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The Cisco® I-Flex approach combines shared port adapters (SPAs) and SPA interface processors (SIPs), providing an extensible design that enables service prioritization for data, voice, and video services. Enterprise and service provider customers can take advantage of improved slot economics resulting from modular port adapters that are interchangeable across Cisco routing platforms. The I-Flex design maximizes connectivity options and offers superior service intelligence through programmable interface processors that deliver line-rate performance. I-Flex enhances speed-to-service revenue and provides a rich set of quality of service (QoS) features for premium service delivery while effectively reducing the overall cost of ownership. This data sheet contains the specifications for the Cisco 2-Port and 4-Port OC-3c/STM-1c POS SPAs (Cisco 2- and 4-Port OC-3 POS SPAs; refer to Figure 1).
Figure 1. Cisco 2- and 4-Port OC-3 POS SPAs

Product Overview
Key Features and Benefits
• Highly modular, flexible, intelligent interface processors
– Superior flexibility, providing a combination of interface types on the same interface processor for consistent services, independent of access technology.
– Pioneering programmable interface processors that provide flexibility for the service diversity required in next-generation networks.
– Innovative design that supports intelligent service delivery without compromising on performance.
• Increased speed to service revenue
– The scalable, programmable Cisco architecture extended to 10 Gbps dramatically improves customer density, increasing potential revenue per platform.
– Interface breadth (copper, channelized, POS, ATM, and Ethernet) on a modular interface processor allows service providers to roll out new services more quickly, helping ensure that all customers large and small receive consistent, secure, and guaranteed services.
– High-density SFP interfaces are featured for high-port-count applications with reach flexibility. Future optical technology improvements can be adopted using existing SPAs.
• Dramatically improved return on your routing investment
– Improved slot economics and increased density reduce capital expenditures (CapEx).
– The ability to easily add new interfaces as they are needed enables a "pay-as-you-grow" business model.
– SPAs are shared across multiple platforms, and can be easily moved from one to another, providing consistent feature support, accelerated product delivery, and a significant reduction in operating expenses (OpEx) through common sparing as service needs change.
Product Specifications
Table 1. Product Specifications
Features |
Descriptions |
Product Compatibility |
Cisco 7304 Router Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Cisco 7600 Series Routers Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router Cisco CRS-1 and CRS-3 (4-port OC-3 POS SPA) |
Port Density per SPA |
2 ports 4 ports |
Physical Interface |
OC-3c/STM-1c SFP optics module (refer to optical parameters in Table 2) Visual status indicators (LEDs): • SPA status LED
• Per-port LEDs
• Carrier and alarm
• Active and loopback
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Protocols |
High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), RFC 2615 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), RFC 1662 Frame Relay, RFC 2427 IPv4/IPv6 |
Features and Functions |
Synchronization • Local (internal) or loop timed (recovered from network)
• Pointer activity monitoring
Local (diagnostic) and line (network) loopback Section data communications channel (SDCC) - platform-dependent feature Payload mapping • POS with 1 + x^43 self -synchronous scrambler
SONET/SDH compliance • Telcordia (Bellcore) GR-253-CORE (as applicable)
• ANSI T1.105 and T1.231
• ITU-T G.707, G.957, and G.825 (as applicable)
Supported SONET/SDH alarm and signal events: • Signal failure bit error rate (SF-ber)
• Signal degrade bit error rate (SD-ber)
• Signal label payload construction (C2)
• Path trace byte (J1)
Section • Loss of signal (LOS)
• Loss of frame (LOF)
• Error counts for B1
• Threshold crossing alarms (TCA) for B1
Line • Line alarm indication signal (LAIS)
• Line remote defect indication (LRDI)
• Line remote error indication (LREI)
• Error counts for B2
• TCA for B2
Path • Path alarm indication signal (PAIS)
• Path remote defect indication (PRDI)
• Path remote error indication (PREI)
• Error counts for B3
• TCA for B3
• Loss of pointer (LOP)
• Positive stuffing event (PSE)
• Negative stuffing event (NSE)
• Path unequipped indication signal (PUNEQ)
• Path payload mismatch indication signal (PPLM)
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Network Management |
RFC 2558 MIB (SONET/SDH) Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) |
Reliability and Availability |
Online insertion and removal (OIR) Field-replaceable SFP optical modules 1 + 1 SONET automatic-protection-switching (APS) and SDH linear multiplex-section-protection (MSP) protocols Single SPA software reset |
Physical Specifications |
Weight: 0.75 lb (0.34 kg) Height: 0.8 in. (2.03 cm) (single height) Width: 6.75 in. (17.15 cm) Depth: 7.28 in. (18.49 cm) |
Power |
2-port OC-3c/STM-1c = 13W maximum (no optics) 4-port OC-3c/STM-1c = 14W maximum (no optics) |
Environmental Specifications |
Operating temperature: 41 to 104°F (5 to 40°C) Storage temperature: -38 to 150°F (-40 to 70°C) Operating humidity: 5 to 85% relative humidity Storage humidity: 5 to 95% relative humidity |
Compliance and Agency Approvals |
Safety • UL 60950
• CSA 22.2-No.60950
• EN60950
• IEC 60950 CB Scheme
• ACA TS001
• AS/NZS 3260
• EN60825\IEC60825 laser safety (SR, IR-Class 1) (VSR-Class 1M)
• 21CFR1040 - FDA Code of Federal Regulations (USA) laser safety (SR, IR-Class 1) (VSR-Class 1M)1
EMC • FCC Part 15 (CFR 47)
• ICES 003
• EN55022
• CISPR 22
• AS/NZ 3548
• VCCI
• EN55024
• EN50082-1
• EN61000-6-1
• EN61000-3-2
• EN61000-3-3
Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) • SR-3580 - NEBS: Criteria levels (Level 3 compliant)
• GR-63-Core - NEBS: Physical protection
• GR-1089-Core - NEBS: EMC and safety
ETSI • EN300 386/EN300 386-2 Class B
• ETS 300 019 Storage Class 1.1
• ETS 300 019 Transportation Class 2.3
• ETS 300 019 Stationary Use Class 3.1
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Table 2. OC-3c/STM-1c POS Optical Specifications
SFP Optics |
Maximum Distance |
Multimode (MM) Short Reach (SR) |
Up to 1.2 mi (2 km) |
Single-Mode (SM) SR |
Up to 1.2 mi (2 km) |
SM Intermediate Reach (IR-1) |
Up to 9 mi (15 km) |
SM Long Reach (LR-1) |
Up to 25 mi (40 km) |
SM Long Reach (LR-2) |
Up to 50 mi (80 km) |
Ordering Information
Table 3. Ordering Information
Product Name |
Part Number |
Cisco 2-Port OC-3c/STM-1c POS Shared Port Adapter |
SPA-2XOC3-POS |
Cisco 4-Port OC-3c/STM-1c POS Shared Port Adapter |
SPA-4XOC3-POS |
OC-3/STM-1 SFP, MM, SR |
SFP-OC3-MM |
OC-3/STM-1 SFP, SM, SR |
SFP-OC3-SR |
OC-3/STM-1 SFP, SM, IR-1 |
SFP-OC3-IR1 |
OC-3/STM-1 SFP, SM, LR-1 |
SFP-OC3-LR1 |
OC-3/STM-1 SFP, SM, LR-2 |
SFP-OC3-LR2 |
Additional Information
SKU | SPA-4XOC3-POS-RF |
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Weight (Kg) | 1 |
Datasheet URL | http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/interfaces-modules/shared-port-adapters-spa-interface-processors/product_data_sheet0900aecd8027cb4d.html |
Condition | Refresh |
Module Type | Shared Port Adapter |