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Configuring Serial Interfaces on Cisco IOS XR Software

Information About Serial Interfaces

High Level Over-View: Serial Interface Configuration on Channelized SPAs

Table 12 provides a high-level overview of the tasks required to configure a T1 serial interface on the 2-Port and 4-Port Channelized T3 SPA.

Table 12	Overview: Configuring a Serial Interface on a T1 DS0 Channel

Step	Task	Module	Section

1.	Configure the T3 controller	“Configuring Clear Channel	“Configuring a Channelized T3-to-T1
	parameters and set the SPA mode to	T3/E3 Controllers and	Controller”
	be T3.	Channelized T3 Controllers on
	28 T1 controllers are automatically	Cisco IOS XR Software”
	created.

2.	Create and configure DS0 channel	“Configuring Clear Channel	“Configuring a Channelized T3-to-T1
	groups on the T1 controllers you	T3/E3 Controllers and	Controller”
	created in Step 1.	Channelized T3 Controllers on
		Cisco IOS XR Software”

3.	Configure the Serial interfaces that	“Configuring Serial Interfaces on	“Configuring the Serial Interfaces”
	are associated channel groups you	Cisco IOS XR Software”
	created in Step 2.

Table 13 provides a high-level overview of the tasks required to configure an E1 serial interface on the 2-Port and 4-Port Channelized T3 SPA.

Table 13	Overview: Configuring a Serial Interface on an E1 DS0 Channel

Step	Task	Module	Section

1.	Configure the T3 controller	Configuring Clear Channel T3/E3	Configuring a Channelized T3-to-T1
	parameters and set the SPA mode to	Controllers and Channelized T3	Controller
	be E3.	Controllers on Cisco IOS XR
	21 E1 controllers are automatically	Software
	created.

2.	Create and configure DS0 channel	Configuring Clear Channel T3/E3	Configuring a Channelized T3-to-E1
	groups on the E1 controllers you	Controllers and Channelized T3	Controller
	created in Step 1.	Controllers on Cisco IOS XR
		Software

3.	Configure the Serial interfaces that	Configuring Serial Interfaces on	Configuring the Serial Interfaces
	are associated channel groups you	Cisco IOS XR Software
	created in Step 2.

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