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Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Reference Manual, R5.0
April 2008
Chapter1 Shelf and FMEC Hardware
1.12.1 Card Slot Requirements
Shelf assembly slots have symbols indicating the type of cards that you can install in them. Each
ONS 15454 SDH card has a corresponding symbol. The symbol on the card must mat ch the symbol on
the slot.
Table 1 -4 shows the slot and card symbol definitions.
Table 1 -5 lists the number of ports, line rates, connector options, and connector locations for
ONS 15454SDH optical and electrical cards.
Table1-4 Slot and Card Symbols
Symbol
Color/Shape Definition
Orange/Circle Slots 1 to 6 and 12 to 17. Only install ONS 15454 SDH cards with a circle symbol
on the faceplate.
Blue/Triangle Slots 5, 6, 12, and 13. Only install ONS 15454 SDH cards with circle or a triangl e
symbol on the faceplate.
Purple/Square TCC2 /TCC2P slot, Slots 7 and 11. Only install ONS 15454 SDH cards with a
square symbol on the faceplate.
Green/Cross Cross-connect (XC-VXL-2.5G/XC-VXL-10G/XC10G) slot, that i s, Slots 8 and 10.
Only install ONS 15454 SDH cards with a cross symbol on the faceplate.
Red/P Protection slot in 1:N protection schemes.
Red/Diamond AIC-I slot, that is, Slot 9. Only install ONS 15454 SDH cards w ith a diamond
symbol on the faceplate.
Gold/Star Slots 1 to 4 and 14 to 17. Only install ONS 15454 SDH cards with a star symbol on
the faceplate.
Table1-5 Card Ports, Line Rates, and Connectors
Card Ports Line Rate per Port Connector Types
Connector
Location
E1-N-14 14 2.048 Mbps 1.0/2.3 miniature
coax connector
or
DB-37
EFCA
E1-42 14 2.048 Mbps 1.0/2.3 miniature
coax connector
or
Molex 96-pin LFH
connector
EFCA
E3-12 12 34.386 Mbps 1.0/2.3 miniature
coax connector
EFCA
DS3i-N-12 12 44.736 Mbps 1.0/2.3 miniature
coax connector
EFCA
STM1E-12 12 Configurable
155.52 Mbps
or
139.264 Mbps
1.0/2.3 miniature
coax connector
EFCA