The Cisco 7000 Family Channel Interface Processor (CIP) provides Enterprise System Connection (ESCON) connections to IBM and IBM-compatible mainframes.
Benefits
- Offers high-performance SNA and TCP/IP networking for IBM and compatible mainframes.
- Eliminates the need to manage multiple dedicated mainframe channel controllers.
- Supports up to two ESCON channel connections.
- Supports standard IBM mainframe software.
- Offers the highest mix of wide-area network (WAN) and local-area network (LAN) interfaces.
- Provides improved mainframe access availability with the Cisco 7500 and Cisco 7000 high-availability platforms.
- Manageable by CiscoWorks 2000 and CiscoWorks Blue, reducing the overall cost of operations.
- Brings mainframe direct connection to the routed internetwork without requiring additional mainframe software.
- Supports multiple logical partition (LPAR) connections to the mainframe using ESCON Multiple Image Facility (EMIF)
Data Sheets and Literature
Bulletins
(All Cisco Interface Processors Bulletins)
(All Cisco Interface Processors Data Sheets)
End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices
(All Cisco Interface Processors End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices)
(All Cisco Interface Processors White Papers)
(All Cisco Interface Processors Bulletins)
Bus and Tag Channel Interface Processor End of Sales
Enterprise Data Center Networking Implementation Plan, No. 1547
New Pricing Structure for CIP and CPA Features
Data SheetsEnterprise Data Center Networking Implementation Plan, No. 1547
New Pricing Structure for CIP and CPA Features
(All Cisco Interface Processors Data Sheets)
End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices
(All Cisco Interface Processors End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices)
CIP and CPA Microcode Software Releases 22 and 24 EOS and EOE
EoS/EOL Announcement for the Cisco Channel Interface Processor, No. 2537
White PapersEoS/EOL Announcement for the Cisco Channel Interface Processor, No. 2537
(All Cisco Interface Processors White Papers)
