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Product Bulletin No. 1901
Cisco ONS 15454 SONET
Multiservice Provisioning Platform Release 3.4.0
Cisco Systems is proud to announce Release 3.4.0 features and functional enhancements for the industry-leading Cisco ONS 15454 SONET Multiservice Provisioning Platform (Figure 1). Release 3.4.0 focuses on further reducing network operating expenses as well as delivering greater revenue-generating bandwidth. The new features and functions are described below.
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Cisco ONS 15454 SONET Multiservice Provisioning Platform
Release 3.4.0 Hardware FeaturesAdvanced Alarm Interface Controller (AIC-I) Card—The AIC-I provides four main capabilities:
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Environmental alarm collection: Up to 48 environmental alarms are supported on the Cisco ONS 15454 shelf assembly.
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The AIC-I card is an optional component and is not required for system operation.
Alarm Extension Panel (AEP)—The AEP extends the environmental alarm termination capacity of an AIC-I equipped Cisco ONS 15454 from 16 to 48 alarm interfaces.
Release 3.4.0 Software FeaturesProtection Channel Access (PCA)—Enables the service provider to use the protected bandwidth (Extra Traffic per Telcordia standard GR-1230-CORE) of a 2- or 4-fiber Bidirectional Line Switched Ring (BLSR) network for working traffic. This capability, especially when coupled with data protocols, allows BLSR rings to carry more services, lowering the service provider's cost per bit and increasing their profitability and return on investment (ROI). Traditionally, the service provider uses the PCA bandwidth to offer data services, which are protected at a higher OSI layer, or are designed to provide a low-cost back-up circuit.
Unified Control Plane (UCP)—The UCP is an evolving, industry standards based control plane signaling protocol designed to enable a multi-vendor, interoperable control protocol, providing circuit and lightpath provisioning between network elements such as add/drop multiplexers (ADMs), cross-connects, optical switches, routers, and ATM switches.
The initial release will support the UCP UNI-C feature, as outlined by the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) UNI 1.0 specification. This UNI-C capability on the Cisco ONS 15454 will extend the simple, fast and easy provisioning using signaling request for circuit setup through any OIF O-UNI compliant third party core optical-transport network. Some of the noteworthy features of the UCP UNI-C implementation are: IF/IB (In-Fiber, In-Band) or OOF/OB (Out-Of-Fiber, Out-of-Band) communication for control traffic, OIF RSVP-TE signaling protocol with extensions, OIF compliant LMP protocol, optical link management (OLM), neighbor discovery and management system based configuration of node and interface level configuration, initiation, monitoring and tear down of signaled circuits that originate and terminate at UNI-C interfaces and traverse a core network.
Network Element Default Override—Simplifies day-to-day system provisioning by enabling user system defaults to be uploaded to network element at turn-up.
Enhanced Circuit State Modes—Provide new circuit states, including automatic in-service (AINS) and maintenance modes, simplifying operations.
Compatibility InformationTable 1 provides compatibility information.
For additional configuration and ordering information for the Cisco ONS 15454 Release 3.4, please contact your Cisco account representative or systems engineer.
AvailabilityOrderability for Cisco ONS 15454 Release 3.4.0 is targeted for September 15, 2002, with first customer shipment (FCS) planned within 30 days.
Ordering InformationThe Cisco ONS 15454 Release 3.4.0 hardware and software products may be ordered now from your sales representative or through the Cisco Networking Products MarketPlace online order-entry tool at: http://cisco.com/public/ordsum.html.
The new product names and descriptions are provided in Table 2. To access current Common Language Equipment Identifier (CLEI) code information for all Cisco products, please refer to the Cisco online CLEI Code Tool at: http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/front.x/clei/code_search.cgi.
Note: The systems and products described in this document are subject to New Product Hold, a status assigned to all new items that have not yet transacted through the Cisco manufacturing system and may not be available. Thus, product delivery dates can vary past the quoted FCS date.
For more information about the Cisco ONS 15454, please contact your Cisco account representative, or visit: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/olpl/metro/on15454/.
