Restrictions of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series nV Edge System
Restrictions of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series nV Edge System
These are some of the restrictions for the Cisco ASR 9000 nV Edge system:
• The Cisco ASR 9000 Ethernet line cards and Cisco A9K-SIP-700 line cards are not supported.
• Chassis types that are not similar cannot be connected to form an nV edge system.
• SFP-GE-S, GLC-SX-MMD, GLC-LH-SMD, GLC-T GLC-ZX-SMD, and GLC-EX-SMD are the Cisco
• TenGigE SFPs are not supported on EOBC ports.
• The nV Edge control plane links have to be direct physical connections and no network or intermediate
• The nV Edge system does not support mixed speed IRLs.
• No support for ISM or VSM.
• Rack-by-Rack upgrade is not compatible with the Management LAN Split Brain detection feature. This
• Auto-FPD is not enabled by the script by default. This should be enabled prior to this upgrade.
• Any install operations in progress need to be completed prior to the Rack-by-Rack upgrade.
• ISSU is not supported on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series nV Edge System even for SMU activation.
Restrictions of the Cisco ASR 9001 Series nV Edge System
Note
The restrictions of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series nV Edge System also apply to Cisco ASR 9001 Series nV
Edge System.
• These commands are not supported when the Cisco ASR 9001 Series Router is used as the nV Edge
Implementing a Cisco ASR 9000 Series nV Edge System
This section explains the implementation of Cisco ASR 9000 Series nV Edge System.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router nV System Configuration Guide, Release 5.3.x
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supported SFPs that are allowed for all EOBC links.
routing or switching devices are allowed in between.
feature should be disabled prior to this upgrade.
System:
◦ admin nv edge data allowunsup
◦ admin nv edge data slowstart
◦ admin nv edge data stopudld
◦ admin nv edge data udldpriority
◦ admin nv edge data udldttltomsg
Configuring the nV Edge System on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router