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Cisco 10000 Series Routers Line Card Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 4 4-Port Channelized T3 Half-Height Line Card Overview
Software and Hardware Compatibility
The 4-port channelized T3 half-height line card provides the Cisco 10000 router with four DS3 ports of
high-density T3 service. The 4-port channelized T3 half-height line card provides the following features:
• Supports full line rate transfers of packet sizes from 64 bytes to 8000 bytes
• Supports 256 serial data channels for the first three ports, and 255 serial data channels for the last
port, or 1023 channels per half-height module
• The 256 (255) serial data channels per port are configurable up to:
– 1 DS3 interface
– 28 DS1 interfaces
– 256 (255) N x DS0 interfaces
Or any combination of these interfaces that does not exceed the bandwidth of the port
Note Port 3 supports only 255 channels.
• Provides high availability when two 4-port channelized T3 half-height line cards are installed and
interconnected with a Y-cable in a redundant configuration
The 4-port channelized T3 half-height line card conforms to USA and international interface standards
for DS3 operation. Among these are ANSI T1.107, ANSI T1.102, ANSI T1.404, ITU G.703, and
ITU G.704.
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 4-2 provides information about the router model, line card, and processor compatibility.
Table 4-2 Line Card, Router, and Processor Compatibility
Line Card Cisco 10008 Cisco 10005 PRE-2 PRE-1 PRE
4-port channelized T3 half-height line card Yes No Yes No No