Required Configuration Tasks
Setting the Card Type
The SPA is not functional until the card type is set. Information about the SPA is not indicated in the output
of any show commands until the card type has been set. There is no default card type.
Note
The card type command is not required to set the serial mode for the 8-Port Clear-Channel T3/E3 SPA.
Therefore, this command is not supported in the 8-Port Clear-Channel T3/E3 SPA. This SPA supports
both T3 and E3 configurations at the port level, which can be changed without reloading the SPA. The
framing type that is configured determines whether a port is in the T3 mode or E3 mode. During first time
initialization, by default, all the ports of the 8-Port Clear Channel T3/E3 SPA come up in the T3 mode
and C-bit framing. For subsequent reloads, the ports come up in the modes they were configured and saved
in. For more information on mixed interface types, see the
To set the card type for the 2-Port and 4-Port T3/E3 Clear-Channel Serial SPAs, complete these steps:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. Router# configure terminal
2. Router(config)# card type {t3 | e3} slot subslot
3. Router(config)# exit
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
Router# configure terminal
Step 2
Router(config)# card type {t3 | e3}
slot subslot
Step 3
Router(config)# exit
Setting the IP Address
To set the IP address for the 2-Port and 4-Port T3/E3 Serial SPA, complete these steps:
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Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Sets the serial mode for the SPA:
• t3—Specifies T3 connectivity of 44210 kbps through the network, using
B3ZS coding.
• e3—Specifies a wide-area digital transmission scheme used
predominantly in Europe that carries data at a rate of 34010 kbps.
• slot subslot —Specifies the location of the SPA. See the
Interface Address on a SPA, on page
Exits configuration mode and returns to the EXEC command interpreter prompt.
Configuring the 2-Port and 4-Port T3/E3 Serial SPA
Configuring Framing, on page
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Specifying the
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