7000 Series Route Switch Processor (Rsp7000) - Cisco 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

Physical Description
The two EIA/TIA-232 serial ports on the RP, console and auxiliary, support asynchronous
transmission. Asynchronous transmission uses control bits to indicate the beginning and end of
characters, rather than precise timing. The serial interface ports on the FSIP support synchronous
transmission, which maintains precise clocking between the transmitter and receiver by sending
frames of information that comprise separate clock signals along with the data signals. When
connecting serial devices, ensure that the devices support the proper transmission timing methods
for the respective port: asynchronous for the console and auxiliary ports, and synchronous for the
FSIP serial ports.

7000 Series Route Switch Processor (RSP7000)

The RSP7000 is a new main system processor module for the Cisco 7000 series routers. The
RSP7000 combines all of the switched routing and high-speed switching functions of the separate
Route Processor (RP) and Switch Processor (SP), which are used in the Cisco 7000 series routers,
but with improved performance on a single processor module. The RSP7000 contains the central
processing unit (CPU) and most of the memory components for the Cisco 7000 series routers. You
must install the RSP7000 in the 7000 RSP slot (slot 3 in the Cisco 7010).
Note
(Cisco IOS) Release 10.3(9) or later. For the RSP7000 to operate properly, the Cisco 7010 chassis
must also be configured with the 7000 Series Chassis Interface (RSP7000CI), which installs in the
7000 CI slot (slot 4 in the Cisco 7010).
The Cisco IOS images reside in Flash memory, which is located either on the RSP7000, in the form
of a single in-line memory module (SIMM), or on up to two Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association (PCMCIA) cards (called Flash memory cards) that insert in the two
PCMCIA slots (slot 0 and slot 1) on the front of the RSP7000. (See Figure 1-10.)
Storing the Cisco IOS images in Flash memory enables you to download and boot from upgraded
Cisco IOS images remotely or from software images resident in the RSP7000 Flash memory,
without having to remove and replace read-only memory (ROM) devices.
Note
remove the RSP7000 to configure jumpers. There are no user-configurable jumpers on the RSP7000.
The RSP7000 contains the following components:
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In addition to the system software, the RSP7000 contains and executes the following management
functions that control the system:
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The RSP7000 requires that your Cisco 7000 is running Cisco Internetwork Operating System
The RSP7000 uses a software-controlled configuration register, so it is not necessary to
Mips R4600 Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) processor, used for the CPU (The CPU
runs at an external clock speed of 50 MHz and an internal clock speed of 100 MHz.)
A bank of hardware (Media Access Control [MAC]–layer) addresses for the interface ports
Most of the memory components used by the system, including onboard Flash
Air-temperature sensors for environmental monitoring (All of the logic for the environmental
monitoring functions is contained on the chassis interface card.)