Introduction To Sips And Spas; Spa Interface Processors; Specifying The Sip Subslot Location For A Spa - Cisco SCE8000 Configuration Manual

Chapter 2 Introduction to the Cisco SCE8000 10GBE Platform

Introduction to SIPs and SPAs

SIPs and SPAs are a new carrier card and port adapter architecture used to increase modularity,
flexibility, and density for network connectivity. This section describes the SIPs and SPAs and provides
some guidelines for their use.
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SPA Interface Processors

The SIP module supported by the Cisco SCE8000 chassis is the SCE8000-SIP.
The following list describes some of the general characteristics of a SIP:
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Specifying the SIP Subslot Location for a SPA

Cisco SCE8000-SIP subslots begin their numbering with "0" and have a horizontal orientation.
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The Cisco SCE8000-SIP supports four subslots for the installation of SPAs, as follows:
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SPA Interface Processors, page 2-5
Specifying the SIP Subslot Location for a SPA, page 2-5
Shared Port Adapters, page 2-6
Modular Optics, page 2-6
XFP Connections, page 2-7
A SIP is a carrier card that inserts into a slot in the chassis like a line card. It provides no network
connectivity on its own.
A SIP contains one or more subslots (bays), which are used to house one or more SPAs. The SPA
provides interface ports for network connectivity.
During normal operation the SIP should reside in the SCE8000 chassis fully populated either with
functional SPAs in all subslots, or with a blank filler plate (SPA-BLANK=) inserted in all empty
subslots.
shows the subslot numbering for the Cisco SCE8000-SIP.
SIP subslot 0—Top–left subslot
SIP subslot 1—Top–right subslot
SIP subslot 2—Bottom–left subslot
SIP subslot 3—Bottom–right subslot
SPA Module Subslot Location
Front of SCE8000-SIP
Sub-slot 0 Sub-slot 1
Sub-slot 2 Sub-slot 3
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