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Cisco 7600 Series Router SIP, SSC, and SPA Hardware Installation Guide
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Overview: Cisco 7600 Series SIPs
This chapter describes the SPA interface processors (SIPs) that are supported on the Cisco 7600 series
routers and contains the following sections:
• SIP Summary, page 2-1
• Identifying Slots and Subslots for SIPs and SPAs, page 2-2
• Cisco 7600 SIP-200 Overview, page 2-5
• Cisco 7600 SIP-400 Overview, page 2-8
• Cisco 7600 SIP-600 Overview, page 2-10
• Cisco 7600 SSC-400 Overview, page 2-12
SIP Summary
Summary descriptions of the SIPs that are supported on the Cisco 7600 series routers are shown in
Table 2-1.
Note The Description column indicates the aggregate bandwidth supported by the SIP across all subslots—not
per SPA subslot.
Table 2-1 SIP Summary
SIP Product Number Description
Maximum
Number of
SPAs
Minimum Cisco
IOS Release
Cisco 7600 SIP-200 7600-SIP-200 622-Mbps SPA interface
processor
4 12.2(18)SXE
Cisco 7600 SIP-400 7600-SIP-400 2.5-Gbps SPA interface
processor
4 12.2(18)SXE
Cisco 7600 SIP-600 7600-SIP-600 1 x 10-Gbps SPA Interface
Processor
1 12.2(18)SXF
Cisco 7600 SSC-400 7600-SSC-400 SPA services carrier 2 12.2(18)SXE2