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Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Procedure Guide, R7.0
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Upgrade Cards and Spans
This chapter explains how to upgrade cross-connect cards and optical spans (speeds) within a ring or
protection group for the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH.
Before You Begin
This section lists the chapter procedures (NTPs). Turn to a procedure for applicable tasks (DLPs).
1. NTP-D234 Upgrade the XC-VXL-2.5G Card to the XC-VXL-10G or XC-VXC-10G Card, page
12-2—Complete as needed.
2. NTP-D333 Upgrade the XC-VXL-10G Card to the XC-VXC-10G Card, page 12-4—Complete as
needed.
3. NTP-D314 Upgrade the TCC2 Card to the TCC2P Card, page 12-5—Complete as needed.
4. NTP-D94 Upgrade STM-N Cards and Spans Automatically, page 12-7—Complete this procedure
as needed to upgrade optical cards within subnetwork connection protection (SNCP) rings,
multiplex section-shared protection rings (MS-SPRings), and 1+1 protection groups.
5. NTP-D95 Upgrade Optical Spans Manually, page 12-10—Complete this procedure as needed to
perform error recovery for the Span Upgrade Wizard or to back out of a span upgrade (downgrade).
6. NTP-D374 Upgrade STM-N Cards Manually, page 12-12—Complete this procedure as needed to
upgrade the OC-N cards manually.