Cisco PA-T3 Installation And Configuration Manual page 21

VIP2 and the PA-T3 Port Adapter
This chapter provides information on the PA-T3 port adapter and its use on the VIP2 in Cisco 7000
series and Cisco 7500 series routers. This chapter contains the following sections:
•
Overview, page 3-1
•
Removing a Port Adapter, page 3-4
•
Installing a Port Adapter, page 3-5
Overview
The PA-T3 serial port adapter is used on the VIP2 in Cisco 7000 series and Cisco 7500 series routers
and can be installed in either port adapter slot 0 or slot 1 on the VIP2 motherboard.
Note
configuration of one PA-T3 serial port adapter (with one T3 serial interface) and one PA-2T3 serial
port adapter (with two serial interfaces) for a total of three T3 serial interfaces per VIP2.
Figure 3-1 shows two one-port PA-T3 serial port adapters installed in port adapter slot 0 and slot 1
on a VIP2-15 or VIP2-40.
You can have up to three T3 serial interfaces on a VIP2 motherboard. Cisco recommends a
C H A P T E R
VIP2 and the PA-T3 Port Adapter 3-1
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