Nortel Networks 10292FA, 10396EA manual Network add/drop ring application

20Chapter 1 Describing the optical routing system

Figure 3 CWDM OADM network and equipment side connections

To Network

RX

TX

Single-wavelength OADM

TX

RX

To Network

RX TX	RX TX
To CWDM GBIC	To CWDM GBIC

Equipment side

The CWDM OADM (Figure 4) is installed in a 19-inch, rack-mounted 1RU optical shelf (Figure 15).

Figure 4 CWDM OADM Front Panel

For information about installing a CWDM OADM, see “Inserting a CWDM OADM or a CWDM OMUX” on page 38 . For specifications, see “CWDM OADM specifications” on page 45 .

Network add/drop ring application

The CWDM OADM pulls off a specific wavelength from an optical ring and passes it to a CWDM GBIC of the same wavelength in the switch, leaving all other wavelengths on the ring undisturbed. CWDM OADMs are set to one of eight supported wavelengths (Table 1).

Note: The wavelength of the CWDM OADM and the corresponding

CWDM GBIC must match (see Table 1).

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