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Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Reference Manual, R5.0
April 2008
Chapter2 Common Control Car ds
2.1.2 Card Compatibility
2.1.2 Card Compatibility
Table 2 -2 lists the Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) software release compatibility for each
common-control card. In the tables below, “Yes” means cards are compatib le with the listed software
versions. Table cells with dashes mean cards are not compatible with the listed software versions.
Table2-1 Common Control Cards for the ONS 15454 SDH
Card Description
For Additional
Information...
TCC2 The Advanced Timing, Communications, and Control
(TCC2) card is the main processing center of the
ONS 15454 SDH and provides system initialization,
provisioning, alarm reporting, maintenance, and
diagnostics.
See the “2.2 TCC2 Card”
section on page 2-4.
TCC2P The Advanced Timing, Communications, and Control
Plus (TCC2P) card is the main processing center of the
ONS 15454 SDH and provides system initialization,
provisioning, alarm reporting, maintenance, and
diagnostics. This card also has Ethernet security
features.
See the “2.3 TCC2P Card”
section on page 2-7.
XC10G The 10 Gigabit Cross Connect (XC10G) card is the
central element for switching; it establishes
connections and performs time-division switching
(TDS).
See the “2.4 XC10G
Card” section on
page 2-10.
XC-VXL-10G The International Cross Connect 10 Gigabit AU3/AU4
High-Capacity Tributary (XC-VXL-10G) card is the
central element for switching; it establishes
connections and performs TDS. It supports cards with
speeds up to 10 Gbps.
See the
“2.5 XC-VXL-10G Card”
section on page 2-12.
XC-VXL-2.5G The International Cross Connect 2.5 Gigabit AU3/AU4
High-Capacity Tributary (XC-VXL-2.5G) card is the
central element for switching; it establishes
connections and performs TDS. It supports cards with
speeds up to 2.5 Gbps.
See the
“2.6 XC-VXL-2.5G Card”
section on page 2-14.
AIC-I The Alarm Interface Controller–International (AIC-I)
card provides customer-defined alarm input/output
(I/O), supports user data, and supports local and
express orderwire.
See the “2.7 AIC-I Card”
section on page 2-16.
Table2-2 Common-Control Card Software Release Compatibility
Card R4.0 R4.1 R4.5 R4.6 R4.7 R5.0
TCC2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TCC2P Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes