Description

Cisco Packet Services Card 2 control processor

The PSC2 provides increased aggregate throughput and performance, and a higher number of subscriber sessions in comparison with the PSC or PSCA.

The PSC2 uses a faster network processor unit, featuring two quad-core x86 CPUs and 32 GB of RAM. These processors run a single copy of the operating system. The operating system running on the PSC2 treats the two dualcore processors as a 4-way multi-processor. The PSC2 has a dedicated security processor that provides high performance for cryptographic acceleration of next-generation IP Security (IPSec), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and wireless LAN/WAN security applications with the security algorithms.