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Cisco 7200 Series and the PA-E3 5-1
5
Cisco 7200 Series and the PA-E3
This chapter provides information on the PA-E3 serial port adapter and its use in Cisco 7200 series
routers. This chapter contains the following sections:
• Overview, page 5-1
• Removing a Port Adapter, page 5-2
• Installing a Port Adapter, page 5-3
Overview
The PA-E3 can be installed in any available port adapter slot in Cisco 7200 series routers (which
consist of the two-slot Cisco 7202, four-slot Cisco 7204 and Cisco 7204VXR, and the six-slot
Cisco 7206 andCisco 7206VXR). Figure 5-1 showsa one-port PA-E3 installedin port adapterslot 3
of a Cisco 7206.
Figure 5-1 Cisco 7206 with a PA-E3 in Port Adapter Slot 3
Depending on your circumstances, you might need to install a new port adapter in a Cisco 7200
series router or replacea failed port adapterin the field. In either case,no tools are necessary; allport
adapters available for the Cisco 7200 series connect directly to the router midplane and are locked
into position by a port adapter lever. When removing and replacing a port adapter, you need an
antistatic matonto which youcan place aremoved portadapter and anantistatic container intowhich
you can place a failed port adapter for shipment back to the factory.
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