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Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual, R8.0
April 2008
AppendixA Hardware Specifications
A.1.2 Configurations
A.1.2 ConfigurationsThe ONS 15454 can be configured as follows:
•Two-fiber path protection
•Path protected mesh network (PPMN)
•Two-fiber bidirectional line switch ring (BLSR)
•Four-fiber BLSR
•Add-drop multiplexer (ADM)
•Terminal mode
•Regenerator mode
•Hubbed rings
•Multihubbed rings
•Point-to-point
•Linear
•Linear with optical add/drop multiplexing (OADM)
A.1.3 Cisco Transport ControllerCTC, the ONS 15454 craft interface software, has the following specifications:
•10BaseT
•TCC2/TCC2P access: RJ-45 connector
•Backplane access: LAN pin field
A.1.4 External LAN InterfaceThe ONS 15454 external LAN interface has the following specifications:
•10BaseT Ethernet
•Backplane access: LAN pin field
A.1.5 TL1 Craft InterfaceThe ONS 15454 TL1 craft interface has the following specifications:
•Speed: 9600 bps
•TCC2/TCC2P access: EIA/TIA-232 DB-9 type connector
•Backplane access: CRAFT pin field
A.1.6 Modem InterfaceThe ONS 15454 modem interface has the following specifications: