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Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0 Hardware Features and Benefits
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0 Features and Benefits
Cisco IOS Software Release Information
Product Bulletin, No. 2386
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0
Cisco Systems® announces Cisco® ONS 15454 Software Release 4.6.0 for the industry-leading Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP). Cisco ONS 15454 Software Release 4.6.0 increases its multiservice support through the addition of Fibre Channel service interfaces. As well, software consolidation has been completed for the intelligent DWDM functionality (MSTP) with the industry leading MSPP to deliver unprecedented transport capabilities from a single platform.
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0 Hardware Features and Benefits
Cisco Systems® announces the Cisco® ONS 15454 Software Release 4.6.0. Table 1 outlines the new hardware features supported by this release.
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0 Features and Benefits
Table 2 outlines the marquis-software-based features supported by Cisco ONS 15454 Software Release 4.6.0.
More detailed information can be found in the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0 release notes, available at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps2006/prod_release_notes_list.html.
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0 features are incremental additions to the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH platform. Cisco ONS hardware and software features previously supported in Release 4.x will continue to be supported unless specified in the Cisco ONS 15454 Software Release 4.6.0 release notes.
Cisco IOS Software Release Information
The Cisco ONS 15454 ML Series cards, which use Cisco IOS® Software to deliver Layer 2 and Layer 3 functions, are provisioned through the Cisco IOS Software command-line interface. Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(20)EO is integrated into Cisco ONS 15454 Software Release 4.6.0, enabling a single, unified software image for installation and operation. The Cisco IOS Software image is not upgradable independently from Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software.
For details on the capabilities offered by the Cisco IOS Software release on the Cisco ONS 15454 ML Series cards, review the Cisco ONS 15454 Software Release 4.6.0 user documentation, available at:
Compatibility Information
Table 3 outlines the system requirements for hardware and software related to Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0.
All other previously released Cisco ONS 15454 SDH interface and common-control hardware, supported in software releases 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.5.x, is compatible with this software load. Before inserting a new node into an operating ring or linear network, all existing Cisco ONS 15454 SDH nodes connected with optical RSDCC interfaces should be upgraded to a consistent level of system software to ensure proper operation.
Availability
Equipment for Cisco ONS 15454 Software Release 4.6.0 will be orderable on January 7, 2004, with equipment shipment beginning approximately 30 days after orderability. Contact your Cisco sales representative for more details.
Ordering Information
The Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0 can be ordered from your Cisco sales representative or through the Cisco.com online ordering tool. Specific product codes and descriptions are detailed in Table 4.
Table 4 Product Part Numbers and Descriptions
Product Part Number Product Description15454E-10T-xx.x
10-Gbps multirate transponder card, 1-port (Tx/Rx) intra-office reach, 1310-nm, single-mode client interface with LC connectors, 1-port (Tx/Rx) long-haul, ITU compliant, 100-GHz spaced, 50-GHz stabilized, two-channel tunable, DWDM wavelength (00.0) interface with LC connectors, SDH system
15454E-10M-xx.x1
4 x STM-16 muxponder card, 4 SFP pluggable client interface slots, STM-64 optics card, 1-port (Tx/Rx) long-haul, ITU compliant, 100-GHz spaced, 50-GHz stabilized, two-channel tunable, DWDM wavelength (00.0) interface with LC connectors, SDH system; SFPs sold separately
15454E-FC-MR-4
Fibre Channel card, 1- or 2-Gbps, four gigabit-interface-converter (GBIC) pluggable client interface slots, SDH system; GBICs sold separately
15454E-STM1E-12
12-port STM-1/E4 electrical interface card
15454E-STMNP-FMEC
STM-1E FMEC card, no protection
15454E-STM11-FMEC
STM-1E FMEC card, 1:1 protection
15454E-STM13-FMEC
STM-1E FMEC card, 1:3 protection
ONS-GX-2FC-MMI
GBIC optics module, 1- or 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, 850 nm, multimode, SC connectors
ONS-GX-2FC-SMI
GBIC optics module, 1- or 2-Gbps Fibre Channel, 1310 nm, single mode, SC connectors
15454E-R4.6.0SWCD
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0, SDH system
SF15454-R4.6.0
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0 preloaded on TCC cards and control cards, SDH system
15454E-LIC-R4.6.0
Software upgrade license used for upgrading an existing node to another system software release; used with assemble-to-order (ATO) part number 15454E-LIC-UPG
15454E-DOC4.6.0PP
User documentation (in paper format) for Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0, SDH system
15454E-DOC4.6.0CD
User documentation (in CD-ROM format) for Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Software Release 4.6.0, SDH system
1 Orderable wavelengths can be found on the pricing tool located at Cisco.com:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ordering/index.shtml.
Note:
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 first customer ship (FCS) date.
Cisco ONS 15454 SDH products may be ordered through the Cisco Networking Products Marketplace online order entry tool.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH platform, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps2006/index.html.
To order Cisco equipment, visit:

