8X10Ge Line Card - Cisco ASR 9000 series Reference Manual

Chapter 2 Functional Description

8x10GE Line Card

The 8x10GE line card has eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet, oversubscribed, XFP module ports. Two 10 Gigabit
Ethernet ports connect to XAUI interfaces on each of the four NPUs.
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connectors and indicators.
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8x10GE Line Card Block Diagram
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