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Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R8.0
About this Guide
Audience
To use the ML-Series card chapters of this publication, you should be familiar with Cisco IOS and
preferably have technical networking background and experience. To use the E-Series, G-Series and
CE-Series card chapters of this publication, you should be familiar with CTC and preferably have
technical networking background and experience.
Document Organization
The Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration
Guide, R8.0 is organized into the following chapters:
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Chapter 1, “ML-Series Card Overview,” provides a description of the ML-Series card, a feature list,
and explanations of key features.
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Chapter 2, “CTC Operations,”provides details and procedures for using Cisco Transport Controller
(CTC) software with the ML-Series card.
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Chapter 3, “Initial Configuration,” provides procedures to access the ML-Series card and create and
manage startup configuration files.
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Chapter 4, “Configuring Interfaces,” provides information on the ML-Series card interfaces and
basic procedures for the interfaces.
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Chapter 5, “Configuring POS,” provides information on the ML-Series card POS interfaces and
advanced procedures for the POS interfaces.
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Chapter 6, “Configuring Bridges,” provides bridging examples and procedures for the ML-Series
card.
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Chapter 7, “Configuring STP and RSTP,” provides spanning tree and rapid spanning tree examples
and procedures for the ML-Series card.
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Chapter 8, “Configuring VLANs,” provides VLAN examples and procedures for the ML-Series
card.
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Chapter 9, “Configuring IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling and Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling,” provides
tunneling examples and procedures for the ML-Series card.
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Chapter 10, “Configuring Link Aggregation,” provides Etherchannel and packet-over-SONET/SDH
(POS) channel examples and procedures for the ML-Series card.
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Chapter 11, “Configuring Networking Protocols,” provides network protocol examples and
procedures for the ML-Series card.
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Chapter 12, “Configuring IRB,” provides integrated routing and bridging (IRB) examples and
procedures for the ML-Series card.
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Chapter 13, “Configuring VRF Lite,” provides VPN Routing and Forwarding Lite (VRF Lite)
examples and procedures for the ML-Series card.
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Chapter 14, “Configuring Quality of Service,” provides quality of service (QoS) examples and
procedures for the ML-Series card.
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Chapter 15, “Configuring the Switching Database Manager,” provides switching database manager
examples and procedures for the ML-Series card.
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Chapter 16, “Configuring Access Control Lists,” provides access control list (ACL) examples and
procedures for the ML-Series card.