CISCO ASR5K-00-HWXXSREC ASR 5000 Series

ASR5K-00-HWXXSREC: hardware-name ambiguity review

ASR5K-00-HWXXSREC is retained as an exact Cisco ASR 5000 / StarOS order code. Cisco's public lifecycle notice establishes the product-family boundary but does not expand this exact PID, so this page does not invent a feature, capacity, interface or delivery class.

Accountable decision

The configuration-control board owns the review. The evidence package consists of Cisco-backed item class, entitlement inventory, bill of materials and receiving photographs if physical delivery is alleged. Do not classify the line as hardware merely because HW appears in the PID; the exact Cisco description decides item class.

Quotation requirements

Ask Cisco or an authorized source to state the exact item description, whether it is software or physical material, licensed feature and capacity if applicable, supported ASR platform and StarOS release, fulfillment method, account destination, support status and lifecycle. Store that response with the order and activation evidence.

Acceptance boundary

Do not rely on a neighboring PID, a decoded abbreviation or a historical catalogue label. If exact evidence is unavailable, keep the line unresolved and out of the production baseline rather than assigning an assumed purpose. Chassis, cards, optics, cables, installation and migration services are not included unless the approved Cisco description explicitly identifies them.

Official family reference: Cisco ASR 5500 software lifecycle announcement.