Cisco Cisco ASR 1000 Series 40Gbps SPA Interface Processor Guía De Información
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Cisco ASR 1000 Series SPA Interface Processors (SIP10 and SIP40)
General
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What are the main functions of the Cisco
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ASR 1000 Series SPA Interface Processors (SIP10 and SIP40)?
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The SIP10 and SIP40 provide the physical and electrical termination for the shared port adapters (SPAs). In
addition, both the SIP10 and SIP40 support ingress packet classification and buffering to allow for
oversubscription. The SIPs also provide network-clocking distribution from the routing processor to the SPAs.
The SIP10 and SIP40 do not participate in forwarding decisions.
Q.
What are the main differences between the SIP10 and SIP40?
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The main difference is that the SIP40 enables 40 Gbps aggregate bandwidth per slot, while the SIP10 provides
10 Gbps of aggregate bandwidth per slot.
Q.
What interface technologies do the SIP10 and SIP40 support?
A.
The SIP10 and SIP40 support a wide range of interface types, including Ethernet, ATM, Packet over
for the detailed
support matrix.
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Are the Cisco ASR 1000 Series SIP10 and SIP40 supported on all of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers?
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The Cisco ASR 1004 and ASR 1006 Routers support SIP10 as a modular component. The Cisco ASR 1004,
Cisco ASR 1006 and ASR 1013 Routers support the SIP40 as a modular component.
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What is the bandwidth capacity of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series SIP10 and SIP40 and the backplane of the
Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router?
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The SIP10 enables 10 Gbps of aggregate bandwidth per slot and SIP40 enables 40 Gbps of aggregate
bandwidth per slot. The SIP10 connects to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processor (ESP)
through the passive midplane with 10 Gbps point-to-point links. The SIP40 connects to an ESP in the same way.
The ESP module in the chassis determines the forwarding capacity of Router. For example, ESP40 has 40 Gbps
forwarding capacity, ESP20 has 20 Gbps forwarding capacity; ESP10 has 10 Gbps forwarding capacity.
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What is the bandwidth capacity of the SIP40 operating in the Cisco ASR 1013 chassis?
A.
In the Cisco ASR1013 chassis, the slot bandwidth of SIP40 is dependent on slot location and ESP type. With
ESP40, the SIP40 will operate at 40 Gbps in slots 0-3, but the SIP40 will operate at 10 Gbps in slots 4 and 5.
With ESP100 or higher, the SIP40 will operate at 40 Gbps in all slots.
Q.
What SPA form factors do the SIP10 and SIP40 support? Can you mix different form-factor SPAs in the
same SIP?
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Both the SIP10 and SIP40 support the single-height and double-height SPAs, but they do not support double-
wide SPAs. Mixing and matching of various form factors are possible in the same Cisco ASR 1000 Series SIP.
Q.
Can you mix SIP10 and SIP40 in the same chassis?
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Yes, you can mix both in the same chassis, but the ESP in the chassis determines the slot bandwidth.
Q.
What port density do the SIP10 and SIP40 support?
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Both SIP10 and SIP40 support up to four single-height SPAs and two double-height SPAs and any combinations
of the two SPA heights.