Channelized T1 Port Adapter Installation and Configuration 3
Port Adapter Installation Prerequisites
Port Adapter Installation Prerequisites
This section provides software and hardware requirements, a list of parts and tools you will need to
perform the port adapter installation, and safety and electrostatic discharge prevention guidelines to
help you avoid injury and damage to the equipment during installation. Also included is information
on the systems in which port adapters can be installed and overview information on interface
specifications.
The following sections discuss general information and information about port adapter installation
requirements:
•
Software and Hardware Requirements, page 3
•
List of Parts and Tools, page 4
•
Safety Guidelines, page 4
Software and Hardware Requirements
Table 1 lists the recommended minimum Cisco IOS software release required to use the 2CT1 port
adapter in supported router platforms.
Table 1
PA-2CT1 Software Requirements
Note
The 2CT1 port adapter is not supported in Cisco 7200 VXR routers. The following error
message is displayed if a 2CT1 port adapter is installed in a Cisco 7200 VXR router:
PA-3-NOTSUPPORTED: PA in slot1 (Channelized T1) is not supported on this chassis
2CT1 port adapters can be used in the second-generation Versatile Interface Processor (VIP2) in all
Cisco 7500 series routers and Cisco 7000 series routers that use the RSP7000 and RSP7000CI, and
in Cisco 7200 series routers.
2CT1 port adapters can be installed in port adapter slot 0 or slot 1 on the VIP2 motherboard, or in
any available port adapter slot in Cisco 7200 series chassis.
Cisco 7000, Cisco 7500, and Cisco 7200 series routers support up to five installed 2CT1 port
adapters that are running ISDN PRI (ten T1 ports total, including T1 ports on MultiChannel Interface
Processors installed in Cisco 7000 series or Cisco 7500 series routers). There are no such limitations
when installed 2CT1 port adapters are running channelized T1.
The specific VIP2 models recommended for the 2CT1 port adapters are VIP2-40(=), which has
2 MB of SRAM and 32 MB of DRAM, and VIP2-50(=), which has 4 to 8 MB of SRAM and 32 to
128 MB of SDRAM. The VIP2-40 and VIP2-50 support two installed 2CT1 port adapters that are
running ISDN PRI with distributed services or channelized T1 with distributed switching or
Router Platform
Recommended Minimum Cisco IOS Release
Cisco 7000 series and Cisco 7500 series
• With VIP2-40(=)
Cisco IOS Release 11.1(10)CA or a later release of Cisco IOS Release 11.1 CA
• With VIP2-50(=)
Cisco IOS Release 11.1(14)CA or a later release of Cisco IOS Release 11.1 CA
Cisco 7200 series
• Cisco 7204 and Cisco 7206
Cisco IOS Release 11.1(9)CA1 or a later release of Cisco IOS Release 11.1 CA
• Cisco 7202
Cisco IOS Release 11.1(19)CC1 or a later release of Cisco IOS Release 11.1 CC
Cisco IOS Release 11.3(4)AA or a later release of Cisco IOS Release 11.3 AA