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Chapter 2 Introduction to the Cisco SCE8000 Platform
The Cisco SCE8000 Optical Bypass
• During a power failure —The Cisco SCE8000 has two power supplies. A power failure occurs only
when both of them fail.
In a case where the Cisco SCE8000 platform must be replaced, it is possible to remove the bypass
modules from the SCE8000 chassis without disconnecting them from the network and then re install them
in the new SCE platform, so that traffic links are preserved even in a case of complete failure and
replacement of the Cisco SCE8000 platform. (See Replacing the Optical Bypass Mod ule without
Disrupting Traffic on the Link, page 9-26.)
Optical Bypass Functionality
The optical bypass module is connected bump-in-the-wire in th e 10-GBE link. It is then connected to t he
Cisco SCE8000 platform with two types of connections:
• 10GBE optical connections for data link traffic — 10 GBE connections from the optical bypass
module to one pair of the 10GBE SPA ports.
• Control connection — Connection to the RJ-11 External Bypass conn ector on the SCE8000-SCM,
so the optical bypass is activated if the Cisco SCE8000 platform fails.
Optical Bypass Module Connectivity
The optical bypass module functions as follows:
• Under normal conditions, the bypass module directs traffic to flow via the Cisco SCE800 0.
• Under failure conditions, the optical bypass shortcuts the interfaces that are connected to the traffic
link, and all traffic flows through the optical bypass module, bypassing the SCE platform.
Figure 2-7 Optical Bypass Module Connectivity
Optical Bypass Module (OPB-SCE8K)
There are two types of optical bypass modules to support different optic types:
• OPB-SCE8K-SM supports Single-Mode optics and should be used with SCE8000 equipped with
Single-Mode optics.
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