Specifications

Preparing for Installation 2-3

Software and Hardware Requirements

Note At a minimum, we recommend that the PA-H be installed on the VIP2-15 motherboard (with

1 MB of SRAM and 8 MB of DRAM) or Catalyst RSM/VIP2 motherboard (with 1 MB of SRAM

and 16 MB of DRAM).

The VIP2-10 has certain conﬁguration constraints because of its limited SRAM for packet buffers;

therefore, we do not recommend that you use the PA-H on the VIP2-10 (with 512 KB of SRAM and

8 MB of DRAM).

Caution To prevent system problems, the VIP2 requires that the host Cisco 7000 series router has

the RSP7000 and RSP7000CI installed. The VIP2 will not operate properly with the Route Processor

(RP), Switch Processor (SP), or Silicon Switch Processor (SSP) installed in the host Cisco 7000

series router.

Caution If you are using the high-speed serial interface (HSSI) port adapter in the Catalyst 5000,

5500, 5505, or 5509 switch, you must install the port adapter on the Catalyst RSM/VIP2 (either -15

or -40) Revision 2 (board part number 73-3468-XX, where XX is the version number). Do not use

the HSSI dual-port adapter in the Catalyst 5000, 5505, or 5509 switch if you are installing it on a

Catalyst RSM/VIP2 (either -15 or -40) module that is not the Revision 2. If you fail to comply with

this restriction, your system will shut down due to an overload of the power supply.

Caution You can only have two HSSI port adapters per chassis when installed on a

Catalyst RSM/VIP2-15 or -40 module Revision 1 and used in the Catalyst 5500 switch.

In Cisco 7000 series and Cisco 7500 series routers, there are no restrictions on slot locations or

sequence; however, there are restrictions on the maximum number of PA-H HSSI port adapters that

you can install in a Cisco 7000 series or Cisco 7500 series router. The recommended maximum

number of PA-H HSSI port adapters for the Cisco 7000, Cisco 7010, Cisco 7505, and Cisco 7507

is 4. The recommended maximum number of PA-H HSSI port adapters for the Cisco 7513 is 12.

In Cisco 7200 series routers, there are speciﬁc conﬁguration guidelines that must be observed for

high-bandwidth port adapters such as the single-port PA-H. For port adapter hardware and memory

conﬁguration guidelines for Cisco 7200 series routers (including the Cisco 7206 and

Cisco 7206VXR as router shelves in a Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server), refer to the

document Cisco 7200 Series Port Adapter Hardware Conﬁguration Guidelines, that shipped with

your Cisco 7200 series router.

Note Port adapters used with the Cisco 7200 VXR routers require the correct base hardware

revision to function. The following error message will occur on bootup if the incorrect hardware

revision is used:

PA-3-REVNOTSUPPORTED:PA in slot 1 (Mx HSSI-B) requires base h/w revision of (1.17)

for this chassis

Use the show diag command to display the hardware revision. (See the “Cisco 7200 Series,

Cisco uBR7200 Series, and Cisco 7100 Series show Commands” section on page 8-10.)