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Chapter 7      Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Cards
7.1.3    Interface Classes
Table 7-4 lists the optical performance parameters for 10-Gbps cards that provide signal input to the 
following multiplexer cards and demultiplexer cards:
 • 32DMX
 • 32DMX-L
 • 32DMX-O
 • 32MUX-O1
 • 40-DMX-C
 • 40-DMX-CE
 • 40-MUX-C
 • 40-WSS-C
 • 40-WSS-CE
 • 40-WXC-C
 • 4MD-xx.x 
Table 7-3 Cisco 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, 10-Gbps 
muxponder cards (MXP_2.5G_10G, MXP_MR_10DME_C, and 
MXP_MR_10DME_L), and ADM-10G cards with FEC disabled
C OC-192 LR ITU cards (TXP_MR_10E, TXP_MR_10E_C, and TXP_MR_10E_L) 
without FEC
D 2.5-Gbps multirate transponder card (TXP_MR_2.5G), both protected and 
unprotected, with FEC enabled
E OC-48 100-GHz dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) muxponder 
card (MXP_MR_2.5G) and 2.5-Gbps multirate transponder card 
(TXP_MR_2.5G), protected or unprotected; FEC disabled; and retime, reshape, 
and regenerate (3R) mode enabled
F 2.5-Gbps multirate transponder card (TXP_MR_2.5G), protected or unprotected, 
in regenerate and reshape (2R) mode
G OC-48 ELR 100 GHz card
H 2/4 port GbE transponder (GBIC WDM 100GHz)
I TXP_MR_10E, TXP_MR_10E_C, and TXP_MR_10E_L cards with enhanced 
FEC (E-FEC) and the MXP_2.5G_10E, MXP_2.5G_10E_C, MXP_2.5G_10E_L, 
MXP_MR_10DME_C, and MXP_MR_10DME_L cards with E-FEC enabled