Overview 1-7

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Upgrading a fiber span from an OC-48 to an OC-192 rate

No

Yes

 

 

See Note 3

 

 

 

Converting a VT-assigned BLSR connection to a Full VT

Yes

No

BLSR connection

 

 

 

 

 

Converting a Full VT BLSR connection to a VT-assigned

Yes

No

BLSR connection

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

 

 

 

 

DS1

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

DS3

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

DS3 (Channelized)

Yes

No

 

 

 

EC-1

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

OC-3

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

OC-12

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

OC-48

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

OC-192

No

Yes

 

 

 

Optical Ethernet - Private Line service using 10/100 Ethernet

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Optical Ethernet - Private Line using Gigabit Ethernet

Yes

Yes

 

 

full rate support

 

 

 

OPTera Packet Edge System

Yes

Yes

See:

 

 

• OPTera Metro 3000 OPTera Packet Edge System User Guide

 

 

(NTN465YG)

 

 

• OPTera Packet Edge System Planning Guide (NTRN10YK)

 

 

• OPTera Packet Edge System Network Applications and

 

 

Management (NTRN11YK)

 

 

 

 

 

Resilient Packet Ring (RPR)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Storage Network (Fibre Channel (FC100) & FICON)

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Test Access Electrical and Optical TAPS (monitor and split

Yes

Yes

states)

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware (See Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

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