Cisco Systems VIP-FE-TX/4E manual VIP Port Adapter Functions

VIP Port Adapter Functions

Selecting Chassis Slot, Port Adapter, and Ethernet 10BASE-T Interface Port Numbers

The following section describes how to identify chassis slot, port adapter, and Ethernet 10BASE-T interface port numbers.

Note Although the processor slots in the seven-slot Cisco 7000 and 13-slot Cisco 7513 are vertically oriented and those in the five-slot Cisco 7010 and Cisco 7505 are horizontally oriented, all models use the same method for slot and port numbering. (Refer to Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, or Figure 6 for interface processor slot orientation in your chassis.)

In the router, physical port addresses specify the actual physical location of each interface port on the router interface processor end. (See Figure 22.) This address is composed of a three-part number in the format chassis slot number/port adapter number/interface port number.

The first number identifies the chassis slot in which the VIP is installed (as shown in the example system in Figure 31). The second number identifies the physical port adapter number on the VIP, and is either 0 or 1. The interface ports on each 4E port adapter are always numbered in sequence as interface 0 through 3.

Interface ports on the VIP maintain the same address regardless of whether other interface processors are installed or removed. However, when you move a VIP to a different slot, the first number in the address changes to reflect the new slot number.

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