ASR1000-ESP200-X Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processor X Control processor

ASR1000-ESP200-X Overview

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processor X Control processor. ThisCisco ASR 1000 Series ESPs are responsible for the data-plane processing tasks, and all network traffic flows through them. The modules perform all baseline packet routing operations, including MAC classification, Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, Quality-of-Service (QoS) classification, policing and shaping, security access control lists (ACLs), VPNs, load balancing, and NetFlow. They are also responsible for features such as firewalls, intrusion prevention, Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR), Network Address Translation (NAT), and Cisco IOS flexible pattern matching.