Chapter 5 Serial Mobile Interface Card

Signals for the SMIC

The Cisco Single-sideband (SSB) Serial standard supports the following:

EIA/TIA-232, EIA/TIA-449, EIA-530, EIA-530A, X.21, and V.35 standards in both DTE and DCE modes.

Signals (SSB and LED) are provided through the 60-pin multifunction header(s).

The position of the rotary switch determines the port assignments. Although the rotary switch has eight positions, only positions 0, 1, and 2 are supported on the 4-port SMIC, and only positions 0 and 1 are supported on the 2-port SMIC.

Table 5-1provides 4-port SMIC port assignments.

Table 5-1

4-port SMIC Rotary Switch Settings and Port Assignments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Position

MIC Slot

Port Assignments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

1

Serial 1/0

Serial 1/1

Serial 1/2

Serial 1/3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

Serial 2/0

Serial 2/1

Serial 2/2

Serial 2/3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

3

Serial 3/0

Serial 3/1

Serial 3/2

Serial 3/3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5-2provides the 2-port SMIC port assignments.

Table 5-2

2-port SMIC Rotary Switch Settings and Port Assignments

 

 

 

 

 

Position

MIC Slot

Port Assignments

 

 

 

 

 

0

1

Serial 1/0

Serial 1/1

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

Serial 2/0

Serial 2/1

 

 

 

 

 

4-Port SMIC Rotary Switch Positions

Table 5-3 shows the 4-port SMIC serial signal assignments. The position of the rotary switch determines the port assignments. Although the rotary switch has 8 positions, only 1 of 4 positions can be selected. The rotary switch position should be unique for each mobile interface card (MIC) card.

Table 5-3

4-port SMIC Rotary Switch Positions and Serial Set Signal Assignments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rotary Switch Position

MIC Slot

Signal Assignments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

1

Serial 1/0

Serial 1/1

Serial 1/2

Serial 1/3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2

Serial 2/0

Serial 2/1

Serial 2/2

Serial 2/3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

3

Serial 3/0

Serial 3/1

Serial 3/2

Serial 3/3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

4

Serial 4/0

Serial 4/1

Serial 4/2

Serial 4/3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference

 

OL-5816-10

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