Specifications

Cisco ONS 15454 Product Overview

Card Slots and Types

Cisco ONS 15454 Product Overview, R3.3

May 2002

The ONS 15454 is a NEBS-compliant shelf assembly that contains 17 card

(module) slots, a backplane interface, a fan tray, a front panel with an LCD, and

alarm indicators. The ONS 15454 carries traditional time-division multiplexing

(TDM) and high-speed data traffic—a variety of card configurations offer

incremental bandwidth increases as needed and support EC-1, DS-1, DS-3, OC-3,

OC-12, OC-48, OC-192, and 10/100/1000 Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet speeds.

Workstations can connect to the ONS 15454 using direct, network (LAN and

WAN), or DCC connections. The ONS 15454 supports TL1 and Cisco Transport

Controller (CTC). CTC, the ONS 15454 software interface, provides easy card,

node, and network-level provisioning and troubleshooting. The ONS 15454

deploys a variety of network configurations, including point-to-point systems or

linear add-drop multiplexers (ADMs), unidirectional path switched rings

(UPSRs), two-fiber and four-fiber bidirectional line switched rings (BLSRs),

subtending rings, and path-protected mesh networks (PPMNs). The ONS 15454

can be combined with the Cisco ONS 15327 in several network configurations.

Card Slots and Types

The ONS 15454 has 17 card slots numbered 1–17. All slots are card-ready—when

you plug in a card it automatically boots up and becomes ready for service. The

cards offer bandwidth in modular increments, making it efficient to deploy the

system in low-density applications and add bandwidth as needed. The ONS 15454

houses five types of cards: Common Control, Alarm Interface Controller (AIC),

Electrical, Optical, and Ethernet. The common control cards include the TCC+

and the cross-connect cards (XC, XCVT, and XC10G).