Cisco Cisco Gigabit Ethernet GBIC SFP Modules

The Cisco Gigabit Ethernet WAN EHWIC (EHWIC 1 GE-SFP-CU) is an enhanced high-speed interface 
card providing copper and optical Gigabit Ethernet ports and connectivity of T1/E1 and T3/E3 over 
optical for Cisco ISRs.

The EHWIC 1 GE-SFP-CU provides copper and optical Gigabit Ethernet connectivity through a 
dual-purpose uplink.

Th

e EHWIC 1GE SFP CU provides maximum 800 Mbps unidirectional and 1600 Mbps bidirectional 

Ethernet throughput, but the actual throughput is limited by the platform.

The SFP slot supports Cisco certified copper or optical SFPs. For a list of supported SFPs, see

 

The EHWIC 1GE SFP CU is a true routed port card. IP addresses can be directly configured on the 
EHWIC interface unlike SVI configurations in which the port is configured for VLAN trunking.

The Mean Time Between Failover(MTBF) for this module is 3162805 hours.

Figure 1 

shows

 

the faceplate for the EHWIC 1 GE-SFP-CU.

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The feature was introduced.

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SFP-EN

ACT
LNK

SPD

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EHWIC
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SFP-CU

1

SFP EN LED, which shows connectivity to the 
router.

2

ACT LED, which shows TX/RX activity.

3

LNK LED, which shows link status.

4

SPD LED, which shows transmission 
speed.