Chapter 1
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Line Card Product Overview
4-Port 10-Gigabit + 16-Port GE Combination Ethernet Line Card with SFP and
SFP+
The 4-Port10 GE + 16-Port GE combination line card provides four cages for SFP+ Ethernet optical
interface modules that operate at a rate of 10 Gbps, and 8 double-stacked (16 total) cages for SFP
Ethernet optical modules that operate at a rate of 1 Gbps.
The 4-Port 10GE + 16-Port GE combination line card is available in either an -SE (Service Edge
Optimized) or -TR (Packet Transport Optimized) version. All versions are functionally equivalent, but
vary in configuration scale and buffer capacity.
Each SFP and SFP+ cage on the 4-Port 10GE + 16-Port GE combination line card has an adjacent Link
LED visible on the front panel. The Link LED indicates the status of the associated SFP or SFP+ port,
as described in
The 4-Port 10GE + 16-Port GE combination line card comes with 16x1GE + 2x10GE ports enabled. The
Note
two 10GE ports that are enabled by default are Port16 and Port17. To enable the additional two 10GE ports,
the license must be enabled. Upon acquiring the license, Port18 and Port19 are enabled.
For information on enabling the license, see the Software Entitlement chapter in the
Aggregation Services Router System Management Configuration Guide, Release
number for the A9K-4T16GE-TR card is A9K-2T-TR-LIC. The license product number for the
A9K-4T16GE-SE card is A9K-2T-SE-LIC.
Status LEDs, page
3-2.
Figure 1-5
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Ethernet Line Card Installation Guide
10-Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards
shows the line card front panel and connectors.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series
5.3.x. The license product
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