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Configuration Guide for Cisco Optical Site Manager, IOS XR Release 26.x.x

NCS 2000 Cards

Updated: October 14, 2026

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This section provides details about nCS 2000 Cards in Cisco Optical Site Manager. Use it to find related fields, values, capabilities, or requirements for the workflow.

Provides details about NCS 2000 Cards in Cisco Optical Site Manager.

In release 25.1.1, CTC card-level and node-level functionalities are limited due to the availability of the Cisco Optical Site Manager web UI. The TL1 interface remains fully supported.

Before making any configuration changes to the NCS 2000 cards using CTC or TL1, ensure that the Cisco Optical Site Manager interface is disabled through the device lock/unlock feature. This step is essential to avoid potential conflicts during the configuration process.

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Flexible Migration Options for NCS 2000 Management

Cisco NCS 2000 Release 25.1.1

This release improves flexibility and migration options for NCS 2000 management. Network-level and node-level functionalities can now be managed through Cisco Optical Network Controller or Cisco Optical Site Manager using SVO-LC.

Transition to Cisco Optical Network Controller or Cisco Optical Site Manager at your own pace while continuing to use TL1, EPNM 8.1.1, and CTC. When ready, you can disable these legacy tools and adopt Cisco Optical Network Controller or Cisco Optical Site Manager as the primary management platform.

100G-LC-C card

Review details about the 100G-LC-C card and its benefits. Here, "100G-LC-C" refers to the NCS2K-100G-LC-C card.

The 100G-LC-C card simplifies the integration and transport of 100-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services to enterprises or service provider optical networks. This card is supported on Cisco NCS 2006 and Cisco NCS 2015 platforms.

The card interoperates with 10x10G-LC card through a chassis backplane.

The card provides the following benefits:

  • Provides 100-Gbps wavelengths transport over fully uncompensated networks, with more than 2,500 km of unregenerated optical links

  • Enables 100-Gbps transport over very high Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)

  • Improves overall system density of up to 100-Gbps per slot, which is five times greater than what can be achieved with 40-Gbps units

You can install up to six cards per Cisco NCS 2006 shelf, supporting up to 42 100-Gbps interfaces per 42-rack units (RU) bay frame. It is possible to place up to two 100G TXPs, one 100 G Regen, or one 100 G MXP on a Cisco NCS 2006 shelf.

10x10G-LC Card

In this section, "10x10G-LC" refers to the 15454-M-10x10G-LC card.

The 10x10G-LC card is a DWDM client card, which simplifies the integration and transport of 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services to enterprises or service provider optical networks. The 10x10G-LC card is supported on ONS 15454 M2, ONS 15454 M6, and Cisco NCS 2000 Series platforms.

The 10x10G-LC card is a single-slot card and can be installed in any service slot of the chassis. The 10x10G-LC card consists of a 10-port SFP+ based (with gray-colored, coarse wavelength division multiplexing ([CWDM] and DWDM optics available) and one 100 G CXP-based port.

The 10x10G-LC card interoperates with 200G-CK-C card through a chassis backplane.

The 10x10G-LC card supports the following signal types:

  • 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN PHY (10.3125 Gbps)

  • OC-192/STM-64 (9.95328 Gbps)

  • OTU-2

  • G.709 overclocked to transport 10 Gigabit Ethernet as defined by ITU-T G. Sup43 Clause 7.1 (11.0957 Gbps)

Operating Modes for 10x10G-LC Card

The 10x10G-LC card supports RGN-­10G (5x10G Regenerator)/TXP-­10G (5x10G Transponder) operating mode:

Each operating mode can be configured using specific set of cards and client payloads.

RGN-10G (5x10G Regenerator)/TXP-10G (5x10G Transponder)

The 10x10G-LC card works as a standalone card, supporting the multitransponder functionality. The 10 Gbps SFP+ ports should be paired to provide the 10 G transponder functionality for each port of the port pair. By using the grey optics SFP+ to provide the client equipment connectivity and DWDM SFP+ on the WDM side, up to five 10 G transponders are supported by a single 10x10G-LC card. Up to six 10x10G-LC cards are supported on the chassis allowing for 30 10 Gbps transponders in a single shelf.

All ports can be equipped with or without the G.709 Digital Wrapper function that provides wide flexibility in terms of the supported services.

As the client and trunk ports are completely independent, it is also possible to equip both SFP+ of the same pair of ports with the DWDM SFP+. The CXP pluggable is unused in this configuration.

Each of the SFP+ ports can be provisioned as a client or trunk. When one port is selected as a trunk, the other port of the pair is automatically selected as the client port. The allowed port pairs are 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, or 9-10.

For RGN-10G mode, both ports are trunk ports.

It is not a constraint to provision five pairs of TXP-10G mode or five pairs of RGN-10G mode. A mix of TXP-10G and RGN-10G modes can be configured. For example, pairs 1-2 and 5-6 can be configured as TXP-10G mode and the remaining pairs as RGN-10G mode.

Table 2. Supported Payload Mapping Between Two SFP+ Ports

SFP+ Payload (Peer-1)

SFP+ Payload (Peer -2)

10GE-LAN (CBR Mapped)

OTU2e or 10GE-LAN (CBR Mapped)

OTU2

OC192 or OTU2

100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-C, and 200G-CK-C Cards

100G-LC-C and 100G-CK-C Cards

In this chapter, "100G-LC-C" refers to the _15454-M-100G-LC-C card. "100G-CK-C" refers to the NCS2K-100G-CK-C card.

The 100G-LC-C and 100G-CK-C cards are tunable DWDM trunk cards. These cards simplify the integration and transport of 100-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services to enterprises or service provider optical networks. The 100GS-CK-C and 200G-CK-C cards simplify the integration and transport of 100 and 200-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services to enterprises or service provider optical networks. These cards are supported on Cisco NCS 2006 and Cisco NCS 2015 platforms.

The cards interoperate with 10x10G-LC and CFP-LC cards through a chassis backplane.

Note

The 100GS-CK-C and 200G-CK-LC cards do not operate with the CFP-LC card.

The cards provide the following benefits:

  • Provide 100-Gbps wavelengths transport over fully uncompensated networks, with more than 2,500 km of unregenerated optical links

  • Enable 100-Gbps transport over very high Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)

  • Improve overall system density of up to 100-Gbps per slot, which is five times greater than what can be achieved with 40-Gbps units

You can install up to six cards per Cisco NCS 2006 shelf, supporting up to 42 100-Gbps interfaces per 42-rack units (RU) bay frame. It is possible to place up to two 100G TXPs, one 100 G Regen, or one 100 G MXP on a Cisco NCS 2006 shelf.

Note

You must instal the fan-tray assembly NCS2006-FTA= (for the NCS 2006 chassis) on the shelf, where the cards are installed. When you use an ONS-SC+-10G-C pluggable along with the 10x10G-LC card, the maximum operating temperature of the shelf must not exceed 50 degrees Celsius.

The 100G-CK-C card works in a similar way as the 100G-LC-C card. The 100G-CK-C card has the new CPAK client interface replacing the CXP client interface of the 100G-LC-C card. The CPAK client interface enables different payload combinations, and so this card can be used instead of the 100G-LC-C and CFP-LC cards.

The 100G-CK-C card supports the following pluggables:

  • CPAK-100G-SR10 pluggable with 100GE/OTU4 and 40GE payloads

  • CPAK-100G-LR4 pluggable with 100GE/OTU4 payloads

  • CPAK-100G-SR4 pluggable with 100GE payloads

The 100G-LC-C card supports the following client signal types:

  • 100GE/OTU4

  • OTU4 from BP OTL4.10 (interconnect with the CFP client)

  • 100GE from BP CAUI (interconnect with CFP client)

  • 3 x OTU3e(255/227) from BP OTL3.4 (interconnect with 10 x10G client)

  • 2 x OTU3 from BP OTL3.4 (interconnect with the CFP client)

  • 2 x 40 GE from BP XLAUI (interconnect with the CFP client)

In addition to the above, the 100G-CK-C card supports the following client signal types:

  • 100GE/OTU4 for the CPAK-100G-SR10/CPAK-100G-LR4 client interface

  • 40GE for the CPAK-100G-SR10 client interface

The 100G-LC-C card and 100G-CK-C cards provide a 100G DWDM trunk interface that supports up to 70000 ps/nm of CD robustness. These cards enable configuration of the CD dispersion tolerance to 50000 ps/nm and 30000 ps/nm to reduce power consumption.

100GS-CK-C and 200G-CK-C Cards

In this chapter, "100GS-CK-C" refers to the NCS2K-100GS-CK-C card. "200G-CK-C" refers to the NCS2K-200G-CK-C card.

The 100GS-CK-C and 200G-CK-C cards are tunable DWDM trunk cards, which simplify the integration and transport of 100 and 200- Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services to enterprises or service provider optical networks. The 200G-CK-C card is an enhancement of the 100GS-CK-C card.

The 100GS-CK-C and 200G-CK-C cards provide the following benefits:

  • Allow choosing 16 QAM and QPSK as the modulation formats at the line side

  • Provide Standard G-FEC (Reed-Solomon), Soft Decision FEC (SD-FEC) encoding with 20% overhead, and Hard Decision FEC (HD-FEC) encoding with 7% overhead

  • Provide Nyquist filtering for best performance and optimal band usage

  • Support gridless tunability

  • Allow client access either through the local 100G CPAK interface or through backplane lines

  • In MXP-10X10G operating mode, allow 10GE clients (multiplexed on 100G trunk)

Key features of Cisco NCS 2000 transponder and muxponder cards

The 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-C, 200G-CK-C, 10x10G-LC, CFP-LC, and MR-MXP cards support multiple operating modes and service-mapping options for transponder and muxponder applications.

You can configure these cards for client and trunk options by using supported pluggables and card-specific operating modes. Operating modes are configured at the card level and define the card behavior for the selected payload and port configuration.

These cards support features such as protocol transparency, flow-through timing, Far-End Laser Control, performance monitoring, loopback, fault propagation, Trail Trace Identifier, Automatic Laser Shutdown, GCC channels, Pseudo Random Binary Sequence, and multivendor interoperability where applicable.

Key Features

The 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-C, 200G-CK-C, 10x10G-LC, CFP-LC, and MR-MXP cards support these key features:

  • Operating Modes: You can configure the cards into multiple operating modes. The cards can be equipped with pluggables for client and trunk options, and offer a wide variety of configurations.

    • The card must be preprovisioned and the modes must be configured. None of the modes are provisioned on the card by default. All operating modes are created at the card level. These card-specific provisions define the behavior of a particular card.

    • Depending on the selected card mode, provision the supported payload for that card mode on the PPMs. Payloads can be provisioned after configuring the operational mode on the card.

  • Protocol Transparency: The 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-C, and 200G-CK-C cards deliver 100-Gbps services for cost-effective, point-to-point networking. The 10x10G-LC card delivers 10-Gbps services for cost-effective, point-to-point networking.

Transponder Client Configurations and Mapping for 100G-LC-C and 100G-CK-C Cards

Client Format

Client Rate (Gbps)

Mapping

Trunk Format

Trunk Rate with 7% GFEC, 20% GFEC, or EFEC OH (Gbps)

100GE LAN-PHY

101.125

Bit transparent through standard G.709v3 mapping

OTU4

111.809

OTU4

111.809

Transparent G.709 standard

OTU4

111.809

Transponder Client Configurations and Mapping for a 10x10G-LC Card

Client Format

Rate (Gbps)

Mapping

10GE LAN-PHY (MXP-10x10G mode)

10.3125

CBR-BMP clause 17.2.4, formerly G.Sup43 7.1, and GMP ODU2e to OPU3e4

10GE LAN-PHY (MXP-10x10G mode)

10.3125

GFP-F clause 17.4.1, formerly G.Sup43 7.3, and GMP ODU2 to OPU3e4

10GE LAN-PHY (TXP-10G mode)

10.3125

CBR-BMP clause 17.2.4, formerly G.Sup43 7.1

10GE LAN-PHY (TXP-10G mode)

10.3125

GFP-F clause 17.4.1, formerly G.Sup43 7.3

OTU2

10.709

ODU transparent and GMP ODU2 to OPU3e4

OTU2e

11.095

ODU transparent and GMP ODU2e to OPU3e4

IB-5G

5.0000

GMP ODU2e to OPU3e4

Client Configurations and Mapping for CFP-LC Card

Client Format

Client Rate (Gbps)

Mapping

Trunk Format

Trunk Rate with 7% GFEC or EFEC OH (Gbps)

100GE LAN-PHY

101.125

Bit transparent through standard G.709v3 mapping

OTU4

111.809

OTU4

111.809

Transparent G.709 standard

OTU4

111.809

40GE LAN-PHY

41.250

1024b/1027b transcoding and OPU4 GMP G.709 Appendix VIII

OTU3

43.018

OTU3

43.018

Transparent G.709 standard

OTU3

43.018

Additional Key Features

  • Flow-Through Timing: The cards allow timing to flow through from the client to the line optical interface. The received timing from the client interface is used to time the line transmitter interface.

  • Far-End Laser Control: Far-End Laser Control (FELC) is supported on the cards.

  • Performance Monitoring: The 100-Gbps DWDM trunk supports transparent and non-transparent signal transport performance monitoring. The digital wrapper channel is monitored according to G.709 and G.8021 standards. Performance monitoring of optical parameters on the client and DWDM line interface includes loss of signal, laser bias current, transmit optical power, and receive optical power.

  • Loopback: Terminal, facility, or backplane loopback can be provisioned on all ports of the 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 10x10G-LC, 100GS-CK-C, and 200G-CK-C cards configured in any operating mode except low-latency mode.

  • Fault propagation on 10GE, 40GE, and 100GE clients: The LF squelch option is supported for GigE payloads. A local fault indication is forwarded to the client port in the downstream direction when a failure occurs on the trunk port.

  • Trail Trace Identifier: The Trail Trace Identifier (TTI) in the path monitoring overhead is supported in OTU and ODU OTN frames. You can manage the Source Access Point Identifier (SAPI), Destination Access Point Identifier (DAPI), and User Operator Data fields on VTXP.

  • Automatic Laser Shutdown: Automatic Laser Shutdown (ALS) can be configured on all ports. ALS is supported only on ports configured with OTU2 and OTU4 payloads.

  • GCC channels: GCC channels can be provisioned on the OTU2 client and trunk ports of the 10x10G-LC card, the OTU3 port of the CFP-LC card, and the OTU4 client and trunk ports of the 100G-LC-C or 100G-CK-C card.

  • Pseudo Random Binary Sequence: Pseudo Random Binary Sequence (PRBS) allows data integrity checks on encapsulated packet data payloads using a pseudo-random bit stream pattern. Supported PRBS patterns are PRBS_NONE and PRBS_PN31.

  • Multivendor Interoperability: The 200G-CK line card can interoperate with other vendor interfaces. The Interop Mode option is available to disable or enable interoperability when the modulation format is 100G-QPSK, FEC is set to 7% High Gain FEC, and the trunk port admin state is set to OOS-DSBLD.

Operating modes for Cisco NCS 2000 100G and 200G cards

Operating modes define how Cisco NCS 2000 100G and 200G cards use client payloads, trunk interfaces, peer cards, and skip cards for transponder, regenerator, and muxponder applications.

Each operating mode uses a specific set of cards and client payloads. For details about the valid port pair for a specific operating mode, the supported payloads, and how each mode can be configured, see Key features of Cisco NCS 2000 transponder and muxponder cards.

100G operating modes

The 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-C, and 200G-CK-C cards support these 100G operating modes. You can configure the 100G operating modes on the client card.

  • TXP-100G, standalone 100GE transponder

  • RGN-100G, 100G regenerator

TXP-100G, standalone 100GE transponder

You can configure the cards as a standalone 100-Gigabit Ethernet transponder. CXP or CPAK and coherent optical trunk support 100-Gigabit Ethernet traffic. The 100-Gigabit Ethernet or OTU4 payload traffic is routed from the CXP or CPAK to the optical trunk through the T100 framer and in the opposite direction. The supported client signals in this mode are 100-Gigabit Ethernet LAN-PHY or OTU4 data rates.

RGN-100G, 100G regenerator

You can configure the cards as a regenerator. You can connect two cards to work in back-to-back mode through the chassis backplane in the same shelf. The allowed slot pairs are 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, or 14-15.

The card supports 100-Gigabit Ethernet or OTU4 client signals. Regeneration is performed by using the OTU4 backplane interconnection. OTU4 overhead is terminated, allowing ODU4 to pass through transparently. GCC0 is terminated, while GCC1 and GCC2 are allowed to pass through.

The CXP client is not required because communication between the two cards acting as a regeneration group is supported through the chassis backplane.

MXP-2x40G

The 100G-CK-C card supports the MXP-2x40G operating mode. The 100G-CK-C card can be configured as a two-port 40 GE muxponder. Two 40 GE flows through the CPAK client interface and are multiplexed in the 100G trunk interface. You can configure traffic on the second client interface only after provisioning traffic on the first client interface. This operating mode is not supported on the 100GS-CK-C card.

Note

The synchronization for the 100G-CK-C card is derived only from port 1. Therefore, the traffic on port 2 must originate from the same synchronization source as port 1. The two ports must carry traffic from the same synchronization source.

200G operating modes

The 100GS-CK-C and 200G-CK-C cards also support the 200G operating modes. You can configure these operating modes on the trunk card.

  • MXP-200G

  • MXP-10x10G-100G

  • MXP-CK-100G

MXP-200G

Three cards, a trunk card, a peer card, and a skip card, are required to configure this operating mode. The skip card is next to the peer card.

The trunk card is a 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card. The peer card and skip card are MR-MXP cards. You can use the first 10x10G from the two SFP and two QSFP+ ports of the peer MR-MXP card. You can use the second 10x10G from the two SFP and two QSFP+ ports of the skip MR-MXP card.

The 200G-CK-C card supports another configuration in the MXP-200G operating mode. In this configuration, 2x40GE clients on QSFP+ ports and 2x10GE clients on SFP+ ports of both peer MR-MXP and skip MR-MXP cards are multiplexed into 200G traffic on the trunk 200G-CK-C card.

You can provision the operating mode on these slots:

  • Cisco NCS 2006: 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card in slot 2 or 7. The peer and skip MR-MXP cards are in adjacent slots 3 and 4, or 5 and 6.

  • Cisco NCS 2015: 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card in slot 2, 7, 8, 13, or 14. The peer and skip MR-MXP cards are in adjacent slots.

MXP-10x10G-100G

Three cards, a trunk card, peer card, and skip card, are required to configure this operating mode.

The trunk card is a 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card. The peer card is a 10x10G-LC card, and the skip card is an MR-MXP card. You can use the first 10x10G from the ten SFP ports of the peer 10x10G-LC card. You can use the second 10x10G from the two SFP and two QSFP+ ports of the skip MR-MXP card.

You can provision the operating mode on these slots:

  • Cisco NCS 2006: 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card in slot 2 or 7. The peer and skip MR-MXP cards are in adjacent slots 3 and 4, or 5 and 6.

  • Cisco NCS 2015: 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card in slot 2, 7, 8, 13, or 14. The peer and skip MR-MXP cards are in adjacent slots.

MXP-CK-100G

Two cards, a trunk card and a peer card, are required to configure this operating mode. The trunk card is a 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card. The peer card is an MR-MXP card. The first 100G is taken from the CPAK client port of the trunk 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card. The second 100G is taken from the CPAK client port of the MR-MXP card.

The 200G-CK-C card supports another configuration in the MXP-CK-100G operating mode. In this configuration, 10x10GE clients on QSFP+ or SFP+ ports of the peer MR-MXP card and 100GE client on the CPAK port of the 200G-CK-C card are multiplexed into a 200G configuration on the trunk 200G-CK-C card.

You can provision the operating mode on these slots:

  • Cisco NCS 2006: 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card and the peer MR-MXP card must be in adjacent slots 2-3, 4-5, and 6-7.

  • Cisco NCS 2015: 100GS-CK-C or 200G-CK-C card and the peer MR-MXP card must be in adjacent slots 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, and 14-15.

400G-XP Card

In this section, "400G-XP" refers to the NCS2K-400G-XP card.

The 400G-XP card is a tunable DWDM trunk card that simplifies the integration and transport of 10 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services to enterprises and service provider optical networks. The card is a double-slot unit that provides 400 Gbps of client and 400 Gbps of trunk capacity. The card supports six QSFP+ based client ports that can be equipped with 4x 10 Gbps optics and four QSFP28 or QSFP+ based client ports that can be equipped with 100 Gbps QSFP28 and 4x 10 Gbps QSFP+ optics. The card is capable of aggregating client traffic to either of the two 200 Gbps coherent CFP2 trunk ports.

Note

For any card mode except REGEN with slide mode as OPM-10x10G, you can configure a mix of 10G payloads ( OTU2, 10GE) on the same slice or client port with the exception of CDR ports (7, 8, 9, and 10). On CDR ports, the first configured 10G lane would determine the configurable payloads for the other three port lanes.

Note

If a slice is configured using the OPM_10x10G slice mode, it can be used only for 10G circuit creation whereas if a slice is configured using the OPM_100G slice mode, it can be used only for 100G circuit creation.

Note

GCC Rate in the Edit GCC Termination Window is shown as 192K instead of the supported 1200K. This is a known behavior.

Note

The maximum short term operating temperature of the shelf must not exceed 50 degrees when the card is installed.

Key Features

The card supports the following key feature:

    • Operating Modes—The card can be configured in various operating modes. The cards can be equipped with pluggables for client and trunk ports, and offer a large variety of configurations. When you configure the card, make sure that the following tasks are completed:

      • The trunk port PPMs must be preprovisioned before configuring the card operating mode. When the card is paired with the 10x10G-LC card, all the operating mode provisioning must performed on the card. The client payloads can be provisioned after configuring the operational mode on the card.

      The table below details the configurations supported on the card for the supported card modes.
      Table 3. Configuration Options for the Card Modes

      Configuration

      Options

      Card configuration

      MXP

      REGEN

      Trunk configuration ( per trunk)

      M_100G

      M_100G

      M_200G

      M_200G

      Slice configuration

      None

      Slice configuration is not supported

      None

      OPM_2x40G_2x10G

      OPM_100G

      OPM_100G

      OPM_10x10G

  • Each trunk port functions as a muxponder instance has the following features:

    • The trunk port supports Analog Coherent Optical (ACO) CFP2 coherent pluggable.

      Note

      Before removing the CFP2 pluggable from any of two trunk ports, ensure that the relevant trunk port is set to the OOS (Out-of-service) state. Wait until the trunk port LED turns off. Wait for a further 120 seconds before extracting the CFP2 pluggable.

    • Configurable trunk capacity:

      • 100 Gbps coherent DWDM transmission with quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK )modulation.

      • 200 Gbps coherent DWDM transmission with 16-state quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM) modulation.

    • Configurable trunk FEC: SD-FEC with 15% or 25% overhead.

    • Configurable differential/non-differential line encoding.

    • Nyquist shaping if channels at trunk TX.

    • Flex spectrum tunability over the full extended C-Band.

    • 100 Gbps through 100 Gbps QSFP28 client ports.

    • 10 Gbps through 4x 10 Gbps QSFP+ client ports.

    • 16 Gbps through 4 x 16 Gbps QSFP+ client ports.

  • The supported CD ranges are detailed in the table below:

    Table 4. CD Range for Card

    200G 16-QAM

    100G QPSK

    Low

    High

    Low

    High

    Default Working CD Range

    -10000

    50000

    -20000

    90000

    Default CD Thresholds

    -9000

    45000

    -18000

    72000

    Allowed CD Range ( Working and Thresholds)

    -60000

    60000

    -280000

    280000

  • Loopback—The following loopback types are supported:

    • Client ports - Terminal (Inward), Facility (Line)

    • Trunk ports - Terminal (Inward)

  • Automatic Laser Shutdown (ALS) can be configured on all the ports.

  • 100GE ethernet client ports can be provisioned with or without IEEE 802.3 bj FEC. The options are Auto, Force-Fec-On, Force-Fec-Off.

  • Trail Trace Identifier (TTI)—TTI in the section monitoring overhead is supported . Source Access Point Identifer (SAPI), Destination Access Point Identifer (DAPI), and User Operator Data fields are supported in Release 10.6.2 and later releases.

  • Trunk Port Interworking—The two CFP2 trunk ports can interoperate with each other when the source and destination cards have the same trunk mode and slice mode configuration.

  • GCC0 Support—The card supports provision of GCC0 channel on the trunk port.

  • Interoperability—The card is interoperable with the NC55-6X200-DWDM-S card supported on NCS 5500 and the NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 Card supported on NCS 4000.

    The following table describes the configurations, payload types, and pluggables supported for interoperability between the card and the NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 card.

    Table 5. Interoperability with the NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 card.

    Payload type

    Trunk configuration

    Pluggables for trunk ports on

    Pluggables for client ports on

    Pluggables for trunk ports on 4H-OPW-QC2

    Pluggables for client ports on 4H-OPW-QC2

    100GE

    OTU4

    CFP2

    QSFP-100G-SR4-S

    CFP2

    QSFP-100G-SR4-S

    100GE

    OTU4C2

    CFP2

    QSFP-100G-SR4-S

    CFP2

    QSFP-100G-SR4-S

    OTU2

    OTU4

    CFP2

    ONS-QSFP-4X10 MLR

    CFP2

    ONS-QSFP28-LR4

    OTU2

    OTU4C2

    CFP2

    ONS-QSFP-4X10 MLR

    CFP2

    ONS-QSFP28-LR4

    10GE

    OTU4

    CFP2

    ONS-QSFP-4X10 MLR

    CFP2

    ONS-QSFP-4X10 MLR

    10GE

    OTU4C2

    CFP2

    ONS-QSFP-4X10 MLR

    CFP2

    ONS-QSFP-4X10 MLR

    The following table describes the configurations, payload types, and pluggables supported for interoperability between the card and the NC55-6X200-DWDM-S card.

    Table 6. Interoperability with the NC55-6X200-DWDM-S card.

    Payload type

    Trunk configuration

    Pluggables for trunk ports on

    Pluggables for client ports on

    Pluggables for trunk ports on 6X200-DWDM-S

    Pluggables for client ports on 6X200-DWDM-S

    100GE

    OTU4

    CFP2

    QSFP-100G-SR4-S

    CFP2

    QSFP-100G-SR4-S

    100GE

    OTU4C2

    CFP2

    QSFP-100G-SR4-S

    CFP2

    QSFP-100G-SR4-S

For a detailed list of the supported pluggables, see .

Interoperability

The card has two trunk ports, each supporting up to 20 ODU2es. These ODU2es are numbered from 1 through 20. ODU2es from 1 through 10 belong to the first ODU4 slice and ODU2es from 11 through 20 belong to the second ODU4 slice. Each ODU number has a pre-defined group of timeslots as seen in the following table.

Trunk Port

ODU4 Slice

ODU Trunk Number

ODU Trunk FAC

Tributary Port Number

Timeslots

Trunk 1

(FAC 10)

Slice 1

1

96

1

1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71

2

97

2

2 12 22 32 42 52 62 72

3

98

3

3 13 23 33 43 53 63 73

4

99

4

4 14 24 34 44 54 64 74

5

100

5

5 15 25 35 45 55 65 75

6

101

6

6 16 26 36 46 56 66 76

7

102

7

7 17 27 37 47 57 67 77

8

103

8

8 18 28 38 48 58 68 78

9

104

9

9 19 29 39 49 59 69 79

10

105

10

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Slice 2

11

106

1

1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71

12

107

2

2 12 22 32 42 52 62 72

13

108

3

3 13 23 33 43 53 63 73

14

109

4

4 14 24 34 44 54 64 74

15

110

5

5 15 25 35 45 55 65 75

16

111

6

6 16 26 36 46 56 66 76

17

112

7

7 17 27 37 47 57 67 77

18

113

8

8 18 28 38 48 58 68 78

19

114

9

9 19 29 39 49 59 69 79

20

115

10

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Trunk 2

(FAC 11)

Slice 1

1

116

1

1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71

2

117

2

2 12 22 32 42 52 62 72

3

118

3

3 13 23 33 43 53 63 73

4

119

4

4 14 24 34 44 54 64 74

5

120

5

5 15 25 35 45 55 65 75

6

121

6

6 16 26 36 46 56 66 76

7

122

7

7 17 27 37 47 57 67 77

8

123

8

8 18 28 38 48 58 68 78

9

124

9

9 19 29 39 49 59 69 79

10

125

10

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Slice 2

11

126

1

1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71

12

127

2

2 12 22 32 42 52 62 72

13

128

3

3 13 23 33 43 53 63 73

14

129

4

4 14 24 34 44 54 64 74

15

130

5

5 15 25 35 45 55 65 75

16

131

6

6 16 26 36 46 56 66 76

17

132

7

7 17 27 37 47 57 67 77

18

133

8

8 18 28 38 48 58 68 78

19

134

9

9 19 29 39 49 59 69 79

20

135

10

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

When the card interoperates with NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 card, the first ODU4 slice of the trunk is connected to the second ODU4 slice of the same NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 trunk.

Note

The ODU circuit between the and NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 cards is created even when the ODU number is incorrect. Please ensure that the correct source and destination ODU numbers are selected.

Regeneration Mode for 400G-XP-LC

From Release 10.8.0, the 400G-XP-LC can be configured as a regenerator. The regeneration functionality is available only on the trunk ports. A new card operating mode, REGEN, is available. No client ports are involved. The two trunk ports must have the same rate to achieve regeneration (wavelengths and FEC of the trunks can vary).

Note

For traffic to flow in the REGEN mode, it is mandatory that the 400G-XP-LC should be running on firmware (SCP) version 5.24 or later.

We recommend that you use the REGEN mode only with the MXP operating mode (the output from the MXP trunk of a can be connected to trunk ports in REGEN mode).

400G-XP line card with OTN cross-connect

To provide detailed configuration, provisioning, and management information for the 400G-XP line card with OTN cross-connect.
Table 7. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

400G-XP with OTN cross-connect (OTNXC)

Cisco NCS 2000 Release 26.1.1

The Cisco Optical Site Manager now supports the 400G-XP-LC card with OTN cross-connect (OTNXC) operating mode without a peer card.

The card mode includes OPM-100G and OPM-10x10G slice modes. Based on the configured slice mode, the card supports pluggable ports such as 100GE, OTU4, OTU2, OTU2e, 10GE, OC192, and STM64, enabling efficient management of high-capacity traffic.
Note

Cisco Optical Site Manager stores WTR values as integers. If a managed device, such as the NCS 2000, accepts decimal WTR values, Cisco Optical Site Manager truncates the value by removing the decimal portion.

Operational modes and supported interfaces

This table describes the operational modes and supported interfaces for the 400G-XP OTN-XC line card.

Table 8. Card specifications

Feature

Description

Card mode

Operates in OTNXC mode.

Slice mode

Supports OPM-10x10G and OPM-100G configurations.

Supported pluggable ports

10GE, 100GE, OTU4, OTU2, OTU2e, and OC192/STM64.

This table describes the management functions available for ODU connections and performance monitoring.

Table 9. Management functions

Feature

Description

ODU connection provisioning

Provisioning of ODU connections is exclusively supported through NETCONF on the backend. When establishing a cross-connection, it is essential to specify the ODU rate and connection name. The connection name must match the source interface name of the ODU connection. ODU connections are provisioned with specific ODU rates, including ODU4, ODU2, and ODU2e, depending on the client pluggable ports. Through the Web UI, users can view or delete ODU connections.

Note
Cisco Optical Site Manager does not support ODU Utilization pane.

Protection ODU connection management

 This feature is available in Card View and Shelf View. You can change the protection name, configure revertive mode, set the WTR timer, perform a protection switch, and monitor switch status for each connection.

Performance monitoring

Performance monitoring is supported on cross-connected trunk ODUs and can be accessed through the Performance option under Card View.

1.2T-MXP card

In this chapter, "1.2T-MXP" refers to the NCS2K-1.2T-MXP card.

The 1.2Tbps Transponder or Muxponder line card (1.2T-MXP) is the first line card to have a 400G trunk and 400GE client interface in the NCS 2000 platform. It is a two-slot card that triples the per slot throughput of the NCS 2000 system from 200 Gbps to 600 Gbps.

The 1.2T-MXP card has three QSFPDD56 or QSFP28 client ports, five QSFP28 client ports, and three CFP2 DWDM Digital Coherent Optics (DCO) trunk ports. The QSFPDD56 client ports can also be used alternately as QSFP28 ports on an individual port. The DCO ports can support up to 400-Gbps data-rate with multiple modulation formats, encoding types, and FEC options. You can configure the 1.2T-MXP card in different ways with a maximum of 1.2Tbps total traffic on the client side (QSFP-DD/28) and the 1.2Tbps total traffic on the trunk side.

The 1.2T-MXP card can be installed in:

  • NCS 2006 chassis that can accommodate a maximum of three 1.2T-MXP cards.

  • NCS 2015 chassis that can accommodate a maximum of seven 1.2T-MXP cards.

The 1.2T-MXP card coexists with other NCS 2000 line cards without restricting their functionalities. However, it does not interoperate with any other line cards.

Additional information

Table 10. Feature History

Feature

Release Information

Description

1.2T-MXP Card

Cisco NCS 2000 Release 12.2

This card triples the per slot throughput of the NCS 2000 system from 200 Gbps to 600 Gbps. The DCO trunk ports of the card can support up to 400-Gbps data-rate with multiple modulation formats, encoding types, and FEC options. This card can be installed in the NCS 2006 and NCS 2015 chassis.

Key features of 1.2T-MXP

The key features are:

  • Enhanced muxponder or transponder capabilities while enabling double-slot card with 100GE or 400GE client type.

  • O-FEC encoding on the trunk interface.

  • Nyquist filtering for OSNR.

  • Supports configurable modulation format such as 300 8QAM, 400 16QAM, PAM4, and 16QAM in both Open ROADM and 400ZR+ framing mode.

  • Flex spectrum support with Nyquist filtering.

  • ZR+ based framing on trunk.

  • 3x400GE client bandwidth using QSFP-DD or 12x100GE client bandwidth using QSFP-DD (break-out mode)

  • LLDP support on 100GE or 400GE clients.

  • Supports secure boot.

  • Alarms for ZR interface and, Alarms, Performance, and Statistics for GE interface as well as Optical Pluggable.

  • Diagnostics and maintenance support.

  • Supports GroupId that uniquely identifies a group of physical ports in a ZR frame.

Additional information

Supported Pluggables

The supported pluggables are:

  • Three CFP2 400G DCO trunk pluggables

  • Eight QSFP28 or three QSFP-DD pluggables

  • Five QSFP28 client pluggables

Limitations of 1.2T-MXP card

The following are the limitations of the 1.2T-MXP card:

  • Optics PMs are not supported by Active Optical Cable (AOC) PPM.

  • GroupID feature is not supported for 400GE transponder configuration.

  • I-port management is not supported.

  • OTN is not supported on trunk.

  • Traffic does not go down when FlexO-SR Interface Trail Trace Identifier Mismatch (FOIC-TIM) alarm is raised.

  • There might be traffic fluctuations affecting some switches and routers due to the following scenario:

    When there is a 400GE or 4x100GE traffic congestion on the pluggables, an electrical squelch or unsquelch is performed for one second on the transmit side of the pluggables. This operation relocks the transmit Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) of the pluggables. This results in an out-of-range frequency on the client for four to six seconds before the traffic clears.

    This issue occurs in pluggables such as QSFP-DD DR4, QDD-400G-FR4, QDD-400G-LR8, QDD-400-AOC1M, QDD-400-AOC2M, QDD-400-AOC3M, QDD-400-AOC5M, QDD-400-AOC7M, QDD-400-AOC10M, and QDD-400-AOC15M.

Operating modes and slice definition in the 1.2T-MXP card

Operating Modes

You can configure the 1.2T-MXP card in the TXPMXP mode. The following are the suboperating modes:

  • OPM-400G―Enables 400GE client on the QSFP DD port, when the trunk is at 400G rate.

  • OPM-4x100G-DD―Enables four 100GE clients that use four-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4), on one QSFP DD port, when the trunk is at 400G rate.

  • OPM-3x100G-DD―Enables three 100GE clients that use PAM4, on one QSFP DD port, when the trunk is at 300G rate.

  • OPM-4x100G―Enables 100GE clients over four QSFP28 ports, when the trunk is at 400G rate.

  • OPM-3x100G―Enables 100GE clients over three QSFP28 ports, when the trunk is at 300G rate.

The slices are configured based on the required data path configuration. The following table explains the suboperating modes that are enabled on trunk ports for each slice:

You can use the 1.2T-MXP card in different configurations. The following table describes the combinations of suboperating modes, the trunk ports, and client ports for each slice:

Additional information

Table 11. Sub-Operating Modes

Slice

Trunk Port

Supported Sub-Operating Modes

Slice 1

9

  • OPM-400G

  • OPM-4x100G-DD

  • OPM-3x100G-DD

Slice 2

10

  • OPM-400G

  • OPM-4x100G

  • OPM-4x100G-DD

  • OPM-3x100G

Slice 3

11

  • OPM-400G

  • OPM-4x100G

  • OPM-3x100G
Note

In the combinations described, you can also choose to configure only one of the slices 1-3.

Table 12. Different Combinations of Sub-Operating Modes

Configuration

Sub-Operating Modes

Trunk Ports

Client Ports

400GE Transponder―Includes 3x400G trunk, 3x400GE client with 3xQSFP-DD pluggables

Slice 1: OPM-400G

9

6

Slice 2: OPM-400G

10

7

Slice 3: OPM-400G

11

8

12x100GE Muxponder―Includes 3x400G trunk, 12x100GE client with 2xQSFP-DD breakout + 4xQSFP28 pluggables

Slice 1: OPM-4x100G-DD

9

Port-6 lanes (6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4)

Slice 2: OPM-4x100G-DD

10

Port-7 lanes (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4)

Slice 3: OPM-4x100G

11

2, 3, 4, 8

9x100GE Muxponder―Includes 3x300G trunk, 9x100GE client with 1xQSFP-DD breakout + 6xQSFP28 pluggables

Slice 1: OPM-3x100G-DD

9

Port-6 lanes (6.1, 6.2, 6.3)

6.4 is unused.

Slice 2: OPM-3x100G

10

1, 5, 7

Slice 3: OPM-3x100G

11

3, 4, 8

Mixed Configuration 1

Slice 1: OPM-400G

9

6

Slice 2: OPM-4x100G-DD

10

Port-7 lanes (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4)

Slice 3: OPM-3x100G

11

3, 4, 8

AR-MXP line card

To provide details about the AR-MXP (Any-Rate Muxponder) line card.
Table 13. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

AR-MXP (Any-Rate Muxponder) line card

Cisco NCS 2000 Release 26.1.1

The Cisco Optical Site Manager now supports the AR-MXP line card, which operates in the MXP-MR-S (Unprotected Multirate Muxponder-Static) mode and supports 1GE and OC48/STM16 client pluggable ports.

This line card offers flexible deployment options and compatibility with diverse networking environments.

Key features of the AR-MXP line card

  • Operating mode: MXP-MR-S mode with High Rate.

  • Supported pluggable ports:

    • 1-Gigabit Ethernet

    • OC-48/ STM16

  • Supported client ports: 1 to 8

  • Supported trunk port: 9

Supported payloads and configuration examples:

  • GE and OC-48/STM16 payloads, or combinations of client payloads, can be used if trunk bandwidth and timeslots are available according to static allocation mapping.

  • Example: You can provision the MXP-MR-S mode for a configuration such as 4xOC-48, a mix of 2-OC-48 plus 2-GE, or 1-OC-48 plus 6-GE.

These features allow for flexible deployment and compatibility with diverse networking environments.