CHAPTER 2
Overview: Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router Shared
Port Adapters
This chapter describes the shared port adapters (SPAs) that are supported on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series
Aggregation Services Router and contains the following sections:
• SPA Summary, on page 9
• 2-Port Channelized OC-12/DS0 SPA Overview, on page 12
• 1-Port Channelized STM-16/OC-48 SPA Overview, on page 14
• 1-Port OC-48 POS RPR SPA Overview, on page 17
• 2-Port OC-48 POS RPR SPA Overview, on page 19
• 8-Port OC-12 STM-4 POS SPA Overview, on page 22
• 1-Port OC-192 STM-64 POS RPR XFP SPA Overview, on page 25
• 2-Port and 4-Port Clear Channel T3/E3 SPA Overview, on page 29
• 4-Port Channelized T3 to DS0 Overview, on page 31
• 8-Port Channelized T1/E1 SPA Overview, on page 33
• 1-Port Channelized STM-1/OC-3 SPA Overview, on page 35
• 4-Port OC-3/STM-1 POS SPA Overview, on page 38
• 8-Port OC-3/STM-1 POS SPA Overview, on page 41
• 1-Port Channelized OC-3 ATM CEoP SPA Overview, on page 44
• 1-Port and 3-Port Clear Channel OC-3 ATM SPA Overview, on page 46
• 1-Port Clear Channel OC-12 ATM SPA Overview, on page 48
• 2-Port OC-3 STM-1/OC-12 STM-4 POS SPA Overview, on page 50
• 4-Port OC-3 STM-1/OC-12 STM-4 POS SPA Overview, on page 53
• 4-Port OC-48/STM-16 POS/RPR SPA Overview, on page 56
• 2-Port Channelized T3/E3 ATM CEoP SPA Overview , on page 59
• 24-Port Channelized T1/E1/J1 CEoP SPA Overview , on page 61
• 4-Port Serial Interface SPA Overview, on page 66
SPA Summary
The following table shows the summary descriptions of the SPAs that are supported on the Cisco ASR 9000
Series Aggregation Services Router.
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