Chapter 1
Installing Line Cards in the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router
Table 1-2
Ethernet Line Card
8-Port 10GE Line Rate Card, Requires XFPs
8-Port 10GE Extended Line Rate Card, Requires XFPs
8-port 10GE 80G Low Queue Line Rate Card, Requires XFPs A9K-8T-L
2-Port 10GE + 20-Port GE Combination Line Card, Requires
XFPs and SFPs
2-Port 10GE + 20-Port GE Extended Combination Line Card,
Requires XFPs and SFPs
2-Port 10GE + 20-Port GE Low Queue Combination Line
Card, Requires XFPs and SFPs
16-Port 10GE DX Medium Queue Line Card, Requires SFP+
Modules
24-Port 10GE DX Line Card, Packet Transport Optimized
Requires SFP+ Modules
24-Port 10GE DX Line Card, Service Edge Optimized
Requires SFP+ Modules
2-Port 100GE DX Line Card, Packet Transport Optimized
Requires CFP Modules
2-Port 100GE DX Line Card, Service Edge Optimized
Requires CFP Modules
80 Gigabyte Modular Line Card, Packet Transport Optimized A9K-MOD80G-TR
80 Gigabyte Modular Line Card, Service Edge Optimized
160 Gigabyte Modular Line Card, Packet Transport Optimized A9K-MOD160G-TR 4.2.0
160 Gigabyte Modular Line Card, Service Edge Optimized
20-Port GE Modular Port Adapter (MPA), Requires SFP
Modules
2-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter (MPA), Requires XFP
Modules
4-Port 10GE Modular Port Adapter (MPA), Requires XFP
Modules
160 Gigabyte Modular Line Card, Packet Transport Optimized A9K-MOD160G-TR 4.2.1
160 Gigabyte Modular Line Card, Service Edge Optimized
2-port 40GE Modular Port Adapter (MPA)
36-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet Line Card, Packet Transport
Optimized Requires SFP+ Modules
36-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet Line Card, Service Edge
Optimized Requires SFP+ Modules
1-Port 100GE DX Line Card, Packet Transport Optimized
Requires CFP Modules
OL-17500-08
Ethernet Line Cards and Cisco IOS XR Release and Hardware Version Compatibility
Product Number
A9K-8T-B
A9K-8T-E
A9K-2T20GE-B
A9K-2T20GE-E
A9K-2T20GE-L
A9K-16T/8-B
A9K-24X10GE-TR
A9K-24X10GE-SE
A9K-2X100GE-TR
A9K-2X100GE-SE
A9K-MOD80G-SE
A9K-MOD160G-SE
A9K-MPA-20GE
A9K-MPA-2X10GE
9K-EP-4T
A9K-MOD160G-SE
A9K-MPA-2X40GE
A9K-36X10GE-TR
A9K-36X10GE-SE
A9K-1X100GE-TR
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Ethernet Line Card Installation Guide
Pre-Installation Information
Required
Minimum IOS XR
Hardware
Software Release
Version
3.9.1
1.0
3.9.0
1.0
3.9.0
1.0
3.9.0
1.0
3.9.0
1.0
3.9.1
1.0
3.9.1
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
4.2.0
1.0
1.0
4.2.1
1.0
4.2.1
1.0
1
4.2.2
1.0
4.2.2
1.0
4.2.2
1.0
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