The Cisco NCS 1014 cooling system actively regulates the chassis temperature using the three field-replaceable fan trays and the built-in fans within the PSU units. This system implements cooling in two different airflow paths:

• Line Cards Cooling

  The three fan modules enable cooling for the line cards. The software monitors the chassis temperature and adjusts the fan speed according to the ambient temperature range.

• Controller Card Cooling

  The internal fans within the two PSUs cool the controller card. If any critical alarms arise due to controller temperature, the software overrides the PSU fan speed.

  Note	For normal operating conditions, the software does not control the PSU fans.

During the power cycle, each fan runs at maximum rotations per minute. After the chassis boots up, the fans return to their normal speed according to the ambient temperature.

The 2.4T line card is a coherent optics Transponder and Muxponder for the Cisco NCS 1014 chassis. It is a single-slot card that supports C-band traffic at trunk ports. This line card delivers 400GE, 100GE, and OTU4 client traffic over two trunk ports operating at speeds ranging from 400G to 1.2T each.

Note	In Release 7.11.1, the 2.4T line card supports only 400, 600, 800, and 1000G trunk payloads.

In the 2.4T card, the client and trunk ports support the pluggable form factor and data rates as shown in the following table.

Note	In Release 7.11.1, the ports 2, 5, and 6 support only up to 400GE data rates.

For more information about the 2.4T card, see datasheet.

The 2.4T card has two trunk ports and six client ports as shown in the following figure.

The following figure shows the mapping between the client and trunk ports.

The NCS 1000 16-port Colorless Mux/Demux Optical Line Card is a multiplexing and demultiplexing unit with fixed gain EDFAs on both Add and Drop sections. The optical line card provides colorless functionality on the add/drop ports. It multiplexes any wavelength with the flexible options of baud rate and modulation format to the line side ROADM or amplifier units for transmission. It transmits and receives signals from optical line terminal (OLT) units.

In the Cisco NCS 1014 chassis, you can install the optical line card in one or more cardslots.

The optical line card has:

• Two line ports to transmit and receive using the same LC connectors.

• 16 ports for add/drop with LC connector-based interfaces

There are two variants of the optical line card:

• NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C

  The NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C line card is a C-band, 16-port Colorless Direct attach optical line card with EDFA. It can host up to 16 channels. It supports any signal distribution between 191250 and 196200 GHz, for example, the 64 channels grid with 75-GHz spacing.

  The following table summarizes the central frequency of the first and the last channel of this specific grid.

  Table 10. C-Band Channel Wavelength Plan

  Channel	Central Frequency (THz)	Wavelength (nm)
  1	196.100	1528.77
  64	191.375	1566.52

• NCS1K14-CCMD-16-L

  The NCS1K14-CCMD-16-L line card is an L-band, 16-port Colorless Direct attach optical line card with EDFA. It can host up to 16 channels. It supports any signal distribution between 186025 and 191000 GHz, for example, the 64 channels grid with 75-GHz spacing.

  The following table summarizes the central frequency of the first and the last channel of this specific grid.

  Table 11. L-Band Channel Wavelength Plan

  Channel	Central Frequency (THz)	Wavelength (nm)
  1	190.850	1570.83
  64	186.125	1610.7

The following table shows the port names and their connector types for both CCDM-16-C and CCMD-16-L cards.

The 1.2T DWDM line card can provide up to 12 OTU4 or three 400G client ports.

The 1.2T DWDM line card is a transponder that has 12 client ports to deliver 100GE and OTU4 client traffic. This line card has two trunks that operate at any rate between 100G and 600G in 50G increments. It uses Advanced Encryption Standard with a 256-bit key length (AES256)-based Layer-1 encryption to encrypt client-side data for 100GE and OTU4. The NCS1K4-1.2T-K9 line card is a single-slot unit that supports C-band traffic.

Note	From Release 24.4.1, the NCS 1014 chassis supports the NCS1K4-1.2T-L-K9 line card. This card is the licensed version of the 1.2T line card.

For more information about the 1.2T card, see datasheet and card LEDs.

The 2.4TX line card is a coherent optics Transponder and Muxponder for the Cisco NCS 1014 chassis. It is a single-slot card that supports C-band traffic at trunk ports. This card delivers 400GE and100GE client traffic over two trunk ports operating at speeds ranging from 400G to 1.2T each.

This card operates in two card modes:

• Muxponder mode:the client traffic splits between the two trunk ports for 600G and 1000G payloads on port 2 and 3 respectively. In this mode, both trunk ports always carry the same data rate

• Muxponder slice mode:both trunk ports act independently, carrying different data rates in each trunk

Note	In Release 24.1.1, the 2.4TX line card supports only 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, and 1200G trunk payloads.

For more information about the 2.4TX card, see datasheet.

In the 2.4TX card, the client and trunk ports support the pluggable form factor and data rates as shown in the this table.

Note	In Release 24.1.1, the ports 2 and 5 support only up to 400G data rates.

The 2.4TX card has two trunk ports and six client ports as shown in the this figure.

This figure shows the mapping between the client and trunk ports.

Note	This client-to-trunk port mapping is only applicable for the mxponder-slice mode.

The QXP-K9 line card is a high-density QSFP-DD transponder that has eight client ports (QSFP-DD) and eight trunk ports (QSFP-DD ZR+). It is a single-slot card that supports 3.2T traffic through its eight QSFP-DD trunk ports. Each trunk port operates at speed up to 400G in a 50G increment. Each client port supports 400GE, 4x100GE, and 100GE without FEC client rates.

The QXP-K9 card has eight trunk ports and eight client ports as shown in the following figure.

For more details of the QXP-K9 card, see the data sheet.

Note	EDFA2 refers to the NCS1K14-EDFA2 optical amplifier line card.

The EDFA2 line card is an optical amplifier for the NCS1014 chassis. It functions as a DWDM optical terminal and includes a C-band bidirectional amplifier with channel power control capabilities. This card supports Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC), Coherent probe, and Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) functionalities. It operates in a frequency range of 4.975 THz from 191.200 to 196.175 THz.

EDFA2 line card has a pair of booster amplifiers and a preamplifier.

• The true variable gain preamplifier provides two different gain ranges:

  • Gain range 1: 0dB - 28dB

  • Gain range 2: 20dB - 39dB

• The two booster amplifiers are:

  • A fixed gain booster amplifier (BST1). It can switch between 8dB and 20dB gain setpoints with 0dB tilt. These setpoints can be finely tuned at +/-3dB.

  • A true variable gain booster amplifier (BST2), whose gain spans from 12 to 27 dB.

EDFA2 Interfaces

Table 20. EDFA2 line card interfaces

Callout	Connector label	Connector type	Port name
1	PROBE	QSFP-DD	Coherent probe 7
2	SFP-OSC	SFP28	OSC port 5
3	OSC	LC	OSC TX 4
			OSC RX 4
4	OTDR	LC	OTDR TX/RX
			OTDR NC
5	CHECK	LC	CHECK RX 2
			CHECK RX 3
6	MON	LC	MON TX
			MON RX
7	COM	LC	COM TX 1
			COM RX 1
8	LINE	LC	LINE TX 0
			LINE RX 0
9	OTDR	QSFP-DD	OTDR port 6

The card comprises 12 LC optical ports, two QSFP-DD ports for OTDR and coherent probe testing, one SFP port for OSC.

Table 21. Optical interfaces of EDFA2

Signal	Connector label	Port numbers	Operating frequency range [THz (nm)]	Note
LINE-TX/RX	LINE TXLINE RX	0	198.8 – 191.2 (1508–1568)	Combines C-band optical signals, coherent probe test channel, OSC channel, and OTDR signal
COM-TX/RX	COM TX COM RX	1	196.175 – 191.2 (1528.2 –1568)	Combines C-band optical signals and coherent probe channel
MON-TX/RX	MON TX MON RX	NA	198.8 – 191.2 (1508–1568)	Duplicates the LINE-TX/RX signals at ~20dB below the actual power levels. Both MON ports are output ports.
CHECK-2	CHECK-RX	2	196.175 – 191.2 (1528.2 –1568)	Optical safety termination ports. Both ports are input ports.
CHECK-3	CHECK-RX	3
OTDR	OTDR	NA	197.45 (1518.32)	Bandwidth ± 3nm
OSC-TX/RX	OSC TX OSC RX	4	198.5 (1510.3)	Bandwidth ± 1.9nm

Note	2-QDD-C DWDM line card refers to NCS1K4-2-QDD-C-K9 C-band line card in this document.

2-QDD-C DWDM line card can provide up to eight QSFP client ports, six of which can support QSFP-28 based client ports and remaining two can support QSFP-28, QSFP-DD, QSFP-ZR, and QSFP-ZR+ client ports. For more details of the 2-QDD-C line card, see the Cisco NCS 1004 datasheet.

The eight client ports are divided into two sets of four slots each. The following two configurations are supported:

• A maximum of eight QSFP-28, four for each set, configured either as 100GE or 100G OTL4.4.

• A maximum of two QSFP-DD/ZR/ZR+, configured as 400GE.

The physical characteristics of the 2-QDD-C line card are:

• Height—40.4 mm

• Breadth—191.9 mm

• Depth—277 mm without the fiber management bracket; 297.97 mm with the fiber management bracket

• Weight—3.2 kg

For the LED details of the line card, see the 1.2T and 1.2T Licensed Line Cards LEDs1.2T, 1.2TL, and 2-QDD-C Line Cards LEDs section.

The NCS1K14-SSD is the redundant chassis-based SSD in NCS 1014. It is field-replaceable and is accessible from the rear of the Cisco NCS 1014 chassis. This chassis SSD acts as the backup software storage in case the SSD inside the CPU fails. It has 480 GB storage space to store the running software and configuration. This backup storage enables Cisco NCS 1014 to quickly recover to functional state if either route processor (RP) corruption or replacement occurs.

The chassis SSD is 2.5 inch (63.5 mm) and is removable.

The Cisco NCS 1014 chassis supports the following controller cards:

• NCS1K14-CNTLR-B-K9

  The NCS1K14-CNTLR-B-K9 controller card supports a default of 9600-baud rate on the RS-232 console port. The controller card has two USB 2.0, two 10/100/1000 Ethernet, one RS-232 console and two 1GE SFP ports. The SFP port of the controller card supports 1GE payload for PTP. It also has an OIR button and six status LEDs. The controller card provides encryption, remote console connection, PTP and SyncE timing, and GPS.

  

• NCS1K14-CNTLR-K9

  The NCS1K14-CNTLR-K9 controller card supports a default of 115200-baud rate on the RS-232 console port. The controller card has two USB 2.0, two 10/100/1000 Ethernet, one RS-232 console and two 1GE SFP ports. The SFP port of the controller card supports 1GE payload for PTP. It also has an OIR button and six status LEDs. The controller card provides encryption, remote console connection, PTP and SyncE timing, and GPS.

  

The Cisco NCS 1014 chassis has two slots for 2.5-kW AC and DC redundant PSUs. Both the PSUs must always remain installed in the chassis, except during replacement. When the chassis has only one PSU installed, the system raises the Power Module Redundancy Lost alarm. The Cisco NCS 1014 chassis also supports 2-kW AC and DC PSUs.

2-KW PSUs (NCS1K4-AC-PSU and NCS1K4-DC-PSU)

2-kW PSU power derating and option table, including ambient temperature details are here. The power details are for output power.

• AC high voltage range output power—2000 W up to 40℃ for 1 PSU; 2000 W up to 55℃ for 2 PSUs (for a short duration, as specified by Telcordia GR-63-Core).

• AC low voltage range output power—1300 W up to 40℃ for 1 PSU; 1300 W up to 55℃ for 2 PSUs (for a short duration, as specified by Telcordia GR-63-Core).

• DC power supply—2000 W output power up to 40℃ for 1 PSU; 2000 W up to 55℃ for 2 PSUs (for a short duration, as specified by Telcordia GR-63-Core).

Caution

The NCS 1014 chassis must have both the PSUs at all times. In case one of the PSUs is not energized (due to a fault or missing mains), ensure that the system works at an ambient temperature of not more than 40℃.

For DC-DC (2000 W at 12 Vout)

• Input Voltage Rating = –48 Vdc / –60 Vdc

• Maximum Input current at 48 Vdc = 44 A

• Input Voltage range = 40.5–72 Vdc (operating)

• Input turn ON Voltage = –42 Vdc maximum

• Recommended protective device rating = 60 A maximum per feed

For the AC-DC (2000 W (HL) / 1300 W (LL) at 12 Vout)

• Input Low Line (LL) Nominal voltage = 100–127 V~

• Input High Line (HL) Nominal voltage = 200–240 V~

• Maximum Input current at 100 V~ = 15 A

• Maximum Input current at 200 V~ = 12 A

• Input frequency rating = 50/60 Hz

• Input LL voltage range = 90–140 V~

• Input HL voltage range = 180–264 V~

• Input frequency range = 47–63 Hz (nominal 50/60 Hz)

• Input turn ON voltage = 80 V~ / 175 V~ (LL/ HL)

• Recommended protective device (HL) = 16 A

• Recommended protective device (LL) = 20 A

For the trip time response, the breaker trip curve may be "D" or faster.

The air filter removes dust from the air that the fan units draw into the chassis. If the air filters become damaged, dirty, or clogged with dust, you must replace them with a new air filter. Failure to replace a compromised air filter can result in insufficient air circulation through the chassis and temperature-related environmental alarms.

The Cisco NCS 1014 air filter has the following components:

• Two air filter side brackets

• One air filter frame

• One air filter

You must order all the three components for the first-time installation. After first-time installation of the air filter unit, replace only the air filter. You reuse the air filter side brackets and the frame.

Note

First inspection of the air filter must be performed six months after the first installation of the air filter. Air filters must be inspected every three months after the initial six-month inspection and replaced if found to be dirty. Do not reuse the cleaned air filters. Replace them with a new air filter. We recommend having spare air filters in stock.