[c-nsp] Additional FE Ports on 2821

[Jon Lewis]

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, Brian Desmond wrote:

> I need to add additional FE ports (at least one) on a pair of 2821s 
> which will have BGP feeds from upstream ISPs. Looking at Cisco's list of 
> WICs for the 2800 series, there are no WIC-2FE or WIC-4FE (they have 
> these for the 3800 series though).
>
> Cisco has a HWIC-4ESW which is the little switch widget, but, I can't 
> figure out if the ports are layer 3 capable or if worst case I can stand 
> up SVIs on the module/router?

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5853/products_qanda_item0900aecd8016c026.shtml

Looks like they do support SVIs and unlike earlier WIC etherswitches, the 
HWIC version is not severely router bandwidth limited.

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