Installation guide

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Cisco ONS 15530 Hardware Installation Guide

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Cisco ONS 15530 Overview

The Cisco ONS 15530 is a modular and scalable optical switching and aggregation platform designed to

supplement the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP. With the Cisco ONS 15530, users can take advantage of the

availability of dark fiber to build a common infrastructure that supports data, storage area network

(SAN), and time-division multiplexing(TDM) traffic. For more information about DWDM technology

and applications, refer to the Introduction to DWDM Technology publication and the

Cisco ONS 15530 Planning Guide.

The Cisco ONS 15530 is designed to meet or exceed stringent ISP (Internet service provider)

requirements for product availability and reliability.

Note Before you install, operate, or service the system, read the Regulatory Compliance and Safety

Information for the Cisco ONS 15500 Series for important safety information you should know before

working with the system.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Cisco ONS 15530 Chassis, page 1-2

• Cisco ONS 15530 Components, page 1-10