Cisco 7000 Family Interface Processors

Interface Flexibility The Cisco 7000 family of routers supports any combination of Ethernet, Token Ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), serial, multichannel channel attachment, and High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) interfaces. These interfaces are contained on modular interface processor boards, which provide a direct connection between Cisco's high-speed bus (or buses) and external networks.

These interfaces include:

• ATM Interface Processor (AIP)
• Channel Interface Processor (CIP)
• Channelized T3 Processor (CIP)
• Fast Ethernet Interface Processor (FEIP)
• Fast Serial Interface Processor (FSIP)
• FDDI Interface Processor (FIP)
• MultiChannel Interface Processor (MIP)
• Packet OC-3 Interface Processor
• Route Switch Processor (RSP)
• Versatile Interface Processor (VIP)