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DATA SHEET
The Cisco® ONS 15530 4-Port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Aggregation Card for the Cisco ONS 15530 DWDM Multiservice Aggregation Platform provides efficient wavelength usage by aggregating up to four 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, IBM Fiber Connection (FICON), and IBM Intersystem Channel (ISC) services onto a single 10-Gbps wavelength. This enhancement makes the Cisco ONS 15530 the ideal solution for next-generation, high-density SAN extension applications.
Figure 1 shows the Cisco ONS 15530 4-Port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Aggregation Card.
Figure 1
Cisco ONS 15530 4-Port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Aggregation Card
KEY BENEFITS
Table 1. Benefits of Cisco ONS 15530 DWDM Multiservice Aggregation Platform with 4-Port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Aggregation Card
High-density service aggregation
Provides industry-leading aggregation capabilities of up to 4 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON, and ISC-3 services per 10-Gbps ITU wavelength. When used with a 32-wavelength system, such as the Cisco ONS 15540, up to 128 2-Gbps Fibre Channel/FICON/ISC-3 services can be supported per fiber pair.
Investment protection
Provides customers with investment protection by allowing support of both low-density and high-density deployments with the same aggregation card in conjunction with 2.5-Gbps or 10-Gbps ITU trunk cards. Support for a mix of 1-Gbps and 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON, and ISC-1/ISC-3 as well as ESCON and Gigabit Ethernet (GE) aggregation provided by other Cisco ONS 15530 aggregation cards allows the network to grow and evolve with customer requirements.
Scalability
Supports the ability to scale the network without service interruption as new 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON, and ISC-3 services are added.
Extended distances
Based on advanced buffer-to-buffer credit-spoofing technology, the Cisco ONS 15530 significantly increases the distance supported for a disaster recovery solution based on 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON, and ISC-3 protocols up to 320 km over a DWDM metropolitan-area network (metro).
Protection options
Offers several options for customers requiring an enhanced level of service availability including service-level client protection.
Performance monitoring
Offers digital performance monitoring, providing customers added visibility into protocol statistics in addition to optical-signal performance.
Storage application
Aggregation of multiple 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON, and ISC-3 service for storage networking applications such as business continuance, disaster recovery, disk mirroring, and storage area network (SAN) extension.
Certifications
Fully compatible with storage solutions from Cisco partners, including IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS), EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF), HP/Compaq Data Replication Manager (DRM), HDS TrueCopy, allowing customers the flexibility of deploying the Cisco ONS 15530 platform in many different storage environments.
SPECIFICATIONS
Table 2 and 3 list specifications for the Cisco ONS 15530 4-Port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Aggregation Card.
Table 2. Optical Specification
15454-SFP-GEFC-SX
15500-XVRA-11B1
15500-XVRA-12B1
Data Rate Supported
Fibre Channel/FICON/ISC-1/ISC-3 (1-Gbps and 2-Gbps) and Gigabit Ethernet
Midband variable rate 200 Mbps to 1.25-Gbps (1-Gbps Fibre Channel/FICON/ISC-1)
Highband variable rate 1.062-Gbps to 2.488-Gbps (1-Gbps and 2-Gbps Fibre Channel/FICON/ISC-1/ISC-3)
Wavelength
850 nm multimode
1310 nm single mode
1310 nm single mode
Connector Type
Duplex LC
Duplex LC
Duplex LC
Fiber Type
Multimode 50/62.5
Single-mode 9
Single-mode 9
Receiver Specification
Min
Max
Min
Max
Min
Max
Receiver sensitivity
-18 dBm
-19 dBm
-18 dBm
Receiver overload
0 dBm
-3 dBm
-3 dBm
Input wavelength
770 nm
860 nm
1100 nm
1600 nm
1100 nm
1600 nm
Transmitter Specification
Min
Max
Min
Max
Min
Max
Transmit power
-9 dBm
-3.5 dBm
-11 dBm
-3 dBm
-10 dBm
-3 dBm
Output wavelength
830 nm
860 nm
1285 nm
1345 nm
1266 nm
1360 nm
Table 3. Specifications
Client Ports (Pluggable optics)
Configuration Options
Specifications
Up to 4 pluggable optics
• Single-mode and multimode options (Table 2)
• Bit rate: Up to 2.125 Gbps per port
• Connector type: Duplex LC
Up to 4 cards per chassis
Compatible in slots 1-4 and slots 7-10
Dimensions (H x W x D): 10.4 in. x 1.162 in. x 8.958 in.
Bit error rate: 1x 10-15
Digital monitoring: 1-Gbps and 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON, ISC-1, and ISC-3
Table 4 lists the ordering information for the ONS 15530 4-Port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Aggregation Card.
Table 4. Ordering Information
Product Code
Description
Minimum Cisco IOS® Software Release
15530-FC-4P
Cisco ONS 15530 4-Port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel Aggregation Card
SO530C-12223SV
15454-SFP-GEFC-SX
Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) - 1-Gbps GE/Fibre Channel/FICON, 850 nm multimode with LC
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