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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Reference Manual, R8.5
78-18343-02
Preface
Document Objectives
This document provides background and reference material for Cisco ONS 15454 dense wavelength 
division (DWDM) systems.
Audience
To use this publication, you should be familiar with Cisco or equivalent optical transmission hardware 
and cabling, telecommunications hardware and cabling, electronic circuitry and wiring practices, and 
preferably have experience as a telecommunications technician.
Document Organization
April 2012 Upadted the section “SNMP in Multishelf Management” in the chapter 
“SNMP”.
May 2012 Updated the section “Optical Channel Circuits” in the chapter “Optical 
Channel Circuits and Virtual Patchcords Reference”.
June 2012 Updated the section “Generic Threshold and Performance Monitoring MIBs” 
in the chapter “SNMP”.
July 2012 Document Part Number revisioned to 78-18343-02 and a full length book-PDF 
was generated.
Date Notes
Table 1 Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual Chapters 
Title Summary
Chapter 1, “Shelf Assembly Hardware” Provides a description of Cisco ONS 15454 
hardware for the ANSI and ETSI shelf assemblies.
Chapter 2, “Common Control Cards” Includes descriptions of the TCC2, TCC2P, AIC-I, 
and MS-ISC-100T cards.
Chapter 3, “Optical Service Channel Cards” Includes descriptions of OSCM and OSC-CSM 
cards.
Chapter 4, “Optical Amplifier Cards” Includes descriptions of the OPT-PRE, OPT-BST, 
OPT-BST-E, OP-BST-L, OPT-AMP-L, 
OPT-AMP-C, and OPT-AMP-17-C cards, as well 
as card temperature ranges and card compatibility.
Chapter 5, “Multiplexer and Demultiplexer 
Cards”
Includes descriptions of the 32-MUX-O, 
32DMX-O, and 4MD-xx.x cards.
Chapter 6, “Optical Add/Drop Cards” Includes descriptions of the AD-1C-xx.x, 
AD-2C-xx.x, AD-4C-xx.x, AD-1B-xx.x, and 
AD-4B-xx.x cards, card temperature ranges, 
compatibility, and applications.