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NCS 5500 Series Fixed-Port Router Overview
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NCS 5500 Series Fixed-Port Routers, page 1
NCS 5500 Series Fixed-Port Routers
The Cisco NCS 5500 series fixed-port routers include:
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NCS 5501 chassis: It is a fixed port, high density, one rack unit form-factor router that supports port
density of 48 x SFP/SFP+ ports, each capable of supporting one Gigabit Ethernet or 10 Gigabit Ethernet
and 6 x QSFP+/QSFP28 ports, each capable of supporting 10 Gigabit Ethernet (via cable breakout), 40
Gigabit Ethernet or 100 Gigabit Ethernet transceivers.
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NCS 5501 SE chassis: It is a fixed port, high density, one rack unit form-factor router that supports 40
x SFP/SFP+ ports, each capable of supporting one Gigabit Ethernet or 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 4 x
QSFP+/QSFP28 ports each, capable of supporting 10 Gigabit Ethernet (via cable breakout), 40 Gigabit
Ethernet, or 100 Gigabit Ethernet transceivers. The router can support 24 x DWDM SFP+ ports. The
router has additional TCAM to support large prefix scale.
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NCS 55A1-36H chassis: It is a fixed port, high density, one rack unit form-factor router that supports
port density of 36 x QSFP ports, each capable of supporting 10 GE (via cable breakout), 25 GE (via
cable breakout), 40 GE (QSFP+), or 100 GE (QSFP28) transceivers.
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NCS 55A1-24H chassis: It is a fixed port, high density, one rack unit form-factor router that supports
port density of 24 x QSFP ports, each capable of supporting 10 GE (via cable breakout), 25 GE (via
cable breakout), 40 GE (QSFP+), or 100 GE (QSFP28) transceivers.
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NCS 5502 chassis: It is a fixed port, high density, two rack unit form-factor router that supports 48 QSFP
ports, each of which is capable of supporting 10 GE (via cable breakout), 40 GE, or 100 GE transceivers.
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NCS 5502 SE chassis: It is a fixed port, high density, two rack unit form-factor router that supports 48
QSFP ports, each of which is capable of supporting 10 GE (via cable breakout), 40 GE, or 100 GE
transceivers. The router has additional TCAM to support large prefix scale.
Hardware Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 5500 Series Fixed-Port Routers
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