Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM - Side Line Ports

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Chapter 9 Node Reference
9.3.2 Side line ports
9.3.2 Side line ports
Side line ports are ports that are physically connected to the spans. Side line ports can be:
• All ports terminating the fiber stage and physically labeled as LINE, such as ports on the following
cards:
– Booster amplifier (OPT-BST, OPT-BST-E, or OPT-BST-L cards, and the OPT-AMP-C,
OPT-AMP-L, or OPT-AMP-17-C cards when provisioned in OPT-LINE mode)
– OSC-CSM
• All ports that can be physically connected to the external span using DCN terminations, such as:
– Booster amplifier LINE-RX and LINE-TX ports
– OSC-CSM LINE-RX and LINE-TX ports
– 40-WXC-C COM-RX and COM-TX ports
– MMU EXP-A-RX and EXP-A-TX ports
• All ports that can be physically connected to the external span using DCN terminations in a line
node, such as:
– Preamplifier (OPT-PRE card and the OPT-AMP-C, OPT-AMP-L, or OPT-AMP-17-C cards
when provisioned in OPT-PRE mode) COM-RX and COM-TX ports
– Booster amplifier COM-TX port
– OSC-CSM COM-TX port
• All ports that can be physically connected to the external span using DCN terminations in a
40-channel MUX/DMX terminal node, such as:
– 40-MUX-C COM-TX port
– 40-DMX-C COM-RX port
9.3.3 Optical Side Configurations
You can use the following Side IDs depending on the type of node layout:
• In legacy nodes (that is, a node with no provisioned or installed 40-WXC-C cards), the permissible
Side IDs are A and B only.
• In four-degree mesh nodes with four or less 40-WXC-C cards installed, the permissible Side IDs are
A, B, C, and D.
• In eight-degree mesh nodes, with eight or less 40-WXC-C cards installed, the allowed Side IDs are
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H.
Side IDs are assigned automatically by the system when you create default internal patchcords in CTC
or when you import the CTP XML configuration file into CTC. You can create a side manually using
CTC or TL1 if the following conditions are met:
• You use a permissible side identifier, A through H.
• The shelf contains a TX and an RX side line port (see “9.3.2 Side line ports” section on page 9-25).
• The side line ports are not connected to an internal patchcord.
Note Cisco does not recommend that you manually create or modify ONS 15454 sides.