This happens to be a new approach to Ethernet over the traditional or older DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing). Before we get an idea of what this product does, it is best that we discuss certain issues surrounding the need for this product. Over the years the broadband data service has experienced unprecedented growth with Ethernet becoming one of the major or key tools. To enable these services providers to minimize cost as well as make a switch between Ethernet and transport to ensure that investments are optimized, they would need to make use of a DWDM that is capable of evolving from managing Layer 1 to conveniently and efficiently managing layer 2.
This product has been designed to include about two options; 10G Ethernet advanced Xponder Card and a 10G Ethernet Xponder Card. It provides or offers an ideal solution with Xponder being optimized for all Ethernet access applications. The 15454-OTU2-XP happens to be a single slot ONS 15454 board that has been designed to provide 4 XFP based 10G Ethernet ports which in turn provides E-FEC (Enhanced Forward Error Cancellation) capabilities and G.709 digital wrapper. These two Ethernet access ports can also be equipped with DWDM XFPs that are capable of allowing direct interconnection of the Xponder. Additionally, you can have the board configured into two separate operating modes;
- The first operating mode is to have the Xponder act like a Layer 2 switch
- In the second mode, the Xponder provides or offers a one-to-one mapping between 10GB Ethernet ports in the process providing a G.709 digital wrapper.
Specifications
- This product has an operating temperature of about -5 to 55°C and an operating humidity of -5 to over 55°C as well
- It has a power consumption level of 51 Watts
- It has a switching capacity of 10GBit/S
- It has a networking topology of E-FEC and FEC.
- It has just one single service slot
- It has Ethernet and OTN as its standard interfaces
- Availability of two Xponders
- This product is basically a Multiple Service Transmission Platform (MSTP)
Benefits
Some of the many benefits of choosing this product over the others that have been developed include;
- It offers flexible protection mechanisms; the Xponder cards mentioned above offer flexible protection capabilities for DWDM and client line interfaces. It also supports a wide range of networks configurations to ensure that the various service levels agreements which are often times required by customers are upheld.
- It also provides convenient and comprehensive management capabilities to support maintenance, operations, and provisioning capabilities through the help of the integrated Transport Controller interface. The Xponder card, on the other hand, incorporates digital wrapper functions at the same time providing wavelength performance management capabilities.
- It also helps to thoroughly monitor the performance of both non-transparent and transparent signal transport. The performance monitoring data calculation time is between 15 minutes and 24 hours
Downsides
There are no known or identified downsides of this product.
Recommendation
It is an ideal system that is capable of solving the problem mentioned above.
