ASR 1006, are the SIP and SPA cards Hot-swappable?

[rodsculthorp66]

I can find references that the SPA cards should be hot-swappable in the form of documents stating you should shut down traffic before removing, but I can not find any clear reference that states that the SPA and the corresponding SIP modules can be pulled while the chassis is on.

[Iulian Vaideanu · Accepted solution]

Both modular SIPs and SPAs are hot-swappable in ASR1K:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/interfaces_modules/shared_port_adapters/install_upgrade/ASR1000/asr_sip_spa_hw/ASRmin.html#73220

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/interfaces_modules/shared_port_adapters/install_upgrade/ASR1000/asr_sip_spa_hw/ASRsin.html#pgfId-1060193

(Text in the second link begins with "Cisco 7600 series router SIPs and SPAs", but that's a typo, the book is about ASR1K (the statement isn't wrong though - SIPs and SPAs are hot-swappable in the 7600 series as well))

[rodsculthorp66]

Lulian,

Thank you for the quick answer.

I thought I had seen a version of this document that covered the insertion and removal of the modules, but it did not state that they were capable of "online insertion".

This is just what I needed to know and it may have taken days for me to find this document.

Thanks,