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8-Port Fast Ethernet Half-Height Line Card Overview

Line Card Summary

Software and Hardware Compatibility

Line Card, Router, and Processor Compatibility

LEDs

Physical Specifications

Slot Locations

Cables, Connectors, and Pinouts

Cable and Connector Information

Pinouts

8-Port Fast Ethernet Half-Height Line Card Overview

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This chapter describes the Cisco 10000 series 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card (referred to as the 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card), and contains the following sections:

•Line Card Summary

•Software and Hardware Compatibility

•Line Card, Router, and Processor Compatibility

•LEDs

•Physical Specifications

•Slot Locations

•Cables, Connectors, and Pinouts

Line Card Summary

Table 9-1 8-Port Fast Ethernet Half-Height Line Card Summary 

Product Number	Description	Minimum Cisco IOS Release
ESR-HH-8FE-TX=	8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card	Initial Cisco IOS releases for PRE-1: 12.0(23)S and later releases of Cisco IOS 12.0S Initial Cisco IOS releases for PRE:2 12.2(15)BX and later releases of Cisco IOS 12.2BX 12.2(28)SB and later releases of Cisco IOS Release 12.2(28)SB 12.3(7)XI and later releases of Cisco IOS 12.3 XI For registered Cisco.com users, use Software Advisor to determine the software releases for this line card.
ESR-HH-CARRIER=	Full-length base carrier for half-slot line card	12.0(23)S and later releases of Cisco IOS 12.0S 12.2(28)SB and later releases of Cisco IOS Release 12.2(28)SB
ESR-HH-COVER=	Blank filler for half-height line cards	—

The 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card contains eight 100BASE-TX ports. Each port autonegotiates between half and full duplex mode. Each port supports 100BASE-T, but does not support 10BASE-T.

The 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card provides the Cisco 10000 series router with IEEE 802.3u-compliant 100BASE-TX Ethernet interfaces to provide high-density uplinks to devices (such as content servers, routers, and other Fast Ethernet devices). Because the 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card only occupies one half-slot, each slot can support two Fast Ethernet line cards for a total of 16 ports. The Cisco 10000 supports multiple Fast Ethernet line cards. It is also acceptable to use the other subslot for a different half-height line card.

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Note The 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card does not support 10BASE-T.

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If you are a registered Cisco.com user, see Feature Navigator for supported features.

Software and Hardware Compatibility

To check the minimum software requirements of Cisco IOS software with the hardware installed on your router, Cisco maintains the Software Advisor tool on Cisco.com. This tool does not verify whether line cards within a system are compatible, but does provide the minimum Cisco IOS requirements for individual hardware line cards, modules, or options.

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Note Access to this tool is limited to users with Cisco.com login accounts.

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To access Software Advisor, click Login at Cisco.com, type Software Advisor in the SEARCH box, and click Go. Click the link for the Software Advisor tool.

Choose a product family or enter a specific product number to search for the minimum supported software release needed for your hardware.

Line Card, Router, and Processor Compatibility

Table 9-2 lists router model, line card, and processor compatibility.

Table 9-2 Line Card, Router, and Processor Compatibility

Line Card	Cisco 10008	Cisco 10005	PRE-2	PRE-1	PRE
8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

LEDs

The 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card LEDs are shown in Figure 9-1.

Figure 9-1 8-Port Fast Ethernet Half-Height Line Card Faceplate Description

1	Captive screws	4	Ejector levers
2	FAIL LED	5	ACT (active) LED—One LED for each port
3	Ports 0 to 7 RJ-45 jacks. Top Row, left to right, 1, 3, 5 and 7. Bottom row, left to right 0, 2, 4 and 6.	6	LINK LED—One link detected LED for each port

Table 9-3 provides a description of the 8-port fast Ethernet half-height LEDs.

Table 9-3 LED Description

LED Label	Color	State	Meaning
Fail	Yellow	Off	Off when line card is working properly. Turns on for a few second during line card power-on self test (POST), then turns off when the line card is working properly.
		On	On when the line card POST fails.
Link	Green	On	Lights when a valid Ethernet link is detected.
		Off	Off when there is no valid Ethernet link.
Act (active)	Green	On	Lights to indicate there is activity on the link.1
		Off	Off when there is no activity on the link.1

1 This behavior applies only to the 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card.

Physical Specifications

The 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card physical specifications are listed in Table 9-4.

Table 9-4 8-Port Fast Ethernet Half-Height Line Card Physical Specifications 

Description	Specifications
Physical dimensions	Height: 7.8 in. (19.8 cm) Depth: 11 in. (27.9 cm) Width: 1.3 in. (3.3 cm)
Shipping weight	Approximately 2 lb (0.9kg)
Operating temperature	41oF to 104oF (5oC to 40oC) Short-term operating temperature is limited to 131oF (55oC) in compliance with Bellcore GR
Relative humidity	Operating—nominal: 5% to 85% Operating—short term: 5% to 90% Storage: 5% to 95%
Storage temperature	-40oF to 158oF (-40oC to 70C o)

Slot Locations

The line card slot designations are shown in this section. See Figure 9-2 for line card slot designations for the Cisco 10008 router and Figure 9-3 for line card slot designations for the Cisco 10005 router.

Figure 9-2 Line Card Slot and Subslot Designations for the Cisco 10008 Router

1	Blower module	6	PRE slot 0B
2	Primary PEM	7	Line card slots 5 to 8
3	Redundant PEM	8	Subslot 0
4	Line card slots 1 to 4	9	Subslot 1
5	PRE slot 0A

The 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card can be installed in subslot 0 or subslot 1 of line card slot 1 through slot 8. The Cisco 10000 carrier is used with the 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card.

Figure 9-3 Line Card Slot and Subslot Designations for the Cisco 10005 Router

1	PRE slot A	4	Subslots 1/0 (top) to 5/0 (bottom)
2	PRE slot B	5	Subslots 1/1 (top) to 5/1 (bottom)
3	Line card slots 1 (top) to 5 (bottom)

The 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card can be installed in any subslot in line card slot 1 through slot 5. The Cisco 10000 Carrier is used with the 8-Port Fast Ethernet Half Height line card.

Cables, Connectors, and Pinouts

This section provides information about cables, connectors, and pinouts.

Cable and Connector Information

The Cisco 10000 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card includes eight RJ-45 connectors to which you can connect Category 5 UTP cables. Cable connections to the RJ-45 connectors are not intended for outside plant connections.

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Note To meet Class B requirements, shielded cables must be used.

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Use the following cabling guidelines when planning your 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet network:

•The maximum length for a cable segment is 100 meters.

•You can add one Class 1 repeater, or up to two Class 2 repeaters between nodes.

–A Class 1 repeater is a high delay repeater that usually connects dissimilar media, such as UTP cables and fiber.

–A Class 2 repeater is a low delay repeater that usually connects similar media, such as UTP cables to UTP cables.

Table 9-5 lists the maximum cable length between two nodes in a 100BASE-TX network.

Table 9-5 Cabling Limits

Number of Repeaters	Maximum Cable Length between 2 Nodes (meters)
0	100
1 (Class 1 or 2)	200—100 maximum on each side of repeater
2 (Class 2 only)	205—100 maximum for each span

Pinouts

Table 9-6 provides pinout information for the 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card. The 8-port fast Ethernet half-height line card does not support software configuration of the MDI mode including auto-MDIX mode. It does not support Inter-Switch Link (ISL) encapsulation (the card does support 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation), or Fast EtherChannel.

Table 9-6 Fast Ethernet Port Pinouts—MDI Mode

Pin	FE Signal
1	TX+
2	TX-
3	RX+
6	RX-

Go to Chapter 16, "Preparing for Installation" to begin the installation or replacement of the line card.

For troubleshooting information, see Chapter 18, "Troubleshooting the Installation."