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Cisco 10000 Series Router Line Card Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 11 1-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card Overview
Software and Hardware Compatibility
The 1-port Gigabit Ethernet line card provides:
• A trunk uplink to the core for Gigabit Ethernet aggregation
• The Cisco 10000 system with an IEEE 802.3z-compliant Ethernet interface running at 1 Gbps in
full-duplex mode
The Cisco 10000 system supports multiple Gigabit Ethernet line cards to support connectivity to
multiple destinations and for redundant and fault-tolerant configurations.
The port uses a Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) that supports Gigabit Ethernet rates on a variety of
Gigabit Ethernet interface types (SX, LH/LX, ZX) which you can change or upgrade at any time (see
Table 11-5).
If you are a registered Cisco.com user, see Feature Navigator for supported features.
Software and Hardware Compatibility
To check the minimum software requirements of Cisco IOS software with the hardware installed on your
router, Cisco maintains the Software Advisor tool on Cisco.com. This tool does not verify whether line
cards within a system are compatible, but does provide the minimum Cisco IOS requirements for
individual hardware line cards, modules, or options.
Note Access to this tool is limited to users with Cisco.com login accounts.
To access Software Advisor, click Login at Cisco.com, type Software Advisor in the SEARCH box, and
click Go. Click the link for the Software Advisor tool.
Choose a product family or enter a specific product number to search for the minimum supported
software release needed for your hardware.
Line Card, Router, and Processor Compatibility
Table 11-2 lists router model, line card, and processor compatibility.
Note When using the PRE or PRE-1 with the 1-port Gigabit Ethernet line card, the traffic line rate is frame
size 70 and above.
Table 11-2 Line Card, Router, and Processor Compatibility
Line Card Cisco 10008 Cisco 10005 PRE-3 PRE-2 PRE-1 PRE
1-port Gigabit Ethernet line card Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No