Preface

This preface describes the objectives and organization of this document and explains how to find additional information on related products and services. This preface contains the following sections:

Objectives

This document describes the configuration and troubleshooting of SPA interface processors (SIPs) and shared port adapters (SPAs) that are supported on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.

Documentation Revision History

The Document Revision History records technical changes to this document. The table shows the Cisco IOS XE software release number and document revision number for the change, the date of the change, and a brief summary of the change.

Release No.

Revision No.

Date

Change Summary

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.12.0S

OL-14127-18

March 21, 2014

The following PB-free SPAs were supported on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers:

  • SPA-2XT3/E3-V2, SPA-4XT3/E3-V2
  • SPA-1CHSTM1/OC3V2
  • SPA-2XCT3/DS0-V2, SPA-4XCT3/DS0-V2

The following serial SPAs were supported on the SIP40 linecard:

  • Channelized TE1 SPA
  • Channelized T3 SPA
  • Channelized OC3 STM SPA
  • Clear Channel T3E3 SPA

All serial SPAs supported SIP10 on cascades release will be supported on SIP40.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.0S

OL-14127-17

November 21, 2013

The Adjustable statistics poll interval for SPA-8XCHT1/E1 feature was supported on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers:

The8XCHT1/E1-V2 SPA was supported on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.

Note    SPA-8XCHT1/E1-V2 is supported from Cisco IOS XE Release 3.10.1S.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.10.0S

OL-14127-16

July 31, 2013

Added support for the following POS SPAs to the Minimal Disruptive Restart (MDR) feature on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers with SIP40s:

  • SPA-2XOC3-POS
  • SPA-4XOC3-POS
  • SPA-4XOC3-POS-V2
  • SPA-8XOC3-POS
  • SPA-1XOC12-POS
  • SPA-2XOC12-POS
  • SPA-4XOC12-POS
  • SPA-8XOC12-POS

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9.0S

OL-14127-15

March 28, 2013

Added information pertaining to the support for the 8-Port Clear-Channel T3/E3 Serial SPA on the Cisco ASR1000-SIP10, the Cisco ASR 1001 Router, the Cisco ASR 1002 Router, and the Cisco ASR 1002-F Router.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.8.0S

OL-14127-14

November 28, 2012

Added information pertaining to the following updates:

  • Support for the WebEx T28.4 version of the WebEx Node SPA
  • Support for the 8-Port Clear-Channel T3/E3 Serial SPA (SPA-8XT3/E3) on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series SIP
  • Added support for the following GigabitEthernet SPAs to the Minimal Disruptive Restart (MDR) feature on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers with SIP40s:
    • SPA-2X1GE-V2
    • SPA-5X1GE-V2
    • SPA-8X1GE-V2
    • SPA-10X1GE-V2
    • SPA-1X10GE-L-V2
  • Support for the Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) feature on the session border controller (SBC) on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

Information about these new features has been added in various sections in this guide.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.7.0S

OL-14127-13

July 2012

Added information pertaining to the following updates:

  • Introduction of the Cisco ASR 1002-X Router
  • Introduction of the Cisco ASR1000-ESP100
  • Support for Cisco ASR1000-SIP40 on all routers that support Cisco ASR1000-SIP10

Information about these new features has been added in various sections in this guide.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.6.0S

OL-14127-12

March 29, 2012

  • Added information about support for the circuit emulation (CEM) mode in the 2-Port Channelized T3/E3 ATM CEoP SPA chapter.
  • Added information about Audio and Video SPA supporting high-definition (HD) video.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.5.0S

OL-14127-11

November 28, 2011

Added information pertaining to support for clear-channel E3 ATM mode in the SPA-2CHT3-CE-ATM chapter.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.4.0S

OL-14127-10

July 25, 2011

Addition of information pertaining to the overview and configuration for the following SPAs added on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers:

  • 2-Port Channelized T3/E3 ATM CEoP SPA
  • 24-Port Channelized T1/E1 ATM CEoP SPA
  • Support for generation and termination of RTCP on the SPA-DSP

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.3.0S

OL-14127-09

March 30, 2011

Addition of information pertaining to the overview and configuration for the following SPAs added on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers:

  • 1-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet LAN/WAN Phy SPA
  • 1-Port Channelized OC-3 STM1 ATM CEoP SPA (Circuit Emulation Mode only)

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.2S

OL-14127-08

November 24, 2010

Addition of information pertaining to the overview and configuration for the following SPAs added on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers:

  • Introduction of a 2-Port Synchronous Gigabit Ethernet SPA
  • Configuration of a 2-Port Synchronous Gigabit Ethernet SPA
  • Introduction of a SPA DSP
  • Configuration of a SPA DSP

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.1S

OL-14127-07

July 23, 2010

Addition of information pertaining to:

  • Change in show running-config interface Fast Ethernet slot/subslot/port command output for 4-Port Fast Ethernet SPA added.
  • Information and features added to support the new SIPCisco ASR1000-SIP40.
  • Applying default maximum bandwidth of SIP-10 when SIP--40 is downgraded to SIP-10 was added
  • Support of ingress classification on QinQ VLAN based on either outer or inner VLAN Id cos bits was added.

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.6

OL-14127-06

February 26, 2010

Addition of information pertaining to the support of the following SPA and other information updates:

  • 1-Port Channelized OC-12/STM-4 SPA
  • Updates for optics module behavior and compatibility including:
    • Correction to show support for the GLC-GE-100FX optics module for the 5-Port and 10-Port Gigabit Ethernet SPA.
    • Correction to the auto negotiation behavior for the SFP-GE-T module.
    • Correction to show support for additional modules for the 2-Port, 4-Port, and 8-Port OC-3c/STM-1 and OC-12c/STM-4 POS SPA.
  • Added descriptions for the services SPAs and double-height SPAs.

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.5

OL-14127-05

November 25, 2009

Addition of information pertaining to the support for the following areas:

  • 1-Port Clear Channel OC-12 ATM SPA
  • The hw-module subslot ethernet vlan unlimited command was introduced to remove the restriction of a maximum of 8100 802.1Q VLANs per Ethernet SPA.
  • Additional verification and troubleshooting information was added for the Cisco WebEx Node for ASR 1000 Series.

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.4

OL-14127-04

June 30, 2009

Addition of information pertaining to the support for the following SPAs:

  • 2-Port, 4-Port, and 8-Port OC-3c/STM-1 and OC-12c/STM-4 POS SPA
  • 1-Port OC-48c/STM-16 POS SPA
  • 8-Port OC-3c/STM-1 POS SPA
  • 1-Port OC-192c/STM-64 POS/RPR XFP SPA
  • Cisco WebEx Node for ASR 1000 Series

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.3

OL-14127-03

November 24, 2008

Addition of information pertaining to the support for the following SPA:

  • 1-Port and 3-Port Clear Channel OC-3 ATM SPA

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.2

OL-14127-02

September 10, 2008

Addition of information pertaining to the support for the following SPAs:

  • 2-Port and 4-Port OC-48c/STM-16 POS SPA
  • 1-Port Channelized STM-1/OC-3 SPA

Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1

OL-14127-01

April 25, 2008

First release.

Document Organization

This document is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter Title Description
Chapter 1 Using Cisco IOS XE Software Provides an introduction to accessing the command-line interface (CLI) and using the Cisco IOS software and related tools.
Chapter 2 SIP and SPA Product Overview Provides a brief introduction to the SIP and SPA products on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers, and information about the SIP and SPAs, and optics compatibility.
Chapter 3 Overview of the SIP Describes release history, and feature and Management Information Base (MIB) support for the SIP on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 4 Configuring the SIP Describes related configuration and verification
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the SIP Describes techniques that you can use to troubleshoot the operation of the SIP on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 7 Overview of the ATM SPAs Describes release history, feature and Management Information Base (MIB) support, and an introduction to the ATM SPA architecture on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 6 Configuring the ATM SPAs Describes the related configuration and verification information for the ATM SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 8 Troubleshooting the ATM SPAs Describes techniques that you can use to troubleshoot the operation of the ATM SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 9 Overview of the Ethernet SPAs Describes release history, feature and Management Information Base (MIB) support, and an introduction to the Gigabit Ethernet SPA architecture on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 10 Configuring the Ethernet SPAs Describes the related configuration and verification information for the Gigabit Ethernet SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 11 Troubleshooting the Gigabit Ethernet SPAs Describes techniques that you can use to troubleshoot the operation of the Gigabit Ethernet SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 12 Overview of the POS SPAs Describes release history, feature and Management Information Base (MIB) support, and an introduction to the POS SPA architecture on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 13 Configuring the POS SPAs Describes the related configuration and verification information for the POS SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 14 Overview of the Serial SPAs Describes release history, feature and Management Information Base (MIB) support, and an introduction to the serial SPA architecture on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 15 Configuring the 8-Port Channelized T1/E1 Serial SPA Describes the related configuration and verification information for the 8-Port Channelized T1/E1 Serial SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 16 Configuring the 2-Port and 4-Port Channelized T3 Serial SPAs Describes the related configuration and verification information for the 2-Port and 4-Port Channelized T3 SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 17 Configuring the 2-Port and 4-Port T3/E3 Clear Channel Serial SPA Describes the related configuration and verification information for the 2-Port and 4-Port T3/E3 Serial SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 18 Configuring the 4-Port Serial Interface SPA Describes the related configuration and verification information for the 4-Port Serial Interface SPA on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 19 Configuring the 1-Port Channelized OC-3/STM-1 SPA and 1-Port Channelized OC-12/STM-4 SPA Describes the related configuration and verification information for the 1-Port Channelized STM-1/OC-3 SPA on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 20 Troubleshooting the Serial SPAs Describes techniques that you can use to troubleshoot the operation of the serial SPAs on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 21 Overview of the Cisco WebEx Node for the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers Describes release history, feature and Management Information Base (MIB) support, and an introduction to the Cisco WebEx Node for ASR 1000 Series on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, also referred to as the Cisco WebEx Node services shared port adapter (SPA).
Chapter 22 Configuring the Cisco WebEx Node for the ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Describes the related configuration and verification information for the Cisco WebEx Node for ASR 1000 Series on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, including information about registering the Cisco WebEx Node SPA with the Cisco WebEx Data Center and Cisco WebEx Node Management System.
Chapter 23 Troubleshooting the Cisco WebEx Node for the ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Describes techniques that you can use to troubleshoot the operation of the Cisco WebEx Node for ASR 1000 Series on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers.
Chapter 24 Overview of the Cisco DSP SPA for the ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Describes the release history, features, and Management Information Base (MIB) support, and an introduction to the Cisco DSP SPA for the ASR 1000 Series on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. The Cisco DSP SPA is referred to as the SPA-DSP shared port adapter (SPA).
Chapter 25 Configuring the Cisco DSP SPA for the ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Describes the related configuration information pertaining to the Cisco DSP SPA for the ASR 1000 Series on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, including information about enabling DSP SPA, and creating the profiles and commands used to configure the DSP SPA.
Chapter 26 Upgrading Field-Programmable Devices Provides information about upgrading the field-programmable devices on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.
Chapter 27 Classifying and Scheduling Packets for the ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Provides information about classifying and scheduling the ingress packets on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Service Routers.
Chapter 28 Overview of the Circuit Emulation over Packet Shared Port Adapter Describes the release history, feature, and the MIBs supported, and provides an introduction to the Circuit Emulation over Packet Shared Port Adapter.
Chapter 29 Configuring the Circuit Emulation over Packet Shared Port Adapter Describes the related configuration information pertaining to the Circuit Emulation over Packet (CEoP) Shared Port Adapter on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.

Document Conventions

Within the SIP and SPA software configuration guides, the term router is generally used to refer to a variety of Cisco products (for example, routers, access servers, and switches). Routers, access servers, and other networking devices that support Cisco IOS software are shown interchangeably within examples. These products are used only for illustrative purposes; that is, an example that shows one product does not necessarily indicate that other products are not supported.

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention Description
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Both the ^ symbol and Ctrl represent the Control (Ctrl) key on a keyboard. For example, the key combination ^D or Ctrl-D means that you hold down the Control key while you press the D key. (Keys are indicated in capital letters but are not case sensitive.)

bold font

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Italic font

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Courier font

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Bold Courier font

Bold Courier font indicates text that the user must enter.

[x]

Elements in square brackets are optional.

...

An ellipsis (three consecutive nonbolded periods without spaces) after a syntax element indicates that the element can be repeated.

|

A vertical line, called a pipe, indicates a choice within a set of keywords or arguments.

[x | y]

Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.

{x | y}

Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.

[x {y | z}]

Nested set of square brackets or braces indicate optional or required choices within optional or required elements. Braces and a vertical bar within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional element.

string

A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

< >

Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.

[ ]

Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.

!, #

An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

Reader Alert Conventions

This document uses the following conventions for reader alerts:


Note

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Related Documentation

This section refers you to other documentation that also might be useful as you configure your Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers.

Cisco IOS XE Features and Software Configuration

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Documentation

As you configure SIPs and SPAs on your Cisco Aggregation Services Router 1000 Series, you should also refer to the following companion publication for important hardware installation information:

  • Cisco Aggregation Services Router 1000 Series SIP and SPA Hardware Installation Guide

Some of the following other Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers publications might be useful to you as you configure your Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers.

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers Hardware Installation Guide
  • Three Quick Start Guides:
    • Cisco ASR 1002 Router Quick Start Guide
    • Cisco ASR 1004 Router Quick Start Guide
    • Cisco ASR 1006 Router Quick Start Guide
  • Command Reference Guide: Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference guide at the URL: http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​docs/​ios/​qos/​command/​reference/​qos_​book.html
  • Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Software Configuration Guide

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers MIB Specifications Guide

  • Release Notes for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

Several other publications are also related to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. For a complete reference of related documentation, see the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers Documentation Roadmap located at the following URL: http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​products/​ps9343/​products_​documentation_​roadmaps_​list.html

Your router and the Cisco IOS software running on it contain extensive features. You can find documentation for Cisco products at the following URL:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​cisco/​web/​psa/​default.html?mode=prod

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