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CiscoXR 12000 Series Router Ethernet Line Card Installation
OL-7861-01
Product Overviews
Caution To prevent system problems, do not use Gigabit Interface Converters (GBICs) from third-party vendors.
Use only the GBIC that shipped with your Ethernet line card. The GBIC might contain an internal
EPROM that identifies it to the Cisco IOS software.
Caution Only use small form-factor pluggable modules (SFPs) supplied by Cisco in CiscoXR 12000 Series
Routers. Each SFP module contains an internal serial number that is security programmed by the SFP
module manufacturer with information that provides a way for Cisco (through the Cisco IOS software)
to identify and validate the SFP module as a module type that is qualified by Cisco to operate with
Gigabit Ethernet line cards. Unapproved SFP modules (those not purchased directly from Cisco) do not
work.
4-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE Line Card
The 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE line card provides CiscoXR 12000 Series Routers with four optical
Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on a single line card, using field replaceable SFP modules. The line card
provides high-speed connections to other network devices, such as another CiscoXR 12000 Series
Router, other routers, or layer-2 and layer-3 switches that support Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. The 4-Port
Gigabit Ethernet line card throughput is limited to 4 million packets per second (4 Mpps) at 64 bytes, so
all four ports cannot run at line rate.
Figure 1 shows the front view of the 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE line card.
Figure1 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE Line Card
1-Port 10-Gigabit
Ethernet
1X10GE-LR-SC=
(LR laser optical
transceiver)
1 Single-mode fiber with SC
connectors
1X10GE-ER-SC=
(ER laser optical
transceiver)
1 Single-mode fiber with SC
connectors
Table4 Ethernet Line Card Hardware Comparison (continued)
Ethernet Line Card
Line Card
Part Number Ports
GBIC
Pluggable
SFP
Pluggable
Insertable EPA
Daughter Card Cable and Connector
CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT
LASERPRODUKT DER KLASSE 1
PRODUIT LASER DE CLASSE 1
PRODUCTO LASER DE CLASE 1
CLEAN
CONNECTOR
WITH ALCOHOL
WIPES BEFORE
CONNECTING
RX FRAME
LINK
3
RX FRAME
LINK
ACTIVE
2
RX FRAME
LINK
ACTIVE
1
RX FRAME
LINK
ACTIVE
0
ACTIVE
4GE-SFP-LC
84987
RX FRAME
LINK
ACTIVE
2
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