Cisco Systems 15530 Configuring ESCON Signal Aggregation

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Cisco ONS 15530 Configuration Guide and Command Reference
78-14227-01, Cisco IOS Release 12.1(10)EV2
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Configuring ESCON Signal Aggregation
This chapter describes how to configure ESCON signal aggregation on 10-port ES CON mul tipl exing
line cards and 10-Gbps ITU trunk cards on the CiscoONS 15530. This chapter includes the following
sections:
•About ESCON Signal Aggregation Support
•Configuring ESCON Multiplexing Line Card Interfaces
•Configuring 10-Gbps ITU Trunk Card Interfaces
•Configuring 10-GE Uplink Card Interfaces
•About Cross Connections
•About Alarm Thresholds
•Configuring Alarm Thresholds
•About Patch Connections
•Configuring Patch Connections
About ESCON Signal Aggregation Support
The ESCON multiplexing line card aggregates up to 10ESCON data streams into a single 2.5-Gbps
signal, which is transmitted through the switch fabric to a 10-Gbps ITU trunk card or a 10-GE uplink
card. The 10-Gbps ITU trunk card converts up to four aggregated si gn als to o ne IT U wavelengt h and
sends it to an OADM module. The 10-GE uplink card converts up to four aggregated signals into a 10-GE
1310-nm signal and sends it to a 10-GE client card on either a Cisco ONS 15540 ESP or Cisco ONS
15540 ESPx.
Figure 4-1 shows the path of an ESCON signal through the Cisco ONS15530 .