OptiX OSN 7500 
Technical Manual - System Description  4 Boards 
 
Huawei Technologies Proprietary 
4-3 
Unit  Constituent board  Function 
 Protection 
switching board 
ETS8 
Ethernet signals, and conduct 
TPS protection for them. 
Processing board  EMR0, EGR2 
Interface board  ETF8, EFF8 
Ethernet 
interface unit 
(RPR) 
Protection 
switching board 
ETS8 
Access and process 
1000BASE-SX/LX/ZX, 
100BASE-FX, 10/100BASE-TX 
Ethernet signals. Support RPR 
and conduct TPS protection for 
Ethernet signals.  
ATM interface unit  ADL4, ADQ1, IDL4, IDQ1  Access and process STM-4, 
STM-1 ATM signal. ID series 
boards provide IMA function. 
GE, SAN and Video interface unit  MST4  Access and process GE, 
FC/FICON, ESCON or DVB-ASI 
service. 
MR2A, MR2C  Provide add/drop multiplexing of 
any two adjacent wavelengths. 
WDM unit 
LWX  Implement conversion between 
client signaling wavelengths of 
any rate (10 Mbit/s to 2.7 Gbit/s 
NRZ code signal) and those 
wavelengths complying with 
G.692 standard. 
SDH cross-connect matrix unit 
Synchronous timing unit 
GXCSA, GXCSB  Implement cross connection 
between the SDH and PDH/data 
signals and provide the 
equipment with system clock. 
SCC unit 
Overhead processing unit 
GSCC  Provide interface for connecting 
the equipment with the NM 
system and process the overhead 
of SDH signals.  
Support intelligent feature. 
Power input unit  PIU  Provide power supply and protect 
the equipment against abnormal 
power. 
AUX  Implement centralized power 
backup function and provide 
auxiliary interfaces externally (F1, 
alarm and external clock). 
Inter-board communication and 
power backup unit 
EOW Implement communication 
between boards and provide