How many Packet Service Cards are located in a fully loaded Cisco ASR 5000 chassis?

Question

Options

• A8
• B14
• C16
• D24

• A
  5% (2)
• B
  85% (34)
• C
  8% (3)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

A fully loaded Cisco ASR 5000 chassis supports 14 Packet Service Cards (PSCs) because, while the chassis contains 16 total application card slots, 2 of those slots are reserved for the System Management Cards (SMCs) - one active and one redundant - leaving exactly 14 slots available for PSCs.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (8): This represents roughly half the available PSC capacity and doesn't correspond to any defined ASR 5000 configuration; it may be confused with a smaller platform or a single-side slot count.
• C (16): This is the total number of application card slots in the chassis - a common trap, since 16 is a real number in the platform but includes the 2 SMC slots.
• D (24): This exceeds the physical slot capacity of the ASR 5000 chassis entirely and likely reflects confusion with a different or larger platform.

Memory tip: Think "16 minus 2 = 14" - start with the 16 total application slots, subtract the 2 mandatory SMC slots (active + standby), and you land on 14 PSCs for traffic processing.

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