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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Reference Manual, R8.5
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Chapter 1      Shelf Assembly Hardware
1.4.2    Single Y-Cable Protection Module
Table 1-4 details the single-mode and multimode front panel Protection B mapping. It shows how two 
DWDM receive inputs (client working and protect) provide one output signal to the equipment, using 
the module combiner function.
Table 1-5 details the single-mode and multimode front panel Protection B mapping. It shows how the 
module splits a single receive input from the equipment into two DWDM output signals (working and 
protect) to the client.
The following muxponder (MXP) and transponder (TXP) cards can use Y-cable protection: 
 • MXP_2.5_10G
 • MXP_2.5_10E
 • MXP_MR_2.5G 
 • TXP_MR_10G
 • TXP_MR_10E
 • TXP_MR_2.5G
 • MXP_MR_10DME_C
 • MXP_MR_10DME_L
Table 1-3 Protection A (TXP Cards 1 and 2) Port Mapping: Splitter to DWDM
Receive Port  Signal Source
10 (RXa) TX port on customer client equipment A 
Transmit Port  Signal Destinations
2 (TXa1) Client RX port on the TXP 1 card
7 (TXa2) Client RX on the TXP 2 card
Table 1-4 Protection B (TXP Cards 3 and 4) Port Mapping: Combiner from DWDM
Receive Port  Signal Sources
3 (RXb1) Client TX port on the TXP 3 card
8 (RXb2) Client TX port on the TXP 4 card
Transmit Port  Signal Destination
11 (TXb) RX port on customer client equipment B 
Table 1-5 Protection B (TXP Cards 3 and 4) Port Mapping: Splitter to DWDM
Receive Port Number Signal Source
12 (RXb) TX port on customer client equipment B 
Transmit Port Number Signal Destinations
4 (TXb1) Client RX on the TXP 3 port
9 (TXb2) Client RX on the TXP 4 port