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Data Sheet
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Mesh and multi-ring topology support in the optical domain with the possibility to manage nodes facing up to
eight degrees. These capabilities allow Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP users to provide wavelength services and to
define virtual private DWDM networks, where a common transport infrastructure can be shared across
multiple users or services
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Directionless support for ROADM nodes to allow service creation and restoration in a fully automated way
(SW provisioning). This unique capability of the Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP platform is a key enabler for IP-
over-DWDM applications where DWDM colored signals from Routers, Switches or SAN platforms can be
directly transported and managed in the DWDM network
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Flexible add/drop capabilities, from 1- to full 112-channel granularity, supporting both band and channel
optical add/drop multiplexers (OADMs)
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Software-provisionable, Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) and 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable
Module (XFP) client and DWDM optics modules and full-band wavelength tunability for reduced inventory of
spares
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Fully automatic node and network setup with the possibility to use the intuitive DWDM network design tool
(Cisco TransportPlanner) to have a PC-aided design, installation, commissioning, and evolution for the
network
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Multilevel service monitoring using SONET/SDH and digital-wrapper (G.709) technology to provide complete
monitoring and reporting of Performance and Quality parameters for Ethernet, SAN, Video and TDM services
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Integrated Optical Service Channel (OSC) for unparalleled service reliability and platform manageability
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Network topology autodiscovery supported directly at the Network Element (NE) level and allowing Element
Manager System (EMS)-like functionalities directly through the platform embedded software
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Network-level and Node-level Alarm Correlation performed directly by the embedded NE software to allow a
simpler and faster reaction to fault situations by providing just the root-cause of the problem to the
management interface
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Integrated Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) for network-based, point-and-click system and services setup
and management
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Virtual Transponder operation for Routers (like Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System) equipped with DWDM
physical line interface module (PLIM), allowing end-to-end service provisioning between Routers through the
complete DWDM network directly from CTC
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Software-controlled optical power management for fully automated network optical power control, especially
during wavelength additions, site additions, and fast transient suppression in the case of a fiber cut
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Support by an advanced, cross-platform optical network management system (NMS), the Cisco Transport
Manager (CTM), for unified network operations and interface to an operations support system (OSS).
In addition to the integrated software features, the Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP is supported by an easy-to-use but
powerful network design tool, the Cisco TransportPlanner. Cisco TransportPlanner is a user-friendly, Java-based
application (fully developed and tested by Cisco) for modeling and optimizing DWDM networks based on the user’s
network parameters. In addition to network design, Cisco TransportPlanner also reduces operational expenditures by
simplifying network deployments through the following:
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Simple drag-and-drop user operation for network and services definition
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Optimized services and units allocation in case of network topology or traffic matrix changes for an already
deployed network (delta planning)
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Support for linear, ring, multi-ring and mesh network topologies
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Fully flexible network design with the possibility to optimize the use of the flexibility provided by ROADM (in
the optical domain) and by the multirate cards (in the service and application domain)