Based on the Cisco Global Cloud Index, digitalization is projected to grow global data center and public/private cloud networks traffic. The Cisco NCS 5500 Series modular chassis provides a wide variety of combo line cards to address the customer's need to use flexible interfaces and port densities along with full bandwidth utilization of a forwarding ASIC. This line card is capable of advanced packet forwarding, segment routing, programmable network management, and telemetry along with the robust and mature features already present in 64-bit Cisco IOS XR Software. The Cisco NC55-24H12F line card provides 24 ports of 100G/40G and 12 ports of 40G ports for a total of 36 ports. 24 of the 36 ports can be upgraded to 100GE through a license on a per-port basis. This line card uses QSFP28/QSFP+ form factor transceivers and can be used in any of the NCS 5500 Series of modular chassis. This card is designed for scale-enhanced configuration needs with expanded FIB, QoS, ACL, and so on.