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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Reference Manual, R8.5
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Chapter 5      Multiplexer and Demultiplexer Cards
5.1.1    Card Summary
5.1.1 Card Summary
Table 5-1 lists and summarizes the functions of the 32MUX-O, 32DMX-O, and 4MD-xx.x cards.
5.1.2 Card Compatibility
Table 5-2 lists the CTC software compatibility for each card.
5.1.3 Interface Classes
The 32MUX-O, 32DMX-O, and 4MD-xx.x cards have different input and output optical channel signals 
depending on the interface card where the input signal originates. The input interface cards have been 
grouped in classes listed in Table 5-3. The subsequent tables list the optical performance and output 
power of each interface class. 
Table 5-1 Multiplexer and Demultiplexer Cards 
Card Port Description For Additional Information
32MUX-O
The 32MUX-O has five sets of ports located 
on the faceplate. It operates in Slots 1 to 5 
and 12 to 16.
See the “5.3  32MUX-O Card” 
section on page 5-12.
32DMX-O
The 32DMX-O has five sets of ports located 
on the faceplate. It operates in Slots 1 to 5 
and 12 to 16.
“5.4  32DMX-O Card” section 
on page 5-16
4MD-xx.x
The 4MD-xx.x card has five sets of ports 
located on the faceplate. It operates in Slots 
1 to 6 and 12 to 17.
See the “5.5  4MD-xx.x Card” 
section on page 5-20.
Table 5-2 Software Release Compatibility for Legacy Multiplexer and Demultiplexer Cards 
Card Name R4.5 R4.6 R4.7 R5.0 R6.0 R7.0 R7.2 R8.0 R8.5
32MUX -O Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s
32DMX -O Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s
4MD- xx.x Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s
Table 5-3 ONS 15454 Card Interfaces Assigned to Input Power Classes 
Input Power Class Card
A 10-Gbps multirate transponder cards (TXP_MR_10G, TXP_MR_10E, 
TXP_MR_10E_C, and TXP_MR_10E_L) with forward error correction (FEC) 
enabled and 10-Gbps muxponder cards (MXP_2.5G_10G, MXP_2.5G_10E, 
MXP_MR_10DME_C, MXP_MR_10DME_L, MXP_2.5G_10E_C, and 
MXP_2.5G_10E_L) with FEC enabled
B 10-Gbps multirate transponder card (TXP_MR_10G) without FEC and 10-Gbps 
muxponder cards (MXP_2.5G_10G, MXP_MR_10DME_C, 
MXP_MR_10DME_L), and ADM-10G cards with FEC disabled