This section briefly describes the major hardware features supported in Release 7.2 of Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5.
The following is included in this section.
Multi-function network interface circuit packs, housed in the MAIN slots
Function Group C circuit packs, housed in the C slot
Pluggable transmission modules installed in the circuit pack faceplates as needed
High-density version of the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 rack-mount shelf
Important!
For more detailed information about circuit pack capabilities, refer to Chapter 4, Product description. For detailed technical specifications, refer to Chapter 10, Technical specifications.
This section briefly describes the circuit packs supported in the MAIN1 and MAIN2 slots.
The VLNC40 Ethernet Aggregator circuit pack aggregates traffic from up to 20 electrical Fast Ethernet (10/100BASE-T) ports into one or more of the Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet (100/1000BASE-X or 1000BASE-T) PTM-based ports. The 4 network GbE/FE Ethernet ports on the faceplate require pluggable transmission modules. The VLNC40 supports Ethernet Link OAM IEEE 802.3 Clause 57 (formerly referred to as 802.3ah) and Ethernet Service OAM IEEE 802.1ag.
The faceplate ports may be connected using an external cable to any Ethernet port on the VLNC50, VLNC52, VLNC55, VLNC60, VLNC61, VLNC62, or VLNC64 circuit pack. One faceplate Ethernet port may instead be provisioned to use a backplane connection at the Gigabit Ethernet rate to a VLNC50, VLNC52, VLNC55, VLNC60, VLNC61, VLNC62, or VLNC64 in the shelf.
The VLNC40 circuit pack is only supported in the MAIN2 slot. The VLIU1 or VLIU2 interface unit is required to support the VLNC40 circuit pack.The VLIU1, VLIU2, or VLIU3 interface unit is required to support the VLNC40 circuit pack.
The VLNC42 Ethernet Aggregator circuit pack aggregates traffic from up to 20 electrical Fast Ethernet (10/100BASE-T) ports into one or more of the Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet (100/1000BASE-X or 1000BASE-T) PTM-based ports. The four network GbE/FE Ethernet ports on the faceplate require pluggable transmission modules. The VLNC42 supports Link OAM IEEE 802.3 Clause 57 (formerly referred to as 802.3ah) and Ethernet Service OAM IEEE 802.1ag. In addition, the VLNC42 is hardware-enabled to support synchronous Ethernet and high-performance Ethernet OAM ITU-T Y.1731.
The faceplate ports may be connected using an external cable to any Ethernet port on the VLNC50, VLNC52, VLNC55, VLNC60, VLNC61, VLNC62, or VLNC64 circuit pack. One faceplate Ethernet port may instead be provisioned to use a backplane connection at the Gigabit Ethernet rate to a VLNC50, VLNC52, VLNC55, VLNC60, VLNC61, VLNC62, or VLNC64 in the shelf.
The VLNC42 circuit pack is only supported in the MAIN2 slot. The VLIU1, VLIU2, or VLIU3 interface unit is required to support the VLNC42 circuit pack.
The VLNC42B Ethernet Aggregator circuit pack aggregates traffic from up to 20 electrical Fast Ethernet (10/100BASE-T) ports into one or more of the Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet (100/1000BASE-X or 1000BASE-T) PTM-based ports. The four network GbE/FE Ethernet ports on the faceplate require pluggable transmission modules. The VLNC42B supports Link OAM IEEE 802.3 Clause 57 (formerly referred to as 802.3ah) and Ethernet Service OAM IEEE 802.1ag. In addition, the VLNC42B is hardware-enabled to support synchronous Ethernet and high-performance Ethernet OAM ITU-T Y.1731. In addition, the VLNC42B supports T-MPLS.
The faceplate ports may be connected using an external cable to any Ethernet port on the VLNC50, VLNC52, VLNC55, VLNC60, VLNC61, VLNC62, or VLNC64 circuit pack. One faceplate Ethernet port may instead be provisioned to use a backplane connection at the Gigabit Ethernet rate to a VLNC50, VLNC52, VLNC55, VLNC60, VLNC61, VLNC62, or VLNC64 in the shelf.
The VLNC42B circuit pack is only supported in the MAIN2 slot. The VLIU1, VLIU2, or VLIU3 interface unit is required to support the VLNC42B circuit pack.
The VLNC50 SONET/SDH Transport circuit pack supports up to two OC-3/STM-1 or OC-12/STM-4 ports, and one GbE port using pluggable transmission modules. The GbE port may be connected manually using a fiber jumper to the VLNC40/42/42B Ethernet Aggregator circuit pack. The GbE port may also be provisioned to use a backplane connection. The VLNC50 also supports up to 8 DS1/E1 ports and up to 3 DS3/E3 ports.
The VLNC50 circuit pack can installed in MAIN1 (VLIU[1,2,10] and optionally in the MAIN2 slot. The VLIU1 or VLIU10 interface unit is required to support the VLNC50 in MAIN2 and equipment protection (UNPROT/PROT).
When the Slot Protection State is UNPROT (protection-not-allowed), a VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack is supported in the Main 1 slot only. If a VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack is inserted in the Main 2 slot, the system reports an unexpected CP type alarm. Protection is between the two optical lines on the VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack in Main slot 1 (that is, main-1-1 and main-1-2). For unprotected 0x1 applications the values of the port Signal Type parameters are independent. For protected UPSR/SNCP applications the values of the port Application and Signal Type parameters for both optical lines on the circuit pack are the same value.
When the Slot Protection State is PROT (equipment-protection-allowed), VLNC50/52/55 circuit packs are supported in the Main 1 and Main 2 slots. The optical lines support unprotected 0x1 applications and protected 1+1/UPSR/SNCP applications. Protection is between the equivalent optical lines on the circuit packs (for example, main-1-1 and main-2-1). For unprotected 0x1 applications the values of the port Signal Type parameters are independent. For protected 1+1/UPSR/SNCP applications the values of the port Application and Signal Type parameters for both optical lines are the same value. If the Main 2 slot is unequipped, the VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack in Main slot 1 operates unprotected.
The VLNC52 SONET/SDH Transport circuit pack supports up to two OC-3/STM-1 or OC-12/STM-4 ports, and one GbE port using pluggable transmission modules. The GbE port may be connected manually using a fiber jumper to the VLNC40/42/42B Ethernet Aggregator circuit pack. The GbE port may also be provisioned to use a backplane connection. The VLNC52 also supports up to 28 DS1/21 E1 ports and up to 3 DS3/E3 ports.
The VLNC52 circuit pack must be installed in MAIN1 (and optionally MAIN2) slot. The VLIU2 or VLIU10 interface unit is required to support the additional DS1/E1 interfaces on the VLNC52 circuit pack. The VLIU10 interface unit is required to support the VLNC52 in MAIN2 and equipment protection (UNPROT/PROT).
When the Slot Protection State is UNPROT (protection-not-allowed), a VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack is supported in the Main 1 slot only. If a VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack is inserted in the Main 2 slot, the system reports an unexpected CP type alarm. Protection is between the two optical lines on the VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack in Main slot 1 (that is, main-1-1 and main-1-2). For unprotected 0x1 applications the values of the port Signal Type parameters are independent. For protected UPSR/SNCP applications the values of the port Application and Signal Type parameters for both optical lines on the circuit pack are the same value.
When the Slot Protection State is PROT (equipment-protection-allowed), VLNC50/52/55 circuit packs are supported in the Main 1 and Main 2 slots. The optical lines support unprotected 0x1 applications and protected 1+1/UPSR/SNCP applications. Protection is between the equivalent optical lines on the circuit packs (for example, main-1-1 and main-2-1). For unprotected 0x1 applications the values of the port Signal Type parameters are independent. For protected 1+1/UPSR/SNCP applications the values of the port Application and Signal Type parameters for both optical lines are the same value. If the Main 2 slot is unequipped, the VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack in Main slot 1 operates unprotected.
The VLNC55 SONET/SDH Transport circuit pack supports up to two OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, or OC-48/STM-16 ports, and one GbE port using pluggable transmission modules. The GbE port may be connected manually using a fiber jumper to the VLNC40/42/42B Ethernet Aggregator circuit pack. The GbE port may also be provisioned to use a backplane connection. The VLNC55 also supports up to 28 DS1/21 E1 ports and up to 3 DS3/E3 ports.
The VLNC55 circuit pack must be installed in MAIN1 (and optionally MAIN2) slot. The VLIU2 or VLIU10 interface unit is required to support the additional DS1/E1 interfaces on the VLNC55 circuit pack. The VLIU10 interface unit is required to support the VLNC55 in MAIN2 and equipment protection (UNPROT/PROT).
When the Slot Protection State is UNPROT (protection-not-allowed), a VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack is supported in the Main 1 slot only. If a VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack is inserted in the Main 2 slot, the system reports an unexpected CP type alarm. Protection is between the two optical lines on the VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack in Main slot 1 (that is, main-1-1 and main-1-2). For unprotected 0x1 applications the values of the port Signal Type parameters are independent. For protected UPSR/SNCP applications the values of the port Application and Signal Type parameters for both optical lines on the circuit pack are the same value.
When the Slot Protection State is PROT (equipment-protection-allowed), VLNC50/52/55 circuit packs are supported in the Main 1 and Main 2 slots. The optical lines support unprotected 0x1 applications and protected 1+1/UPSR/SNCP applications. Protection is between the equivalent optical lines on the circuit packs (for example, main-1-1 and main-2-1). For unprotected 0x1 applications the values of the port Signal Type parameters are independent. For protected 1+1/UPSR/SNCP applications the values of the port Application and Signal Type parameters for both optical lines are the same value. If the Main 2 slot is unequipped, the VLNC50/52/55 circuit pack in Main slot 1 operates unprotected.
The VLNC60 Circuit Emulator circuit pack creates pseudowire connections for up to 8 DS1/E1 ports. The TDM signals are encapsulated into Ethernet packets and extracted at the far end as per specification in IETF RFC 4553, Structure Agnostic Transport over Packet (SAToP).
The VLNC60 circuit pack can also terminate ML-PPP sessions on DS1/E1 interfaces and transmit the IP traffic directly over the packet network using Ethernet 802.1Q encapsulation.
The VLNC60 circuit pack faceplate can be equipped with up to 2 pluggable transmission modules for packet transport. They can be used for interworking with a VLNC40/42/42B Ethernet aggregator (on same shelf, or on another shelf), or for transport directly into the Ethernet Access Transport Network (EATN). The circuit pack faceplate ports may be manually connected using external cabling to any VLNC40/42/42B port. One faceplate Ethernet port may instead be provisioned to use a backplane connection at the Gigabit Ethernet rate to a VLNC40, VLNC42, or VLNC42B in the shelf.
The VLNC60 Circuit Emulator circuit pack may be installed in the MAIN1 or MAIN2 slot.
The VLNC61 Circuit Emulator circuit pack creates pseudowire connections for up to 16 DS1/E1 ports. The TDM signals are encapsulated into Ethernet packets and extracted at the far end as per specification in IETF RFC 4553, Structure Agnostic Transport over Packet (SAToP).
The VLNC61 circuit pack can also terminate ML-PPP sessions on DS1/E1 interfaces and transmit the IP traffic directly over the packet network using Ethernet 802.1Q encapsulation.
The VLNC61 circuit pack faceplate can be equipped with up to 2 pluggable transmission modules for packet transport. They can be used for interworking with a VLNC40/42/42B Ethernet aggregator (on same shelf, or on another shelf), or for transport directly into the Ethernet Access Transport Network (EATN). The circuit pack faceplate ports may be manually connected using external cabling to any VLNC40/42/42B port. One faceplate Ethernet port may instead be provisioned to use a backplane connection at the Gigabit Ethernet rate to a VLNC40, VLNC42, or VLNC42B in the shelf.
The VLNC61 Circuit Emulator circuit pack may be installed in the MAIN1 or MAIN2 slot. The VLIU2 or VLIU10 interface unit is required to support the additional DS1/E1 interfaces on the VLNC61 circuit pack.
The VLNC62 circuit pack provides TDM interface termination for up to 8 DS1/E1 interfaces. It supports CES and ML-PPP termination on a port-by-port basis. These services can be mixed as needed among the ports. The VLNC62 circuit pack is installed in the MAIN 1 or MAIN 2 slot of the High Capacity rack-mount shelf. The VLNC62 circuit pack has a MGMT LAN port on the faceplate and two Ethernet LAN ports with PTM sockets for Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet connections. Both Ethernet interfaces must be the same rate.
In order to support a Metro Ethernet Forum 8 (MEF-8) based circuit emulation service, the user can specify an option for the mode of Circuit Emulation Service on the pack, either MPLS (RFC 4553) or Ethernet (MEF-8).
The VLNC62 circuit pack faceplate can be equipped with up to 2 pluggable transmission modules for packet transport. They can be used for interworking with a VLNC40/42/42B Ethernet aggregator (on same shelf, or on another shelf), or for transport directly into the Ethernet Access Transport Network (EATN). The circuit pack faceplate ports may be manually connected using external cabling to any VLNC40/42/42B port. One faceplate Ethernet port may instead be provisioned to use a backplane connection at the Gigabit Ethernet rate to a VLNC40, VLNC42, or VLNC42B in the shelf.
The VLNC62 is hardware-enabled to support the Time of Day (ToD)/1PPS feature for GPS replacement applications. The VLNC62 supports 1588 SYNC distribution with or without a GPS input. A option is available in CLI and Web GUI to configure the pack in ToD or non-ToD (without GPS) mode.
The VLNC62 Circuit Emulator circuit pack may be installed in the MAIN1 or MAIN2 slot. The VLIU1, VLIU2, or VLIU3 interface unit is required to support the VLNC62 circuit pack. The VLIU3 interface unit is required if Time of Day is desired.
The VLNC64 Circuit Emulation Mini-Hub circuit pack is a variation of the VLNC60 Circuit Emulator circuit pack that performs Circuit Emulation functions. Instead of supporting electrical DS1/E1 interfaces, the VLNC64 circuit pack provides a single optical channelized OC-3/STM-1interface on the TDM side, and two optical FE/GbE interfaces on the Ethernet side. All interfaces support pluggable transmission modules.
The OC-3/STM-1 interface is unprotected (0x1). In one direction, the VLNC64 recovers DS1 or E1 signals from the Ethernet LAN inputs, maps them (based on pseudowire provisioning) into VT1.5/VC-12s, which are transported over the OC-3/STM-1. The opposite occurs in the other direction. The board supports up to 84 circuit-emulated DS1s or up to 63 E1 channels. The pseudowires corresponding to the DS1 or E1 signals are protected using Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol.
The VLNC64 Circuit Emulation Mini-Hub may be installed in the MAIN1 or MAIN2 slot. It is compatible with all interface units (VLIU[1,2,3,10]). When installed in MAIN1, the VLNC64 circuit pack may work with a VLNC40/42/42B circuit pack in the adjacent MAIN 2 slot. The VLNC64 simultaneously provides SyncE timing output signal to the backplane for the adjacent circuit pack (SyncE transmit mode) and differential interface timing (for DS1/E1 ports) used in circuit emulation applications. The VLNC64 circuit pack also interworks at the far end of the Ethernet links with multiple, aggregated VLNC60/61/62 circuit packs. The optical OC-3/STM-1 interface is intended for connecting to an external DACS or ADM.
Circuit packs installed in the Function Group C slot are associated with the shelf Group C electrical interfaces.
VLNC33 circuit pack that supports up to 3 optical Fast Ethernet (100BASE-LX) ports and serves as an extension for the VLNC42B circuit pack. The VLNC33 is only supported when the VLNC42B is inserted in the Main2 slot; the VLNC33 is not supported if any other pack is installed in the shelf other than the VLNC42B in Main 2.
VLNC35 Fast Ethernet Private Line circuit pack that supports up to 4 electrical Fast Ethernet (10/100BASE-T) ports and 2 optical Fast Ethernet (100BASE-X) ports and works with the VLNC50/52/55 SONET/SDH Transport circuit packs in Ethernet over SONET/SDH applications.
The VLNC33, VLNC35, VLNC40, VLNC42/42B, VLNC50, VLNC52, VLNC55, VLNC60, VLNC61, VLNC62, and VLNC64 circuit packs support pluggable transmission modules (PTMs). They are purchased separately from the circuit pack and equipped (or plugged in) only as additional interfaces become necessary. PTMs make Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 interface density scalable and can lower initial costs.
CWDM pluggable transmission modules are available for VLNC40, VLNC42/42B, VLNC50, VLNC52, VLNC55, VLNC60, VLNC61, VLNC62, and VLNC64 circuit packs.
The Forced laser shutdown feature allows the user to override normal laser operation and manually shut down the laser by enabling the feature on a per-port basis. The feature is operated through the WebGUI.
The feature is supported on optical faceplate PTM ports on:
The feature is not supported on the VLNC33, VLNC40, VLNC42, VLNC60, or the VLNC42B in Bridged mode.
The laser shutdown feature can be used for remote diagnostic testing. A user can remotely turn off a laser and verify that the far end detects the LOS.
When forced laser shutdown is enabled, laser is OFF When forced laser shutdown is disabled, current laser operation is in effect .
The NE restores normal laser operation for each PTM under each of the following conditions.
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