Chapter1 Product Overview
Physical and Functional Description of Router
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Cisco XR 12416 Router Installation Guide
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Upper Line card and Route Processor card cage—Has 8 user-configurable
slots that support a combination of line cards, a route processor (RP), and an
alarm card. See the “Alarm Card and Line Card Overview” section on
page 1-18 for additional information.
Switch fabric card cage—Located behind the air filter door, this card cage
contains 5 slots for the switch fabric card set. The switch fabric card set is
made up of 3 switch fabric cards (SFCs) and 2 clock scheduler cards (CSCs).
See the “Switch Fabric Overview” section on page 1-16 for additional
information.
Lower Line card and Route Processor card cage—Has 8 user-configurable
slots that support a combination of line cards, a redundant route processor
(RP), and an alarm card. See the “Alarm Card and Line Card Overview”
section on page 1-18 for additional information.
Lower blower module—Supplies cooling air to the lower half of the router so
it does not overheat. See the “Blower Module” section on page1-30 for
additional information.
Chassis backplane (not shown)—Distributes power to card cages and to the
blower modules.