The HWIC-4T is a 4-port multiprotocol high-speed WAN interface card (HWIC). Protocols supported are Async (SLIP), Async (PPP), HDLC, Bisync, and transparent.
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Serial and asynchronous High-Speed WAN Interface Cards (HWICs) provide highly flexible connections for Cisco Integrated Services Routers. These HWICs help customers enable applications such as WAN access, legacy protocol transport, console server, and dial access server.
The Cisco Nexus 5696Q offers a Unified Port, Linecard Expansion Module (UP LEM) for Ethernet/FCoE and native Fibre Channel support. The UP LEM (N5696-M20UP) provides up to twenty 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet and FCoE ports using the SFP+ interface or up to twenty ports of native Fibre Channel connectivity using 8 and 4G SFP+ and SFP interfaces. The use of 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet or 8/4-Gbps Fibre Channel on a port is mutually exclusive but can be selected for any of the twenty physical ports per module.