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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Reference Manual, R8.5
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Appendix A      Hardware Specifications
A.9.4    MXP_MR_2.5G and MXPP_MR_2.5G Card Specifications
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Mixed configurations up to maximum line rate of 2.5 Gbps (for example, if you have a port 
configured for FC2G, you cannot use another port at the same time). See the 
“8.9  MXP_MR_2.5G and MXPP_MR_2.5G Cards” section on page 8-44 for more information 
on mixed-mode operation.
 • Client ports: 8x SFP
 • Performance monitoring (PM) for all interfaces
 • Buffer-to-buffer credit management for distance extension
 • Line (trunk side) 
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Bit rate: 2.488 Gbps for OC-48/STM-16
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Code: Scrambled NRZ 
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Fiber: 1550-nm single-mode 
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Maximum chromatic dispersion allowance: 6000 ps/nm 
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Loopback modes: Terminal and facility
Caution You must use a 20-dB fiber attenuator (15 to 25 dB) when working with the MXP_MR_2.5G 
and MXPP_MR_2.5G cards in a loopback on the trunk port. Do not use direct fiber loopbacks 
with the MXP_MR_2.5G and MXPP_MR_2.5G cards. Using direct fiber loopbacks causes 
irreparable damage to the MXP_MR_2.5G and MXPP_MR_2.5G cards.
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Connectors: LC 
 • Transmitter (trunk side) 
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Transmit power: +3 +/– 1 dBm with MXP_MR_2.5G card, and +/– 1 dBm with 
MXPP_MR_2.5G card
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50-GHz DWDM migration ready (the wavelength deviation is less than +/– 0.040 nm through 
wavelocker deployment)
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Four-channel wavelength tunability at 100-GHz spacing
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Transmitter maximum return reflectance: –27 dB
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Chromatic dispersion allowance: 5400 ps/nm, giving an optical power penalty < 2.0 dB
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Minimum side mode suppression ratio: 30 dB
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Transmitter is a direct modulated laser
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Wavelength stability (drift): +/– 25 picometers (pm)
Note An optical device on the card keeps the laser wavelength locked as closely as possible to the ITU nominal 
value. The allowed drift is +/– 25 pm.
 • Currently available wavelengths of the TXP_MR_2.5G and TXPP_MR_2.5G cards (eight card 
versions): 
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ITU grid blue band: 1530.334 to 1544.526 nm (four card versions, four wavelengths each)
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ITU grid red band: 1546.119 to 1560.606 nm (four card versions, four wavelengths each)
 • Receiver (trunk side, see Table A-33)