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Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual, R8.5.x
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Chapter 5 Ethernet Cards
5.7.1 STS-24c Restriction

Figure 5-6 G1K-4 Faceplate and Block Diagram

The G1K-4 Gigabit Ethernet card provides high-throughput, low-latency transport of Ethe rnet

encapsulated traffic (IP and other Layer 2 or Layer 3 protocols) across a SONET network while

providing a greater degree of reliability through SONET self-healing protection services. Carrier-class

Ethernet transport is achieved by hitless (< 50 ms) performance in the event of any failures or protection

switches (such as 1+1 APS, path protection, BLSR, or optical equ ipment protection) and by full

provisioning and manageability, as in SONET service. Full provisioning support is possible through

CTC or CTM. Each G1K-4 card performs independently of the other cards in the same shelf.

5.7.1 STS-24c Restriction

Due to hardware constraints, the card imposes an additiona l restriction on the combinations of circuits

that can be dropped onto a G-Series card. These restrictions are transparently enforced by the

ONS 15454, and you do not need to keep track of restricted circuit combinations.

When a single STS-24c terminates on a card, the remaining circuits on that card can be another single

STS-24c or any combination of circuits of STS-12c size or less that add up to no more tha n 12 STSs (that

is a total of 36 STSs on the card).

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