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Cisco XR 12000 Series Router SIP and SPA Hardware Installation Guide
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Overview: Cisco XR 12000 Series Router SPA
Interface Processors
This chapter describes the SPA interface processors (SIPs) that are supported on the Cisco XR 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 1-4
• Cisco XR 12000 SIP-600 Overview, page 1-4
• Cisco XR 12000 SIP-401 Overview, page 1-7
• Cisco XR 12000 SIP-501 Overview, page 1-11
• Cisco XR 12000 SIP-601 Overview, page 1-14
SIP and SPA Compatibility
Table 1-1 shows the SPAs that are supported on the Cisco XR 12000 Series Router and the SIPs that
support them:
Table 1-1 SIP and SPA Compatibility on the Cisco XR 12000 Series Router
SPA SIP 401 SIP 501 SIP 601 SIP 600
2-Port T3/E3 Serial SPA X X X
8-Port Channelized T1/E1 SPA X X X
4-Port Clear Channel T3/E3 SPA X X X
2-Port Channelized T3 SPA X X X
4-Port Channelized T3 SPA X X X
8-Port FastEthernet SPA X X X
1-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet SPA X X
2-Port Gigabit Ethernet SPA X X X
5-Port Gigabit Ethernet SPA X X X