Service providers face the challenge of scaling their public and private packet infrastructure control planes to meet the ever-growing demands of global IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) connectivity and service availability. The Cisco Performance Route Processor-1 is the next generation route processor for the Cisco 12000 Series. It delivers state-of-the-art technology to address the unique route processing requirements of carrier-grade IP and MPLS packet infrastructures.This product is a Redundant PRP-1 upgrade option.