what is the different between "NIM-2CE1T1-PRI" and "NIM-2MFT-T1/E1"

[Mamdouh Magdi Mohammed Sharaf]

what is the different between "NIM-2CE1T1-PRI" and "NIM-2MFT-T1/E1"

[marcuscsg]

From a data perspective the CE1 card supports G.703/G.704 and the MFT card does not.  These cards are similar to the older HWIC-1CE1T1-PRI cards.  From a voice perspective they are very similar.

[Ritesh Desai]

Marcus,

Thanks... very informative.

[mmehrota]

if you need Channelised E1 on Data, use CE1 card, else use 2MFT card, see below table:

Table 2.       Cisco T1/E1 Module Capacity Comparison

Configuration Description	MFT Modules NIM-1MFT-T1/E1, NIM-2MFT-T1/E1, NIM‑4MFT-T1/E1, and NIM-8MFT-T1/E1	Channelized Modules NIM-1CE1T1-PRI, NIM-2CE1T1-PRI, and NIM-8CE1T1-PRI
Data Only
Serial data (channel-group*)	2 per port	24 per port
E1 unframed G.703	Not supported	Supported
Voice Only
Voice channel associated signaling (CAS) (ds0-group**)	24 per port (T1) 31 per port (E1) 1 per timeslot	24 per port (T1) 31 per port (E1) 1 per timeslot
Voice and Data
PRI (pri-group***)	1 per port	1 per port
Drop and insert (tdm-group****)	24 per port (T1) 31 per port (E1) 1 per timeslot	24 per port (T1) 31 per port (E1) 1 per timeslot