Building Multiservice Transport Networks

Chapter 7. ONS 15454 Ethernet Applications and Provisioning

This chapter covers the following topics:

• ONS 15454 E-Series Interface Cards

• ONS 15454 G-Series Interface Cards

• ONS 15454 CE-Series Interface Cards

• ONS 15454 ML-Series Interface Cards

As noted in Chapter 6, “MSPP Network Design Example: Cisco ONS 15454,” the ONS 15454 Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) provides multiple types of Ethernet interface cards for a variety of applications. These interface cards fall into two broad categories: transport (Layer 1) Ethernet interfaces and multilayer (Layer 2 and Layer 3) Ethernet interfaces. The following is a categorization and brief description of each of the Ethernet interface cards covered in this chapter:

• E Series—The E-Series ...