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Contents
About this information product
Purpose
Reason for reissue
Safety information
Intended audience
How to use this information product
Conventions used
Related documentation
Related training
Software Release Description
Intended use
Optical safety
Technical Documentation
How to order
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Aboutthis informationproductAbout this information product
Purpose
This Application and Planning Guide (APG) provides the following information about
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the Metropolis
AMU, Release 1.0 through 4.0:
•System overview
•Product description
•Features
•Planning network applications
•Quality and reliability
•Product support
•Ordering.
Reason for reissue
This is the fourth issue of this guide for Metropolis®AMU Release 1.0 through 4.0.
The following table lists previous release versions and their corresponding features.
4.0August 2006The following features have been
provided in this release:
•Main unit-2xSTM-1/4 and 2 x
STM-4/16 interfaces using SFPs
•STM-16 SFPs
•Performance Monitoring features
The following performance
monitoring features have been
implemented in this release.
–General Purpose Ethernet Monitor
–Ethernet Service Monitor
–Ethernet Congestion Monitor
–Ethernet High Priority Traffic
Monitor
–Ethernet Low Priority Traffic
Monitor
–Ethernet Frame Delay Monitor.
•Advanced TransLAN® features for
the ESW4_E14 option card.
•Supported by the Lucent OMS
Release 5.0 and Wavestar® ITM-CIT
- Release 17.0
Safety information
This information product contains hazard statements for your safety. Hazard statements
are given at points where safety consequences to personnel, equipment, and operation
may exist. Failure to follow these statements may result in serious consequences.
Intended audience
The Metropolis®AMU Applications and Planning Guide is primarily intended for
network planners and engineers. In addition, others who need specific information
about the features, applications, operation, and engineering of Metropolis
find the information in this manual useful.
How to use this information product
Each chapter of this manual treats a specific aspect of the system and can be regarded
as an independent description. This ensures that readers can inform themselves
according to their special needs. This also means that the manual provides more
information than needed by many of the readers. Before you start reading the manual,
it is therefore necessary to assess which aspects or chapters will cover the individual
area of interest.
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AMU may
The following table briefly describes the information presented in each chapter.
Appendix ASDH OverviewDescribes the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
standards for optical signal rates and formats
GlossaryDefines telecommunication terms and explains abbreviations and acronyms
IndexLists specific subjects and their corresponding page numbers
Conventions used
These conventions are used in this document:
Numbering
The chapters of this document are numbered consecutively. The page numbering
restarts at “1” in each chapter. To facilitate identifying pages in different chapters, the
page numbers are prefixed with the chapter number. For example, page 2-3 is the third
page in chapter 2.
Cross-references
Cross-reference conventions are identical with those used for numbering, i.e. the first
number in a reference to a particular page refers to the corresponding chapter.
Keyword blocks
This document contains so-called keyword blocks to facilitate the location of specific
text passages. The keyword blocks are placed to the left of the main text and indicate
the contents of a paragraph or group of paragraphs.
Typographical conventions
Special typographical conventions apply to elements of the graphical user interface
(GUI), file names and system path information, keyboard entries, alarm messages etc.
•Elements of the graphical user interface (GUI)
These are examples of text that appears on a graphical user interface (GUI), such
as menu options, window titles or push buttons:
Provision{, Delete, Apply, Close, OK (push-button)
–
Provision Timing/Sync (window title)
–
–View Equipment Details{ (menu option)
Administration → Security → User Provisioning{ (path for invoking a
–
window)
•File names and system path information
These are examples of file names and system path information:
–setup.exe
–C:\Program Files\Lucent Technologies
A hyphen between two keys means that both keys have to be pressed
simultaneously. Otherwise, a single key has to be pressed, or several keys have
to be pressed in sequence.
copy abc xyz (command)
–
A complete command has to be entered.
•Alarms and error messages
These are examples of alarms and error messages:
Loss of Signal
–
–Circuit Pack Failure
–HP-UNEQ, MS-AIS, LOS, LOF
–Not enough disk space available
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in this document can be found in the “Glossary” unless it can be
assumed that the reader is familiar with the abbreviation.
Related documentation
This section briefly describes the documents that are included in the Metropolis®AMU
documentation set.
•Installation Guide
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The Metropolis
AMU Installation Guide (IG) provides step-by-step instructions
for system installation and setup. It includes information needed for pre-installation
site planning and post-installation acceptance testing.
•Applications and Planning Guide
®
The Metropolis
AMU Applications and Planning Guide (APG) provides
recommendations for network planners, analysts, and managers. It is also used by
the Lucent Account Team. It presents a detailed overview of the system,
recommends applications, provides planning requirements, engineering rules,
ordering information, and technical specifications.
•User Operations Guide
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The Metropolis
AMU User Operations Guide (UOG) provides step-by-step
instructions to perform routine system operations such as system provisioning,
operations, and administrative tasks using the ITM Craft Interface Terminal
(ITM-CIT).
•Alarm Messages and Trouble Clearing Guide
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The Metropolis
AMU Alarm Messages and Trouble Clearing Guide (AMTCG)
provides a detailed description of alarm messages. It includes procedures for
routine maintenance, troubleshooting, diagnostics, and component replacement.
These documents can be ordered or downloaded from the Customer Information Center
(CIC) at http://www.cic.lucent.com/documents.html or via your Local Customer
Support.
Related training
For detailed information about the Metropolis®AMU training courses and how to
register, please refer to “Training support” (p. 6-11) in this document.
Software Release Description
The Software Release Description (SRD) provides a description of the Network
Element software upgrades and is also available with the Metropolis
This manual describes Metropolis
reasons, some of the documented features may not be available until later software
versions. For precise information about the availability of features, please consult the
Software Release Description (SRD) that is distributed with the network element
software. This information provides the actual product status at the time of software
delivery.
Intended use
This equipment shall be used only in accordance with intended use, corresponding
installation, and maintenance statements as specified in this documentation. Any other
use or modification is prohibited.
For a detailed description about Optical safety guidelines, refer the Metropolis®AMU
Safety Guide.
IEC Customer Laser Safety Guidelines
Lucent Technologies declares that this product is compliant with all essential safety
requirements as stated in IEC 60825-Part 1 and 2 “Safety of Laser Products” and
“Safety of Optical Fibre Telecommunication Systems”. Futhermore, Lucent
Technologies declares that the warning statements on equipment labels are in
accordance with the specified laser radiation class.
Lucent Technologies declares that this product is compliant with all essential safety
requirements as stated in IEC 60825-Part 1 and 2 “Safety of Laser Products” and
“Safety of Optical Fiber Telecommunication Systems”. Furthermore, Lucent
Technologies declares that the warning statements on equipment labels are in
accordance with the specified laser radiation class.
Optical Fiber Communications
This equipment contains an Optical Fiber Communications semiconductor laser/LED
transmitter. The following Laser Safety Guidelines are provided for this product.
General Laser Information
Optical fiber telecommunication systems, their associated test sets, and similar
operating systems use semiconductor laser transmitters that emit infrared (IR) light at
wavelengths between approximately 800 nanometers (nm) and 1600 nm. The emitted
light is above the red end of the visible spectrum, which is normally not visible to the
human eye. Although the radiant end at near-IR wavelengths is officially designated
invisible, some people can see the shorter wavelength energy even at power levels that
are several orders of magnitude below any levels that have been shown to cause injury
to the eye.
Conventional lasers can produce an intense beam of monochromatic light. The term
“monochromaticity” means a single wavelength output of pure color that may be
visible or invisible to the eye. A conventional laser produces a small-size beam of
light, and because the beam size is small the power density (also called irradiance) is
very high. Consequently, lasers and laser products are subject to federal and applicable
state regulations, as well as international standards, for their safe operation.
A conventional laser beam expands very little over distance, or is said to be very well
collimated. Thus, conventional laser irradiance remains relatively constant over
distance. However, lasers used in lightwave systems have a large beam divergence,
typically 10 to 20 degrees. Here, irradiance obeys the inverse square law (doubling the
distance reduces the irradiance by a factor of 4) and rapidly decreases over distance.
Lasers and Eye Damage
The optical energy emitted by laser and high-radiance LEDs in the 400-1400 nm range
may cause eye damage if absorbed by the retina. When a beam of light enters the eye,
the eye magnifies and focuses the energy on the retina magnifying the irradiance. The
irradiance of the energy that reaches the retina is approximately 105, or 100,000 times
more than at the cornea and, if sufficiently intense, may cause a retinal burn.
The damage mechanism at the wavelengths used in an optical fiber telecommunications
is thermal in origin, i.e., damage caused by heating. Therefore, a specific amount of
energy is required for a definite time to heat an area of retinal tissue. Damage to the
retina occurs only when one looks at the light long enough that the product of the
retinal irradiance and the viewing time exceeds the damage threshold. Optical energies
above 1400 nm cause corneal and skin burns, but do not affect the retina. The
thresholds for injury at wavelengths greater than 1400 nm are significantly higher than
for wavelengths in the retinal hazard region.
Classification of Lasers
Manufacturers of lasers and laser products in the U.S. are regulated by the Food and
Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (FDA/CDRH) under
21 CFR 1040. These regulations require manufacturers to certify each laser or laser
product as belonging to one of four major Classes: I, II, lla, IlIa, lllb, or IV. The
International Electro-technical Commission is an international standards body that
writes laser safety standards under IEC-60825. Classification schemes are similar with
Classes divided into Classes 1, 1M, 2, 2M, 3R, 3B, and 4. Lasers are classified
according to the accessible emission limits and their potential for causing injury.
Optical fiber telecommunication systems are generally classified as Class I/1 because,
under normal operating conditions, all energized laser transmitting circuit packs are
terminated on optical fibers which enclose the laser energy with the fiber sheath
forming a protective housing. Also, a protective housing/access panel is typically
installed in front of the laser circuit pack shelves The circuit packs themselves,
however, may be FDA/CDRH Class I, IIIb, or IV or IEC Class 1, 1M, 3R, 3B, or 4.
Laser Safety Precautions for Optical Fiber Telecommunication Systems
In its normal operating mode, an optical fiber telecommunication system is totally
enclosed and presents no risk of eye injury. It is a Class I/1 system under the FDA and
IEC classifications.
The fiber optic cables that interconnect various components of an optical fiber
telecommunication system can disconnect or break, and may expose people to laser
emissions. Also, certain measures and maintenance procedures may expose the
technician to emission from the semiconductor laser during installation and servicing.
Unlike more familiar laser devices such as solid-state and gas lasers, the emission
pattern of a semiconductor laser results in a highly divergent beam. In a divergent
beam, the irradiance (power density) decreases rapidly with distance. The greater the
distance, the less energy will enter the eye, and the less potential risk for eye injury.
Inadvertently viewing an un-terminated fiber or damaged fiber with the unaided eye at
distances greater than 5 to 6 inches normally will not cause eye injury, provided the
power in the fiber is less than a few milliwatts at the near IR wavelengths and a few
tens of milliwatts at the far IR wavelengths. However, damage may occur if an optical
instrument such as a microscope, magnifying glass, or eye loupe is used to stare at the
energized fiber end.
Use of controls, adjustments, and procedures other than those specified herein may
result in hazardous laser radiation exposure.
Laser Safety Precautions for Enclosed Systems
Under normal operating conditions, optical fiber telecommunication systems are
completely enclosed; nonetheless, the following precautions shall be observed:
1. Because of the potential for eye damage, technicians should not stare into optical
connectors or broken fibers
2. Under no circumstance shall laser/fiber optic operations be performed by a
technician before satisfactorily completing an approved training course
3. Since viewing laser emissions directly in excess of Class I/1 limits with an optical
instrument such as an eye loupe greatly increases the risk of eye damage,
appropriate labels must appear in plain view, in close proximity to the optical port
on the protective housing/access panel of the terminal equipment.
CAUTION
Laser hazard
Laser Safety Precautions for Unenclosed Systems
During service, maintenance, or restoration, an optical fiber telecommunication system
is considered unenclosed. Under these conditions, follow these practices:
1. Only authorized, trained personnel shall be permitted to do service, maintenance
and restoration. Avoid exposing the eye to emissions from un-terminated, energized
optical connectors at close distances. Laser modules associated with the optical
ports of laser circuit packs are typically recessed, which limits the exposure
distance. Optical port shutters, Automatic Power Reduction (APR), and
Automatic Power Shut Down (APSD) are engineering controls that are also used to
limit emissions. However, technicians removing or replacing laser circuit packs
should not stare or look directly into the optical port with optical instruments or
magnifying lenses. (Normal eye wear or indirect viewing instruments such as
Find-R-Scopes are not considered magnifying lenses or optical instruments.)
2. Only authorized, trained personnel shall use optical test equipment during
installation or servicing since this equipment contains semiconductor lasers (Some
examples of optical test equipment are Optical Time Domain Reflectometers
(OTDR’s), Hand-Held Loss Test Sets.)
3. Under no circumstances shall any personnel scan a fiber with an optical test set
without verifying that all laser sources on the fiber are turned off
4. All unauthorized personnel shall be excluded from the immediate area of the
optical fiber telecommunication systems during installation and service.
Consult ANSI Z136.2, American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers in the U.S.;
or, outside the U.S., IEC-60825, Part 2 for guidance on the safe use of optical fiber
optic communication in the workplace.
The technical documentation as required by the Conformity Assessment procedure is
kept at Lucent Technologies location which is responsible for this product. For more
information, please contact your local Lucent Technologies representative.
How to order
This information product can be ordered with the order number 365-312-847R4.0 at
the Customer Information Center (CIC), see http://www.cic.lucent.com/.
An overview of the ordering process and the latest software & licences information is
provided in Chapter 7, “Ordering” of this manual.
How to comment
To comment on this information product, go to the Online Comment Form
(http://www.lucent-info.com/comments/enus/) or e-mail your comments to the
Comments Hotline (comments@lucent.com).
Hazard statements describe the safety risks relevant while performing tasks on Lucent
Technologies products during deployment and/or use. Failure to avoid the hazards may
have serious consequences.
General structure
Hazard statements include the following structural elements:
ItemStructure elementPurpose
1Personal injury symbolIndicates the potential for personal injury
(optional)
2Hazard type symbolIndicates hazard type (optional)
3Signal wordIndicates the severity of the hazard
4Hazard typeDescribes the source of the risk of damage or
injury
5Damage statementConsequences if protective measures fail
6Avoidance messageProtective measures to take to avoid the hazard
7IdentifierThe reference ID of the hazard statement
The signal words identify the hazard severity levels as follows:
Signal wordMeaning
DANGERIndicates an imminently hazardous situation (high risk) which, if
not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.
WARNINGIndicates a potentially hazardous situation (medium risk) which,
if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTIONWhen used with the personal injury symbol:
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation (low risk) which, if
not avoided, may result in personal injury.
When used without the personal injury symbol:
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation (low risk) which, if
not avoided, may result in property damage, such as service
interruption or damage to equipment or other materials.
The Metropolis®AMU is a high capacity, flexible and cost-effective wideband
multiplexer which can multiplex standard PDH and SDH bit rates as well as Ethernet
signals to line transport rates. In addition to a compact and flexible design, this system
is a useful element in building efficient and flexible networks due to its wide-ranging
capacity.
The 2m/4o version can be equipped with 2 main boards and upgraded with 4 option
cards as described in Chapter 2, “Product description” and thus be adapted to special
network requirements. The 1m/1o version can hold 1 main board and upgraded with
one option board. The 2m/4o version holds two slots for main cards where operation
with either one or two main cards is possible. The second main card can be operated
as an additional tributary card or as main card equipment protection. The system
provides the ability to add one option card.
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In the access network, the Metropolis
AMU can be installed at the customer premises
for fiber-to-the-business applications enabling a variety of configurations. Other
applications include LAN-to-LAN traffic on campus networks or WANs.
Applications
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The Metropolis
AMU MI-16/4 is an SDH STM-1/4 and STM-4/16 Terminal or
Add-Drop-Multiplexer optimized to provide various tributary services such as
STM-1/4, 1.5 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 34 Mbit/s, 45 Mbit/s, STM-1e, STM-4, 1000BASE-T/X
and 10/100BASE-T, to business and residential customers. The MI-14/4 main card is
an SDH STM-1/4 and STM-1 Terminal or Add/Drop Multiplexer and provides various
tributary services such as STM-1, 1.5 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 34 Mbit/s, 45 Mbit/s, STM-1e,
STM-4, 1000BASE-T/X and 10/100BASE-T.
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The standard Metropolis
multirate STM-1/4 or STM-4/16 interfaces using SFPs. The Metropolis
AMU MI-16/4 main card can be equipped with two
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AMU MI-14/4
main card can be equipped with two multirate STM-1/STM-4 and two STM-1
interfaces. When required, the main card can be equipped with SFPs for STM-1 or
STM-4 single fiber working and STM-1e. The equipment is capable of 1+1 MSP
protection and SNC/N protection.
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The space-efficient design of Metropolis
more information, please refer to the Metropolis
AMU allows for wall or rack mounting. For
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AMU Installation Guide.
The network applications can be found in Chapter 4, “Planning Network Applications”.
Management
The Metropolis®AMU is managed by network management systems from Lucent
Technologies. This includes the local craft terminal ITM-CIT which is available for
on-site tasks, remote operations, and maintenance activities. Lucent’s Network
Management Systems or the Lucent NMS enable integrated management of an entire
transport network.
The Metropolis®AMU is a part of the Metropolis®AMU suite, which is a
multi-service platform for next generation transmission products and have the prefix
“Metropolis” in their names. The system can be deployed together with other products,
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for example Metropolis
AM / Metropolis®AMS. This makes Metropolis®AMU one
of the main building blocks for today’s and future networks.
Please check with Lucent Technologies for a complete list of products that are able to
The Metropolis®AMU is a high capacity, flexible and cost-effective wideband
multiplexer which can multiplex standard PDH and SDH bit rates as well as Ethernet
®
signals to line transport rates. The Metropolis
enabling cost-effective STM-1, STM-4, and STM-16 Add/Drop Multiplexer solutions.
Several mechanical variants are defined to target specific applications. One set of
boards is used across the various mechanical configurations of the Metropolis
Its space-efficient design allows for vertical (2m/4o and 1m/1o version) or horizontal
(1m/1o version) installation within controlled environment locations (interior ETSI and
19” racks). Note that the 2m/4o and 1m/1o versions and all the option cards used in
these versions support hot pluggable card insertion. The 2m/4o configuration allows the
placement of two systems side-by-side in a 19-inch or ETSI rack. The 1m/1o
configuration allows the placement of up to 5 systems side-by-side. Please refer to the
®
Metropolis
AMU Installation Guide for details.
AMU is a compact SDH Multiplexer,
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AMU.
2m/4o version
The Metropolis®AMU 2m/4o version has 6 slots (2x main and 4x tributary) and is
optimized for high capacity and protected Central Office applications. The first and
second main units can be plugged into the two main slots that are provided with a
2m/4o configuration. Note that when a single main unit is used, it must be plugged
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into the Main-1 slot. In the Metropolis
AMU 2m/4o configuration, a second main
card can be fitted for high-availability configurations or to increase the capacity for
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STM line interfaces. Most of the existing Metropolis
AMU option boards can be
fitted via an adapter card, which occupies two tributary slots.
TRIB-2
TRIB-3
MAIN-1
TRIB-1
MAIN-2
TRIB-4
Start-up configuration - 1m/1o version
The Metropolis®AMU 1m/1o version has 2 slots (1x main and 1x tributary) and is
targeted for CPE and unprotected applications. The main unit can be plugged into the
main slot of a 1m/1o configuration.
The Metropolis®AMU start-up configuration (1m/1o version) already supports 2 cages
for hot-pluggable STM-1 or STM-4 interfaces and 2 cages for hot-pluggable STM-4 or
STM-16 interfaces. Note that the MI-16/4 provides two STM-1/4 interfaces and two
STM-4/16 interfaces. The MI-14/4 provides two STM-1/4 interfaces and two interfaces
for STM-1, STM-1e or STM-1 single fiber working interfaces.
Note that the adapter card cannot be used in the 1m/1o shelf as it occupies two slots.
Subrack front view
The following figures display the Metropolis®AMU versions. Given below is the
MI-16/4 - 2m/4o version.
The following sections describe the equipment architecture and the architecture and
functions of the option cards.
Functional building blocks
The different functions provided by the MI-16/4 and MI-14/4 main cards are:
•Microprocessor and control circuits that manage different board elements, interfaces
(F-interface, LAN-Q, T3), and LEDs.
•MI-16/4: Four STM-N (N=1, 4, 16) optical aggregate interfaces using SFPs for 2 x
STM-4/STM-16 and 2 x STM-1/STM-4 transmission. Upto 16 VC-4s are supported
on TS1.
MI-14/4: Four STM-N (N=1, 4) optical aggregate interfaces for SFP usage of two
STM-1/STM-4 multirate and two STM-1 single rate types.
•In the transmit direction, the Line Interface performs the collection of AU4s and
the STM-N assembly. It performs RSOH/MSOH insertion.
•In the receive direction, the STM-N Line Interface performs the STM-N
disassembly, the RSOH/MSOH extraction, sixteen, four or one AU4 management,
and the regeneration of data transmitted to the Higher Order (HO) Cross-connect.
•The HO Cross-connect also performs Tansparent DCC processing. DCC bytes are
bi-directionally cross-connected in the VC-4 matrix and is processed through the
section overhead cross-connect towards the TDM interfaces.
The following diagram illustrates the MI-16/4 (2m/4o version) system architecture.
The following diagram illustrates the MI-16/4 (1m/1o version) system architecture.
16 VC-4s supported on TS 1 in the 2m/4o
and 1m/1o versions. 3 sets of interfaces
support hot-pluggable tributary slots: each
set supports a transport capacity of 10
VC-4s.
One interface between the main cards
which provides a transport capacity of 10
VC-4s.
4 sets of interfaces to support
hot-pluggable tributary slots: each set
supports a transport capacity of 10 VC-4s.
One interface between the main cards
which provides a transport capacity of 10
VC-4s.
This section describes the option cards which can be used together with Metropolis
AMU in order to provide interfaces for various data rates or special applications.
PI-E1/63 and PI-E1/63_75 option cards
The PI-E1/63 and PI-E1/63_75 option cards provide 63 times 2 Mbit/s (E1) terminated
on 32 RJ-45 connectors for the use of twisted pair cables (120 Ω version) and coaxial
cable (75 Ω version). It is available in 75 Ω and 120 Ω versions.
The following figure displays the front panel of the PI-E1/63 option card.
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EPL4_E14 option card
Interfaces
On the faceplate the EPL4_E14 card provides:
•Two cages for Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers which
support 1000Base-X
•Two RJ45 connectors for triple rate Ethernet (10/100/1000Base-T)
•Two RJ45 connectors for dual rate Ethernet (10/100Base-T)
•Two RJ45 connectors for four E1 interfaces with 75 / 120 Ω (Selection can be
made on port level via the user interface; default is 120 Ω.)
The EPL4_E14 unit provides 4 ethernet ports. Two of these (5 and 6) support 10/100
Base-T line rates while the other two (pairs 7/8 and 9/10) are multirate ports capable of
10/100/1000 Base-T/-X. For these ports, the selection between 1000 Base-T (electrical
interfaces 8 and 9) and 1000 Base-X (optical interfaces 7 and 10) has to be done via
the NMS. This selection can be done independently for each Port. When an optical
port is in use, the electrical counterpart is inactive and vice versa. Each connector and
each SFP has its own green LED (data link up: LED ON or down: LED OFF) and
yellow LED (transmission: LED ON or no transmission: LED OFF).
The following figure shows the front panel of the EPL4_E14 option card.
EPL4_E14
1
E1
4
FAIL
5
E/FE
6
Rx
7
GE
Tx
8
E/FE/GE
9
Rx
GE
10
Tx
Lucent
The EPL_4_E14 option card is able to compensate a maximum delay difference of 128
ms between the fastest and the slowest VC in receive direction.
Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS)
The EPL4_E14 option card supports a flexible allocation of SDH bandwidth to LAN
ports by making use of the Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS, see “LCAS”
(p. 3-22)). All LAN ports have the same capabilities. Each WAN port supports
GFP provides a generic mechanism to adapt traffic from higher-layer client signals
over a transport network. GFP encapsulation is implemented according to
T1X1.5/2000-147.
The following GFP encapsulation are possible with EPL4_E14:
•Mapping of Ethernet MAC frames into Lower Order SDH VC12–Xv (X = 1...63)
•Mapping of Ethernet MAC frames into Lower Order SDH VC3–Xv (X = 1...9)
•Mapping of Ethernet MAC frames into Higher Order SDH VC4–Xv (X=1..7)
LAPS encapsulation is implemented according to ITU-T X.86.
Advanced rate control
The EPL4_E14 option card supports advanced rate control in the ingress and egress
direction which allows to set a strict traffic limit (PIR), in combination with a hold-off
mechanism: Excess traffic is held off until the ingress or egress buffer overflows. In
case the ingress buffer fills above a certain threshold, pause messages are sent in the
reverse direction to hold off further traffic. This behaviour improves the TCP
throughput. Note that Pause messages can be only sent when the Pause mode is
enabled via the Lucent NMS.
Link Pass Through (LPT)
The EPL4_E14 option card supports the Link Pass Through (LPT) mode. On
point-to-point Ethernet Private Line connections, when GFP data encapsulation is used
throughout the network, the system identifies defects from the network ingress port to
the network egress port. The GFP-CSF mechanism is used to notify the egress side that
a loss of signal (synchronization) has occurred on the ingress port. Consequently, the
egress side can either turn off the laser at the egress (in case of an optical level) or
substitute an error pattern (for example, a /V/ ordered set for a 1000BASE-X). In
addition, an alarm is raised at the egress side which indicates the ingress side
condition. For more information about Link Pass Through, please refer to (LPT, see
“LPT” (p. 3-23)). For additional information, please refer the TransLAN® Ethernet
SDH Transport Solution Applications and Planning Guide.
The EPL4_E14 option card supports Auto MDI/MDIX selection on all LAN ports.
Transmission rates
The following rates are supported with EPL4_E14:
•Mapping Ethernet packets into VC12-Xv (X = 1...63)
•Mapping Ethernet packets into VC3-Xv (X = 1...9)
•Mapping Ethernet packets into VC4-Xv (X=1..7)
Flexible bandwidth assignment
The transmission capacity of the EPL4_E14 option card towards the cross-connect
matrix is 8 x VC4s. These can be freely assigned to 4 VCGs. There is a fixed 1:1
relationship from the 4 Ethernet ports to the 4 VCGs. For an illustrated description, see
From the 8 VC-4s, two can be individually substructured to VC-12s to provide upto 2
x 63 VC-12s. In this case, the first 4 VC-12s are reserved for the E1 ports. Note that
in case E1 interfaces are used, the first VC-4 needs to be substructured, otherwise, they
are not available. In addition, 3 VC-4s can be individually substructured to VC-3,
thereby providing a total of 9 VC-3s.
The remaining 3 VC-4s cannot be substructured. For each of the 4 VCGs, a selection
can be made between VC-12-Xv (X=1-63), VC-3-Xv (X=1-9), and VC-4-Xv (X=1-7),
based on the total number of containers that are available for each type.
The following diagram illustrates the VC/VCG mapping for the EPL4_E14 option card.
Jumbo frame support
The EPL4_E14 option card supports overlength Ethernet frames (also known as Jumbo
frames) on LAN ports 7, 8, and 9, 10.
EPL4_E132_75 option card
Interfaces
On the faceplate the EPL4_E132_75 board provides:
•Four RJ45 connectors for dual rate Ethernet (10/100Base-T)
•Sixteen RJ45 connectors to cover 32 E1 interfaces with 75 Ω only (2x E1 per
RJ45)
All four Ethernet RJ45 connectors have their own green and yellow LED which
indicates a LAN connection and traffic flow respectively.
The following figure shows the front panel of the EPL4_E132_75 option card.
The EPL4_E132_75 option card supports a flexible allocation of SDH bandwidth to
LAN ports by making use of the Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS, see
“LCAS” (p. 3-22)). All LAN ports have the same capabilities. Each WAN port
supports VC-12-Xv (X = 1...63), VC-3-Xv (X = 1...9), VC-4-Xv (X=1..7).
The EPL_4_E132_75 option card is able to compensate a maximum delay difference of
128 ms between the fastest and the slowest VC in receive direction.
GFP encapsulation
GFP provides a generic mechanism to adapt traffic from higher-layer client signals
over a transport network. GFP encapsulation is implemented according to
T1X1.5/2000-147.
The following GFP encapsulation are possible with EPL4_E132_75:
•Mapping of Ethernet MAC frames into Lower Order SDH VC12–Xv (X = 1...63)
•Mapping of Ethernet MAC frames into Lower Order SDH VC3–Xv (X = 1...9)
•Mapping of Ethernet MAC frames into Higher Order SDH VC4–Xv (X=1..7)
LAPS encapsulation is implemented according to ITU-T X.86.
Advanced rate control
The EPL4_E132_75 option card supports advanced rate control in the ingress and
egress direction which allows to set a strict traffic limit (PIR), in combination with a
hold-off mechanism: Excess traffic is held off until the ingress or egress buffer
overflows. In case the ingress buffer fills above a certain threshold, pause messages are
sent in the reverse direction to hold off further traffic. This behaviour improves the
TCP throughput. Note that Pause messages are only sent when the Pause mode is
enabled via the Lucent NMS.
Auto-negotiation
The EPL4_E132_75 option card supports Auto-negotiation. The Auto-negotiation
function automatically configures the Ethernet interface parameters to establish an
optimal Ethernet link based on the capabilities of the near-end and far-end Ethernet
interfaces.
Auto-negotiation for twisted-pair systems, defined in Clause 28 of the Standard
802.3-2002, has been extended to include all three speeds of Ethernet that are
supported over twisted-pair cable: 10Mbit/s 10Base-T, 100Mbit/s 100Base- TX, and
1000 Mbit/s 1000Base-T. For more information about Auto-negotiation support, please
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refer to the Metropolis
Link Pass Through (LPT)
AMU User Operations Guide.
The EPL4_E132_75 option card supports the Link Pass Through (LPT) mode. On
point-to-point Ethernet Private Line connections, when GFP data encapsulation is used
throughout the network, the system identifies defects from the network ingress port to
the network egress port. The GFP-CSF mechanism is used to notify the egress side that
a loss of signal (synchronization) has occurred on the ingress port. An alarm is raised
at the egress side which indicates the ingress side condition. For more information,
please refer to (see LPT, “LPT” (p. 3-23)). For additional information, please also refer
to the TransLAN® Ethernet SDH Transport Solution Applications and Planning Guide.
The EPL4_E132_75 option card supports Auto MDI/MDIX selection on all LAN ports.
Transmission rates
The following rates are supported with EPL4_E132_75:
•Mapping Ethernet packets into VC12-Xv (X = 1...63)
•Mapping Ethernet packets into VC3-Xv (X = 1...9)
•Mapping Ethernet packets into VC4-Xv (X=1..7)
Flexible bandwidth assignment
The transmission capacity of the EPL4_E132_75 option card towards the cross-connect
matrix is 9 x VC-4s. One VC-4 is reserved for the 32 E1 ports and is not available for
the VCGs. The remaining 8 VC-4s can be freely assigned to 4 VCGs. There is a fixed
1:1 relationship from the 4 Ethernet ports to the 4 VCGs. For an illustrated description,
see (see fig. on page 2-17).
From the 8 VC-4s, two can be individually substructured to VC-12s, thereby providing
upto 2 x 63 VC-12s. In this case, the first 4 VC-12s of the first VC-4 remain unused.
In addition, 3 VC-4s can be individually substructured to VC-3s, providing a total of 9
VC-3s. The remaining 3 VC-4s cannot be substructured. For each of the 4 VCGs, a
selection can be made between VC-12-Xv (X=1-63), VC-3-Xv (X=1-9), and VC-4-Xv
(X=1-7), based on the total number of containers that are available for each type.
The VC/VCG mapping is shown in the following figure:
Jumbo Frame support
The EPL4_E132_75 option card supports overlength Ethernet frames (also known as
Jumbo frames) on LAN ports 35 and 36.
ESW4_E14 option card
Interfaces
On the faceplate, the ESW4_E14 card provides:
•Two LAN ports for Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers which
support 1000Base-X optical SFPs or can be used as 10/100/1000BASE-T electrical
ports using RJ-45 connectors.
•Two LAN ports for dual rate Ethernet (10/100Base-T) using RJ-45 connectors.
•Two RJ-45 connectors on the faceplate for four E1 interfaces with 75/120 Ω
(Selection can be made on port level via the user interface; default is 120 Ω).
The ESW4_E14 option card provides 4 Ethernet ports. Two of these (5 and 6) support
10/100 Base-T line rates, while the other two (pairs 7/8 and 9/10) are multirate and
capable of 10/100/1000 Base-T/-X rates. For these ports, the selection between 1000
Base-T (electrical interfaces 8 and 9) and 1000 Base-X (optical interfaces 7 and 10)
must be done via the ITM-CIT. This selection can be done independently for each Port.
When an optical port is in use, the electrical counterpart is inactive and vice versa.
Each connector and each SFP has its own green LED (data link up: LED ON or down:
LED OFF) and yellow LED (transmission: LED ON or no transmission: LED OFF).
The total transmission backplane capacity is 16 x VC-4s. This capacity is only
available in combination with an MI-16/4 main card, provided the ESW4_E14 card is
placed in the first slot (TS1). In any other slot or when combined with the MI-14/4
main card, the maximum useable capacity is 10 x VC-4s.
The following figure shows the front panel of the ESW4_E14 option card.
Transmission rates
The following transmission rates are supported with ESW4_E14:
•Mapping Ethernet packets into VC12-Xv (X = 1...63)
•Mapping Ethernet packets into VC3-Xv (X = 1...21)
•Mapping Ethernet packets into VC4-Xv (X = 1...7)
Flexible bandwidth assignment
When the ESW4_E14 option card is inserted in tributary slot 1 of a 2m/4o or 1m/1o
version and the main unit is an M1-16/4, the total capacity of the unit is equivalent to
16 VC4s (2.5 Gbit/s) with which up to eight VCGs can be created and each VCG can
be assigned to a WAN port. For WAN ports 1 though 4, a capacity of eight VC4s (1
through 8) is available. By default, the 1st and 2nd VC4s are substructured in VC12s.
Similarly, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th VC4s are substructured as VC3s. Optionally, the 1st to
5th VC4s can be changed to unstructured VC4. The 6th, 7th, and 8th VC4s can only
be used as VC4s. As a result, VC12-Xv (X=1..63), VC3-Xv (X=1..9) and/or VC4-Xv
(X=1..7) groups can be created from at most 122 VC12s, 9 VC3s or 8 VC4s.
For WAN ports 5 through 8, a capacity of eight VC4s (9 though 16) is available. Of
these 8 VC4s, the 9th and 10th VC-4 are substructured in VC12s and the 11th, 12th,
and 13th VC4 are substructured in VC3s, by default. Optionally, the 9th to 13th VC4s
can be changed to unstructured VC4. The VC4s 14 through 16 can only be used as
VC4s. As a result, VC12-Xv (X=1..63), VC3-Xv (X=1..9) and/or VC4-Xv (X=1..7)
groups can be created from at most 126 VC12s, 9 VC3s or 8 VC4s.
Note that if the E1 interfaces are used, four VC12s of the first VC4 must be reserved
for E1 transport. In this case, it is mandatory to substructure the first VC4 to carry 63
VC12s.
The system automatically detects if the combination of slot number, main unit, and
tributary unit allows 16 VC4 backplane capacity. No provisioning is required.
The following VC/VCG mapping diagram displays bandwidth selection options for the
WAN ports 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The following VC/VCG mapping diagram displays the bandwidth selection options for
the WAN ports 5, 6, 7, and 8.
The ESW4_E14 option card supports overlength Ethernet frames (also known as
Jumbo frames) on all LAN ports and on WAN ports 3, 4, 7, and 8.
The ESW4_E14 option card can compensate a maximum delay difference of 64 ms
between the fastest and the slowest VC in receive direction.
Enhanced flow classification
The ESW4_E14 option card supports Enhanced Flow Classification - 802.1Q mode and
802.1 ad mode. It supports the Flow Control and Pause Frames feature on LAN ports
and provides Wire speed performance for forwarding, flooding, address look-up, and
flow look-up requirements. The flow classifcation is based on port and priority, port
and port, and port and VLAN-ID. The flow classification can be checked on a flexible
set of combinations such as IP_TOS, VLAN-ID, VLAN-UPT, and DA-MAC. The flow
bucket can be set to handle 8k to 16k. However, an increased flow bucket size will
decrease performance. The ESW4_E14 option card is IEEE802.1Q/1ad compliant and
supports VLAN and/or ETHER_TYPE switching and adding or removing VLAN tags.
Auto-negotiation
The ESW4_E14 option card supports Auto-negotiation. The Auto-negotiation function
automatically configures the Ethernet interface parameters to establish an optimal
Ethernet link based on the capabilities of the near-end and far-end Ethernet interfaces.
Auto-negotiation for twisted-pair systems, defined in Clause 28 of the Standard
802.3-2002, has been extended to include all three speeds of Ethernet that are
supported over twisted-pair cable: 10Mbit/s 10Base-T, 100Mbit/s 100Base- TX, and
1000 Mbit/s 1000Base-T. For more information about Auto-negotiation, please refer to
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the Metropolis
Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS)
AMU User Operations Guide.
The ESW4_E14 option card supports a flexible allocation of SDH bandwidth to LAN
ports by making use of the Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS, see “LCAS”
(p. 3-22)). All LAN ports have the same capabilities. Each WAN port supports
For units containing Ethernet switches, it is possible to emulate the behaviour of a
private line port by creating a two-port virtual switch, with one LAN and one WAN
port and provision it in Repeater Mode. This feature can be implemented in both
Ethertype 8100 and Ethertype 9100 mode. In this mode, all traffic from the LAN or
WAN side is transparently passed through, except the pause messages. The Pause
protocol operates on the LAN interface and therefore, transmission without loss can be
obtained if the peer node on the LAN link obeys the commands contained in pause
messages.
GFP encapsulation
GFP provides a generic mechanism to adapt traffic from higher-layer client signals
over a transport network. GFP encapsulation is implemented according to
T1X1.5/2000-147.
The following GFP encapsulation are possible with ESW4_E14:
•Mapping Ethernet MAC frames into Lower Order SDH VC12-Xv (X = 1...63)
•Mapping Ethernet MAC frames into Lower Order SDH VC3-Xv (X = 1...21)
•Mapping Ethernet MAC frames into Higher Order SDH VC4-Xv (X = 1...7)
LAPS encapsulation is implemented according to ITU-T X.86.
Advanced rate control
The ESW4_E14 option card supports advanced rate control in the ingress and egress
direction which enables users to set a strict traffic limit (PIR), in combination with a
hold-off mechanism: Excess traffic is held off until the ingress or egress buffer
overflows. In case the ingress buffer fills above a certain threshold, pause messages are
sent in the reverse direction to hold off further traffic. This behaviour improves the
TCP throughput.
Provisioning Committed Burst Size (CBS)
The Flow Profile containing the parameters that define the QoS regime and is applied
to a flow contains a user provisionable entry for the Committed Burst Size (CBS).
This entry describes the number of octets that may be ″bursted″ before a frame is no
longer considered part of the ″Committed Rate″. The CBS rate can be provisioned in
kbytes between 1 and 25000 or as a time constant relative parameter to CIR: 10 or 110
ms.
Provisioning Peak Burst Size (PBS)
The Flow Profile containing the parameters that define the QoS regime and is applied
to a flow contains a user provisionable entry for the Peak Burst Size (PBS).
This entry describes the number of octets that may be ″bursted″ before a frame is no
longer considered part of the ″Peak Rate″. The PBS rate can be provisioned in kbytes
between 1 and 25000 or as a time constant relative parameter to CIR: 10 or 110 ms.
QoS features
The ESW4_E14 option card supports the following QOS features:
•Two rate three color marker (RFC 2697, RFC 2698, and MEF 10) per flow
(switchable color aware/color unaware)
Based on provisioned threshold rates (CIR and PIR):
–Red - The frame is dropped
–Yellow - The Dropping Precedence of the frame is set to high
–Green - The Dropping Precedence of the frame is set to low
•Over subscription (2 levels of Dropping Precedence) and strict policing modes
Based on queue filling and the Dropping Precedence, frames can be dropped to
avoid congestion
–A queue will allow fewer “yellow” frames than “green” frames
Each QOS profile contains a Traffic Class (TC) entry.
–The traffic class determines the relative priority of a frame based on the traffic
–The traffic class determines the outgoing p-bits for the egress direction
•Egress queue scheduling with strict Priority and/or Weighted Bandwidth options.
Sl-14/8 option card
Interfaces
On the faceplate, the Sl-14/8 card provides:
•Eight cages for Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers
•SFP-1 and SFP-5 support for STM-1 or STM-4 interfaces
•SFP-2 to SFP-4 and SFP-6 to SFP-8 support for STM-1 interfaces.
The board supports 1.2 Gigabit interfaces and provides a total transmission capacity of
eight VC-4s. This capacity is divided into two VC-4 groups namely, the SFP-1 to
SFP-4 group and the SFP-5 to SFP-8 group. Each group provides a four VC-4
transmission capacity. For example, if the SFP-1 is equipped with an STM-4 interface,
the SFP-2 to SFP-4 have no more capacity and cannot be used. Similarly, if the SFP-5
is equipped with an STM-4 interface, the SFP-6 to SFP-8 is being utilized and
therefore cannot be used for any additional capacity.
Introduction
class to queue assignment function and the scheulder settings
Each SFP transceiver has an LED which indicates three states. When the LED is on, it
indicates hardware failures and confugration alarm. When the LED is blinking, it
indicates transmission failure. When there are no failures, the LED is off. A fault on
the SFP is indicated by an LED on the SFP itself and not on the host unit’s LED.
The STM-1 and STM-4 in-loop and out-loop loopbacks are achieved by the
cross-connect functionality.
The following figure shows the front panel of the Sl-14/8 option card.
Adapter card for legacy option cards (for 2m/4o version only)
To use legacy option cards in the 2m/4o hardware version an adapter is required to fit
the card into the subrack. The figure below shows an empty adapter card.
The X8PL option card provides eight Ethernet interfaces in Private Line mode for the
®
Metropolis
AMU. The Private Line mode enables traffic to be mapped from each
Ethernet port one-to-one into an SDH container. Thus a private connection from an
Ethernet port through an SDH network to another Ethernet port at the remote end of
the link is possible.
The X8PL option card supports a flexible allocation of SDH bandwidth to LAN ports
by making use of the Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS, see “LCAS” (p. 3-22)
). All LAN ports have the same capabilities. Each WAN port supports VC-12-Xv (X =
1...63) or VC-3-Xv (X = 1...3).
The VC-12s that form one VCG can be chosen from any TUG-3, in any timeslot order.
However, it is recommended to select the VC-12s in sequential order, preferably in one
TUG-3. In this way the end-to-end network design can be kept simple and easy to
maintain.
To use the X8PL card in the Metropolis
“Adapter card for legacy option cards (for 2m/4o version only)” (p. 2-28)
X4IP-V2 option card (legacy)
On the Metropolis®AMU an Ethernet LAN option board (X4IP-V2) is available
providing four 10/100BASE-T Ethernet interfaces. When equipped with an option card,
Lucent Technologies SDH multiplexers can offer 10/100BASE-T Ethernet interfaces
besides the standard TDM services like DS1, E1, E3/DS3, E4, STM-1 and STM-4.
Below a description is given of the X4IP-V2 option card functionality supported by the
®
Metropolis
AMU.
The following table describes basic characteristics of the X4IP-V2 option card.
LAN interfaces4 x 10/100 BASE-T
Max. number of WAN ports4
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AMU, an adapter card is required, see
Introduction
Supported ratesVC-12, VC-3
Max. VCG group sizeVC-12-5v, VC-3-2v
Max. number of tributariesVC-12: 20, VC-3: 2
LCAS supportEncapsulation methodGFP-F or EoS
Max. transport capacity1 x 155 Mbit/s
Service ratesMax. 1 port at 100 Mbit/s + 3 ports at 2
•The GFP/EoS protocol is according to T1X1.5/99-268.
VC–12-Xv means a grouping of VC-12-s to a single virtual link with the
bandwitch of x*VC-12.
VC–3-Xv means a grouping of VC-3s to a single virtual link with the bandwidth of
x*VC3.
Per port (MAC) VC-12/VC-3 concatenation is 1..5 VC-12 or 1..2 VC-3.
... 10 Mbit/s, or 2 ports at 50 Mbit/s + 2
ports at 2 ... 10 Mbit/s, or 4 ports at 2 ...
10 Mbit/s.
The encapsulated Ethernet frames are mapped in VC-12 (2 Mbit/s), VC-12-2v (4
Mbit/s), VC-12-3v (6 Mbit/s), VC-12-4v (8 Mbit/s), VC-12-5v (10 Mbit/s), VC-3 (50
Mbit/s) or VC-3-2v (100 Mbit/s). A user can provision the actual bandwidth per WAN
port. Since the cross-connect capacity of a Metropolis
combined bandwidth of all WAN ports together must follow the WAN capacity
configuration rules defined in the table below.
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AMU is limited, the total
Introduction
WAN
WAN 2.1WAN 2.2WAN 2.3WAN 2.4
port
Option1100 Mbit/s
(VC-3-2v)
Option250 Mbit/s (VC-3)50 Mbit/s (VC-3)10 Mbit/s
Option350 Mbit/s (VC-3)10 Mbit/s
Option410 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
Option510 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
(VC-12-5v)
50 Mbit/s (VC-3)10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
10 Mbit/s
(VC-12-5v)
The throughput mentioned in the table above are the maximum settings, it is also
possible to have less throughput for a certain WAN port (for example 6 Mbit/s
(VC-12-3v)).
Notice that only the WAN port bandwidth dictates the effective end-to-end Ethernet
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communication throughput, not the LAN ports. The Metropolis
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the TransLAN
option board keep track of the available capacity according to the rules
AMU equipped with
defined in the WAN port configuration table above. If an attempt to configure a new
WAN port capacity violates the rules, not only the system will not grant the new
configuration but also an alarm (message) will be triggered and displayed.
Ethernet WAN port mapping
The WAN port mapping of the X4IP-V2 is shown in the following table. In case the
units in service do not use the same termination points, adaptation via the LO cross
connect is required.
Source typeMLMSLM / MLMSLM
Spectral width at -20 dB (max)NA1 nm (SLM)1 nm
RMS spectral width (max)7.7 nm3 nm (MLM)NA
Side mode suppression ratio (min)NA30 dB / NA30 dB
Mean launched power (max)-8 dB0 dB0 dB
Mean launched power (min)-15 dB-5 dB-5 dB
Extinction ratio (min)8.2 dB10 dB10 dB
Mask of the eye diagram of the
optical transmit signal
Optical path between points S and R
Maximum dispersion96 ps/nmNA / 246 ps/nmNA
Attenuation range0 - 12 dB10 - 28 dB10 - 28 dB
Minimum optical return loss of the
cable plant at point S including the
optical connector
Receiver at reference point R
Sensitivity (min) at BER=1×10
-10
Overload (min)-8 dBm-10 dBm-10 dBm
Optical path penalty< 1 dB< 1 dB< 1 dB
Optical return loss of the receiver
(min)
see G.957see G.957see G.957
NANA20 dB
-28 dBm-34 dBm-34 dBm
NANA> 25 dB
STM-4
The table below lists some parameters and the end of life power budgets for the
STM-4 optical SFPs:
Spectral width at -20 dB (max)NA1 nm
RMS spectral width (max)2.5 nmNA
Side mode suppression ratio (min)NA30 dB
Mean launched power (max)-8 dBm+2 dBm
Mean launched power (min)-15 dBm-3 dBm
Extinction ratio (min)8.2 dB10 dB
Mask of the eye diagram of the optical transmit signalsee G.957see G.957
Optical path between points S and R
Maximum dispersion74 ps/nmNA
Optical attenuation range0 - 12 dB10 - 24 dB
System specifications
Minimum optical return loss of the cable plant at point S
NA24 dB
including the optical connector
Receiver at reference point R
Sensitivity (min) at BER=1×10
-10
-28 dBm-28 dBm
Overload (min)-8 dBm-8 dBm
Optical path penalty< 1 dB< 1 dB
Optical return loss of the receiver (min)NA27 dB
STM-16
The table below lists some parameters and the end of life power budgets for the
STM-16 SFPs:
Source typeMLMSLMSLMSLM
Max. spectral –20 dB widthNA1 nm1 nm1 nm
Max. spectral RMS width4 nmNANANA
Min. side mode suppressionNA30 dB30 dB30 dB
Mean launched power (max)-3 dBm0 dBm3 dBm3 dBm
Mean launched power (min)–10 dBm–5 dBm–2 dBm–2 dBm{
Extinction ratio (min)8.2 dB8.2 dB8.2 dB8.2dB
Mask of the eye diagram of
Minimum optical return loss
of the cable plant at point S
including the optical
connector
Receiver at reference point R
Min. optical sensivity (BER
=1×10
Min. optical sensivity (BER
=1×10
Max. optical path penalty1 dB1 dB1 dB2 dB
Overload (min.)–3 dBm0 dBm–9 dBm–9 dBm
Min. return loss at receiver,
measured at R
-10
-12
)
)
24 dB24 dB24 dB24 dB
–18 dBm–18 dBm–27 dBm–28 dBm
–17 dBm–17 dBm–26 dBm–27 dBm
27 dB27 dB27 dB27 dB
1000BASE-SX SFP
The characteristics of the 1000BASE-SX SFP are summarized in the table below.
The 1000BASE-SX pluggable optic (850 nm short haul, multi-mode) uses a Low
Power Laser (laser class 1/1 according to FDA/CDRH - 21 CFR 1010 & 1040 / IEC
60825). The 1000BASE-SX pluggable optic complies with IEEE 802.3-2000 Clause
38. The following table describes the various operating ranges for the 1000BASE-SX
pluggable optic over each optical fiber type.
Average launch power (max)-1.1 dBm (Class 1 safety limit as defined by
Average launch power (min)–9.5 dBm
Average launch power of OFF transmitter (max)–30 dBm
Extinction ratio (min)9 dB
RIN (max)–117 dB/Hz
Mask of the eye diagram of the optical transmit signalsee IEEE802.3
Receive Characteristics
Average receive power (max)0 dBm
Receive sensitivity (min) at BER=1×10
Return loss (min)12 dB
Stressed receive sensitivity
(measured with conformance test signal at TP3 for BER =
10–12 at the eye center)
-12
IEEE 802.3–2000 Clause 38.7.2)
–17 dBm
–12.5 dBm (62.5 µm MMF)
–13.5 dBm (50 µm MMF)
The following table lists the worst-case power budget and link penalties for a
1000BASE-SX pluggable optic. Link penalties are used for link budget calculations.
DescriptionUnit62.5 µm
Modal bandwidth as measured at
850 nm (minimum, overfilled
launch)
Link power budgetdB7.57.57.57.5
Operating distancem220275500550
Channel insertion loss (a
wavelength of 830 nm is used to
calculate the values)
Link power penalties (a
wavelength of 830 nm is used to
calculate the values)
Unallocated margin in link power
budget (a wavelength of 830 nm
is used to calculate the values)
MHz ×
km
dB2.382.603.373.56
dB4.274.294.073.57
dB0.840.600.050.37
MMF
160200400500
50 µm MMF
1000BASE-LX SFP
The following table lists the specific optical characteristics for a 1000BASE-LX
pluggable optic.
The 1000BASE-LX pluggable optic uses a Low Power Laser (laser class 1/1 according
to FDA/CDRH - 21 CFR 1010 & 1040 / IEC 60825). The 1000BASE-LX pluggable
optic complies with IEEE 802.3-2000 Clause 38. The table below describes the various
operating ranges for the 1000BASE-LX pluggable optic over each optical fiber type.
Fiber TypeModal Bandwidth @ 1300 nm
(min. overfilled launch)
(MHz × km)
10 µm SSMFN/A2 to 5000
Minimum range
(meters)
The following table lists the specific optical characteristics for a 1000BASE-LX
pluggable optic.
Application1000BASE-LX
Bit rate1.25Gb/s +/-100ppm
Operating wavelength range1270 - 1355 nm
Transmitter Characteristics
Transmitter typeLongwave Laser
rise/Tfall
T
RMS spectral width (max)4 nm
Average launch power (max)-3 dBm
Average launch power (min)-11 dBm
Average launch power of OFF transmitter (max)-30 dBm
(max, 20–80%)0.26 ns
Extinction ratio (min)9 dB
Mask of the eye diagram of the optical transmit signalsee IEEE802.3
RIN (max)-117 dB/Hz
Receive Characteristics
Average receive power (max)-3 dBm
Receive sensitivity (min) at BER=1×10
Return loss (min)12 dB
Stressed receive sensitivity
(measured with conformance test signal at TP3 for BER = 10–12
at the eye center)
-12
-19 dBm
-14.4 dBm
The following table lists the worst-case power budget and link penalties for a
1000BASE-LX pluggable optic. Link penalties are used for link budget calculations.
DescriptionUnit10 µm SMF
Link power budgetdB8
Operating distancem5000
Channel insertion loss (a wavelength of 1270 nm is used to
calculate the values)
dB4.57
Link power penalties (a wavelength of 1270 nm is used to
calculate the values)
Unallocated margin in link power budget (a wavelength of
1270 nm is used to calculate the values)
dB0.16
1000BASE-ZX SFP
The following table lists the specific optical characteristics for a 1000BASE-ZX
pluggable optic.
The 1000BASE-ZX pluggable optic uses a Low Power Laser (laser class 1/1 according
to FDA/CDRH - 21 CFR 1010 & 1040 / IEC 60825). The 1000BASE-ZX pluggable
optic complies with IEEE 802.3-2002 Clause 38. The following table lists the specific
optical characteristics for a 1000BASE-ZX pluggable optic.
Application1000BASE-ZX
Bit rate1.25Gb/s +/-100ppm
Operating wavelength range1500-1580 nm
Transmitter at reference point TP2
Source typeSLM
Spectral width at 20dB1.0 nm
Side mode suppression ratio (min)30dB
Mean launched power (max)+5 dBm
Mean launched power (min)0 dBm
Extinction ratio (min)9.0 dB
Mask of the eye diagram of the optical transmit
signal
RIN (max)-120 dB/Hz
Optical path between points TP2 and TP3
Optical return loss of the cable plant at point TP2
including the optical connector
Maximum dispersion1600 ps/nm
Attenuation range5 - 21 dB
Optical path penalty (max)1.5 dB
Receiver at reference point TP3
Sensitivity (min) at BER=1×10
Overload (min)0 dBm
Optical return loss of the receiver (min)12 dB
Maximum channel insertion loss17 dB25.5 dB
Minimum channel insertion loss5 dB13 dB
Maximum dispersion1000 ps/nm1640 ps/nm
Minimum optical return loss at
SS
Maximum discrete reflectance
between SS and RS
Maximum differential group
delay
Maximum optical cross talk20 dB20 dB
Interface at point RS
Maximum mean channel input
power
+/- 6.5nm+/- 6.5nm
24 dB24 dB
27 dB27 dB
120 ps120 ps
0 dBm-8 dBm
Minimum sensitivity-18.5 dBm-28 dBm
Maximum optical path penalty1.5 dB2.5 dB
Maximum reflectance of receiver27 dB27 dB
Single-fiber Bidirectional SFPs
The table below lists some parameters and the end of life power budgets for the
STM-1, STM-4, 1 GbE Single-Fiber (Bidirectional) Short Haul optical modules (SFPs).
The following table lists some parameters and the End of Life power budget of the
155-Mbit/s electrical interface unit:
Applicationintra-office
SDH LeveltypeSTM-1
Transmission ratekbit/s155,520 ± 20 ppm
Line codingtypeCoded Mark Inversion (CMI, G.703-12.1)
ImpedanceΩ75
System specifications
UnitValue
Return Loss
(8 ... 240 MHz.)
Maximum cable attenuation (78 MHz)dB12.7
Tributary interfaces
•STM-1 tributary interface at 155 Mbit/s according to G.957 via SFP. The 155
Mbit/s optical access is done with a LC connector type.
•STM-1 tributary interface at 155 Mbit/s according to the ITU G703-15 via SFP.
The STM-1e SFPs use the DIN 1.0/2.3 type connectors.
•STM-4 tributary interface at 622 Mbit/s according to G.957 via SFP. The 622
Mbit/s optical access is realized with a LC connector type.
•Interface at 1.544 Mbit/s ± 130 ppm, AMI or B8ZS encoded (programmable in
groups of 8) and conforming to G.703-2 standard 1991, asynchronously mapped via
VC-11 to a TU-12. The 1.5 Mbit/s electrical (DS1) interface access is via a RJ45
connector suitable for symmetrical twisted pair cables with an impedance of 100 Ω.
•Interface at 2.048 Mbit/s ± 50 ppm, HDB3 coded and conforming to G.703
standard 1991, asynchronously mapped via a VC-12 in TU-12. The 2 Mbit/s
electrical (E1) interface access is via RJ45 connector suitable for symmetrical
twisted pair cables either with an impedance of 120 Ω or coaxial cables with an
impedance of 75 Ω.
Each 2 Mbit/s tributary interface (optional card) can be operated in ISDN PRI
(Primary Rate Interface) or Leased-Line mode. It allows to transmit “30 B+D”
according to G.962 and I.431. This feature requires the processing of the overhead
contained in timeslot 0 (TS0) of the 2 Mbit/s signal.
dB15
•Interface at 34.368 Mbit/s ± 20 ppm, HDB3 encoded and conforming to G.703-8
October 1998, asynchronously mapped into LO-VC3. The 34 Mbit/ s electrical
clear channel (E3) interface access is via a coaxial female DIN 1.6/5.6 type
connector with an impedance of 75 Ω.
•Interface at 44.736 Mbit/s ± 20 ppm, B3ZS encoded and conforming to G.703-6
October 1998, directly mapped in a LO-VC3. The 45 Mbit/s electrical tributary
(DS-3) interface access is via a coaxial female DIN 1.6/5.6 type connector with an
impedance of 75 Ω.
•A 10/100BaseT Ethernet Interface (LAN interface) with Auto-negotiation
supporting Ethernet and IEEE 802.3, 1998 access protocols. Auto-negotiation of the
data rate (10 Mbit/s or 100 Mbit/s) and of the mode (full duplex). The
10/100BaseT Ethernet Interface access is via a RJ45 connector.
•A 1000BaseT Ethernet Interface (LAN interface) with Auto-negotiation supporting
Ethernet and IEEE 802.3, 1998 access protocols. Auto-negotiation of the mode (full
duplex). The 1000BaseT Ethernet Interface access is via a RJ45 connector.
•A 1000BaseX Ethernet Interface (LAN interface) with Auto-negotiation supporting
Ethernet and IEEE 802.3, 2002 access protocols. Auto-negotiation of the mode (full
duplex). The 1000BaseX Ethernet Interface access is via LC connector.
Fixed to 11111111
multiframe indicator for
VC-structured payloads.
Provides a maltiframe and
sequence indicator for
virtual VC-3 concatenation
and LCAS
K3 (bit 1 to 4)VC-4 APS pathFixed to 0
K3 (bit 5 to 6)ReservedFixed to 0
Z5Network controlFixed to 0
The next table describes the POH processing for VC-4 transmission.
Overhead bytesFunctionProcessing
J1VC4 trace identifierYes
B3BIP-8 pathYes
C2Path signal labelYes
G1REI/RDI pathYes
F2User channelFixed to 0
F3User channelFixed to 0
H4Provides a general multiframe
K3 (bit 1 to 4)VC-4 APS pathFixed to 0
K3 (bit 5 to 6)ReservedFixed to 0
Z5Network controlFixed to 0
Note: The ISDN feature requires the processing of the overhead contained in timeslot 0
(TS0) of the 2 Mbit/s signal.
Power supply specifications
•The power consumption of a fully equipped Metropolis®AMU 2m/4o system
remains below 160 watts.
•The power consumption of a fully equipped Metropolis
remains below 55 watts.
indicator for VC-structured
payloads. Provides a maltiframe
and sequence indicator for virtual
VC-4 concatenation and LCAS
Yes
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AMU 1m/1o system
•The system optionally supports the grounding philosophy according to ETSI
Requirements 300 253, January 1995 (battery return connected to ground).
Installation in steet cabinets supported, when street cabinets provides required
environment conditions.
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Important! Ensure that the Metropolis
AMU units have reached room
temperature and are dry before taking them into operation.
For further informaton please refer to the Metropolis
Guidelines for Fan usage
Some option cards in certain hardware configurations require a fan (ASH104) unit
being installed. The tables below provide an overview when a fan unit is mandatory
for both ETSI class 3.1 and ETSI class 3.1E conditions as specified in ETS 300
019-1-3. For specific installation instructions, refer the Metropolis
Installation Guide (365-312-848, Comcode 109592253).
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AMU Installation Guide.
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AMU, Release 3.0,
The following table indicates option cards that require mandatory fan unit usage for
ETSI class 3.1 compliant environmental conditions.
•Performance monitoring is in accordance with ITU-T G.826 and G.784
•The following four parameters are available to estimate the error performance of a
path:
–SES: number of Severely Errored Seconds in the received signal
–ES: number of Errored Seconds in the received signal
–BBE: number of Background Block Errors in the received signal
–UAS: number of UnAvailable Seconds in the received signal
•For termination points, Near-End Performance Monitoring can be done on the
incoming MS16, MS4, MS1, VC-4, VC-3, and VC-12 signals. Non-intrusive
monitoring is only possible for AU-4 signals.
•Bi-directional and unidirectional performance monitoring
•Performance monitoring data is stored in one current and sixteen recent 15 minutes
registers, and one current and one recent 24 hours registers. Detailed information
about Performance Monitoring are provided in the following sections.
•Threshold reports are generated when user-settable performance parameters are
exceeded during 15 minutes and 24 hours periods
•Ethernet performance monitoring information can be derived from the General
Purpose Ethernet Port Monitor, Ethernet Service Monitor, Ethernet Congestion
Monitor, Ethernet High Priority Traffic Monitor, Ethernet Low Priority Traffic
Monitor, and Ethernet Frame Delay Monitor.. This information is available in 15
minutes or 24 hours registers. For more information about Ethernet Performance
Monitoring features, see “Advanced TransLAN® Features” (p. 2-57).
Capacity for 200 Monitoring Points per Tributary Slot
In addition to the capacity limit for the number of simultaneously active PM points at
the system level (600 in Release 4.0), there is a limit of 200 performance monitoring
points for each slot in the system. For more information, refer the Metropolis
User Operations Guide.
Enhanced Ethernet Performance Monitoring
The ESW4_E14 option card provides enhanced Ethernet performance monitoring
functions. Users can enable or disable the following Ethernet performance monitoring
points.
The General Purpose Ethernet Monitor can be enabled or disabled on each LAN or
WAN port. The following counters are available in this monitor:
•eINB: Number of octets in non-errored incoming frames
•eINF: Number of non-errored incoming frames
•eONB: Number of octets in outgoing frames
•eONF: Number of outgoing frames
•eINCP: Number of octets in non-errored incoming frames trapped to CPU
•eONCP: Number of octets in outgoing frames sourced by CPU
•eDFE: Number of incoming frames dropped due to frame format errors
•eCIF: Number of incoming frames dropped due to capacity limits in switch input
stage
•pUPR: Number of non-errored incoming unicast frames
•pMPR: Number of non-errored incoming multicast frames
•pBPR: Number of non-errored incoming broadcast frames
•pPPR: Number of non-errored incoming PAUSE frames
•pUPS: Number of outgoing unicast frames
•pMPS: Number of outgoing multicast frames
•pBPS: Number of outgoing broadcast frames
•pPPS: Number of outgoing PAUSE frames.
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For more information, refer the Metropolis
Threshold Limit Notifications for General Purpose Ethernet Monitor
AMU User Operations Guide.
Users can enable or disable threshold limit notifications for each active General
Purpose Ethernet Port Monitor on each of the following eight parameters.
•eDFE - 15 minute bin
•eCIF - 15 minute bin
•eDFE - 24 hour bin
•eCIF - 24 hour bin.
Each General Purpose Ethernet Port Monitor has its own set of thresholds. In case one
of the thresholds is crossed while the threshold crossing is enabled, a corresponding
alarm will be raised or cleared for the chosen General Purpose Ethernet Port Monitor.
Users can provision “Set” or “Clear” thresholds for each of these counters. Note that
this feature is only applicable in combination with the General Purpose Ethernet
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Monitor features. For more information, refer the Metropolis
The Ethernet service monitor can be enabled or disabled on each flow on a port on
which Flow Classification is enabled. The following three counters are included in this
monitor:
•gQIB: Number of frames marked in “green” color (low dropping precedence)
•yQIB: Number of frames marked in “yellow” color (high dropping precedence)
•rQIB: Number of frames marked in “red” color (dropped immediately).
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For more information, refer the Metropolis
Ethernet Congestion Monitor
AMU User Operations Guide.
The Ethernet Congestion Monitor can be enabled or disabled on each network role
egress port. The following counters are included in this monitor.
•g0EDBC: Number of octets in dropped green frames with traffic class 0
•y0EDBC: Number of octets in dropped yellow frames with traffic class 0
•g1EDBC: Number of octets in dropped green frames with traffic class 1
•y1EDBC: Number of octets in dropped yellow frames with traffic class 1
•g2EDBC: Number of octets in dropped green frames with traffic class 2
•g2EOCS: Number of seconds with at least one dropped green frame of traffic class
2
•y2EDBC: Number of octets in dropped yellow frames with traffic class 2
•y2EOCS: Number of seconds with at least one dropped yellow frame of traffic
class 2
•g3EDBC: Number of octets in dropped green frames with traffic class 3
•g3EOCS: Number of seconds with at least one dropped green frame of traffic class
3
•y3EDBC: Number of octets in dropped yellow frames with traffic class 3
•y3EOCS: Number of seconds with at least one dropped yellow frame of traffic
class 3.
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For more information, refer the Metropolis
Threshold Limit Notifications for Ethernet Congestion Monitor
AMU User Operations Guide.
Users can individually enable or disable threshold limit notifications for each active
Ethernet Congestion Monitor on the each of the following parameters.
Note that this feature is only applicable in combination with the Ethernet Congestion
Monitor features.
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For more information, refer the Metropolis
Ethernet High Priority Traffic Monitor
AMU User Operations Guide.
The Ethernet high priority traffic monitor can be enabled or disabled on each ingress
network role port. The following counters are included in this monitor.
•g3EINB: Number of octets in non-errored incoming green frames with traffic class
3
•g3EINF: Number of non-errored incoming green frames with traffic class 3
•c3EIN: Number of octets in non-errored green frames with traffic class 3 and
internal protocol traffic, including encapsulation overhead (i.e. on the physical
layer)
•i3gEILS: Number of seconds marked ″loaded″ in C3EIN count
•i3gEISLS: Number of seconds marked ″severely loaded″ in C3EIN count
•y3EINB: Number of octets in non-errored incoming yellow frames with traffic class
3
•y3EINF: Number of non-errored incoming yellow frames with traffic class 3
•g2EINB: Number of octets in non-errored incoming green frames with traffic class
2
•g2EINF: Number of non-errored incoming green frames with traffic class 2
•c2EIN: Number of octets in non-errored green frames with traffic class 2, 3 and
internal protocol traffic, including encapsulation overhead (i.e. on the physical
layer)
•i32gEILS: Number of seconds marked ″loaded″ in C2EIN count
•i32gEISLS: Number of seconds marked ″severely loaded″ in C2EIN count
•y2EINB: Number of octets in non-errored incoming yellow frames with traffic class
2
•y2EINF: Number of non-errored incoming yellow frames with traffic class 2.
Note that a one second interval performance counter is marked “Loaded” in case the
counter increments more than the provisioned Loaded Second (LS) threshold during
this second. A one second interval on a performance counter is marked “Severely
Loaded” in case the counter increments more than the provisioned Severely Loaded
Second (SLS) threshold during this second. For more information about Loaded
Second and Severely Loaded Second, refer the following sections.
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For more information, refer the Metropolis
Ethernet Low Priority Traffic Monitor
AMU User Operations Guide.
The Ethernet Low Priority Traffic Monitor can be enabled or disabled on each ingress
network role port. The following counters are included in this monitor.
•g0EINB: Number of octets in non-errored incoming green frames with traffic class
0
•g0EINF: Number of non-errored incoming green frames with traffic class 0
•y0EINB: Number of octets in non-errored incoming yellow frames with traffic class
0
•y0EINF: Number of non-errored incoming yellow frames with traffic class 0
•g1EINB: Number of octets in non-errored incoming green frames with traffic class
1
•g1EINF: Number of non-errored incoming green frames with traffic class 1
•y1EINB: Number of octets in non-errored incoming yellow frames with traffic class
1
•y1EINF: Number of non-errored incoming yellow frames with traffic class 1.
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For more information, refer the Metropolis
Threshold Limit Notifications for Ethernet High Priority Traffic Monitor
AMU User Operations Guide.
Users can individually enable or disable threshold crossing notifications for each active
Ethernet High Priority Traffic Monitor on each of the following parameters.
•i3gEILS - 15 minute bin
•i3gEISLS - 15 minute bin
•i32gEILS - 15 minute bin
•i32gEISLS - 15 minute bin
•i3gEILS - 24 hour bin
•i3gEISLS - 24 hour bin
•i32gEILS - 24 hour bin
•i32gEISLS - 24 hour bin.
Each Ethernet High Priority Traffic Monitor has its own set of thresholds. In case one
of the thresholds is crossed while the threshold crossing is enabled, a corresponding
alarm is raised or cleared for the Ethernet High Priority Traffic Monitor in question.
Users can provision “Set” and “Clear” thresholds for each of these counters. Note that
this feature is only applicable to the Ethernet High Priority Traffic Monitor feature.
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For more information, refer the Metropolis
Provisionable LS/SLS Threshold
AMU User Operations Guide.
Users can provision thresholds (between 0%-100%) to define a Loaded Second (LS)
and a Severely Loaded Second (SLS) for both C3EIN and C2EIN counters. One set of
provisioned LS/SLS thresholds (four values) can be provisioned for each Ethernet High
Priority Traffic Monitor. Different thresholds can be set to 15 minute and 24 hour
counters. Note that this feature is only applicable to the Ethernet High Priority Traffic
Monitor feature.
In combination with the LS and SLS provisioning in percentage, users can provision
the bandwidth to which the percentages are applied (in kbit/s per port), which
represents the 100% traffic load, when no VCAT or LAG members have failed. The
system automatically scales back the thresholds in case VCAT or LAG bandwidth is
temporarily lost. Note that this feature is only applicable to the Ethernet High Priority
Traffic Monitor feature.
For more information, refer the Metropolis®AMU User Operations Guide.
Round Trip Delay Monitor
An Round Trip Delay Monitor can be enabled or disabled for a certain set of user
specified parameters which define an “Ethernet Service Route”. For each Ethernet
Service Route, a frame delay monitor can be enabled. The following counters are
included in this monitor.
•mRTD: Minimum round-trip delay recorded in the binning period (milliseconds)
•aRTD: Average round-trip delay over the binning period (milliseconds)
•xRTD: Maximum round-trip delay recorded in the binning period (milliseconds)
•p900RTD: Upper 90-percentile of round-trip delay over the binning period
(milliseconds)
•p990RTD: Upper 99-percentile of round-trip delay over the binning period
(milliseconds)
•p999RTD: Upper 99.9-percentile of round-trip delay over the binning period
(milliseconds)
•sRTDM: Number of succesful RTD measurement frames transmitted
•uRTDM: Number of unsuccesful RTD measurement frames transmitted.
Note that an RTD measurement frame is considered successful if a valid response
corresponding to the transmission frame was received from the targetted node.
Note that this feature is only applicable to the ESW4_E14 option card.
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For more information, refer the Metropolis
Threshold Limit Notifications for Round Trip Delay Monitor
AMU User Operations Guide.
Users can individually enable or disable threshold limit notifications for each active
Round Trip Delay Monitor on any or each of the following parameters.
•aRTD - 15 minute bin
•xRTD - 15 minute bin
•uRTDM - 15 minute bin
•aRTD - 24 hour bin
•xRTD - 24 hour bin
•uRTDM - 24 hour bin.
Each Round Trip Delay Monitor has its own set of thresholds. In case one of the
thresholds is crossed while the threshold limit is being enabled, a corresponding alarm
is raised or cleared for the Round Trip Delay Monitor. Users can provision “Set” and
“Clear” threshold limits for these counters. Note that this feature is only applicable to
the Round Trip Delay Monitor feature.
Ethernet Performance Monitoring in SDH network elements is based on SDH
performance monitoring concepts. The following sections describe the advanced
TransLAN® features that are implemented for Ethernet applications.
Round Trip Delay Measurement (RTD)
The following features enable Round Trip Delay measurement:
•One Shot Ethernet In-Service RTD Measurement - FROM Node
•Continuous Ethernet In-Service RTD Measurement - FROM Node
•RTD Measurement Accuracy
•Proprietary Ethernet In-Service RTD Measurement
One Shot Ethernet In-Service RTD Measurement - FROM Node
The virtual switches in the network element support proprietary in-service round trip
delay measurement by transmitting a special “ping” PDU from the local virtual switch
that is identified as the FROM Node to a remote switch that is identified as the TO
node. The TO node is identified by a MAC address. A ping frame with a defined
length can be sent with a certain VLAN, priority, and dropping precedence provisioned
by the user. Based on the responses from the remote node, the round trip time is
calculated. The result is presented to the user as a delay in milliseconds or a time-out.
Continuous Ethernet In-Service RTD Measurement - FROM Node
Users can provision a continuously repeating round trip delay measurement with the
following parameters.
•FROM node virtual switch
•TO node MAC address
•Frame length
•V-LAN
•Traffic class
•Dropping precedence
The repitition rate is approximately 45 seconds. The results are presented in the
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Performance Monitoring format. For more information, refer the Metropolis
AMU
User Operations Guide.
Proprietary Ethernet In-Service RTD Measurement - TO Node
Protocol data units (PDUs) that are transmitted by a remote Ethernet switch for
in-service round trip measurement purposes (which are addressed to a local Ethernet
switch in the system) provide the appropriate response.
Static MAC Address Table Configuration and Retrieval
The following features support static MAC address table configuration and retrieval.
•Manual unicast MAC address provisioning
•Manual multicast MAC address provisioning
•Delete/View dynamic entry from filtering database
•Port security by S-MAC address based access list
•Flushing the filtering database
•Limited automatic MAC address learning capacity per VLAN
•Provisionable MAC address ageing timer.
Manual Unicast MAC Address Provisioning
Users can view, create, and delete a unicast MAC address to and from the filtering
database of an Ethernet switch unit. A unicast MAC address entry in the filtering
database consists of a unicast MAC address, a V-LAN entry, and a destination port.
Upon request, the user can view the entire list of provisioned static entries from the
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filtering database of a switch unit. For more information, refer the Metropolis
AMU
User Operations Guide.
Manual Multicast MAC Address Provisioning
Users can view, create, and delete a multicast/broadcast MAC address to and from the
filtering database of an Ethernet switch unit. A multicast/broadcast MAC address entry
in the filtering database consists of the multicast/broadcast MAC address, a V-LAN
entry, and a destination port list. Upon request, the user can view the entire list of
provisioned static entries from the filtering database of a switch unit. This feature is
only applicable on the ESW4_E14 option card. For more information, refer the
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Metropolis
Delete/View Dynamic Entry from Filtering Database
AMU User Operations Guide.
Users can search for specific and dynamically learnt MAC addresses or V-LAN entries
in the filtering database of an Ethernet switch unit. If the specified entry is present, the
associated destination port is displayed. When required, such an entry can be deleted
from the filtering database. This feature is only applicable to the ESW4_E14 option
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card. For more information, refer the Metropolis
Port Security by S-MAC Address based Access List
AMU User Operations Guide.
Users can lock or unlock an Ethernet switch port. On a locked port, the automatic
address learning feature is disabled and all frames of the source MAC address that do
not appear in the access list are dropped. An access list from the filtering database of
the Ethernet switch is used. Before a frame is allowed to enter a locked port, the
source MAC address with the proper V-LAN number and port number must be present
in the filtering database.
Flushing the Filtering Database
When required, the user can delete all dynamically learnt addresses from the filtering
database of an Ethernet unit. For more information about this procedure, refer the
Metropolis® AMU User Operations Guide. This feature is only applicable to the
ESW4_E14 option card. For more information, refer the Metropolis®AMU User
Operations Guide.
Limited Automatic MAC Address Learning Capacity per V-LAN
Users can limit the number of MAC addresses that can be automatically learnt from
any static V-LAN to a number below the maximum capacity of the Ethernet switch.
Additionally, users can also retrieve a list of V-LANs with static registration on the
Ethernet unit with their respective limits.
Provisioning MAC Address Ageing Timer
Users can provision the ageing timer for automatically learnt MAC addresses between
10 and 630 seconds (default 300 s) in 10 second steps. This timer value is common for
all virtual switches that are instantiated on the same TransLAN® unit.
This chapter briefly describes the features of the Metropolis®AMU.
For more information on the physical design features and the applicable standards,
please refer to Chapter 2, “Product description”.
Standards compliance
Lucent Technologies SDH products comply with the relevant SDH ETSI and ITU-T
standards. Important functions defined in SDH standards such as the Data
Communication Channel (DCC), the associated 7-layer OSI protocol stack, the SDH
multiplexing structure and the Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and
Provisioning (OAM&P) functions are implemented in Lucent Technologies product
families.
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Lucent Technologies is heavily involved in various study groups with ITU-T, and ETSI
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creating and maintaining the latest worldwide SDH standards. Metropolis
AMU
comply with all relevant and latest ETSI and ITU-T standards.
New Features - Release 2.13-3
ITM-SC Management3-3
Performance Monitoring3-4
CWDM SFPs3-5
Bidirectional SFPs3-6
Fast Download Tool3-7
Physical interfaces3-8
Transmission interfaces3-9
Data interfaces3-10
Timing interfaces3-11
The Metropolis®AMU Release 2.1 supports performance monitoring features via the
ITM-SC Release 11.4.3. The following sections provide a detailed description of these
features.
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Note: For ITM-SC users, these features are only applicable to Metropolis
Release 2.1 and do not include features from subsequent releases.
This section provides information about all kinds of external physical interfaces of the
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Metropolis
please refer to “Technical specifications” (p. 2-32).
The Metropolis
the use of an option card. The choice of the option cards and data interfaces described
below provide outstanding transmission flexibility and integration capabilities.
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Transmission interfaces3-9
AMU. For detailed technical data and optical parameters of the interfaces
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AMU supports a variety of additional interfaces that are dependent on
Data interfaces3-10
Timing interfaces3-11
Orderwire interfaces3-12
Operations interfaces3-13
Power interfaces3-14
Metropolis®AMU supports the synchronous transmission rates STM-1, STM-4, and
STM-16.
In the present release, STM-1, STM-4, and STM-16 optical as well as STM-1 electrical
interface types can be realized in a modular way by only changing the SFP. Four ports
on one main card are available to plug an SFP. However, only two of the four ports are
available for STM-16 transmission.
PDH interface overview
Metropolis®AMU 2m/4o and Metropolis®AMU 1m/1o provide PDH interfaces via an
option card.
The following PDH interfaces can be configured via an option card:
•Sixteen 1.5 Mbit/s interfaces (only 2m/4o version with adapter card)
•Two 34 Mbit/s interfaces (only 2m/4o version with adapter card)
•Two 45 Mbit/s interfaces (only 2m/4o version with adapter card)
•Sixty-three times 2 Mbit/s (120 Ω and 75 Ω version available)
•Four times 2 Mbit/s (120 Ω and 75 Ω) at the EPL4_E14 option card
•Thirty-two times 2 Mbit/s (75 Ω) at the EPL4_E132_75 option card
•Four times 2 Mbit/s at the ESW4_E14 option card. For the E1 interfaces, (120 Ω
and 75 Ω) options available via the Lucent OMS.
Please note that legacy cards for 1.5 Mbit/s, 34 Mbit/s, and 45 Mbit/s require a
two-slot wide adapter card to fit in the shelf.
Metropolis®AMU provides one external timing input and output per main card for
ITU-T compliant 2MHz / 2Mb/s timing signals, see also “Timing interface features”
(p. 3-30). The timing output is realized as RJ45 connector suitable for symmetrical
twisted pair cables with an impedance of 120 Ω or coaxial cables with an impedance
of 75 Ω.
Real time information survival
The system contains a realtime clock cicuit which can survive a power outage of up to
10 minutes. In case the power is restored within this time, the Fault Management
(alarm event timestamping) and Performance Monitoring (binning, reporting, TCNs)
functions will continue without requiring user intervention.
Synchronization and timing
•Synchronization can be derived from the incoming STM-1 or STM-4 or STM-16
aggregate signals and STM-1 or STM-4 tributary signals.
•Synchronization can be derived from an incoming 2 Mbit/s (E1) data input.
•Re-synchronization of the 2 Mbit/s ports is supported.
•Support of SSM byte according to ETSI ETS 300 417-6.
•External synchronization input at 2.048 MHz and 2 Mbit/s (STCLK, one per main
card) is according to G.703-10 via RJ45 connector with an impedance of 120 Ω
symmetrical or with an impedance of 75 Ω.
•Internal Clock in accordance with ITU-T G.813 option 1.
The Metropolis®AMU supports one Engineering Order Wire (EOW) interface with a
15 pin sub-D connector on the faceplate. Regardless of the configuration, the EOW is
supported on Main-1 unit on line port 1 (LP1.1). The E2 channel is used to transfer the
EOW data.