Cisco Systems RSP7000 What Is the Cisco 7010?, What Is the RSP7000?

7000 Series Route Switch Processor (RSP7000) Installation and Configuration in the Cisco 7000 Series Routers 3

Product Descriptions

What Is the Cisco 7010?

The Cisco 7010 is a ﬁve-slot chassis, which uses the new RSP7000 (and the RSP7000CI), and

provides up to three interface processor slots that can accommodate the following CxBus-based

interface processors: Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, Token Ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI),

channel attachment, multichannel, serial, and so forth. The processor and interface processors are

keyed with guides on the backplane to prevent them from being fully inserted in the wrong slot.

Figure 2 shows the rear of the Cisco 7010 router. In the Cisco 7010, slot 3 (7000 RSP slot shown in

Figure 2) is reserved for the RSP7000, which contains the system processor and performs packet

switching functions, and slot 4 (7000 CI slot shown in Figure 2) is reserved for the RSP7000CI

board, which contains all of the environmental monitoring functions for the Cisco 7010. The

remaining three slots (slots 0 through 2) are for interface processors.

Figure 2 Cisco 7010 with RSP7000 and RSP7000CI Installed

What Is the RSP7000?

The RSP7000 is a new main system processor module for the Cisco 7000 series routers. It combines

all of the switched routing and high-speed switching functions of the separate Route Processor (RP)

and Switch Processor (SP), which are used in the Cisco 7000 series routers, but with improved

performance on a single processor module. The RSP7000 contains the central processing unit (CPU)

and most of the memory components for the Cisco 7000 series routers. You must install the

RSP7000 in the appropriate chassis’ 7000 RSP slot. (See Figure 1, on page 2, for the Cisco 7000, or

Figure 2 for the Cisco 7010.)

Note For the RSP7000 to operate properly, the Cisco 7000 and Cisco 7010 chassis must also be

conﬁgured with the RSP7000CI.

The Cisco IOS images reside in Flash memory, which is located either on the RSP7000, in the form

of a single in-line memory module (SIMM), or on up to two Personal Computer Memory Card

International Association (PCMCIA) cards (called Flash memory cards) that insert in the two

PCMCIA slots (slot 0 and slot 1) on the front of the RSP7000. (See Figure 9.)

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RSP7000CI slot 4

RSP7000 slot 3

Interface processor slot 1

DC OK LED

Power switch

Chassis ground

screw

Power receptacle

Interface processor slot 2

Interface processor slot 0

AC-input power supply

EJECT

SLOT 0

SLOT 1

NORMAL

CPU HALT

RESET

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CONSOLE

ROUTE SWITCH PROCESSOR

ENABLE