MRC-2.5G-4 Card Specifications | Cisco Systems ONS 15454 manual

Appendix A Hardware Specifications

A.6.18 MRC-2.5G-4 Card Specifications

–Maximum receiver level: Depends on SFP (see A.2 SFP, XFP, and GBIC Specifications, page A-4)

–Minimum receiver level: Depends on SFP (see A.2 SFP, XFP, and GBIC Specifications, page A-4)

–Receiver: PIN PD

–Receiver input wavelength range: Depends on SFP

•Environmental

–Operating temperature: –40 to +149 degrees Fahrenheit (–40 to +65 degrees Celsius)

–Operating humidity: 5 to 95 percent, noncondensing

–Power consumption: 38.00 W, 0.79 A at –48 V, 129.66 BTU/hr

•Dimensions

–Height: 12.650 in. (321.3 mm)

–Width: 0.716 in. (18.2 mm)

–Depth: 9.000 in. (228.6 mm)

–Depth with backplane connector: 9.250 in. (235 mm)

–Weight not including clam shell: 3.1 lb (1.3 kg)

•Wavelength plan. Currently available wavelengths and versions of the 15454_MRC-12 card:

–For ONS-SC-2G-30.3 through ONS-SC-2G-60.0 SFPs: 1530.33 nm to 1560.61 nm (32 distinct wavelengths at 100 GHz spacing)

–For ONS-SE-622-1470 through ONS-SE-622-1610 SFPs: 1470 to 1610 nm (eight distinct wavelengths at 2500 GHz spacing)

–For ONS_SE-155-1470 through ONS-SE-155-1610 SFPs: 1470 to 1610 nm (eight distinct wavelengths at 2500 GHz spacing)

A.6.18 MRC-2.5G-4 Card Specifications

The MRC-2.5G-4 card has the following specifications:

•Line

–Bit rate: up to OC-48 (2488.320 Mbps), depending on SFP

Note Each optical interface on the card can be configured as OC-3, OC-12, or OC-48, depending on the available backplane bandwidth and existing provisioned lines. In general, the card supports all different rates on the line side as long as the accumulated bandwidth does not exceed the total backplane allowed bandwidth.

–Fiber: 1550-nm single-mode

–Connectors: LC duplex connector for each SFP

–Compliance: Telcordia GR-253-CORE

•Transmitter

–Maximum transmitter output power: Depends on SFP (see A.2 SFP, XFP, and GBIC Specifications, page A-4)

Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual, R8.0

	April 2008	A-45

ONS 15454 specifications

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