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Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, R5.0
January 2005
Chapter 12 Upgrade Cards and Spans
NTP-A153 Upgrade the AIC Card to AIC-I
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-A153 Upgrade the AIC Card to AIC-I
Step 1 Physically remove the AIC card:
a. Open the AIC card ejectors.
b. Slide the card out of the slot.
After several seconds this raises the
IMPROPRMVL alarm, which will clear when the downgrade is
complete.
Step 2 Complete the “DLP-A38 Install the Alarm Interface Controller or Alarm Interface
Controller–International Card” task on page 17-47.
Step 3 Complete the “NTP-A258 Provision External Alarms and Controls on the Alarm Interface
Controller-International” procedure on page 7-11.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-A94 Upgrade OC-N Cards and Spans Automatically
Purpose This procedure upgrades an AIC card to an AIC-I card; the AIC-I card
provides additional alarm contacts.
Tools None
Prerequisite Procedures DLP-A38 Install the Alarm Interface Controller or Alarm Interface
Controller–International Card, page 17-47
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite
Security Level Maintenance or higher
Purpose This procedure upgrades cards, two-fiber BLSR spans, four-fiber BLSR
spans, path protection spans, and 1+1 protection group spans. The Span
Upgrade Wizard only supports OC-N span upgrades. It does not support
electrical upgrades.
Tools/Equipment Higher-rate cards
Compatible hardware necessary for the upgrade (for example, XC10G
cards and OC-48 any slot cards)
Attenuators might be needed for some applications
Prerequisite Procedures The span upgrade procedure requires at least two technicians (one at
each end of the span) who can communicate with each other during the
upgrade.
Required/As Needed As needed
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