New Features and Functionality
Customer Access Panel
The Customer Access Panel (CAP or CAP2) is located in the middle on the rear of the shelf. The CAP and CAP2 provide an alarm pin field, timing, and LAN connections. The CAP or CAP2 plugs into the backplane using 2mm Hard Metric connectors with 752 pins and is held in place with one large captive bolt and multiple screws.
The CAP2 has the additional capability of providing provisionable power monitoring.
Note The ONS 15600 supports only T1 (100 ohm) building integrated timing supply (BITS).
The ONS 15600 CAP and CAP2 provide the following features:
•BITS T1 (100 ohm) interfaces via
•Two Ethernet interfaces via
•An
•EMI filtering. Two interfaces are provided for redundancy.
•Four audio alarm interfaces via a
•Four visual alarm interfaces via a
•Environmental (external) alarms and controls (16 inputs and 16 outputs) via
The isolation and termination meet the
If the CAP/CAP2 fails, the node raises an EQPT alarm. You can replace the CAP/CAP2 on an
New Software Features
SFP Management Completion
Supported services (rates, wavelengths, formats, reach, and so on) are encoded in the EEPROMs of SFPs and XFPs following industry standards. PPMs (SFPs or XFPs) that do not follow this standard cannot be read by the platform and are referred to as Unrecognized PPMs.
PPMs that are inserted into a card may be checked for the validity of an MD5 security code. PPMs failing this test are referred to as
Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15600 Release 8.0
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