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Chapter 1      Shelf and Backplane Hardware
1.18    1.18    Software and Hardware Compatibility
Table 1-34 shows ONS 15454 software and hardware compatibility for systems configured with XC10G 
or XC-VXC-10G cards for Releases 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0. The 15454-SA-ANSI or 
15454-SA-HD shelf assembly is required to operate the XC10G or XC-VXC-10G card. XC-VXC-10G 
is only supported from Release 6.0. Refer to the older ONS 15454 documentation for compatibility with 
older software releases.
Note Release 4.7 is for MSTP only. The cards supported in Release 4.7 are TCC2, TCC2P, and AIC , AIC-I. 
Note Partially supported : Once a card has been through End Of Life(EOL), new features would not be 
supported for the card. However bug fixes would be available.
FC_MR-4 SA-HD and 
SA-ANSI
Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible
MRC-12 
5
  All Not supported Not supported Fully compatible Fully compatible
MRC-2.5G-4
4
All Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
OC192SR1/ST
M64IO Short 
Reach/ 
OC192/STM64  
Any Reach
6
SA-HD and 
SA-ANSI
Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
1. The XC card does not support features new to Release 5.0 and greater.
2. The shelf assemblies supported are 15454-SA-HD, 15454-SA-ANSI, and 15454-NEBS3E. 
3. DS3 card having the part number 87-31-0001 does not work in Cisco ONS 15454 R8.0 and later. 
4. ML-MR-10 and CE-MR-10 cards are not supported on XCVT.
5. Slots 1 to 4 and 14 to 17 give a total bandwidth of up to 622 Mb/s. Slots 5, 6 , 12 , and 13 give a total bandwidth of up to 2.5 Gb/s
6. These cards are designated as OC192-XFP in CTC.
Table 1-33 ONS 15454 Software and Hardware Compatibility—XC
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 and XCVT Configurations (continued)
Hardware
Shelf 
Assembly
2
4.6.0x 
(4.6)
5.0.0x 
(5.0)
6.0.0x 
(6.0)
7.0.0x 
(7.0)
Table 1-34 ONS 15454 Software and Hardware Compatibility—XC10G and XC-VXC-10G Configurations 
Hardware
Shelf 
Assembly
1
4.6.0x (4.6) 5.0.0x (5.0) 6.0.0x (6.0) 7.0.0x (7.0)
TCC2 All  Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible
TCC2P All Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible
XC10G SA-HD and 
SA-ANSI
Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible
AIC  All Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible
AIC-I  All Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible
DS1-14 All Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible
DS1N-14 All Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible Fully compatible
DS1/E1-56 SA-HD  Not supported Not supported Fully compatible Fully compatible