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Cisco ONS 15530 Planning Guide
OL-7708-01
Preface
Organization
Organization
The chapters of this guide are as follows:
Related Documentation
This guide is part of a documentation set that supports the Cisco ONS 15530. The other documents in
the set are as follows:
• Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco ONS 15500 Series
• Cisco ONS 15530 Hardware Installation Guide
• Cisco ONS 15530 Cleaning Procedures for Fiber Optic Connections
• Cisco ONS 15530 Optical Turn-up and Test Guide
• Cisco ONS 15530 Configuration Guide and Command Reference
• Quick Reference for the Cisco ONS 15530 TL1 Commands
• Cisco ONS 15530 System Alarms and Error Messages
• Cisco ONS 15530 Troubleshooting Guide
• Network Management for the Cisco ONS 15530
• Cisco ONS 15530 MIB Quick Reference
• Cisco ONS 15530 Software Upgrade Guide
Chapter Title Description
Chapter 1System Overview Describes the Cisco ONS 15530 chassis,
components, and system architecture
Chapter 2 Protection Schemes and
Network Topologies
Describes the supported network topologies and
fault protection schemes
Chapter 3 Shelf Configuration Rules Provides the rules for physical configuration of
the Cisco ONS 15530
Chapter 4 Optical Loss Budgets Provides metrics for calculating optical link loss
budgets in Cisco ONS 15530 based networks
Chapter 5 Amplified Network Planning Discusses the amplification and attenuation
features supported by the Cisco ONS 15530.
Chapter 6 Example Shelf Configurations
and Topologies
Provides examples of shelf configurations for
the protection options and common topologies
Appendix A IBM Storage Protocol Support Provides design information for applications
that use IBM storage protocols