Chapter 2
Functional Description
4x10GE Line Card
The 4x10GE line card has four 10 Gigabit Ethernet XFP module ports. One 10 Gigabit Ethernet port
connects to XAUI interfaces on each of the four NPUs.
Figure 2-11
connectors and indicators.
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D R A F T — C I S C O C O N F I D E N T I A L
shows the block diagram for the 4x10GE Line card, and
4x10GE Line Card Block Diagram
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CPU
PHY
FPGA
Fabric
Interface
Chip
FPGA
4x10GE
Line Card
Cisco ASR 9000 Aggregation Services Router Overview and Reference Guide
Figure 2-12
10GE XFP
NPU
10GE XFP
NPU
NPU
10GE XFP
10GE XFP
NPU
Ethernet Line Cards
shows the front panel
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