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Cisco ONS 15600 Multiservice Switching Platform

Cisco ONS 15600 Multiservice Switching Platform

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Overview
The Cisco ONS 15600 Multiservice Switching Platform (MSSP) is designed to streamline bandwidth management in metro core networks by integrating metro core and edge networks. It offers high reliability, availability, and serviceability, combining multiple metro system functionalities into a scalable platform.

Cost Efficiency
The platform reduces capital expenditures and service-delivery costs through effective aggregation and optical transport functionality. It is NEBS Level 3 compliant, offering high bandwidth and port density with a compact design.

Reliability and Availability
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP ensures over 99.9995% uptime with features like 1:1 system protection, less than 25ms protection switching time, and robust power feeds. It includes redundant SONET/SDH and control backplanes, and an internal stratum 3E clock for timing redundancy.

Serviceability
The platform supports in-service replacement of backplane connectors and is fully hot-swappable, allowing maintenance without power interruption.

Operations
It provides nonblocking connectivity, errorless software upgrades, and security features such as firewall capability and password spinning. The platform supports provisionable alarms and offers a user-friendly interface for operations and maintenance tasks.

Scalability
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP offers 320 gigabits of switching capacity per shelf and supports high port-density optics, enabling scalability from metro edge to service POPs.

Network Visibility
It processes hundreds of DCC channels for full network visibility and uses the ITU G.7712 standard for interworking between OSI and IP in DCC channels.

Management and Provisioning
The platform is managed via the Cisco Transport Controller, a Java-based GUI, and is supported by Cisco Transport Manager for advanced network management capabilities. It meets OSS/NMS and OSMINE requirements.

Technical Specifications
The platform supports various interface cards and topologies, including UPSR/SNCP, BLSR/MS-SPRing, and Path Protected Mesh Networking. It features a comprehensive user interface for network management and provisioning.

Provisionable Subnetwork Domain Control

Includes features such as provisionable background maps, system inventory, flexible color schemes, data export, and online help.
Supports DHCP passthrough and PC-based client access via familiar browser interfaces like Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Maintenance

Features include loopbacks (facility and terminal), protection switching, and database backup and restore.
Additional maintenance capabilities include lamp tests and test and bridging access.

Performance Monitoring (SONET/SDH)

Complies with Telcordia GR-253-CORE, G.823, G.825, G.826, G.829 standards.
Provides 15-minute (32 entries) and 24-hour (28 entries) performance monitoring with near- and far-end reporting.
Includes provisionable threshold crossing alerts and intermediate path performance monitoring (IPPM).
Supports SNMP Remote Monitoring (RMON).

Alarm Monitoring and Reporting

Features shelf LEDs indicating critical, major, minor, and processor statuses.
Various cards have specific LEDs for status and service indications.
Includes Cisco Transport Controller and Cisco Transport Manager with thirty-two alarm contact closures for critical, major, minor, and remote alerts.

System Upgrades

Supports optical span, ring protection, and software upgrades (local or remote).

Timing and Synchronization

Includes two BITS inputs/outputs and two E1 and 64k external clock inputs/outputs for SDH environments.
Features line timing and a Stratum 3E internal oscillator with synchronous status messaging (SSM).

Additional Features

Includes path trace (J1), drop and continue, hairpinning, DCC tunneling, and SDH transport over SONET (STM-1, STM-4, STM-16, and STM-64).

Network Management Interface Support

Supports SNMP Versions 1 and 2c and TL1 (GR-189-CORE and GR-833-CORE).

System Access

Provides 10BASE-T LAN, RJ-45 front and rear, and provisionable Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
Includes DB9 connectors for TL1 terminal access.

Regulatory and Standards Compliance

Complies with NEBS Level 3, GR-1089-CORE, GR-63-CORE, GR-253-CORE, and ETSI EN300-386 standards.
Meets safety standards such as UL 60 950, CSA C22.2, No. 950-95, and IEC 60825 Laser Safety Class 1.
EMI compliance includes FCC Part 15 Class A and Industry Canada ICES-003 Class A.

Physical Specifications

Shelf weight ranges from 120 to 206 lb (54.5 to 93.6 kg) with dimensions of 25 x 23.6 x 23.6 in. (635 x 600 x 600 mm).
Supports rack-mounting up to three shelves per 7-foot NEBS 2000 rack.

Environmental Specifications

Operating temperature ranges from 23 to 122°F (–5 to 50°C) and storage temperature from –40 to 158°F (–40 to 70°C).
Supports relative humidity from 0 to 95%, noncondensing, and complies with ETSI 300 019 – Class 3.2 Operation, Class 1.2 Storage.

Power Specifications

Operates at –48VDC nominal with a range of –40 to –72VDC and up to 70 amps.
Features dual power input feeds and dual A and B side power monitoring.

Catalog excerpts

Cisco ONS 15600 Multiservice Switching Platform-1

Data Sheet Cisco ONS 15600 Multiservice Switching Platform ® Fully Cisco designed and engineered, the Cisco ONS 15600 Multiservice Switching Platform (MSSP) simplifies and revolutionizes bandwidth management in the metro core by allowing service providers to transparently integrate their metro core and metro edge networks, while dramatically reducing initial turnup costs. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP (Figure 1) is a true multiservice switch, providing carrierclass reliability, availability, serviceability, operations, and management. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP combines the functionality of multiple metro systems, including SONET/SDH multiplexers and digital cross-connect network elements, in one scalable, easy-to-use platform. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP supports all metro topologies such as point-to-point, linear add/drop, rings, and mesh. Figure 1. The Cisco ONS 15600 provides superior flexibility in designing next-generation metro networks. It complements the market-leading Cisco ONS 15454 MSPP as well as the Cisco ONS 15300 Series MSPPs. The Cisco ONS 15600 uses the proven architecture and operating software of the Cisco ONS 15454, allowing service providers the opportunity to dramatically simplify their metro networks and realize immediate cost, space, and operational benefits. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP provides complete integration of metro core and edge networks for service provisioning and network management. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.

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Data Sheet Lowest First Cost Deploying the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP will allow service providers to realize significant reductions in capital expenditures (CapEx) and improved time to revenue with enhanced operational capabilities. With excellent aggregation and concentration of multiple services merged with fully integrated optical transport functionality, the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP dramatically reduces service-delivery costs. NEBS Level 3 compliant and mounted in a Telcordia NEBS 2000-compliant 7-foot rack 23 inches wide by 23 inches deep, the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP delivers extremely high bandwidth,...

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Data Sheet management and cable routing within the system allows room for maintenance activities yet prevents the fiber connectors from being dislodged and protects against micro-bends. ● Power – The power feeds need to be extremely robust when compared to a typical wire feed and must provide a mechanically rigid power delivery system that would be extremely difficult to displace. Each power feed to the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP is carried over individually laminated solid metal bars that also provide an integrated approach to power filtering. These power feeds are fully redundant and fully isolated....

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Data Sheet Carrier-Class Operations The Cisco ONS 15600 provides carrier-class software features optimized for deployment in today’s large carrier networks. ● Fully nonblocking connectivity – Helps ensure that all connections made through the Cisco ONS 15600 are nonblocking, thereby providing a very high degree of network reliability. Errorless software upgrades – There are no bit errors observable in overhead or payload streams during a software upgrade on the Cisco ONS 15600. An upgrade is normally characterized by a bulk reconfiguration of the system database and/or a replacement of system...

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Data Sheet SONET/SDH DCC Processing Power Provides Full Visibility of the Network The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP is capable of terminating and processing hundreds of DCC channels simultaneously, allowing full network visibility. It is this inherent capability that allows end-to-end services to be provisioned and the complete network to be monitored through management software such as Cisco Transport Controller and Cisco Transport Manager. Like the Cisco ONS 15454, the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP uses advanced IP for DCC communications. However, Cisco realizes that many traditional metro edge network elements...

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Data Sheet Protocol (SNMP), TIRKS, NMA, and TEMS interfaces. In Figure 4, from the Cisco Transport Controller a DS3 circuit is being provisioned from one end of the network to another, without the need to configure node-to-node provisioning. Figure 4. A-to-Z Provisioning Example Technical Specifications Table 1 gives technical specifications for the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP. Table 1. Technical Specifications for Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP Interface Cards ASAP (Any Service Any Port) Supports up to four pluggable I/O modules Supports up to four OC-3/STM-1, OC- 1+1, 0:1, ring, mesh 12/STM-4, GE, OC-48/STM-16,...

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Data Sheet Platform Features Topologies Supported ● 64 UPSR/SNCP (any combination of UPSR/SNCP, BLSR/MS-SPRing, and 1+1 APS/MSP can be mixed within the allowable maximums) 32 two-fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing with Dual Ring Interconnect (DRI) support 8 OC-192 / 32 OC-48 four-fiber BLSR (4f MS-SPRing: future release) 64 1+1 APS/MSP, uni-or bidirectional Path Protected Mesh Networking (PPMN) Multiring (mixed UPSR/SNCP, BLSR/MS-SPRing, and 1+1 APS/MSP) User Interface – Cisco Transport Controller ● Integrated node and subnetwork GUI craft interface Layered graphical views – network, node, and card levels...

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Data Sheet Lamp test Test and bridging access Performance Monitoring (SONET/SDH) ● 15 minute (32 entries), 24 hour (28 entries) Near- and far-end reporting Provisionable threshold crossing alerts Intermediate path performance monitoring (IPPM) SNMP Remote Monitoring (RMON) Alarm Monitoring and Reporting ● Shelf LEDs are: Critical, Major, Minor, Processor The following cards have the following LEDs: TSC: STAT, SRV, ACT/STBY, Line, External, Free Run, Holdover, ACO CXC: STAT, SRV SSXC: STAT, SRV ASAP: STAT, SRV, SD, SF, Laser On Fan: STAT Cisco Transport Controller Cisco Transport Manager Thirty-two...

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Data Sheet Provisionable alarm profiles Integrated fiber routing and storage Node data export and printing Network Management Interface Support ● 10BASE-T LAN, RJ-45 front and rear, provisionable Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Regulatory and Standards Compliance ● European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) EN300-386 IEC 60825 Laser Safety Class 1 Industry Canada ICES-003 Class A Rack-mounting: Up to three shelves per 7-foot NEBS 2000 rack Relative humidity: 0 to 95%, noncondensing ETSI 300 019 – Class 3.2 Operation, Class 1.2 Storage All contents are Copyright © 1992–2007 Cisco Systems,...

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