Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) Converged 2x100 Gbps, 10 Gbps Line Card Data Sheet

The Cisco^® Network Convergence System 200 Gbps Hybrid Line Card (Figure 1) provides multirate and protocol flexibility (OTN, Carrier Ethernet) to enable multilayer technology convergence for next-generation Converged Packet Optical Transport Systems.

The NCS 4000 Multilayer Converged LC provides the ability to deploy OTN packets at 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps rates using an agnostic switch fabric to switch up to 200 Gbps I/O capacity.

OTN provides robust transport services that use many of the benefits of SONET/SDH such as resiliency and performance monitoring, while adding enhanced multirate capabilities in support of packet traffic, plus the transparency required by DWDM networks. OTN is the ideal technology to bridge the gap between next-generation IP and legacy time-division multiplexing (TDM) networks by acting as a converged transport layer for newer packet-based and existing TDM services. (See Table 1.)

Table 1.       Features and Benefits

Converged Packet-Optical Networks

Next-generation optical transport networks are evolving toward multilayer, multirate, and converged networks to provide efficient transport and economies of scale to enable service providers to deploy cloud data center interconnect while maintaining support for legacy networks. Converged packet optical networks enable service providers to deploy transport networks with a faster time to market and time to revenue.

●   Combine per-layer (DWDM, OTN, packet) network elements into a single platform.

●   Agnostic cell-based switch fabric for I/O diversity

●   Virtualized software infrastructure for rapid deployment

●   Lower operational expenditure: manage/deploy single network element instead of three

●   Technology agility: any combination of OTN, DWDM, and packet

●   Statistical multiplexing on a per-ODU basis for improved WAN infrastructure utilization

●   Cisco IOS-XR Software for industry-leading stability and functionality

Interfaces

The NCS 4000 2 x 100G, 2 x 10 Gbps Combo line card supports any combination of the following interfaces, up to:

●   Ten 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces through SFP+ pluggables

●   Ten OC-192/STM-64 interfaces through SFP+ pluggables

●   Two 100 GigE LAN PHY interfaces through CPAK pluggables

●   Two 100 OTU-4 interfaces through CPAK pluggables

The OC192/STM-64 interfaces will be supported over OTN only.

The card is capable of supporting two operational modes

●   2 x 100 Gbps mode: the line card will provide the following interface types with the total I/O capacity of up to 200 Gbps:

◦     2 x 100 Gbps OTN or 2 x 100 GigE interfaces with no access to the SFP+ interfaces

◦     Twenty 10 GigE interfaces with a 10x10 Gbps breakout cable attached to the 100 Gbps CPAK interfaces

◦     Ten OC-192/STM-64 interfaces on the SFP+ receptacles

●   1 x 100 Gbps, 10 x 10 Gbps SFP+ mode: the line card will provide:

◦     One 100 GigE or 100 GigE OTN CPAK interface

◦     Ten SFP+ receptacles for ten 10 GigE interfaces

◦     Ten SFP+ receptacles for ten STM-64 interfaces

◦     Ten SFP+ receptacles for ten OC-192 interfaces

OTN Support

OTU-1 and OTU-2 ports support generic forward error correction (GFEC). The card is capable of supporting up to 2-level ODU-4, ODU-3, ODU-2, ODU-1, ODU-0, and ODU-Flex switching functions by interconnecting with the centralized agnostic switch fabric. (See Table 2.)

The NCS 4000 2 x 100G, 2 x 10 Gbps Combo line card supports any combination of 100 Gigabit Ethernet and OTU-4 interfaces using Cisco CPAK pluggable transceivers (Figure 2). The Cisco CPAK pluggable transceiver utilizes complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) photonics technology to dramatically reduce the size and power consumption of 100 Gbps interfaces while maintaining IEEE and ITU protocol compliance. Two CPAK receptacles are hosted on the faceplate.

Table 2.       OTN Line-Card Mapping

The card supports up to two-level ODU-4, ODU-3, ODU-2, ODU-0, and ODU-Flex nested switching functions by interconnecting with the centralized agnostic switch fabric; 100 Gigabit Ethernet signals are mapped using generic mapping procedure (GMP) over ODU-4 according to ITU-T G.709 v3 (Section 17.7.5).

The 100 Gbps ports a standard G.975 Reed-Solomon FEC algorithm, which can be enabled or disabled through software configuration.

Extending nLight Silicon to the client-facing interface, the client ports use Cisco CPAK pluggable transceivers supporting 100GBASE-SR10, 100GBASE-LR-4, and the OTU-4 equivalent interfaces. The extremely compact dimensions and low power consumption of CPAK enable superb system density of greater than one 100 Gigabit Ethernet transponder per rack unit. (See Figure 3 and Table 3.)

Table 3.       Performance Monitoring Parameters

Packet Features

The NCS Converged Packet Optical line card supports packet features as defined in Table 4 on a per-ODU or on a per-interface basis.

Table 4.       HW Readiness Feature Set

Platform Support

Table 5 shows Platform Supported by NCS 4000 2x 100G CPAK 10x10G SFP+ OTN/Packet Line Card.

Table 5.       Supported HW Platform and SW Releases

Product Specifications

Table 6 lists product specifications.

Table 6.       Product Specifications at System Level

Pluggable Interfaces

Cisco NCS 4000 Line Cards use pluggable transceivers to provide a pay-as-you-grow model and flexibility to support different reaches. Table 7 summarizes supported pluggables.

Table 7.       Cisco NCS 4000 Pluggable Interfaces

Physical Specifications

Table 8 lists the power consumption, weight, and dimensions of NCS 4000 Converged Packet Optical Line Cards.

Table 8.       Cisco NCS 4000 Physical Specifications

System Requirements

Table 9 describes physical specifications.

Table 9.       Cisco NCS 4000 Physical Specifications

Ordering Information

To place an order, visit the Cisco Ordering Home Page and refer to Table 4. To download software, visit the Cisco Software Center.

Table 10 provides ordering information.

Table 10.     Ordering Information

Warranty Information

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