Chapter 1 Cisco 7500 Series Product Overview
Interface Processor Overview
•FIP—Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) Processor, with one single attachment or dual attachment single-mode and multimode FDDI
•FSIP—Fast Serial Interface Processor, with four or eight synchronous serial interfaces (EIA/TIA-232, EIA-TIA-449, EIA-530, X.21, V.35, or E1-G.703)
•GEIP—Gigabit Ethernet Interface Processor (GEIP), a single-port, fixed-configuration interface processor that, when combined with the appropriate optical fiber cable, provides one 1000-Mbps IEEE 802.3z-compliant Gigabit Ethernet (GE) interface.
•HIP—High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) Processor, with a single HSSI
•MIP—MultiChannel Interface Processor, with up to two channelized T1 interfaces
•POSIP—Packet OC-3 Interface Processor, with one SONET/SDH (STS-3c) single-mode or multimode interface
•TRIP—Token Ring Interface Processor, with two or four high-speed (4- and 16-Mbps) Token Ring interfaces
•VIP2 & VIP4—Second-Generation and Fourth-Generation Versatile Interface Processor, with many combinations of the following interfaces and services (available by way of up to two interchangeable port adapters and service adapters on each VIP2 or VIP4):
–Synchronous serial (port adapter)
–Token Ring (port adapter)
–Ethernet 10BaseFL (port adapter)
–Ethernet 10BaseT (port adapter)
–Fast Ethernet 100BaseTX and 100BaseFX (port adapter)
–FDDI (half-duplex and full-duplex port adapters)
–HSSI (port adapter)
–Basic Rate Interface (BRI) port adapter
–Primary Rate Interface (PRI) port adapter
–ATM (port adapter)
–E1-G.703/G.704 (port adapter)
–E1 (port adapter)
–E3 (port adapter)
–T1 (port adapter)
–T3 (port adapter)
–100VG AnyLAN (port adapter)
–Compression (service adapter)
–Encryption (service adapter)
Note Port and service adapters are not limited to the types indicated in the preceding list.
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