Cisco Cisco ONS 15454 M12 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) Installation Guide

Product Name: 15454-XC-VXC-10G (SONET) and 15454E-XC-VXC-10G (SDH) 

This document contains a description of XC-VXC-10G card features, installation procedures, and 
technical specifications. Use this document in conjunction with the ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, Cisco 
ONS 15454 Reference Manual, and ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide when working with 
XC-VXC-10G cards in a SONET platform. Use the ONS 15454 SDH Procedure Guide, Cisco ONS 
15454 SDH Reference Manual, and ONS 15454 SDH Troubleshooting Guide when working with them 
in an SDH platform.

This document contains the following sections:

For information about circuits and cross-connect card capacities, see the Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure 
Guide (SONET) or the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Procedure Guide (SDH).

The XC-VXC-10G card establishes connections at the STS and VT levels (SONET) or VC-4, VC-3, 
VC-12, and VC-11 levels (SDH). For SONET, the XC-VXC-10G provides STS-192 capacity to Slots 5, 
6, 12, and 13, and STS-48 capacity to Slots 1 to 4 and 14 to 17. For SDH, it provides STM-64 capacity 
to Slots 5, 6, 12, and 13, and STM-16 capacity to Slots 1 to 4 and 14 to 17. Any STS-1/VC-4 on any port 
can be connected to any other port, meaning that the STS/VC cross-connections are nonblocking.