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This chapter describes the new hardware and software features supported on the Cisco NCS 4200 Series in this release.
3G SDH Support on the 1 port OC48/ 4 port OC12/OC3 + 12 port T1/E1 + 4 port T3/E3 CEM Interface Module
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) is supported on the 4 Port OC481/OC12/OC3 + 12 Port A900-IMA3G-IMSGT1/E1 + 4 Port T3/E3 CEM Interface Module.
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SNCP feature is not supported. |
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You can configure STM-1 or STM-4 on all four ports. If you configure rate STM-16 on any of the four ports, others ports are not available. |
5G SDH Support on the 1-Port OC192/STM-64 or 8-Port OC3/12/48/STM-1/-4/-16 Interface Module
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) is supported on the 5G Mode on 1-Port OC192/STM-64 or 8-Port OC3/12/48/STM-1/-4/-16 Interface Module.
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The OC-192/STM-64 port is disabled in 5G mode |
Ports 0-7 are available as STM-16, STM-4, and STM-1 ports. To achieve 5G traffic on the card, four ports are grouped. For example, 0-3 and 4-7 can provide a maximum traffic of 2.5G.
Card Protection for 48-port T1/E1 CEM Interface Module and 48-port T3/E3 CEM Interface Module
The card protection feature protects traffic when the interface module is out of service, a software failure occurs, or hardware issues are observed. Card protection is supported on primary and backup cards. Traffic is switched to the backup interface module when the primary interface module does not respond and vice versa. A new Y-cable is introduced to support the feature. The following maintenance commands are added in this release:
lockout
Force
Manual
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This feature does not require any change in the patch panel of the interface modules. |
CESoPSN Support on the Cisco RSP3 Module
Effective Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.x, the Cisco RSP3 module supports Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network (CESoPSN) features on the T1/E1, T3/E3, and OCx modules. The CESoPSN features include CEM group configuration, Bit-Error Rate Testing (BERT), Adaptive Clock Recovery (ACR), and Differential Clock Recovery (DCR).
For more information, see 48-Port T1/E1 CEM Interface Module Configuration Guide, 48-Port T3/E3 CEM Interface Module Configuration Guide, and 1-Port OC-192 or 8-Port Low Rate CEM Interface Module Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.x.
EVC Egress Filtering Support on the Cisco RSP3 Module
EVC filtering is used to filter out packets that are going out on an attachment or Access circuit (AC) when the packets do not match a given tag format. The packets are filtered based on the matching tag format at the ingress point of the AC. At the egress point of the AC, the packets are matched based on VLAN parameters. If the packets do not match the expected VLAN tag format, then the packets are dropped.
For more information, see Carrier Ethernet Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.x
FPGA based SAT Support on the Cisco RSP3 Module
The Cisco RSP3 Module now supports FPGA based SAT. In FPGA based SAT, the FPGA generates and terminates the packets based on the IP SLA configurations. All measurement are performed in FPGA.
For more information, see IP SLAs Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.x.
MAC Limiting Support on the Cisco RSP3 Module
The MAC address limiting on the bridge domain is now supported on the Cisco RSP3 module.
For more information, see Layer 2 Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.x.
Port Licensing Support on the 1 port OC48/ 4 port OC12/OC3 + 12 port T1/E1 + 4 port T3/E3 CEM Interface Module
The Cisco Software License Activation feature is a set of processes and components to activate Cisco IOS XE software feature sets by obtaining and validating fee-based Cisco software licenses. You should enable the license only for OCx ports. Use the platform enable controller Mediatype command to enable a particular license type on the controller port.
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License is not required for the ports 0-15 (DSx ports). |
Programmability
Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) data-modelling language—A Data Modelling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), which replaces the process of manual configuration with a programmatic and standards-based way of writing configurations to any network device. It supports the automation of configuration for multiple switches across the network using data models.
RESTCONF—Provides a programmatic interface based on standard mechanisms for accessing configuration data, state data, data-model-specific Remote Procedure Call (RPC) operations and event notifications defined in the YANG model.
YANG Data Models—For the list of Cisco IOS XE YANG models available with this release, navigate to https://github.com/YangModels/yang/tree/master/vendor/cisco/xe/1671.
Revision statements embedded in the YANG files indicate if there has been a model revision. The README.md file in the same github location highlights changes that have been made in the release.
For more information, see Programmability Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.x.
Support for BFD over IPv6 on the Cisco RSP3 Module
BFD over IPv6 is now supported on the Cisco RSP3 module.
For more information, see IP Routing: BFD Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.x.
4-port OC48/OC12/OC3 + 12-port T1/E1 + 4-port T3/E3 CEM Interface Module
The NCS4200-3GMS interface module supports 12xDS1/E1 + 4xDS3/E3/STS-1e + 4xOC3/12/1GE or 1xOC48 interface over the high-density port.
For more information on supported ports, see Cisco NCS 4206 Hardware Installation Guide.
8/16-port 1 Gigabit Ethernet (SFP / SFP) + 1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (SFP+) / 2-port 1 Gigabit Ethernet (CSFP) Interface Module
The NCS4200-1T16G-PS interface module has the flexibility to support SFP+/SFP/CSFP on the modules as mentioned below:
1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+) interface supports one of three
modules as 1xSFP+, 1xSFP or 1xCSFP
8-port Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) interface supports as either 8xSFP or
8xCSFP
For more information on supported ports, see Cisco NCS 4206 Hardware Installation Guide, Cisco NCS 4216 Hardware Installation Guide or Cisco NCS 4216 14RU Hardware Installation Guide.
NCS420X-RSP-128 Modules and Interface Modules
The RSP2 module NCS420X-RSP-128 is supported on the NCS 4206 system. The interface modules introduced on the RSP are:
SFP Combo IM—8-port Gigabit Ethernet (8X1GE) + 1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module (1X10GE)
8-port T1/E1 Interface Module
For more information, see Cisco NCS 4206 Hardware Installation Guide.