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Chapter 8      Transponder and Muxponder Cards
8.8.3    Client Interfaces
Figure 8-20 MXP_2.5G_10E _C and MXP_2.5G_10E_L Faceplates and Block Diagram
For information on safety labels for the cards, see the “8.2.1  Class 1 Laser Product Cards” section on 
page 8-4.
8.8.3 Client Interfaces 
The MXP_2.5G_10E_C and MXP_2.5G_10E_L cards provide four intermediate- or short-range 
OC-48/STM-16 ports per card on the client side. Both SR-1 and IR-1 optics can be supported and the 
ports use SFP connectors. The client interfaces use four wavelengths in the 1310-nm, 
ITU 100-GHz-spaced, channel grid. 
8.8.4 DWDM Interface
The MXP_2.5G_10E_C and MXP_2.5G_10E_L cards serve as OTN multiplexers, transparently 
mapping four OC-48 channels asynchronously to ODU1 into one 10-Gbps trunk. For the 
MXP_2.5G_10E_C card, the DWDM trunk is tunable for transmission over the entire C band and for the 
MXP_2.5G_10E_L card, the DWDM trunk is tunable for transmission over the entire L band. Channels 
are spaced at 50-GHz on the ITU grid.
FAI L
ACT/STBY
SF
4x2.5
10 E
MXP C
RX
TX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
FAI L
ACT/STBY
SF
4x2.5
10 E
MXP L
RX
TX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
TX
RX
Processor
RAM
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Optical
transceiver
Optical
transceiver
Optical
transceiver
Optical
transceiver
Optical
transceiver
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FEC/
Wrapper
E-FEC
Processor
(G.709 FEC)
Serial bus
uP bus
Onboard
Flash
memory
Client LEDs
DWDM LED
SR-1
(short reach/intra-office)
or IR-1
(intermediate range)
SFP client
optics modules
DWDM
(trunk)
10GE
(10GBASE-LR)