Specifications

CHAPTER

Cisco 7200 Series and the 12E/2FE Port Adapter 3-1

Cisco 7200 Series and the

12E/2FE Port Adapter

This chapter provides information on the 12E/2FE port adapter and its use on the Cisco 7200 series

routers, which includes the Cisco 7206 as a router shelf in a Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Installation Overview

• Removing a Single-Width Port Adapter

• Removing a Port Adapter Slot Divider

• Installing a Dual-Width Port Adapter

• Removing a Dual-Width Port Adapter

• Installing a Port Adapter Slot Divider and a Single-Width Port Adapter

• Installing a Single-Width Port Adapter

Note The steps for installing and conﬁguring a port adapter or service adapter in a Cisco 7200

series router and a Cisco 7206 as a router shelf in a Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server are the

same; therefore, the procedures in this section include the Cisco 7206 router shelf, unless noted

otherwise.

For information about the Cisco 7206 as a router shelf in a Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server,

refer to the Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server documentation listed in the “For More

Information” section on page v.

Installation Overview

The dual-width 12E/2FE port adapter can be installed in any available, horizontally aligned pair of

port adapter slots in Cisco 7200 series routers, which includes the Cisco 7206 as a router shelf in a

Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server. Figure 3-1 shows a 12E/2FE port adapter installed in port

adapter slot 3 and slot 4 of a Cisco 7206.

Note In a Cisco 7204, the 12E/2FE port adapter can be installed in port adapter slot 1 and slot 2, or

slot 3 and slot 4. In a Cisco 7206, the 12E/2FE port adapter can be installed in port adapter slot 1 and

slot 2, slot 3 and slot 4, or slot 5 and slot 6.