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Cisco ONS 15310-CL, ONS 15310-MA, and ONS 15310-MA SDH Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R9.1 and R9.2
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Chapter 1 Overview of the ML-Series Card
Key ML-Series Features
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Cisco IOS Release 12.2(28)SV
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CTC
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Remote monitoring (RMON)
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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TL1
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System features:
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Network Equipment Building Systems 3 (NEBS3) compliant
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CTC features:
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Standard synchronous transport signal (STS) and VCAT circuit provisioning for POS virtual
ports
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SONET alarm reporting for path alarms and other ML-Series card specific alarms
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Raw port statistics
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Standard inventory and card management functions
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J1 path trace
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Cisco IOS CLI Telnet sessions from CTC
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Cisco IOS startup configuration file management from CTC
Key ML-Series Features
This section describes selected key features and their implementation on the ML-Series cards.
Cisco IOS
Cisco IOS controls the data functions of the ML-Series cards. Users cannot update the ML-Series
Cisco IOS image in the same manner as the Cisco IOS system image on a Cisco Catalyst Series. An
ML-Series Cisco IOS image upgrade is available only as part of the Cisco ONS 15310-CL or the Cisco
ONS 15310-MA software release and accomplished only through CTC or TL1. The image is not
available for download or shipped separately.
GFP-F Framing
GFP defines a standard-based mapping of different types of services onto SONET/SDH. The ML-Series
and CE-Series support frame-mapped GFP (GFP-F), which is the protocol data unit (PDU)-oriented
client signal adaptation mode for GFP. GFP-F maps one variable length data packet onto one GFP
packet.
GFP is composed of common functions and payload specific functions. Common functions are those
shared by all payloads. Payload-specific functions are different depending on the payload type. GFP is
detailed in the ITU recommendation G.7041.