Acip Installation Prerequisites

ACIP Installation Prerequisites

Before you begin the ACIP installation, review the guidelines in this section to ensure a successful installation, to avoid injuring yourself, or to avoid damaging the equipment. This section also provides a list of parts and tools you will need to perform the installation.

ACIP Software Prerequisites

To ensure correct operation of the ACIP, Cisco IOS Release 11.2(7)P or later is required.

Hardware and Host Router Prerequisites

The following list describes speciﬁc hardware and host router prerequisites:

•Note that the ACIP is not supported in Cisco 7500 series routers with an RSP4 installed. Only RSP1s and RSP2s can be used with the ACIP.

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Note that the ACIP is not supported in the Cisco 7000 series routers: Cisco 7000 and Cisco 7010.

You must use the ACIP in the following Cisco 7500 series routers:

—Cisco 7505 (see Figure 6)

—Cisco 7507 (see Figure 7)

—Cisco 7513 (see Figure 8)

The Cisco 7500 series routers provide high reliability, availability, serviceability, and performance, and supports multiprotocol, multimedia routing, and bridging with a wide variety of protocols and any combination of available electrical interfaces and media. Network interfaces reside on modular interface processors (such as the ACIP), which provide a direct connection between the high-speed, 1.067-gigabits-per-second (Gbps) Cisco Extended Bus (CyBus) and external networks. The Cisco 7507 and Cisco 7513 each have two CyBuses for an aggregate bandwidth of 2.134 Gbps.