Description

Cisco NCS 5500 Series 18 Ports of 100GE and 18 Ports of 40GE Base Line Card Bundle – For Data Networking
Optical NetworkOptical Fiber100 Gigabit Ethernet
40 Gigabit Ethernet – 100GBase-X
40GBase-X36 x Expansion Slots – QSFP28
QSFP+ BASE

Based on the Cisco Global Cloud Index
digitalization is projected to grow global data center and public/private cloud network traffic more than 25 percent annually
resulting in a threefold increase by 2019. To help network providers meet these challenges
the Cisco® Network Convergence System 5500 Series is built with features such as extremely high port densities
deep packet buffering
and forwarding hardware optimized for these types of deployments.

The Cisco NCS 5500 Series modular chassis provides wide variety of combo line cards to address the customer’s need to use flexible interfaces and port densities along with full bandwidth utilization of the forwarding ASIC. The Cisco NCS 5500 Series also offers a cost-effective solution while being able to support up to a 1 million entries forwarding information base (FIB) scale on this base version of the line card. These line cards are capable of advanced packet forwarding
segment routing
programmable network management
and telemetry along with the robust and mature features already present in 64-bit Cisco IOS® XR Software.

The Cisco NC55-18H18F line card (Figure 1) provides 18 ports of 100G/40G and 18 ports of 40G ports for a total of 36 ports. Eighteen of the 36 ports can be upgraded to 100GE through a license on a per-port basis. This line card uses QSFP28/QSFP+ form factor transceivers and can be used in any of the NCS 5500 Series of modular chassis. This card is designed for base scale configuration needs and is supported starting with Cisco IOS XR Software Release 6.0.2.

Cisco IOS XR Software Overview

The Cisco NCS 5500 Series is powered by the industry-leading carrier-class 64-bit version of Cisco IOS XR Software designed on operational efficiency
optimized utilization
and service agility (evolved programmable network). Cisco IOS XR Software offers rich features such as iPXE boot
autoprovisioning
native support for thirdparty application hosting
machine-to-machine interface
telemetry
and flexible software package delivery. Product Type:Expansion Module
Network Technology:100GBase-X|40GBase-X
Ethernet Technology:40 Gigabit Ethernet|100 Gigabit Ethernet
Media Type Supported:Optical Fiber
Manufacturer Part Number:NC55-18H18F-BA
Manufacturer Website Address:http://www.cisco.com
Manufacturer:Cisco Systems
Inc
Product Model:NC55-18H18F
Product Name:NCS 5500 Series 18 Ports of 100GE and 18 Ports of 40GE Base Line Card Bundle
Expansion Slot Type:QSFP+|QSFP28
Number of Total Expansion Slots:36
Compatibility:NCS 5500 Series Modular Chassis
Weight (Approximate):14 lb
Height:1.7″
Width:16.9″
Depth:17.1″
Application/Usage:Optical Network|Data Networking