Specifications
Chapter 8 Optical Networking
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Optical Networking at a Glance
Cisco ONS 15501 Erbium
Doped Fiber Amplifier
• Designed for Enterprise and Service Provider environments
• Low-noise, gain flattened C-band optical amplifier
• Complements the Cisco ONS 155xx DWDM solution
• Capable of extending 100GHz, 32-channel, 2.5Gbps / 10Gbps optical infrastructure over
longer distances
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Cisco ONS 15530 Metro
DWDM Aggregation
Platform
High-density and scalable dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) multiservice
aggregation platform
• Ideal for both enterprises and managed service providers
• Network consolidation of storage, data, and legacy applications
• Up to 8 Fibre Channel / FICON / GbE services or up to 40 ESCON services per wavelength
• New—Support for up to 4-ports of 2 Gbps Fibre Channel services per wavelength
• New—8-port Multi Service Muxponder supports up to 8 multiservice interfaces (T1/E1,
OC3-STM-1, ESCON, D1 Video, FE, GE, 1GFC, and ITS) per wavelength
• Scales from 2.5Gbps to 10Gbps
• Supports wide range of protocols over a highly-available optical infrastructure
• Highly resilient network with flexible topology design options
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Cisco ONS 15540 Extended
Services Platform
Highly modular and scalable next-generation Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
platform offering Industry Leading Wavelength Density
• Ideal for enterprises requiring Business Continuance (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR)
Solutions and service providers offering Enterprise Business Continuance (BC) and
Disaster Recovery (DR) Managed Services
• Delivers the integration of data, storage and metro networking
• Ultra-high bandwidth intelligent optical infrastructure
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Cisco ONS 15454
Multiservice Platform
(MSTP)
Delivers integrated, intelligent DWDM functionality for metropolitan and regional networks
(up to 32 wavelengths per node):
• Aggregated lower-rate TDM services from DS-1/E1 over 2.5-Gbps and 10-Gbps
wavelengths
• SONET/SDH wavelength and aggregated services—OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4,
OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64
• Data services—private-line, switched and wavelength-based, including 10/100BASE-T,
Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN physical layer, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN
physical layer
• Storage services—1-Gbps and 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, 10-Gbps Fibre Channel, IBM Fiber
Connection (FICON), and Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON), ETR/CLO, ISC-1
• Video services—D1 and high-definition television (HDTV)
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Cisco ONS 15600
Multiservice Switching
Platform (SONET/SDH)
Allows service providers to seamlessly integrate their metro core and metro edge networks,
while dramatically reducing initial turn up costs.
• Provides 320 gigabits of switching, grooming, aggregation, and bandwidth management
capacity in a single shelf
• Supports 32, OC-192/STM-64 long reach or 128, OC-48/STM-16 long reach optical interfaces
in a single shelf
• Combines the functionality of multiple metro systems including SONET/SDH multiplexers
and digital cross-connect network elements
• Provides carrier-class availability, serviceability, and management
• Scalable, easy-to-use platform supports all metro topologies
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Cisco Transport Manager
(CTM 5.0)
Advanced optical transport domain manager that delivers element and network management
layer functionality:
• Efficiently manages the entire Cisco ONS product family and Cisco CR-12000 Series routers
• Provides a resilient, adaptable, and integrated carrier-class EMS solution
• Powerful GUI-based management system makes advanced management capabilities such
as A-to-Z circuit provisioning easy to learn and use
• Cost-effective, using industry-standard platforms such as Sun Solaris, Oracle, and
Microsoft Windows to fit smoothly into various IT environments
• Offers a variety of northbound interface options (e.g., SNMP, TL1 and CORBA)
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Cisco 10720 Internet
Router
Service provider-class metro access services router
• Equipped with 24 ports of Ethernet technology for customer access and dynamic packet
transport (DPT) technology for metro optical connectivity
• With DPT architecture, enables optimal fiber connectivity as well as features such as IP
class of service, TLS, VoIP and VPN services
See Chapter 1—Routers for more information on the Cisco 10720 Internet Router
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