Chapter 2 Cisco 3270 Rugged Router Card

4 crypto channels, each supporting multicommand descriptor chains

Static and/or dynamic assignment of crypto execution units through an integrated controller

Buffer size of 256 bytes for each execution unit, with flow control for large data sizes

256 (PBGA), 17x17 in., typical power 1.7 W

Temperature Sensor

A router equipped with the Cisco 3270 Rugged Router card includes a high-precision digital thermometer and thermostat (DS1631). The temperature is sampled every 30 seconds. A warning is sent to users by means of SNMP traps and by flashing the overtemperature LED if temperature falls below -40ºC or exceeds +95ºC until the temperature falls back to its normal range.

Note The signal and LED are available only on the Cisco 3270 Rugged Router card, not on the Cisco 3200 rugged enclosures.

Cisco 3270 Rugged Router Card MAC Address Allocation

Cisco 3270 Rugged Router card–equipped routers are allocated 37 MAC addresses, starting from the base MAC address. A card-equipped Cisco 3270 Rugged Router supports four interface ports. Fast Ethernet ports can be port 0 and 1. Gigabit Ethernet ports are port 2 and 3, depending on the router configuration.

The assignments for MAC addresses are as follows:

Four MAC addresses for each of the for four Ethernet ports, offset 0 to 3 from the base MAC address.

One switch virtual interface (SVI) for the FESMIC; offset 4 from the base MAC address.

Thirty-two MAC addresses for FESMIC Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), offset 5 to 36 from the base MAC address.

Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference

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Cisco Systems 3200 manual Temperature Sensor, Cisco 3270 Rugged Router Card MAC Address Allocation

3200 specifications

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