Specifications

Interface Processor Installation and Configuration Guide

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Interface Processor Description

This section describes interface processors and includes the following information:

• Interface Processor Descriptions and Part Numbers, page 9

• LEDs, page 11

• Slot Locations in the Cisco 7000 and Cisco 7500 Series Routers, page 11

• Cables, page 14

• Specifications, page 15

Interface processors are modular, self-contained boards with one or more network interface connectors

between the system bus (inside Cisco 7000 series and Cisco 7500 series routers) and the network.

Interface processors have one network connection (see Figure 4). Versatile Interface Processors (VIPs)

support up to two network connections via the port adapters (see Figure 5). However, the focus of this

guide is interface processors.

For more information on second generation VIPs (VIP2s), refer to

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7505/vip1/vip2/index.htm. For more

information on fourth generation VIPs (VIP4s), refer to

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7505/vip1/vip4/index.htm.

Figure 4 Single-Port Interface Processor Example - High-Speed Serial Interface Processor Shown

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