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Configuring Serial Interfaces on Cisco IOS XR Software

Information About Serial Interfaces

High Level Over-View: Serial Interface Configuration on Clear-Channel SPAs

Table 10 provides a high-level overview of the tasks required to configure a T3 serial interface on a 2-Port and 4-Port Clear Channel T3/E3 SPA.

Table 10	Overview: Configuring a T3 Serial Interface on a Clear Channel SPA
Step	Task	Module	Section
1.	Use the hw-module subslot	“Configuring Clear Channel T3/E3	“Setting the Card Type for the Clear
	command to set serial mode for the	Controllers and Channelized T3	Channel SPAs”
	SPA to be T3, if necessary.	Controllers on Cisco IOS XR
	Note By default, the 2-Port and	Software”
	4-Port Clear Channel
	T3/E3 SPA is set to run in
	T3 mode.
2.	Configure the T3 controller	“Configuring Clear Channel T3/E3	“Setting the Card Type for the Clear
		Controllers and Channelized T3	Channel SPAs”
		Controllers on Cisco IOS XR
		Software”
3.	Configure the serial interface that is	“Configuring Serial Interfaces on	“Configuring the Serial Interfaces”
	associated with the T3 controller	Cisco IOS XR Software”
	you configured in Step 2.
	Table 11 provides a high-level overview of the tasks required to configure an E3 serial interface on a
	2-Port and 4-Port Clear Channel T3/E3 SPA.
Table 11	Overview: Configuring an E3 Serial Interface on a Clear Channel SPA
Step	Task	Module	Section
1.	Use the hw-module subslot	Configuring Clear Channel T3/E3	Setting the Card Type for the Clear
	command to set serial mode for the	Controllers and Channelized T3	Channel SPAs
	SPA to be E3.	Controllers on Cisco IOS XR Software
2.	Configure the E3 controller	Configuring Clear Channel T3/E3	Setting the Card Type for the Clear
		Controllers and Channelized T3	Channel SPAs
		Controllers on Cisco IOS XR Software
3.	Configure the serial interface that is	Configuring Serial Interfaces on	Configuring the Serial Interfaces
	associated with the E3 controller	Cisco IOS XR Software
	you configured in Step 2.

Cisco IOS XR Interface and Hardware Component Configuration Guide

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