Chapter 2 Cards Specifications

2.1 Card Overview

Table 2-5

Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Cards (continued)

 

 

 

 

Card

 

Part Number

Description

 

 

 

 

OPT-BST-E

 

15454-OPT-BST-E=

The OPT-BST-E card is designed to support up to 64 channels at

 

 

 

50 GHz channel spacing. It is a C-band DWDM EDFA with OSC

 

 

 

add-and-drop capability. Its maximum output power is 21 dBm. To

 

 

 

control the gain tilt, the OPT-BST-E is equipped with a built-in VOA.

 

 

 

You can install the OPT-BST-E in Slots 1 to 6 and 12 to 17 when the

 

 

 

ONS 15454 is configured in a DWDM network.

 

 

 

 

OPT-BST-L

 

15454-OPT-BST-L=

The OPT-BST-L card is designed to support up to 64 channels at

 

 

 

50 GHz channel spacing. It is an L-band DWDM EDFA with OSC

 

 

 

add-and-drop capability. Its maximum output power is 17 dBm. To

 

 

 

control the gain tilt, the OPT-BST-L is equipped with a built-in VOA.

 

 

 

You can install the OPT-BST-L in Slots 1 to 6 and 12 to 17 when the

 

 

 

ONS 15454 is configured in a DWDM network.

 

 

 

 

OPT-AMP-L

 

15454-OPT-AMP-L=

The OPT-AMP-L card is designed to support 64 channels at 50 GHz

 

 

 

channel spacing. The OPT-AMP-L is a L-band DWDM, two-stage

 

 

 

EDFA with MAL for allocation to a DCU. Its maximum output power

 

 

 

is 20 dBm. To control the gain tilt, the OPT-AMP-L is equipped with

 

 

 

a built-in VOA. The VOA can also be used to pad the DCU to a

 

 

 

reference value. OPT-AMP-L is a double-slot card. You can install the

 

 

 

OPT-AMP-L in Slots 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, or in Slots 12-13, 14-15, or 16-17.

 

 

 

Multiplexer and Demultiplexer Cards

 

 

 

 

 

32MUX-O

 

15454-32MUX-O=

The 32MUX-O card multiplexes 32 100 GHz-spaced channels

 

 

 

identified in the channel plan. The 32MUX-O card takes up two slots

 

 

 

in an ONS 15454 DWDM and can be installed in Slots 1 to 5 and 12

 

 

 

to 16.

 

 

 

 

32DMX-O

 

15454-32DMX-O=

The 32DMX-O card demultiplexes 32 100-GHz-spaced channels

 

 

 

identified in the channel plan. The 32DMX-O takes up two slots in an

 

 

 

ONS 15454 DWDM and can be installed in Slots 1 to 5 and 12 to 16.

 

 

 

 

32DMX

 

15454-32DMX=

The 32DMX card is a single-slot optical demultiplexer. The card

 

 

 

receives an aggregate optical signal on its COM RX port and

 

 

 

demultiplexes it into to 32 100-GHz-spaced channels. The 32DMX

 

 

 

card can be installed in Slots 1 to 6 and in Slots 12 to 17.

 

 

 

 

32DMX-L

 

15454-32DMX-L=

The 32DMX-L card is a single-slot optical L-band demultiplexer. The

 

 

 

card receives an aggregate optical signal on its COM RX port and

 

 

 

demultiplexes it into to 32 100 GHz-spaced channels. The 32DMX

 

 

 

card can be installed in Slots 1 to 6 and in Slots 12 to 17.

 

 

 

 

4MD-xx.x

 

15454-4MD-xx.x=

The 4MD-xx.x card multiplexes and demultiplexes four

 

 

 

100 GHz-spaced channels identified in the channel plan. The

 

 

 

4MD-xx.x card is designed to be used with band OADMs (both

 

 

 

AD-1B-xx.x and AD-4B-xx.x). There are eight versions of this card

 

 

 

that correspond with the eight subbands specified in Table 2-1 on

 

 

 

page 2-2. The 4MD-xx.x can be installed in Slots 1 to 6 and 12 to 17

 

 

 

when the ONS 15454 is configured in a DWDM network.

 

 

 

Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer Cards

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Engineering and Planning Guide, Release 7.x

2-6

July 2006

 

 

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Cisco Systems 15454 specifications Opt-Bst-E, Opt-Bst-L, Opt-Amp-L, 32MUX-O, 32DMX-O, 32DMX-L

15454 specifications

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