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Cisco ONS 15530 Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Cisco ONS 15530 Overview
Cisco ONS 15530 Components
Transponder Line Cards
The protocol-transparent and bit-rate transparent transponder line card converts a single client signal
into an ITU wavelength, or channel. The transponder line cards have tunable lasers and you can
configure the line cards to work in two different wavelengths. The Cisco ONS 15530 holds up to four
transponder line cards, one for each wavelength supported by the OADM modules.
The Cisco ONS 15530 supports four types of single client interface transponder line cards: SM (single
mode) unprotected, SM splitter protected, MM (multimode) unprotected, and MM splitter protected.
Both types of SM transponder line cards accept SM client signals on the 1310-nm wavelength through
an SC connector and support client signal clock rates ranging from 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps. Both types of
MM transponder line cards accept SM and MM client signals on the 1310-nm wavelength through an
SC connector and support client signal clock rates ranging from 16 Mbps to 622 Mbps (see Figure 1-14
and Figure 1-15).