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Cisco 12000 Series Router SIP and SPA Hardware Installation Guide
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Overview: Cisco 12000 Series Router SPA
Interface Processors
Release 12.0(32)SY1, OL-8831-01, Rev. G6, July 19, 2007
This chapter describes the SPA interface processors (SIPs) that are supported on the Cisco 12000 series
router and contains the following sections:
• SIP and SPA Compatibility, page 1-1
• Router Hardware Installation, page 1-2
• SIP Software and Hardware Compatibility, page 1-3
• Cisco 12000 SIP-400 Overview, page 1-4
• Cisco 12000 SIP-600 Overview, page 1-8
• Cisco 12000 SIP-401 Overview, page 1-11
• Cisco 12000 SIP-501 Overview, page 1-14
• Cisco 12000 SIP-601 Overview, page 1-18
SIP and SPA Compatibility
Table 1-1 shows the SPAs that are supported on the Cisco 12000 series router and the SIPs that support
them:
Table 1-1 SIP and SPA Compatibility on the Cisco 12000 Series Router
SIP Type
SPA 2.5G ISE SIP 2.5G SIP 5G SIP 10G SIP
2-Port T3/E3 Serial SPA XXXX
8-Port Channelized T1/E1 SPA X X X
4-Port Clear Channel T3/E3 SPA XXXX
2-Port Channelized T3 SPA XXXX
4-Port Channelized T3 SPA XXXX
8-Port FastEthernet SPA X X X
2-Port Gigabit Ethernet SPA X X X