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Chapter 1      Cisco 7200 VXR Product Overview
Functional Overview
Figure 1-32 Port Adapter Slot Numbering—Cisco 7206VXR 
The Media Access Control (MAC) address or hardware address is a standardized data link layer address 
that is required for certain network interface types. These addresses are not used by other devices in the 
network; they are specific and unique to each port. The Cisco
 7200 VXR routers use a specific method 
to assign and control the MAC addresses of its port adapters. For a description of the MAC
 address, see 
the 
“MAC Address” section on page 1-57.
Port adapter slots maintain the same slot number regardless of whether other port adapters are installed 
or removed. However, when you move a port adapter to a different slot, the port adapter slot number 
changes to reflect the new slot number. 
You can identify port adapter slots by using software commands. To display information about all port 
adapter slots, use the show interfaces command. To display information about a specific port adapter 
slot, use the show interfaces command with the port adapter type and slot number in the format 
show
 interfaces port-adapter-type slot-number/port-number. If you abbreviate the command (sh int) 
and do not specify port adapter type and slot number (or arguments), the system interprets the command 
as show interfaces and displays the status of all port adapters and ports.
To identify port adapter slots and the Port Adapter Jacket Card and to obtain information about the port 
adapters, use the show diag command. 
The following example shows how the show interfaces command, used without arguments, displays 
status information (including the physical port adapter number) for each port adapter in a 
Cisco
 7206VXR. 
In the following example, most of the status information for each interface is omitted.
1 Blank port adapter 5 Port adapter slot 5
2 Port adapter slot 6 6 Port adapter slot 3
3 Port adapter slot 4 7 Port adapter slot 1
4 Port adapter slot 2 8 Port adapter slot 0 (Reserved for the Fast 
Ethernet port on the I/O controller. With the 
NPE-G1 or NPE-G2 and the Port Adapter 
Jacket Card installed, the slot becomes port 
adapter slot 7.)