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Cisco 7200 Series Port Adapter Hardware Configuration Guidelines
OL-3875-11
Preface
Document Revision History
The Document Revision History below, beginning with Online Part number OL-3875-05, records
technical changes to this document.
Introduction
This document explains the port adapter hardware configuration guidelines for Cisco 7200 series
routers. The Cisco 7200 series routers include the:
• 2-slot Cisco 7202
• 4-slot Cisco 7204
• 4-slot Cisco 7204VXR
• 6-slot Cisco 7206
• 6-slot Cisco 7206VXR
This document includes brief explanations of Cisco 7200 series architecture, port adapter bandwidth
allocations, port adapter slot numbering, and memory requirements.
Note The Cisco 7206 and the Cisco 7206VXR can be used as router shelves in a Cisco AS5800 Universal
Access Server. References to Cisco 7200 series routers in this document include the Cisco 7206 and
Cisco 7206VXR router shelves, unless indicated otherwise.
Revision Date Change Summary
OL-3875-11 July, 2007 Adding PA-TE/E3-EC information.
OL-3875-10 December, 2006 Adding PA-MC-TE-EC information.
OL-3875-09 October, 2006 Adding VPN Service Adapter (VSA) information.
OL-3875-08 May, 2006 Adding NPE-G2 information.
OL-3875-07 March, 2006 Adding Port Adapter Jacket Card information.
OL-3875-06 February, 2006 Adding network processing engine support information
for the PA-GE.
OL-3875-05 February, 2005 Adding PA-POS-1OC3 and SA-VAM2+ information.