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Table 1-1 (continued)

Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Feature

Supported on

Supported on

 

platforms with

platforms with

 

VTX-series

STX circuit packs

 

circuit packs

 

 

 

 

Converting an OC-48 linear point-to-point network to an

Yes

Yes

OC-48 linear point-to-point network over DWDM

 

 

 

 

 

Adding an OPTera Metro 3500 network element to an OC-192

No

Yes

UPSR over DWDM

 

 

 

 

 

Converting an OC-192 UPSR to an OC-192 UPSR over

No

Yes

DWDM

 

 

 

 

 

Converting an OC-192 linear point-to-point network to an

No

Yes

OC-192 linear point-to-point network over DWDM

 

 

 

 

 

Converting a UPSR to a BLSR

Yes

Yes

 

See Note 3

See Note 3

 

 

 

Converting a 1+1 linear point-to-point configuration to a

Yes

Yes

2-node UPSR

 

 

 

 

 

Converting a 2-node UPSR to a 1+1 linear point-to-point

Yes

Yes

configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Moving a synchronization boundary

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Removing a network element from an OC-48 or OC-192 BLSR

Yes

Yes

 

except OC-192

except OC-48

 

 

 

Removing a network element from a UPSR

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Removing an OPTera Metro 3500 network element from an

Yes

No

OC-48 BLSR over DWDM

 

 

 

 

 

Removing an OPTera Metro 3500 network element from an

Yes

Yes

OC-48 UPSR over DWDM

 

 

 

 

 

Replacing a DS3x3 mapper with a DS3x12 / DS3x12e mapper

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Replacing an EC-1x3 circuit pack with an EC-1x12 circuit pack

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Replacing the ILAN circuit pack with a network processor

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Replacing the network processor with an ILAN circuit pack

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Upgrading a fiber span from an OC-3 to an OC-12 rate

Yes

Yes

(See Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

Upgrading a fiber span from an OC-12 to an OC-48 rate

Yes

Yes

(See Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

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