# Port Adapters (PA)

Provide individual LAN and WAN interface ports on a 7200 or on a VIP card. Each port adapter (PA) has an Enabled LED. You may have to upgrade to a more recent release of IOS if a card is unknown or unsupported by your current IOS release. Available port adapters are:

## ATM

PA-A1-OC3SM (1single-mode ATM port)

PA-A1-OC3MM (1multi-mode ATM port)

PA-ATM-CES (4 T1 or E1 ports)

PA-ATMDX-DS3 (1 DS3 port)

PA-ATMDX-E3 (1 E3 port)

PA-ATMDX-SML-OC3 (1 single-mode, long-reach OC3 port)

PA-ATMDX-SMI-OC3 (1 single-mode, intermediate-reach OC3 port)

PA-ATMDX-MM-OC3 (1 multi-mode OC3 port)

PA-A34T1IMA (8 T1 ports)

PA-A3-4E1XIMA (8 E1 ports)

PA-A3-OC12MM (Multi Mode)

PA-A3-OC12SMI (Single Mode Intermediate Reach)

## BRI

PA-4B-U (4 BRI ports)

PA-8B-S/T (8 BRI ports)

## Channel Port Adapter

ECPA (ESCON channel)

PCPA (Parallel Channel)

## Channelized T1/E1, T2/E2, T3/E3

PA-2CE1/PRI-75 (2 E1 ports unbalanced)

PA-2CE1/PRI-120 (2 E1 ports balanced)

PA-2CT1/PRI (2 T1 ports)

PA_4CT1_CSU (4 T1 ports)

PA_8CT1 (8 T1 ports)

PA_8CT1_CSU (8 T1 ports)

PA_8CE1 (8 E1 ports)

PA-CT3 (1 DS3 interface and 4 T1 interfaces)

PA-CE3 (1 channelized E3 port)

PA-MC-T3 (1 channelized T3 port)

PA-MCX-2TE1 (2 port MIX-enabled multichannel T1/E1 with CSU/DSU)

PA-MC-8TE1+ (8-port PRI)

PA-8T1(8 port, software configurable multichannel T1/E1 with TDM)

PA-4T1(4 port, software configurable multichannel T1/E1 with TDM)

## Sonet

PA-POS-OC3-MM

PA-POS-OC3-SM-IR

PA-POS-OC3-SM-LR

PA-POS-2OC3

SRP OC-12/STM-4

SRP OC-12/STM-4 (Multi Mode)

SRP OC-12/STM-4 (Single Mode Intermediate Reach)

SRP OC-12/STM-4 (Single Mode Long Reach)

## Ethernet

PA-4E (4 Ethernet ports)

PA-8E (8 Ethernet ports)

PA-12E/2FE (Dual-wide Ethernet switching)

PA-5E-FL (5 Ethernet ports over fiber)

## Fast Ethernet

PA-FE-FX (1 port Fast Ethernet with MII and fiber connectors)

PA-FE-TX (1 port Fast Ethernet with MII and RJ-45 connectors)

PA-2FE-TX (2 ports Fast Ethernet full duplex)

PA-2FE-FX (2 ports Fast Ethernet full duplex)

## FDDI

PA-F-SM (single-mode FDDI)

PA-F-MM (multi-mode FDDI)

PA-F/FD-SM (full-duplex single-mode FDDI)

PA-F/FD-MM (full-duplex multi-mode FDDI)

PA-100VG (1 Ethernet or Token Ring port)

PA-MC-STM-1SMI (single interface channelized STM-1)

## HSSI

PA-H (1 HSSI port)

PA-2H (2 HSSI ports)

## Inter-Switch Link (ISL)

PA-2FEISL-FX (2 port ISL with two fiber connectors)

PA-2FEISL-TX (2 port ISL with two RJ-45 connectors)

## Serial T1/E1, T2/E2, T3/E3

PA-4T (4 E1 lines or 1 E2 line)

PA-8T (8 E1 lines or 2 E2 lines)

PA-4E1G (4 E1 lines)

PA-2JT2 (1 HSD 6.3 line)

PA-1T3 (1 T3 line)

PA-2T3 (2 T3 lines)

PA-T3+ (1 T3 line)

PA-2T3+ (2 T3 lines)

PA-1E3 (1 E3 line)

PA-2E3 (2 E3 lines)

## Token Ring

PA-100VG (1 Ethernet or Token Ring port)

PA-4R (4 Token Ring ports)

PA-4R-FDX (4 full-duplex Token Ring ports)

PA-4R-DTR (4 DTR Token Ring ports)

## Voice Card

PA-VXC-2TE1+

PA-VXB-2TE1+

PA-VXA-1TE1-30+ (1 Port T1/E1 High-Capacity Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapter with 30 channels)

PA-VXA-1TE1-24+ (1 Port T1/E1 High-Capacity Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapter with 24 channels)

## Storage

PA-FC-1G

### PA-A1-OC3SM

A port adapter providing one ATM interface at 155.52Mbps using a single-mode fiber connector.

### PA-A1-OC3MM

A port adapter providing one ATM interface at 155.52Mbps using a multi-mode fiber connector.

### PA-ATM-CES

A dual-wide ATM port adapter for the Cisco 7200 router with four T1 (1.54 Mbps) or E1 (2.0 Mbps) ports that can support both structured (n x 64 kbps) and unstructured CES, compliant with ATM Forum standards, and a single port of either an OC-3 (155 Mbps) single-mode (SM) intermediate reach or a DS3 (45 Mbps) or E3 standards-based ATM interface.

### PA-ATMDX-DS3

A single-wide, 1-port ATM port adapter with one DS3 interface.

### PA-ATMDX-E3

A single-wide, 1-port ATM port adapter with an E3 interface.

### PA-ATMDX-SML-OC3

A single-wide, 1-port ATM port adapter with a single-mode OC3 interface (long reach).

### PA-ATMDX-SMI-OC3

A single-wide, 1-port ATM port adapter with a single-mode OC3 interface (intermediate reach).

### PA-ATMDX-MM-OC3

A single-wide, 1-port ATM port adapter with a multi-mode OC3 interface.

### PA-4B-U

A port adapter providing 4 basic rate interface (BRI) ports, supporting U interfaces. The port module for a U interface represents a Network Termination (NT1). Each port provides one 16-Kbit/sec D channel and two B channels configurable at either 56 Kbit/sec or 64 Kbit/sec.

Status is indicated with two LEDs, one for each of the B channels.

Green | Active
Black | Any other state

### ECPA

ESCON Channel Port Adapter. A port adapter which provides a connection to IBM or IBM-compatible mainframes. It supports the IBM mainframe cabling standard of ESCON architecture. This port adapter incorporates fiber channel technology.

### PCPA

Parallel Channel Port Adapter. A port adapter which provides a connection to IBM or IBM-compatible mainframes. It supports the IBM mainframe cabling standard of parallel channel (also called bus and tag).

### PA-2CE1/PRI-75

A 2-port channelized E1 (unbalanced) port adapter.

### PA-2CE1/PRI-120

A 2-port channelized E1 (balanced) port adapter.

### PA-2CT1/PRI

A 2-port channelized T1 port adapter.

### PA-4CT1-CSU

A 4-port single-wide T1 integrated adapter.

### PA-8CT1

An 8-port DSX1 integrated adapter like the PA-8T without line protection.

### PA-8CT1-CSU

An 8-port single wide T1 integrated adapter providing the user with the options of configuring Channelized T1, fractional T1, or providing ISDN BRI support. The user has 128 usable Nx64 channels that are available over the 8T1 lines. Each port provides an integrated CSU.

### PA-8CE1

A 8-port single-side E1 integrated adapter providing the ability to channelize E1 lines over 128 usable Nx64 channels. ISDN PRI and non-framed E1 are also supported.

### PA-CT3

A Channelized T3 Port Adapter with a DS3 inteface and four T1 interfaces. Three of the T1 interfaces can be used as external ports to channelize the configured timeslots, and the fourth will be used as a test port in a future release.

### PA-CE3

A 1-port Channelized E3 port adapter.

### PA-MC-T3

A multi-channel single-width T3 port adapter that provides a T3 interface connection via BNC connectors. The T3 interface can provide up to 28 T1 lines (a single T3 group). Each T1 line is presented to the system as a serial interface that can be configured individually.

### PA-MCX-2TE1

2 port, software configurable Multichannel T1/E1 with TDM Port Adapter

### PA-MC-8TE1+

8 port multichannel T1/E1 8PRI port adapter

### PA-POS-OC3-MM

A single-port single-wide OC3c/STM1 Packet Over SONET (POS) port adapter. The -MM (multi-mode) transceiver option supports up to 400 meters.

### PA-POS-OC3-SM-IR

A single-port single-wide OC3c/STM1 Packet Over SONET (POS) port adapter. The -SM-IR (single-mode intermediate range) transceiver option supports up to 15 Kilometers.

### PA-POS-OC3-SM-LR

A single-port single-wide OC3c/STM1 Packet Over SONET (POS) port adapter. The -SM-LR (single-mode long range) transceiver option supports up to 40 Kilometers.

### PA-POS-2OC3

A two Packet-over-SONET (POS) ports in a single port adapter slot. The two ports function as either dual independent OC-3c/STM1 ports or a single port with automatic switchover. The PA-POS-2OC3 is used as a direct connection between the supported router or switch platform and external networks

### PA-12E/2FE

A double-wide Ethernet switch port adapter providing twelve 10BT and two10/100BT Ethernet ports using RJ-45 connectors on the front panel. Layer 2 local switching based on the destination MAC address is performed in hardware.

### PA-100VG

A port adapter providing a single port interface (RJ-45) that is compliant with IEEE 802.12 and operates at a 100Mbps data rate, using a UTP cable option as defined for the 100VG AnyLan specification. Operates in an Ethernet environment (802.12 and 802.3) or Token Ring environment (802.5).

### PA-H

A port adapter providing one high-speed serial interface (HSSI) port.

### PA-2H

A port adapter providing two high-speed serial interface (HSSI) ports.

### PA-2FEISL-FX

An inter-virtual LAN (VLAN) bridging and routing port adapter with two fiber ports that carry Token Ring and Ethernet traffic over an Inter-Switch Link (ISL) uplink.

### PA-2FEISL-TX

An inter-virtual LAN (VLAN) bridging and routing port adapter with two unshield twisted-pair (UTP) copper media ports that carry Token Ring and Ethernet traffic over an Inter-Switch Link (ISL) uplink.

### PA-4E1G

Connects standard serial interfaces such as V.35 to telephone lines or Postal Telephone and Telegraph (PTT) networks, using up to four E1 synchronous serial interfaces as specified by G.703/G.704. Supports point-to-point connections to Cisco 7xxx series routers from E1 leased-line services. Provides framed and unframed service access, 2.048Mbps line speeds over unbalanced 75-ohm or balanced 120-ohm cable using 15-pin D-shell (DB-15) receptacles on the port adapter. Fractional interfaces can range from 64 kbps to 1,984 kbps.

### PA-2JT2

A port adapter providing two synchronous data terminal equipment (DTE ) serial interface ports at 6.312Mbps, as specified by G.703a. Through these ports, Cisco 7500 series routers using a VIP card can communicate over a 6.3 MHz High Speed Digital leased line service (HSD 6.3) as specified in ITU Recommendation G.704.

### PA-1T3

A port adapter providing one high-speed serial T3 interface on Cisco 7200 series routers and on the second-generation versatile interface processor (VIP2), integrating data service unit (DSU) functionality into the Cisco router.

### PA-2T3

A port adapter providing two high-speed serial T3 interfaces on Cisco 7200 series routers and on the second-generation versatile interface processor (VIP2), integrating data service unit (DSU) functionality into the Cisco router.

### PA-T3+

A port adapter providing one improved high-speed serial T3 interface on Cisco 7200 series routers and on the second-generation versatile interface processor (VIP2), integrating data service unit (DSU) capability into the Cisco router.

### PA-2T3+

A port adapter which provides two improved high speed serial T3 interfaces on Cisco 7200 series routers and second generation versatile interface processors (VIP2), integrating data service unit (DSU) capability into the Cisco router.

### PA-1E3

A port adapter providing one high-speed serial E3 interface on Cisco 7200 series routers and on the second-generation Versatile Interface Processor (VIP2), integrating data service unit (DSU) functionality into the Cisco router.

### PA-2E3

A port adapter providing two high-speed serial E3 interfaces on Cisco 7200 series routers and on the second-generation versatile interface processor (VIP2), integrating data service unit (DSU) functionality into the Cisco router.

### PA-4R-DTR

A port adapter providing four IEEE 802.5r dedicated token ring ports. Dedicated Token Ring (DTR) port supports ring station mode and concentrator port mode with both half-duplex and full-duplex operation.

### PA-8B-S/T

A port adapter providing 8 basic rate interface (BRI) ports, supporting S/T interfaces. The port module for an S/T interface represents Terminal Equipment (TE) and supports D-channel multi-access. Each port provides one 16-Kbit/sec D channel and two B channels configurable at either 56 Kbit/sec or 64 Kbit/sec.

Status is indicated with two LEDs, one for each of the B channels.

Green | Active
Black | Any other state

### PA-8T

A port adapter providing one fast serial port supporting V.35, X.21, or RS-232 interfaces for eight full-duplex E1 lines or two full-duplex E2 lines.

If the router is running a version of Cisco IOS earlier than release 11.1(9)CA or 11.2(6)P all PA-8T cards are shown as the PA-8T-V35. With IOS release 11.1(9)CA and later or 11.2(6)P and later, CiscoView displays the PA-8T-X21 and PA-8T-232 versions of the card correctly.

### PA-8E

A port adapter providing eight Ethernet ports.

### PA-5E-FL

A port adapter providing five Ethernet ports with fiber connectors.

### PA-F-SM

A port adapter providing one single-mode FDDI Interface port.

### PA-F-MM

A port adapter providing one multi-mode FDDI port. The FDDI ring must have exactly two stations for full-duplex operation, otherwise it falls back to half-duplex operation.

### PA-F/FD-SM

A port adapter providing one full-duplex single-mode FDDI port.

### PA-F/FD-MM

A port adapter providing one full-duplex multi-mode FDDI port. The FDDI ring must have exactly two stations for full-duplex operation, otherwise it falls back to half-duplex operation.

### PA-FE-TX

A port adapter providing one fast Ethernet port, with two connectors, MII and RJ-45, whose status is indicated with LEDs.

### PA-FE-FX

A port adapter providing one fast Ethernet port, with two connectors, MII and SC (fiber), whose status is indicated with LEDs.

### Fast Ethernet Interface

A 100 Mbps Ethernet port.

### PA-4T

Port adapter providing four fast serial ports that can support either four full-duplex E1 lines or one full duplex E2 line.

### Fast Serial Interface

A fast serial port that supports one or more of the following protocols:

EIA/TIA-232

EIA/TIA-449

### PA-4E

Port adapter providing four Ethernet ports.

### Ethernet Interface

Each Ethernet interface port requires an 802.3 MAU and an AUI or 10BaseT cable.

### PA-4R

Port adapter providing four token-ring ports.

### Token Ring Interface

A high-speed (4 Mbps or 16 Mbps) Token Ring port. Each port requires a MAU to connect the DB-9 connector to the external Token Ring networks.

### PA-4R-FDX

A port adapter providing four full-duplex token-ring ports.

### PA-A3-4T1IMA

Single wide inverse multiplexing for the Cisco 7200 and 7500. The Port adapter is based on the PA-A3 (ATM Deluxe) hardware architecture with eight T1 ports.

### PA-A3-4E1XIMA

Single wide inverse multiplexing for ATM port adapter for the Cisco 7200 and 7500 based on the PA-A3 hardware architecture with eight E1 ports.

### PA-A3-OC12MM

OC12 Multimode interface port adapter.

OC-12 ATM port adapter is a dual-wide one port ATM module for the VIP4 and 7200 (NPE-300) platforms. It provides an OC-12 uplink for 7500 routers, supports the AAL5 convergence layer, and all ATM classes of services.

### PA-A3-OC12SMI

OC12 Single mode intermediate reach interface port adapter.

OC-12 ATM port adapter is a dual-wide one port ATM module for the VIP4 and 7200 (NPE-300) platforms. It provides an OC-12 uplink for 7500 routers, supports the AAL5 convergence layer, and all ATM classes of services.

### SRP OC-12/STM 4 Port Adapter

SRP OC-12/STM 4 provides a shared IP over SONET capability.

SRP OC-12/STM 4 runs in a concatenated SONET channel that can be a complete bandwidth of the fiber or a portion of it. It can run through a dedicated fiber, a WDM wavelength or an ADM tributary.

The physical interface is SONET compatible. Hence, both dedicates and ADM-SRP modes can be supported with the same physical interface. Each SRP connection consists of two counter rotating fiber optic rings. SRP protocol sends data traffic in one direction ("down stream") and its corresponding control information in the opposite direction("up stream").

### SRP OC-12/STM 4

Multimode Port Adapter for 7000 series.

### SRP OC-12/STM 4

Single mode intermediate reach port adapter for 7000 series.

### SRP OC-12/STM 4

Single mode long reach port adapter for 7000 series.

### PA-8T1

8 port, software configurable multichannel T1/E1 with TDM.

### PA-4T1

4 port, software configurable multichannel T1/E1 with TDM.

### PA-VXC-2TE1+

Multi-channel voice packet card for 7500/7200 routers that allows router to become a dedicated packet voice hub.

Extended DSP memory.

### PA-VXB-2TE1+

Multi-channel voice packet card for 7500/7200 routers that allows router to become a dedicated packet voice hub.

Extended DSP memory.

### PA-MC-STM-1SMI

Channelized STM-1 port adapter for Cisco 7200 and Cisco 7500 platforms. It provides a full range of connectivity on a single interface and a direct connection to SDH networks.

MIB Enumeration : pa-mc-stm1-smi(817)

### PA-2FE-TX

Port adapter supported in Cisco 7200, Cisco 7500 and Cisco 7100 platforms. It contains 2 ports with each being 10/100 line rate full duplex fast ethernet.

MIB Enumeration : pa-2fe-tx(573)

### PA-2FE-FX

Port adapter supported in Cisco 7200, Cisco 7500 and Cisco 7100 platforms. It contains 2 ports with each being 10/100 line rate full duplex fast ethernet.

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### PA-VXA-1TE1-30+

1 Port T1/E1 High-Capacity Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapter with 30 channels

This single-width port adapters provide a highly integrated solution for time division multiplexer (TDM) voice termination and packet voice processing for IP, Frame Relay and ATM networks

### PA-VXA-1TE1-24+

1 Port T1/E1 High-Capacity Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapter with 24 channels

This single-width port adapters provide a highly integrated solution for time division multiplexer (TDM) voice termination and packet voice processing for IP, Frame Relay and ATM networks

### PA-FC-1G

The PA-FC-1G is a single-width, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) port adapter designed to tunnel fibre channel frames through TCP connections, guaranteeing reliable transport of SAN traffic over IP-based WANs.