Vip Port Adapter Hardware Configuration Overview - Cisco Network Adapter VIP-FE-TX/4E Installation And Configuration Manual

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VIP Port Adapter Hardware Configuration Overview
The port adapters attach to the VIP motherboard. (See Figure 7.) Each port adapter contains the
physical connections for the VIP interface types to connect to your network.
Figure 7
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Following are the VIP port adapters by interface type:
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Following are the supported electrical interfaces:
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10 VIP-FE-TX/4E Installation and Configuration
VIP with One FE-TX and One 4E Port Adapter (Product Number VIP-FE-TX/4E[=])
Bus connector
DRAM
SIMMs
FE-TX in
port adapter
slot 0
Ethernet 10BASE-T—4E
Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX—FE-TX
Synchronous serial—4T
Token Ring—4R
4E port adapter—10BASE-T Ethernet, using RJ-45
FE-TX port adapter—IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX, using Media Independent
Interface (MII) or RJ-45
4T port adapter—synchronous serial (EIA/TIA-232, EIA-TIA-449, EIA-530, V.35, and X.21;
determined by the cable), using DB-60, 60-pin mini-D-sub connectors
4R port adapter—IEEE 802.5 Token Ring, using DB-9, 9-pin D-sub connectors
U2
U1
FAST ETHERNET
Port adapter
handles not shown
4E in port
adapter
slot 1
ETHERNET-10BT