Cisco Systems ONS 15310-CL, ONS 15310-MA Key ML-Series Features, Cisco IOS, GFP-F Framing, Ctc

Chapter 1 Overview of the ML-Series Card

Key ML-Series Features

–Cisco IOS Release 12.2(28)SV

–CTC

–Remote monitoring (RMON)

–Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

–TL1

•System features:

–Network Equipment Building Systems 3 (NEBS3) compliant

•CTC features:

–Standard synchronous transport signal (STS) and VCAT circuit provisioning for POS virtual ports

–SONET alarm reporting for path alarms and other ML-Series card specific alarms

–Raw port statistics

–Standard inventory and card management functions

–J1 path trace

–Cisco IOS CLI Telnet sessions from CTC

–Cisco IOS startup configuration file management from CTC

Key ML-Series Features

This section describes selected key features and their implementation on the ML-Series cards.

Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS controls the data functions of the ML-Series cards. Users cannot update the ML-Series Cisco IOS image in the same manner as the Cisco IOS system image on a Cisco Catalyst Series. An ML-Series Cisco IOS image upgrade is available only as part of the Cisco ONS 15310-CL or the Cisco ONS 15310-MA software release and accomplished only through CTC or TL1. The image is not available for download or shipped separately.

GFP-F Framing

GFP defines a standard-based mapping of different types of services onto SONET/SDH. The ML-Series and CE-Series support frame-mapped GFP (GFP-F), which is the protocol data unit (PDU)-oriented client signal adaptation mode for GFP. GFP-F maps one variable length data packet onto one GFP packet.

GFP is composed of common functions and payload specific functions. Common functions are those shared by all payloads. Payload-specific functions are different depending on the payload type. GFP is detailed in the ITU recommendation G.7041.

Cisco ONS 15310-CL, ONS 15310-MA, and ONS 15310-MA SDH Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R9.1 and R9.2

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