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Table 12.  DSL Features Specifications 
DSL Specifications 
Multi-mode DSL (VDSL2 and ADSL2/2+) 
(886VA, 887VA models) 
● 
Broadcom Chipset 
● 
Dying gasp 
● 
IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging 
● 
Independent DSL firmware loading 
VDSL2 
● 
ITU G.993.2 (VDSL2) 
● 
997 and 998 band plans 
● 
VDSL2 profiles: 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 12a, 12b, and 17a 
● 
U0 band support (25Khz - 276 KHz) 
● 
Ethernet Packet Transport Mode (PTM) mode only based on IEEE 802.3ah 64/65 octet 
encapsulation 
● 
DELT Diagnostics Mode 
ADSL2/2+ 
● 
ADSL over basic telephone service with Annex A and Annex B ITU G. 992.1 (ADSL), 
G.992.3 (ADSL2), and G.992.5 (ADSL2+) 
● 
ADSL over basic telephone service with Annex M (extended upstream bandwidth) G.992.3 
(ADSL2) and G.992.5 (ADSL2+) 
◦
  Cisco 887VA-M is optimized for PSD Mask EU-64 M9. 
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  Cisco 887VA-M supports UK Annex M 
● 
G.994.1 ITU G.hs 
● 
Reach-extended ADSL2 (G.922.3) Annex L for increased performance on loop lengths 
greater than 16,000 feet from central office 
● 
T1.413 ANSI ADSL DMT issue 2 compliance 
● 
DSL Forum TR-067comformity 
● 
Inpulse Noise Protection (INP) ane extended INP 
● 
Downstream Power Back Off (DPBO) 
● 
ATM mode only 
ADSL specifications 
(886, 887 models) 
● 
ST-Microelectronics 20190 Chipset 
● 
ADSL over basic telephone service with Annex A and Annex B ITU G. 992.1 (ADSL), 
G.992.3 (ADSL2), and G.992.5 (ADSL2+) 
● 
ADSL over basic telephone service with Annex M (extended upstream bandwidth) G.992.3 
(ADSL2) and G.992.5 (ADSL2+). 
◦
  Cisco 887-M is optimized for PSD Mask EU-64 M9 
◦
  Cisco 887M supports UK Annex M only with Huawei 5300 DSLAM and its EADB line 
card with customer-premises-equipment (CPE) firmware Version 4.0.17 
● 
G.994.1 ITU G.hs. 
● 
Reach-extended ADSL2 (G.922.3) Annex L for increased performance on loop lengths 
greater than 16,000 feet from central office 
● 
T1.413 ANSI ADSL DMT issue 2 compliance 
● 
DSL Forum TR-067 conformity 
● 
Does not provide interoperability with carrierless amplitude modulation/phase modulation 
(CAP)-based ADSL lines 
● 
Dying gasp 
● 
IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging with IOS release 15.1(1)T or later 
VDSL2 specifications 
(887V models) 
● 
Broadcom Chipset 
● 
ITU G.993.2 (VDSL2) over basic telephone service only 
● 
997 and 998 band plans, over basic telephone service only 
● 
VDSL2 profiles supported: 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 12a, 12b, and 17a 
● 
U0 band support (25Khz - 276 KHz) 
● 
Ethernet Packet Transport Mode (PTM) mode only based on IEEE 802.3ah 64/65 octet 
encapsulation 
● 
DELT Diagnostics Mode 
● 
IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging