IP, IGP, MPLS (LDP), RSVP-TE, BGP-LU IP, MPLS, L2 L2, STP, VLAN

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Network Design Options & Examples
Why Leaf & Spine Clos Fabric?
Most popular & simple design which is easy to change without
disrupting the entire network

• Need more host ports? → Add more leaf nodes

• Need more bandwidth? → Add more links and spines

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Fabric Architecture Evolution
Spine aggregates the leaves and Super Spine aggregates multiple Clos Fabrics

Super High bandwidth Fabric

Spine
Multiple Spines 100G Links
Redundancy Model

Spine Low Power per port requirement

Wider Spine 40/50G -100G Links

Leaf
10G - 25G Servers
Higher Scale Compute

Significant evolution motivated by cloud computing application characteristics

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 NCS 5000 / 5500 in SPDC Space
Leaf, Spine & Super Spine Options

 Low / medium buffer requirement  NCS 5000 Hosts DC Core Agg

 High buffer requirement  NCS 5500 Super Spine

NCS 5502/55A1/
5504/8

Spine
NCS 5000 / 5500 as an option for SPDC NCS 5011,
5502/4, 55A1

• XR / SR / MPLS enabled SPDC fabric

• Low power / Low per port cost
• Medium / High Scale & buffer
• SR / MPLS Transport & eVPN CP
• High 100G Density in ToR
• Minimal L2 / VXLAN requirement
• L2/L3 VPN , Routing scale
Leaf
NCS5001/2,5501/2

SR/MPLS Enabled SPDC Architectures for TOR / Spine / Super Spine

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Example: 288-864 10G access Ports (55A1/5501)
10G Access and 100G Fabric / Core Highlights:
288 - 864 Ports Example
Design Flexibility
Max ports 1152
100G
• Can expand to up to 1152 ports with higher
oversubscription ratios
100G
CORE 288 Ports 2 x 55A1-24H & 6 x 5501
Linerate

NCS55A1-24H
NCS55A1-24H
Architectural Flexibility
• Choose between base or scale hardware versions
• SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
•
1.2:1

NCS5501 NCS5501 NCS5501 End to End fabric with SR/EVPN

Cisco Differentiation
• Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
• Optional Macsec support available
• Can support Scale Range of 1M – 5M
 2 – 4 x NCS 55A1-24H / 55A1-26H
 6 - 18 x NCS 5501
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10G Servers
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Example: 288-864 10G access Ports (55A1/5501)
10G Access and 100G Fabric / Core
Highlights:
288 - 864 Ports Example
Design Flexibility
Max ports 1152
100G • Can expand to up to 1152 ports with higher
oversubscription ratios
100G
CORE 432 Ports 2 x 55A1-36H & 9 x 5501
Linerate

NCS55A1-36H
NCS55A1-24H NCS55A1-24H
NCS55A1-36H

Architectural Flexibility
• Choose between base or scale hardware versions
•
1.2:1

NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501 NCS5501
SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
• End to End fabric with SR/EVPN
Cisco Differentiation
• Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
• Optional Macsec support available
 2 – 4 x NCS 55A1-24H / 55A1-26H
 6 - 18 x NCS 5501
• Can support Scale Range of 1M – 5M
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10G Servers
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Example: 288-864 10G access Ports (55A1/5501)
10G Access and 100G Fabric / Core
Highlights:
288 - 864 Ports Example
Design Flexibility
Max ports 1152
100G • Can expand to up to 1152 ports with higher
oversubscription ratios
100G
CORE 576 Ports 4 x 55A1-24H & 12 x 5501
Linerate

NCS55A1-24H NCS55A1-36H
NCS55A1-24H
NCS55A1-24H NCS55A1-24H
NCS55A1-36H
NCS55A1-24H NCS55A1-24H
Architectural Flexibility
• Choose between base or scale hardware versions
1 x 100 G

• SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric

•
1.2:1

NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501 End to End fabric with SR/EVPN
Cisco Differentiation
• Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
• Optional Macsec support available
• Can support Scale Range of 1M – 5M
 2 – 4 x NCS 55A1-24H / 55A1-26H
 6 - 18 x NCS 5501
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10G Servers
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Example: 288-864 10G access Ports (55A1/5501)
10G Access and 100G Fabric / Core
Highlights:
288 - 864 Ports Example
Design Flexibility
Max ports 1152
100G • Can expand to up to 1152 ports with higher
oversubscription ratios
100G
CORE 288 Ports 2 x 55A1-24H & 6 x 5501
432 Ports 2 x 55A1-36H & 9 x 5501
Linerate

NCS55A1-36H
NCS55A1-24H NCS55A1-36H
NCS55A1-24H
NCS55A1-24H NCS55A1-24H
NCS55A1-36H
NCS55A1-36H
NCS55A1-24H NCS55A1-36H
NCS55A1-24H

576 Ports 4 x 55A1-24H & 12 x 5501

1 x 100 G
1 x 100 G

864 Ports 4 x 55A1-36H & 18 x 5501

1.2:1

NCS5501
NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501
NCS5501 Architectural Flexibility
• Choose between base or scale hardware versions
• SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
• End to End fabric with SR/EVPN
Cisco Differentiation
 2 – 4 x NCS 55A1-24H / 55A1-26H
 6 - 18 x NCS 5501
• Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics • Optional Macsec support available
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10G Servers • Can support Scale Range of 1M – 5M
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10G Access and 100G Fabric / Core
576 - 1152 Ports Example
Max ports 1728 Highlights:
100G
Design Flexibility
• Can expand to up to 1728 ports with higher
100G CORE oversubscription ratios
Linerate

NCS5502 NCS5502 576 Ports 2 x 5502 & 12 x 5501

Architectural Flexibility
1.2:1

NCS5501 NCS5501 NCS5501

• Choose between base or scale hardware versions
• SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
Cisco Differentiation
• Proven, Feature-rich and flexible IOS-XR
 2 – 4 x NCS 5502 • Very mature SR, MPLS and EVPN Feature sets
 12 -24 x NCS 5501 • End to End fabric with SR/EVPN
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics
• Can support Scale Range of 1M – 3M
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10G Servers
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Example:576-1152 10G access Ports (5501/5502)
10G Access and 100G Fabric / Core
576 - 1152 Ports Example
Max ports 1728 Highlights:
100G
Design Flexibility
• Can expand to up to 1728 ports with higher
100G CORE oversubscription ratios
576 Ports 2 x 5502 & 12 x 5501
Linerate

NCS5502 NCS5502
NCS5502 NCS5502
NCS5502 NCS5502

1152 Ports 4 x 5502 & 24 x 5501

1 x 100 G

Architectural Flexibility
1.2:1

NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501
• Choose between base or scale hardware versions
• SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
Cisco Differentiation
• Proven, Feature-rich and flexible IOS-XR
 2 – 4 x NCS 5502 • Very mature SR, MPLS and EVPN Feature sets
 12 -24 x NCS 5501 • End to End fabric with SR/EVPN
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics
• Can support Scale Range of 1M – 3M
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10G Servers
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 Example: 2880 -11520 10G Access Ports
100G Fabric and 100G Core
Highlights:
100G
• Build large scalable fabrics with NCS 5504 & 5508
100G

CORE
2880 Ports 1.2:1 2 x 5504 + 60 x 5501

6:1
NCS5504 NCS5504

• Fully redundant & highly available fabric with Dual RPs

1.2:1
NCS5501 NCS5501
• Architectural Flexibility
NCS5501
• SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
N2248PQ
• Choice of Base or Scale Line Cards
• Macsec & Timing Support
• Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
 2 x NCS 5504/8 with 4/8 *36x100G line Cards • Cisco Differentiation
 60 - 240 x NCS 5501 • Proven, Feature-rich and flexible IOS-XR
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics • End to End fabric with SR/EVPN
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10GServers

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 Example: 2880 -11520 10G Access Ports
100G Fabric and 100G Core
Highlights:
100G
• Build large scalable fabrics with NCS 5504 & 5508
100G

CORE

5760 Ports 2.4 :1 2 x 5504 + 120 x 5501

6:1
6:1
NCS5504 NCS5504
NCS5504 NCS5504

• Fully redundant & highly available fabric with Dual RPs

1.2:1
• Architectural Flexibility

2.4:1
NCS5501 NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501 NCS5501
• SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
N2248PQ
• Choice of Base or Scale Line Cards
• Macsec & Timing Support
• Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
 2 x NCS 5504/8 with 4/8 *36x100G line Cards • Cisco Differentiation
 60 - 240 x NCS 5501 • Proven, Feature-rich and flexible IOS-XR
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics
• End to End fabric with SR/EVPN
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10GServers

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 Example: 2880 -11520 10G Access Ports
100G Fabric and 100G Core
Highlights:
100G • Build large scalable fabrics with NCS 5504 & 5508
100G

CORE
5760 Ports 1.2:1 2 x 5508 + 120 x 5501

6:1
NCS5504

6:1
NCS5504

6:1
NCS5504 NCS5504
NCS5508
NCS5504 NCS5508
NCS5504

• Fully redundant & highly available fabric with Dual RPs

• Architectural Flexibility

1.2:1
• SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric

1.2:1
3:1
NCS5501 NCS5501

3:1
NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501
• Choice of Base or Scale Line Cards
N2248PQ • Macsec & Timing Support
• Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
• Cisco Differentiation
 2 x NCS 5504/8 with 4/8 *36x100G line Cards
• Proven, Feature-rich and flexible IOS-XR
 60 - 240 x NCS 5501
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics
• End to End fabric with SR/EVPN
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10GServers

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 Example: 2880 -11520 10G Access Ports
100G Fabric and 100G Core
Highlights:
100G • Build large scalable fabrics with NCS 5504 & 5508
2880 Ports 1.2:1 2 x 5504 + 60 x 5501
100G

CORE
5760 Ports 2.4:1 2 x 5504 + 120 x 5501

6:1
6:1
6:1
NCS5504 NCS5504
NCS5504
NCS5508 NCS5504
NCS5508
NCS5508
NCS5508
5760 Ports 1.2:1 2 x 5508 + 120 x 5501

11520 Ports 2.4:1 2 x 5508 + 240 x 5501

1.2:1
2.4:1
1.2:1
2.4:1
NCS5501 NCS5501
•
NCS5501
NCS5501
NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501
NCS5501 Fully redundant & highly available fabric with Dual RPs
• Architectural Flexibility
N2248PQ
• SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
• Choice of Base or Scale Line Cards
• Macsec & Timing Support
 2 x NCS 5504/8 with 4/8 *36x100G line Cards
 60 - 240 x NCS 5501 • Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
 SFP+ / QSFP+ / QSFP28 Optics • Cisco Differentiation
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10GServers • Proven, Feature-rich and flexible IOS-XR
• End to End fabric with
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 Scaling Out with NCS 5516
100G Fabric and 100G Core 100G

100G
Highlights: CORE
• Build very large scalable DC fabrics
• 23000+ 10G ports with 2.4:1 Oversubscription

6:1
NCS5516 NCS5516
• 11500+ 10G ports with 1.2:1 Oversubscription
• Fully redundant & highly available fabric with Dual RPs
• Architectural Flexibility

1.2:1
NCS5501 NCS5501
•
NCS5501
SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
• Choice of Base or Scale Line Cards
• Macsec & Timing Support
• Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
 2 x Nexus 7718 Switches
• Cisco Differentiation
 2x 14
NCS 5516 with
x F3-40G & 216x *F3-100G
36x100G Line
per Cards
N7718
• Proven, Feature-rich and flexible IOS-XR  240
 336
x NCS 5501 Switches
x N5672
• End to End fabric with SR/EVPN  SFP+
 BiDi
/ QSFP+
Optics / QSFP28 Optics
 Single or Dual Homed 1/10GServers

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 Scaling Out with NCS 5516
100G Fabric and 100G Core 100G
100G

100G
Highlights: CORE
• Build very large scalable DC fabrics
• 23000+ 10G ports with 2.4:1 Oversubscription

6:1
NCS5516
NCS5516
NCS5516
NCS5516
• 11500+ 10G ports with 1.2:1 Oversubscription
• Fully redundant & highly available fabric with Dual RPs
• Architectural Flexibility

2.4:1
1.2:1
NCS5501
NCS5501 NCS5501
NCS5501
•
NCS5501
NCS5501
SR/MPLS/EVPN Based or Fully L3 based fabric
• Choice of Base or Scale Line Cards
• Macsec & Timing Support
• Can use 24/36H for leafs with 10/25G Breakouts
 2 x Nexus 7718 Switches
• Cisco Differentiation

 22xx NCS
NCS
14 5516
5516 with
& 216
with
x F3-40G 16x **F3-100G
36x100G
36x100G Line
Line
per Cards
Cards
N7718
• Proven, Feature-rich and flexible IOS-XR 
 480
 336
240 xx NCS
NCS 5501
5501 Switches
x N5672
• End to End fabric with SR/EVPN 
 SFP+
 BiDi
SFP+ // QSFP+
Optics // QSFP28
QSFP+ QSFP28 Optics
Optics

 Single
Single or
or Dual
Dual Homed
Homed 1/10GServers
1/10GServers

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Data Center Interconnect Design
Data Center Interconnect – Option 1
Simplify your DC interconnect with NCS5500 Coherent line card
Encoding Reach
100G QPSK 4200 km

150G 8QAM 1800 km

200G 16QAM 1000 km

Distance up to 4000+ Kms

MACsec Security

• NCS 5500 6 x 200G Coherent line card provides convenient option for long distance links
• 1.2 Tbps of line rate performance, Colored optics & Tunable DWDM, pluggable CFP2
• Link security with optional MACsec feature
• Could interop with line system from different vendors
• Can Regen with NCS2K for distances longer than 4200 kms
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Data Center Interconnect – Option 2
Interconnect DCs for Cloud Scale - NCS 5500 to NCS1k & regen with NCS2K

NCS 5500
with 36x100G
NCS 5500
Line Card
with 36x100G
Line Card

• Regen with NCS2K as needed

• Recommended Solution for very long distances & High Capacity DCI
• Maximize the DCI Capacity with NCS1002 – 2Tbps in 2RU form Factor

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Data Center Interconnect – Option 3
Interconnect DCs for Cloud Scale - NCS 5500 with Grey Optics to NCS1k

NCS 5500
End to End XR with 36x100G
NCS 5500
Line Card
with 36x100G
Line Card

• Simplify the Transport layer with end to end XR

• All the XR benefits such as RPM Packaging, Telemetry, Automation etc
• Recommended Solution for very long distances & High Capacity DCI
• Maximize the DCI Capacity with NCS1002 – 2Tbps in 2RU form Factor
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Conclusion and References
Colt Selects Cisco for 100Gbps Packet Network Upgrade to
Deliver Cloud-Scale Digital Services
• COLT selects Cisco for system-wide 100Gbps upgrade to Pan-European and
Asian network
• Goal is to rapidly deliver high performance connectivity at cloud scale to
COLTs customers
• Cisco NCS 5500 together with ASR9K platforms will form main components of
end-to-end IOS-XR network with SR .
• End-to-end SR technology to simplify and automate network operation and
significantly reduce operating costs
• COLTs network infrastructure provides connectivity to 680 DCs across the
world and more 24,000 on-net buildings

Public Reference: https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?articleId=1810193

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"We are focused on providing customers with
world-class, high-bandwidth connectivity services.
Our investment in Cisco not only delivers 100Gbps
connectivity; we are able to automate the provision
of services to meet the exacting demands of our
customers and enable businesses of all sizes to
future-proof their connectivity.”
Rajiv Datta, CTO, Colt
Public Reference: https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?articleId=1810193
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References
• NCS 5500 Modular Platform Architecture
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/routers/network-convergence-system-5500-series/ncs5500-modular-platform-
architecture-white-paper.pdf

• NCS 5500 Fixed Platform Architecture

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/routers/network-convergence-system-5500-series/ncs5500-fixed-platform-
architecture-white-paper.pdf

• NCS 5000 & NCS 5500 Product Data Sheets

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/network-convergence-system-5500-series/datasheet-listing.html (NCS 5500)
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/network-convergence-system-5000-series/datasheet-listing.html (NCS 5000)

• NCS 5500 Supported Optics

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/routers/network-convergence-system-5500-series/fretta-optics-compatibility-
matrix.pdf

• Cisco Segment Routing

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/cloud-scale-networking-solutions/segment-routing.html

• Cloud Scale Networking with IOS-XR

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/cloud-scale-networking-solutions/index.html

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 Conclusion
Industry Leadership with Cloud Scale Networking
INDUSTRY
LEADERSHIP

CONTINUED
INNOVATION

INVESTMENT
PROTECTION
24x100G SE LC NCS 5516 NC55-MOD
36 x 100G NCS 5504 MOD LC
18H18F LC
MACSEC LC 36x100G SE LC MPAs Future
NCS 5001 / 5002 NCS 5501 / SE
6 x 200G NCS-55A1-24H / 36H Dual Input Platforms
NCS 5508 NCS 5502 / SE
NCS 5011 IPoDWDM LC RP-E HVDC PSU & Densities
36 X 100G LC 24H12F SE LC

2H 1H 2H 1H 2H 1H
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