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7000 Series Route Switch Processor (RSP7000) Installation and Configuration in the Cisco 7000 Series Routers 3
Product Descriptions
What Is the Cisco 7010?
The Cisco 7010 is a five-slot chassis, which uses the new RSP7000 (and the RSP7000CI), and
provides up to three interface processor slots that can accommodate the following CxBus-based
interface processors: Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, Token Ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI),
channel attachment, multichannel, serial, and so forth. The processor and interface processors are
keyed with guides on the backplane to prevent them from being fully inserted in the wrong slot.
Figure 2 shows the rear of the Cisco 7010 router. In the Cisco 7010, slot 3 (7000 RSP slot shown in
Figure 2) is reserved for the RSP7000, which contains the system processor and performs packet
switching functions, and slot 4 (7000 CI slot shown in Figure 2) is reserved for the RSP7000CI
board, which contains all of the environmental monitoring functions for the Cisco 7010. The
remaining three slots (slots 0 through 2) are for interface processors.
Figure 2 Cisco 7010 with RSP7000 and RSP7000CI Installed
What Is the RSP7000?
The RSP7000 is a new main system processor module for the Cisco 7000 series routers. It combines
all of the switched routing and high-speed switching functions of the separate Route Processor (RP)
and Switch Processor (SP), which are used in the Cisco 7000 series routers, but with improved
performance on a single processor module. The RSP7000 contains the central processing unit (CPU)
and most of the memory components for the Cisco 7000 series routers. You must install the
RSP7000 in the appropriate chassis’ 7000 RSP slot. (See Figure 1, on page 2, for the Cisco 7000, or
Figure 2 for the Cisco 7010.)
Note For the RSP7000 to operate properly, the Cisco 7000 and Cisco 7010 chassis must also be
configured with the RSP7000CI.
The Cisco IOS images reside in Flash memory, which is located either on the RSP7000, in the form
of a single in-line memory module (SIMM), or on up to two Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association (PCMCIA) cards (called Flash memory cards) that insert in the two
PCMCIA slots (slot 0 and slot 1) on the front of the RSP7000. (See Figure 9.)
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RSP7000CI slot 4
RSP7000 slot 3
Interface processor slot 1
DC OK LED
Power switch
Chassis ground
screw
Power receptacle
Interface processor slot 2
Interface processor slot 0
AC-input power supply
EJECT
SLOT 0
SLOT 1
NORMAL
CPU HALT
RESET
AUX.
CONSOLE
ROUTE SWITCH PROCESSOR
ENABLE
ENABLE