There are two versions of the 10-port 1GigE/1-port 10GigE X-Adapter card. Both versions are identical except that version 2 is equipped with a hardware-based encryption engine to support features such as IPSec. The card is supported only on the 7705 SAR-18.
The 10-port 1GigE/1-port 10GigE X-Adapter card has 10 small form-factor pluggable (SFP) ports on its faceplate.
When the 10-port 1GigE/1-port 10GigE X-Adapter card is configured in 10-port GigE mode, the 10 SFP ports are available for fiber SFP transceivers. In this mode, the card supports dual-rate (100 Mb/s and 1000 Mb/s) and Gigabit (1000 Mb/s) fiber connections. The card also supports synchronous Ethernet timing.
When the 10-port 1GigE/1-port 10GigE X-Adapter card is configured in 1-port GigE mode, only one SFP+ (port 1) of the 10 ports is active and available for use with fiber SFP+ transceivers. The card supports 10-Gb/s fiber connections. The card also supports synchronous Ethernet timing. The 1-port GigE mode is designed for use in situations where greater processing power and higher throughput capacity are required.
The 10-port 1GigE/1-port 10GigE X-Adapter card provides larger table space for FIBs, ACLs, and so on. The card also supports the full IPv6 subnet range for IPv6 static routes and interface IP addresses. The static route range is from /1 to /128, and the default route is ::/0. Supported interface IP address prefixes are from /4 to /127, and /128 on system or loopback interfaces.
Higher limits and full subnet ranges are supported only when all the adapter cards in a particular node are equipped with hardware for larger table support.