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Network Convergence System 5500 Series
The Network Convergence System (NCS) 5500 Series offers industry-leading density of routed 100 GE ports for high-scale WAN aggregation. It is designed to efficiently scale between data centers and large enterprise, web, and service provider WAN and aggregation networks.
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High Performance and High Capacity
Get up to 288 100-Gbps ports at up to 28 Tbps in one-third of a rack.
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Redundancy
The NCS 5500 Series offers redundant route processors, fabric, and power.
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Low Power Consumption
The NCS 5500 Series uses only approximately 0.3 watt per 1 Gbps.
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WAN Aggregation Solution
This programmable, dense, high-capacity, and modular series runs the latest version of Cisco IOS XR Software and supports segment routing, advanced forwarding feature sets, and programmable network management.