Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM - Figure 1-16 Y-Cable Protection Port Label; Typical DWDM Rack Layouts

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Chapter 1 Shelf Assembly Hardware
1.5 Typical DWDM Rack Layouts
Figure 1-16 Y-Cable Protection Port Label
1.5 Typical DWDM Rack Layouts
Typical dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) applications might include:
• 3 ONS 15454 shelves
• 1 Dispersion Compensating Unit (DCU)
• 7 patch panels (or fiber-storage trays), in either 1rack unit (RU)or 2 RU sizes
– 1RU: Fiber-storage tray and 64-channel patch panel
– 2 RU: Y-cable patch panel, 64-channel patch panel, 80-channel patch panel, and mesh patch
panel (4 or 8 degree)
Or, alternatively:
• 3 ONS 15454 shelves
• 2 DCUs
• 6 standard patch-panel trays (or fiber-storage trays), or 3 deep patch-panel trays, in either 1 RU or
2 RU sizes
– 1RU: Fiber-storage tray and 64-channel patch panel
– 2 RU: Y-cable patch panel, 64-channel patch panel, 80-channel patch panel, and mesh patch
panel (4 or 8 degree)
See Figure 1-17 for a typical rack layout.
Note Use the rack layout generated by Cisco TransportPlanner to determine your exact shelf layout.
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