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About this Manual

Document Objectives

This manual provides reference information for the Cisco ONS 15454.

Audience

To use this publication, you should be familiar with Cisco or equivalent optical transmission hardware and cabling, telecommunications hardware and cabling, electronic circuitry and wiring practices, and preferably have experience as a telecommunications technician.

Document Organization

Table 1	Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual Chapters
Title		Summary
Chapter 1, “Shelf and Backplane Hardware”		Includes descriptions of the rack, backplane,
		backplane pins, ferrites, power and ground,
		fan-tray assembly, air filter, card slots, cable, cable
		connectors, and cable routing
Chapter 2, “Common Control Cards”		Includes descriptions of the TCC+, TCC2, XC,
		XCVT, XC10G, AIC, and AIC-I cards.
Chapter 3, “Electrical Cards”		Includes descriptions of EC-1, DS-1, DS-3, and
		DS3E cards, card temperature ranges and
		compatibility
Chapter 4, “Optical Cards”		Includes descriptions of the OC-3, OC-12, OC-48,
		OC-192, TXP_MR_10G, and MXP_2.5G_10G
		cards, as well as card temperature ranges and card
		compatibility
Chapter 5, “Ethernet Cards”		Includes descriptions of the E-Series, G-Series,
		and ML-Series Ethernet cards and gigabit interface
		converters
Chapter 6, “DWDM Cards”		Includes descriptions of the optical service channel
		cards, optical amplifier cards, multiplexer and
		demultiplexer cards, and optical add/drop
		multiplexer (OADM) cards.
Chapter 7, “Card Protection”		Includes electrical and optical card protection
		methods
Chapter 8, “Cisco Transport Controller		Includes information about CTC installation, the
Operation”		CTC window, computer requirements, software
		versions, and database reset and revert
Chapter 9, “Security and Timing”		Includes user set up and security, and
		node/network timing

	Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual, R4.1.x and 4.5
xxxviii	February 2004