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The Cisco® I-Flex approach combines shared port adapters (SPAs) and SPA interface processors (SIPs), providing an extensible design that enables service prioritization for data, voice, and video services. Enterprise and service provider customers can take advantage of improved slot economics resulting from modular port adapters that are interchangeable across Cisco routing platforms. The Cisco I-Flex design maximizes connectivity options and offers superior service intelligence through programmable interface processors that deliver line-rate performance. Cisco I-Flex enhances speed-to-service revenue and provides a rich set of quality-of-service (QoS) features for premium service delivery while effectively reducing the overall cost of ownership. This data sheet contains the specifications for the Cisco 2-Port, 5-Port, 8-Port, and 10-Port Gigabit Ethernet SPAs (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Cisco 5-Port and 10-Port Gigabit Ethernet SPAs
Product Overview
The Cisco 2-port, 5-port, 8-port, and 10-port Gigabit Ethernet SPAs are available on high-end Cisco routing platforms offering the benefits of network scalability with lower initial costs and easy upgrades. The Cisco SPA/SIP portfolio continues the company's focus on investment protection along with consistent feature support, broad interface availability, and the latest technology. The Cisco SPA/SIP portfolio allows deployment of different interfaces (packet over SONET/SDH [POS], ATM, Ethernet, etc.) on the same interface processor.
Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are commonly used for interconnecting routers or other devices within a central office or data center or in a metropolitan-area network (MAN). Cisco offers an extensive variety of 1000BASE-X Gigabit Ethernet SPAs to meet customers' needs for various applications. With Cisco Gigabit Ethernet SPAs, users can mix-and-match SPA ports with other types of interfaces in the same slot. Each SPA provides standards-based Gigabit Ethernet implementation for compatibility and interoperability.
Applications
The Cisco Gigabit Ethernet SPAs can be used in multiple applications, including:
• Inter- and intra-point of presence (POP) aggregation
• Metro Ethernet
• Internet peering
Key Features and Benefits
The Cisco SPA/SIP portfolio offers many advantages, including:
– Superior flexibility, providing mix-and-match capability of interface types on the same interface processor for consistent services, independent of access technology
– Pioneering programmable interface processors that provide flexibility for the service diversity required in next-generation networks
– Innovative design that provides intelligent delivery of services without compromising on performance
• Increased speed-to-service revenue
– The scalable, programmable Cisco architecture extended to 10 Gbps dramatically improves customer density, increasing potential revenue per platform.
– Interface breadth (copper, channelized, POS, ATM, and Ethernet) on a modular interface processor allows service providers to roll out new services more quickly, helping ensure that all customers large and small receive consistent, secure, and guaranteed services.
– High-density Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) interfaces are featured for high-port-count applications with reach flexibility. Future optical technology improvements can be adopted using existing SPAs.
• Dramatically improved return on your routing investment
– Improved slot economics and increased density reduce capital expenditures (CapEx).
– The ability to easily add new interfaces as they are needed helps enable a "pay-as-you-grow" business model.
– SPAs are shared across multiple platforms, and can be easily moved from one to another, providing consistent feature support, accelerated product delivery, and a significant reduction in operating expenses (OpEx) through common sparing as service needs change.
Product Specifications
Tables 1 and 2 provide product and optical specifications of the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet SPAs.
Table 1. Product Specifications
Features
Descriptions
Product compatibility
• Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches (2-port, 5-port, and 10-port Gigabit Ethernet [GE] SPAs)
• Cisco 7600 Series Router (2-port, 5-port, and 10-port GE SPAs)
• Cisco 12000 Series Router (5-port and 10-port GE SPAs)
• Cisco XR 12000 Series Router (5-port and 10-port GE SPAs)
• Cisco CRS Carrier Routing System (8-port GE SPA)
Port density per SPA
2-port, 5-port, 8-port, and 10-port Gigabit Ethernet
Physical interface
Short wavelength (SX), long reach/long haul (LX/LH), and extended distance (ZX) SFP, SFP-GE-T
LED Indicators
• SPA status: Bicolor green and amber LEDs encode the SPA status as follows:
• LED off: SPA is powered off
• LED amber: SPA is powered on and initializing
• LED green: SPA is powered on and operational
• In addition to the status LED, the SPAs also have a bicolor, surface-mount, right-angle LED dedicated to each port to indicate port status. The green and amber LEDs encode the port status as follows:
• LED off: Port is not enabled by software
• LED: Port is enabled by software, but there is a problem with the Ethernet link
• LED green: Port is enabled by software, and there is a valid Ethernet link
Features and Functions
• Auto-negotiation
• Full-duplex operation
• 802.1Q VLAN termination
• Jumbo frames support (9188 bytes)
• Support for command-line interface (CLI)-controlled online insertion and removal (OIR)
• 802.3x flow control
• Up to 4000 VLANs per SPA
• Up to 5000 MAC accounting entries per SPA (source MAC accounting on the ingress and destination MAC accounting on the egress)
• Up to 2000 MAC address entries for destination MAC address filtering per SPA, and up to 1000 MAC address filtering entries per port
• Per-port byte and packet counters for policy drops; oversubscription drops; cyclic-redundancy-check (CRC) error drops; packet sizes; and unicast, multicast, and broadcast packets
• Per-VLAN byte and packet counters for policy drops; oversubscription drops; and unicast, multicast, and broadcast packets
• Per-port byte counters for good bytes and dropped bytes
• Other software features supported:
• Ethernet over Multiprotocol Label Switching (EoMPLS)
• QoS
• Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Network Management
• Network management using:
• Host-system CLI
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• Inventory- and asset management-related MIBs:
• Entity-MIB (RFC 2737)
• Cisco-entity-asset-MIB
• Fault management:
• Cisco-entity-field-replaceable unit (FRU)-control-MIB
• Cisco-entity-alarm-MIB
• Cisco-entity-sensor-MIB
• Physical interface management:
• IF-MIB
• Etherlike-MIB (RFC 2665)
• Other MIBs:
• Remote Monitoring (RMON)-MIB (RFC 1757)
• Cisco-class-based-QoS-MIB
• MPLS-related MIBs
• Ethernet MIB/RMON
Reliability and Availability
• OIR of the SPA within the SIP and the optics within the SPA
• Field-replaceable SFP optical modules
Physical Specifications
• 2-port, 5-port, and 8-port GE SPAs:
• Weight: 0.75 lb (0.34 kg)
• Height: 0.8 in. (2.03 cm) (single height)
• Width: 6.75 in. (17.15 cm)
• Depth: 7.28 in. (18.49 cm)
• 10-port GE SPA:
• Weight: 1.5 lb (0.68 kg)
• Height: 1.4 in. (3.55 cm) (double height)
• Width: 6.75 in. (17.15 cm)
• Depth: 7.28 in. (18.49 cm)
Power
• 2-port GE SPA: 12.5W
• 5-port GE SPA: 18.1W
• 8-port GE SPA: 20W
• 10-port GE SPA: 25W
Environmental Specifications
• Storage temperature: -38 to 150°F (-40 to 70°C)
• Operating temperature, nominal: 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
• Operating temperature, short term: 32 to 131°F (0 to 55°C)
• Storage relative humidity: 5 to 95% relative humidity
• Operating humidity, nominal: 5 to 85% relative humidity
• Operating humidity, short term: 5 to 90% relative humidity
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For More Information
For more information about the Cisco SPA/SIP portfolio, visit
http://www.cisco.com/go/spa or contact your local Cisco account representative.
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