Cisco Cisco ONS 15454 SONET Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP)

This section documents supplemental changes that have been added to the Release Notes for Cisco ONS 
15454 Release 5.0.5 since the production of the Cisco ONS 15454 System Software CD for Release 
5.0.5.

The following changes have been added to the release notes for Release 5.0.5.

The following caveats have been added.

The following caveat has been resolved.

Review the notes listed below before deploying the ONS 15454. Caveats with DDTS tracking numbers 
are known system limitations that are scheduled to be addressed in a subsequent release. Caveats without 
DDTS tracking numbers are provided to point out procedural or situational considerations when 
deploying the product.

On nodes with DS3/EC1-48 cards, where port line buildouts are set to long (for use with 900 ft cables), 
a software upgrade from Release 5.0 or maintenance Release 5.0.2 to any release after 5.0.2 can result 
in traffic hits up to 50 ms on the ports set to long line buildout. The length of the hit depends on the 
operative slot, port, actual cable length, UBIC type, and cable type. This issue cannot be resolved for 
upgrades from the two affected releases. No other release has this issue, and upgrades from Release 5.0 
to 5.0.2 are also not affected. 

Rarely, the non-enhanced Muxponder unit does not pass Jitter Tolerance test from Trunk port to client 
port as per ITU-T G.825, 2 Mb/s mask, at the 10 Hz specific setpoint. The Muxponder should be 
configured with G.709 Off, FEC Off and Trunk signal provided by external Jitter test box, and the unit