Provisioning of Protection Groups

The ONS 15454 provides several card protection methods. When you set up protection for ONS 15454 cards, you must choose between maximum protection and maximum slot availability. The highest protection reduces the number of available card slots, whereas the highest slot availability reduces the protection. Table 9-3 shows the protection types that you can set up for ONS 15454 cards.

Table 9-3. Protection Types
TypeCardsDescription
1:1DS1

DS3

EC1-12

DS3XM-6
Pairs one working card with one protect card. Install the protect card in an odd-numbered slot and the working card in an even-numbered slot next to the protect slot toward the center—for example: protect in slot 1, working in slot 2; protect in slot 3, working ...

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