Cisco Cisco 1900 2900 3900 Series 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet HS-WIC with PoE

This section lists the prerequisites for configuring the HWIC-1VDSL. 

Ensure that you have the appropriate Cisco access router to serve as the host router. The following 
Cisco access routers support HWIC-1VDSL.

Cisco 1900 series ISRs

Cisco 2900 series ISRs

Cisco 3900 series ISRs

Use the show version command to ensure that the router is running

 

Cisco IOS Release 15.0(1)M1

 

or later.

When minimum release requirements are met, you can change images on the router without 
affecting performance.

Install the HWIC-1VDSL on the router, using the directions provided in 

 and

.

Online insertion and removal is not supported for HWIC-1VDSL.

The HWIC-1VDSL is used on the Cisco ISR G2 platforms to provide VDSL over POTs WAN 
connectivity. It can be installed on Cisco ISR G2 platforms, and the external RJ-11 port is connected to 
a DSL line coming from VDSL2 supported DSLAM.

To configure the HWIC-1VDSL, you should understand the following concepts:

VDSL2

Ethernet over VDSL (PTM) mode