Release Components

Service Aggregation and Delivery

• New 10-Gbps data muxponder, which provides data and storage services aggregation to efficiently transport any mix of data and storage services over a single optical wavelength, is available in C- and L-band versions, and is fully tunable across the entire band on the 50-GHz channel grid.
• Enhanced 10-Gbps multirate transponder, available in C- and L-band versions and fully tunable across the entire band on the 50-GHz channel grid, supports long-reach (LR-2 / L-64.2) interface on the client side in addition to the short-reach (SR-1 / I-64.1) support available in previous releases.
• Enhanced 4 x 2.5-Gbps SONET/SDH muxponder, available in C- and L-band versions and fully tunable across the entire band on the 50-GHz channel grid, supports long-reach interface on the client side in addition to the short-reach and intermediate-reach (IR-1 / S-16.1) available in previous releases.
• Enhanced 2.5-Gbps data muxponder, now supporting aggregation of up to eight Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) clients, allows connection to IBM S390-based devices across large campus and metropolitan areas.

Increased Service Scalability

• New mesh or multiring upgrade (MMU) support, for networks requiring multidegree node deployments, allows Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP customers to make their ROADM sites compatible with future versions for in-service node expansion to future multidegree wavelength cross-connect (WXC) hardware. This eliminates the need to burden every potential node of a ROADM network with the added cost of WXC hardware just to ensure in-service scalability.
• ROADM-based L-band transport support uses the existing C-band transport functionalities for a new set of ROADM and optical amplifier units that support transmission of up to 32 channels (100 GHz spaced) in the L-band region of the spectrum.
• 40-Gbps transport capability, an industry first, allows customers a non-service-affecting migration to transport 40-Gbps wavelengths.

Enhanced Service Management

• Multishelf management allows the provisioning and management of all the shelves of an MSTP node as one network element, simplifying setup and management steps across separate shelves.
• Enhanced end-to-end service provisioning extends previous Cisco Transport Controller provisioning capabilities on the Cisco ONS 15454 platform to include transponders, muxponders, and DWDM line cards. This removes unnecessary provisioning steps and allows end-to-end management of optical channels, simplifying and accelerating service turnup.

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