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Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, R7.0
November 2007
Chapter22 DLPs A500 to A599
DLP- A553 Upgrade DS3XM-6 Cards in a 1:1 Configuration to High-Density DS3XM-12 Electrical Cards
b. Choose the new high-density card type from the Change to drop-down list.
c. Click OK.
Step13 Insert the new high-density electrical card into the slot where you removed the low-density card. Be sure
to remove the plastic protective covers on rear of the card before installing the card:
a. Open the ejectors on the card.
b. Slide the card into the slot along the guide rails.
c. Close the ejectors.
Wait for the IMPROPRMVL alarm to clear and the card to become standby. For more information about
LED behavior during high-density electrical card bootup, see the "NTP-A17 Install the Electrical Cards"
procedure on page 2-9.
Step14 Clear the switch you performed in Step 10:
a. In node view, double-click the slot where you installed the high-density card in Step 13.
b. In the Maintenance > Protection tab, double-click the protection group that contains the reporting
card.
c. Click the selected group.
d. Click Switch and Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.
The protect card should now become standby.
Note After upgrading a DS3XM-6 card to a DS3XM-12 card, the newly installed DS3XM-12 card will run in
STS-12 mode. Go to CTC Card View/Maintenance/Card window to change Backplane Throughput
bandwidth to STS48 and refresh viewer window.
If you want to create 1:N on DS3XM-12 cards only slot numbers 3 and 15 should be listed for protect
card selection.
Step15 If you have upgraded to a DS3XM-12 and are using 734A cables with UBIC electrical interface adapters
(EIAs), you must set the LBO for Ports 7 to 12 (DS3XM-12doing so according to the actual distance (in
feet) from the LBX panel.
If you are using 735A cables, you must set the LBO for Ports 7 to 12 (DS3XM-12doing so according to
the following conventions:
Actual distance from the DSX panel is less than 110 feet (33.53 m):
LBO setting is " 0 - 225."
Actual distance from the DSX panel is greater than or equal to 110 feet (33.53 m):
LBO setting is "226 to 450."
Step 16 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).