- About this Guide
- Cisco ONS Documentation Roadmap for Releases 9.2.1 and 9.2.2
- Chapter 1, Cisco ONS 15454 (ANSI and ETSI), ONS 15454 M2, and ONS 15454 M6 Shelf Assembly
- Chapter 2, Common Control Cards
- Chapter 3, Optical Service Channel Cards
- Chapter 4, Optical Amplifier Cards
- Chapter 5, Multiplexer and Demultiplexer cards
- Chapter 6, Tunable Dispersion Compensating Units
- Chapter 7, Protection Switching Module
- Chapter 8, Optical Add/Drop Cards
- Chapter 9, Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Cards
- Chapter 10, Transponder and Muxponder Cards
- Chapter 11, Node Reference
- Chapter 12, Network Reference
- Chapter 13, Optical Circuit Reference
- Chapter 14, Cisco Transport Controller Operation
- Chapter 15, Security Reference
- Chapter 16, Timing Reference
- Chapter 17, Manage Network Connectivity
- Chapter 18, Alarm Management
- Chapter 19, Performance Monitoring
- Chapter 20, SNMP
- Appendix A, Hardware Specifications
- Appendix B, Administrative and Service States
- Appendix C, Pseudo Command Line Interface Reference
- Appendix D, Fiber and Connector Losses in Raman Link Configuration
- Appendix E, Network Element Defaults
Preface

Note The terms "Unidirectional Path Switched Ring" and "UPSR" may appear in Cisco literature. These terms do not refer to using Cisco ONS 15xxx products in a unidirectional path switched ring configuration. Rather, these terms, as well as "Path Protected Mesh Network" and "PPMN," refer generally to Cisco's path protection feature, which may be used in any topological network configuration. Cisco does not recommend using its path protection feature in any particular topological network configuration.
This section explains the objectives, intended audience, and organization of this publication and describes the conventions that convey instructions and other information.
This section provides the following information:
- Revision History
- Document Objectives
- Audience
- Document Organization
- Related Documentation
- Document Conventions
- Obtaining Optical Networking Information
- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Revision History
Document Objectives
This document provides background and reference material for Cisco ONS 15454 dense wavelength division (DWDM) systems.
Audience
To use this publication, you should be familiar with Cisco or equivalent optical transmission hardware and cabling, telecommunications hardware and cabling, electronic circuitry and wiring practices, and preferably have experience as a telecommunications technician.
Document Organization
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Provides link to quickly access publications of Cisco ONS Release 9.2.1 and 9.2.2. |
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Chapter 1, “Cisco ONS 15454 (ANSI and ETSI), ONS 15454 M2, and ONS 15454 M6 Shelf Assembly” |
Provides a description of Cisco ONS 15454 (ANSI and ETSI), Cisco ONS 15454 M2, and Cisco ONS 15454 M6 shelf assemblies. |
Includes descriptions of the TCC2, TCC3, TCC2P, AIC-I, and MS-ISC-100T cards. |
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Includes descriptions of the OPT-PRE, OPT-BST, OPT-BST-E, OP-BST-L, OPT-AMP-L, OPT-AMP-C, OPT-AMP-17-C, OPT-RAMP-C, and OPT-RAMP-CE, as well as card temperature ranges and card compatibility. |
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Includes descriptions of the Protection Switching Module (PSM) card used in Cisco ONS 15454 dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networks. |
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Explains the Tunable Dispersion Compensating Units (T-DCU) used in Cisco ONS 15454 dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networks. |
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Includes descriptions of the 32-MUX-O, 32DMX-O, and 4MD-xx.x cards. |
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Includes descriptions of the AD-1C-xx.x, AD-2C-xx.x, AD-4C-xx.x, AD-1B-xx.x, and AD-4B-xx.x cards, card temperature ranges, compatibility, and applications. |
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Includes descriptions of the 32WSS, 32WSS-L, 32DMX, 32DMX-L, 40-DMX-C, 40-DMX-CE, 40-MUX-C, 40-WSS-C, 40-WSS-CE, 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 40-SMR-1C, 40-SMR-2C, and MMU cards, card temperature ranges, compatibility, and applications. |
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Includes information about transponder (TXP), muxponder (MXP), GE_XP, 10GE_XP, and ADM-10G cards, as well as their associated plug-in modules (Small Form-factor Pluggables [SFPs or XFPs]). |
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Explains the DWDM node types t available for the ONS 15454. The DWDM node type is determined by the type of amplifier and filter cards that are installed in an ONS 15454. Also explains the DWDM automatic power control (APC), reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexing (ROADM) power equalization, span loss verification, and automatic node setup (ANS) functions. |
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Explains the DWDM network applications and topologies. Also provides network-level optical performance references. |
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Chapter 13, “Optical Channel Circuits and Virtual Patchcords Reference” |
Explains the DWDM optical channel (OCH) circuit types and virtual patchcords that can be provisioned. Circuit types include the OCH client connection (OCHCC), the OCH trail, and the OCH network connection (OCHNC). |
Describes Cisco Transport Controller (CTC), the software interface for the Cisco ONS 15454. |
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Provides information about Cisco ONS 15454 users and security. |
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Provides information about Cisco ONS 15454 users and node timing. |
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Provides an overview of ONS 15454 data communications network (DCN) connectivity. Cisco Optical Networking System (ONS) network communication is based on IP, including communication between Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) computers and ONS 15454 nodes, and communication among networked ONS 15454 nodes. The chapter shows common Cisco ONS 15454 IP network configurations and includes detailed data communications network (DCN) case studies. |
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Describes Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) alarm and threshold crossing alert (TCA) monitoring and management. |
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Performance monitoring (PM) parameters are used by service providers to gather, store, set thresholds for, and report performance data for early detection of problems. In this chapter, PM parameters and concepts are defined for transponder, muxponder, and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) cards in the Cisco ONS 15454 including optical amplifier, multiplexer, demultiplexer, optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM), and optical service channel (OSC) cards. |
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Explains Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) as implemented by the Cisco ONS 15454. |
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Contains hardware and software specifications for the ONS 15454 ANSI and ETSI shelf assemblies and cards. |
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Describes the administrative and service states for Cisco ONS 15454 dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) cards, optical payload ports, out-of-band optical service channel (OSC) ports, optical channel network connections (OCHNCs), and transponder/muxponder cards and ports. |
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Describes Pseudo-IOS command line interface (PCLI) for GE_XP, 10GE_XP, GE_XPE, and 10GE_XPE cards. |
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Appendix C, “Fiber and Connector Losses in Raman Link Configuration” |
Describes guidelines to be followed when configuring a Raman link. |
Related Documentation
Use the Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Reference Manual in conjunction with the following referenced Release 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 publications:
- Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Procedure Guide
- Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Troubleshooting Guide
- Cisco ONS SONET TL1 Command Guide
- Cisco ONS SONET TL1 Reference Guide
- Cisco ONS SONET TL1 Command Quick Reference Guide
- Cisco ONS 15454 SDH TL1 Command Guide
- Cisco ONS 15454 SDH TL1 Reference Guide
- Cisco ONS 15454 SDH TL1 Command Quick Reference Guide
- Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15454, Release 9.2.1
- Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15454 SDH, Release 9.2.1
- Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15454, ONS 15454 M2, and ONS 15454 M6 DWDM, Release 9.2.1
- Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15454, ONS 15454 M2, and ONS 15454 M6 DWDM, Release 9.2.2
- Cisco TransportPlanner DWDM Operations Guide
- Cisco ONS 15454 Hardware Installation Guide
For an update on End-of-Life and End-of-Sale notices, refer to
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps2006/prod_eol_notices_list.html
Document Conventions
This publication uses the following conventions:

Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the document.


Obtaining Optical Networking Information
This section contains information that is specific to optical networking products. For information that pertains to all of Cisco, refer to the Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request section.
Where to Find Safety and Warning Information
For safety and warning information, refer to the Cisco Optical Transport Products Safety and Compliance Information document that accompanied the product. This publication describes the international agency compliance and safety information for the Cisco ONS 15454 system. It also includes translations of the safety warnings that appear in the ONS 15454 system documentation.
Cisco Optical Networking Product Documentation CD-ROM
Optical networking-related documentation, including Cisco ONS 15xxx product documentation, is available in a CD-ROM package that ships with your product. The Optical Networking Product Documentation CD-ROM is updated periodically and may be more current than printed documentation.
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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