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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1

Introduction ..............................................................................................................6

1.1
1.2
1.3

General.....................................................................................................................6
Marconis Solution ....................................................................................................6
Supported Products ..................................................................................................6

Network Application..................................................................................................8

2.1

Ethernet Private Line Operation................................................................................8

Functional Block Diagram.........................................................................................9

3.1
3.1.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6

System Design .........................................................................................................9

Number and Type of Ethernet Ports .........................................................................9
Concatenation ........................................................................................................11
Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) .........................................................................11
Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) .............................................................11
Supported frame structures ....................................................................................12
Link Loss Forwarding (LLF) ....................................................................................12

Interfaces ...............................................................................................................13

Protection...............................................................................................................14

5.1

LCAS Based Protection ..........................................................................................14

Network Management ............................................................................................15

General Technical Specification .............................................................................16

7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6

Type Connectors ....................................................................................................16

Differential Delay ....................................................................................................16
Auto Negotiation .....................................................................................................16
Shaping and Queue Management ..........................................................................16
Performance Management .....................................................................................16
Safety and Environment Conditions........................................................................16

List of Figures
Figure 1: Transport network using EPL service model................................................................ 8
Figure 2: Block diagram.............................................................................................................. 9

List of Tables
Table 1: Products which are covered by this Product Description............................................... 6
Table 2: Saleable Entity Codes .................................................................................................. 7
Table 3: Card Details................................................................................................................ 10
Table 4: Supported concatenation schemes............................................................................. 11
Table 5: Type of supported Ethernet application codes ............................................................ 13
Table 6: Ethernet application codes.......................................................................................... 13

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List of Abbreviations
ADM
ALS
CE
CPE
CSF
DXC
EPL
ETA
ETH
ETO
ETSI
FE
GFP
GigE
HO
IEEE
ISO
ITU-T
LAN
LCAS
LCT
LLF
LO
LTU
MAC
MAU
MIB
MNR
MPLS
MSH
MSP
NE
NMS
NTE
OSI
PDH
PE
PHY
RMON
SDH
SFP
SMA
SNCP
STM
TLS
VC
VCG
VLAN
WAN

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Add-Drop Multiplexer
Automatic Laser Shutdown
Customer Edge
Customer Premise Equipment
Client Signal Fail
Digital CrossConnect
Ethernet Private Line
Ethernet Traffic Adapter
Ethernet
Ethernet Traffic Adapter optical
European Telecommunication Standards Institute
Fast Ethernet
Generic Frame Procedure
Gigabit Ethernet
High Order, means VC-4 level
Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
International Standard Organisation
International Telecommunication Union, Telecommunications Sector
Local Area Network
Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (for Virtual Concatenated signals)
Local Craft Terminal
Link Loss Forwarding
Low Order, means VC-12 level or VC-3 level
Line Termination Unit
Media Access Control
Media Access Unit
Management Information Base
Managed Network Release
Multi Protocol Label Switching
Product name for Marconi SDH multiplexers
Multiplex Section Protection
Network Element
Network Management System
Network Termination Equipment
Open System Interconnection
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
Provider Edge
Physical Layer
Remote Network Monitoring
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
Small Form-Factor Pluggable (Optical Transceiver)
Product name for Marconi SDH multiplexers
Sub-Network Connection Protection
Synchronous Transport Module
Transparent LAN Service
Virtual Container
Virtually Concatenated Group
Virtual LAN
Wide Area Network

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Foreword
The product information contained herein is independent of a product release and does not
refer to a defined product release.
The technical information is offered, in good faith, as an indication of Marconi's intention to
evolve its Optical Networks portfolio to meet the demands of the marketplace. Unless
commercially agreed, the information contained herein should not to be taken as implying any
commitment or obligation on the part of Marconi.
For details concerning availability and supported features please refer to the SDH Customer
Roadmap.

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1 Introduction
1.1

General

Increasing demand for Ethernet traffic over SDH networks leads to a requirement to optimise
the SDH transport capacity assigned to data transport in the Ethernet network. Additionally new
mapping standards and capacity adjustment standards complement the optimisation of SDH
bandwidth by simultaneously increasing the data transport features.
Based on all these demands, a suitable card is available in SDH products to cover such
applications. It supports transfer of Ethernet traffic from multiple remote end user sites over VCgroups to the far end of the network where the original Ethernet signal is provided for customer
use. The VC-groups can be adjusted in their size to be cost efficient for each individual
application.

1.2

Marconis Solution

Marconi has a range of Ethernet transport products available today in the PacketSpan range,
providing point to point transport of Ethernet frames across the SDH network supporting
10Mbit/s and 100Mbit/s Ethernet interfaces on SDH tributary cards.
The second generation of PacketSpan products expands the features available by introducing
new benefits as listed below:

Wire speed Ethernet frame throughput

An increased Ethernet port count per card (up to 16 ports)
Flexible SDH capacity allocation and GFP mapping of Ethernet into VC-12, VC-3, VC-4, and
virtual concatenation (VC-12-nv, VC-3-nv) to meet demands of different applications
In service re-sizing of virtual concatenated SDH VC groups carrying SDH traffic using LCAS

Integrated network management control is achieved by different Management systems to

enable interworking in different existing network management environments. (refer to section 6)

1.3

Supported Products

This product description gives an overview to the main functionality of Fast Ethernet card
available for different Marconi products as mentioned below:
Product
MSH11C, MSH11CP
MSH41c
MSH51c
MSH64
OMS1664 family
OMS840
SMA1/4CP
SMA Rel. 1.2
SMA Series 3
SMA Series 4
SMA1/4UC, SMA16UC
SMA1/4EX, SMA16EX

Short explanation
STM-1 LO-ADM
STM-4 LO-ADM
STM-16 HO-ADM
STM-64 HO-ADM
STM-64 LO DXC
STM-1 to STM-4 Customer Premises ADM for Ethernet delivery
STM-1 to STM-4 Customer Premises ADM
STM-1 to STM-4 ADM
STM-1 to STM-16 ADM
STM-1 to STM-4 ADM with enhanced data integration
STM-1 to STM-16 ADM with enhanced data integration
STM-1 to STM-16 ADM with enhanced data integration

Table 1: Products which are covered by this Product Description

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With all these products a Fast Ethernet functionality is available, which delivers similar
functionality with slight differences depending on the product structure like numbers of
interfaces per card etc. The introduction of each type of card was at different dates and product
releases (see SDH roadmap).

Products
MSH11C, MSH11CP
MSH41c
MSH51c
MSH64
OMS1664 family
OMS840
SMA1/4CP
SMA Rel. 1.2
SMA Series 3
SMA Series 4
SMA1/4UC, SMA16UC
SMA1/4EX, SMA16EX

10/100M Card SE Codes (1)

SG56A, SG56B
SG56A, SG56B
SG56A, SG56B
SG56A, SG56B
SK56A, SK56B
Integrated solution
SA56A
SP56A, SP56B
SP56A, SP56B
SP56A, SP56B
SP56A, SP56B
SP56A, SP56B

Table 2: Saleable Entity Codes

(1)

: Different SE-Codes points out, that different numbers and types of physical interfaces are
supported, either n x electrical ports and/or m x optical ports.

Each chapter of that Product Description explains generic features and functionality. Short
additional tables point out the differences in realisation depending on the product offered.
For details concerning availability and supported features please have a look into the SDH
Customer Roadmap.

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2 Network Application
2.1

Ethernet Private Line Operation

Customer Edge (CE)

Provider Edge (PE)

Transport channels VC/VCG

GFP
LCAS
SDH protection

Provider Edge (PE)

2
2

Customer Edge (CE)

FE
SDH
ETA
MUX

FE

FE
SDH
ETA
MUX
L2C
FE

SDH Network

FE
CP
SDH
AMUX
10
0 FE

Downstream
Upstream

Figure 1: Transport network using EPL service model

Figure 1 shows a network providing the Ethernet private line service (EPL). It is a leased line
service for packet oriented applications. The SDH transport network connects Ethernet ports on
each side of the network. Each of the private lines (1) to (3) are completely separated, which
means there is a port per customer on each side of the network. The ports are connected via
separate SDH transport containers or transport container groups.
On the network side of an EPL product, each Ethernet frame is mapped into an appropriate
SDH transport container, either a single virtual container VC, or a group of virtual concatenated
containers , e.g. VC-12-nv. On the access side the content of the VC-group is mapped to an
Ethernet port. The complete Ethernet frame is transmitted, including the MAC header.

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3 Functional Block Diagram

Following block diagram shows the main functional blocks and the interworking between them.
10/100
M
.
PHY
.
(MAU)
.
.
10/100
M

Queuing
and
Tail
Drop
Media
Access
Control

F
r
a
m
e
r

S
h
a
p
e
r

Link
Capacity
Adjustment
LCAS

SDH
Line
SDH
STM-X
Interface

SDH
Switch
SDH
Line

GFP

10/100
M
.
PHY
.
(MAU)
.

DCN
Management
Plane

10/100
M

Ethernet
Part

Management
Plane

SDH
Part

LTU
Figure 2: Block diagram

3.1

System Design

Some cards utilise front access, others have the connectors located in the LTU area.
Depending on the specific card type the connectors are either electrical (RJ-45) or optical
(angled LC connectors at SFP cages). The use of SFP cages for plugging in different quantities
and types of SFP modules during operation enables a cost efficient approach, appropriate to
the target application.
The physical interfaces support media detection, speed sensing and Ethernet auto-negotiation
(e.g. duplex mode and flow control). The data flow incoming from customer equipment via the
Media Access Units (MAU) and the Media Access Control (MAC) layer passes a Queuing
function (with optional tail-drop/RED discard policies), a shaper (to adjust the flow to the desired
output bandwidth), the mapper (to create encapsulation according to the GFP-F standard), the
virtual concatenation/LCAS functionality ( to map the traffic to a particular Virtual Container
Group) to reach the SDH switch. There the VCG is switched to the different SDH line modules
to reach the far end of the SDH network.
Figure 2 shows a block diagram of the line interfaces. There are some interfaces reachable via
SFP cages, which can be used in different combinations as explained in the next chapter. Each
SFP module provides inventory information, which is readable by the management system. All
optical interfaces (Ethernet as well as SDH) support an ALS facility with Laser restart button.
3.1.1

Number and Type of Ethernet Ports

Each type of Fast Ethernet card delivers a fixed number of ports. Depending on the type of
Multiplexer which accommodate the card a different number of ports may be available for
operation. This is based on internal HO (VC-4) or LO (VC-12, VC-3) structure as well as slot
bandwidth. For optical ports a SFP cage is provided and can be filled with any appropriate SFP
module. For electrical ports a fixed RJ-45 connector or a electrical SFP is provided. Based on
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that a cost optimised solution can be offered depending on the target application. Additional
each Ethernet port can support different application codes based on different SFP modules.

10/100M
Equipment
[SE-Code]
10/100M Card
[SG56A] (3)

10/100M Card
[SG56B]

10/100M Card
[SK56A]
10/100M Card
[SK56B]
10/100M
[SB56A], [SB56B]
ETS100 (10/100M)
[SA56A]
ETA100 (10/100M)
[SP56A]

ETO100 (100M)
[SP56B]

Applicable for

MSH11C, MSH11CP
MSH41c,
MSH51c,
MSH64,
MSH11C, MSH11CP
MSH41c,
MSH51c,
MSH64,

Ethernet Card SDH

Physical
Connector
Ports
Capacity (2) Connectors Location

8 (1)

4 x VC-4

8 x RJ45
or
6 x RJ45
+ 2 SFP

8 (1)

4 x VC-4

2 x RJ45
+
6 SFP

Card Front

OMS1664 family

16

8 x VC-4

16 x RJ45

LTU Front

OMS1664 family

16

8 x VC-4

16 x SFPs

LTU Front

OMS840

4 x VC-4

4 x RJ45

Equipment
Front

SMA1/4CP

1 x VC-4

8 x RJ45

Card Front

4 x VC-4

8 x RJ45

Card Front

4 x VC-4

8 x SFP

Card Front

SMA Rel. 1.2

SMA Series 3
SMA Series 4
SMA1/4UC, SMA16UC
SMA1/4EX, SMA16EX
SMA Rel. 1.2
SMA Series 3
SMA Series 4
SMA1/4UC, SMA16UC
SMA1/4EX, SMA16EX

Card Front

Table 3: Card Details

1)

HO Multiplexers (MSH64, MSH51C) offers only four of the eight ports

2)

This column mentions the Card capacity. In operation the real capacity is depending on the
product and the slot / backplane / switch capacity, particular to consider in SMA Rel.1.2 and SMA
Series 3/4.

3)

In this particular card, not all connectors may be in use. For some ports a RJ45 AND a SFP is
provided. Only one of them may be connected to the external data equipment.

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Concatenation

For each port of a 10/100M Ethernet card, virtual concatenation according to ITU-T G.707 may
be configured on a per port basis. Depending upon the configuration the maximum transfer rate
to SDH is different.
High Order Multiplexer (MSH64, MSH51c) do not support low order container groups.
VC-12-nv: Incoming data may be mapped into VC-12-nv virtual concatenation group (VCG)
with different n, this enables the payload size to be adjusted with quite a small granularity.
Wire-speed (full Ethernet line rate) transport is provided by: 5 x VC-12 for 10M Ethernet,
46 x VC-12 for 100M Ethernet. Note that the total number of VC-12s available does not
always correspond to the number of VC-12s implied by the slot capacity. A higher Ethernet
bandwidth may be assigned to VC-3 or VC-4 instead of VC-12.
VC-3-nv: Incoming data can be mapped into VC-3 virtual concatenation group with different
n to adjust allocated SDH payload using a larger granularity.
Near wire-speed throughput is provided by 2 x VC-3 for 100M Ethernet.
All VCGs share a fixed bandwidth limit toward the switch unit (see Max. Supported Slot
capacity in Table 4).

MSH11C
MSH11CP
MSH41c
MSH51c
MSH64
OMS1664 family
OMS840
SMA 1/4CP
SMA Rel. 1.2
SMA Series 3
SMA Series 4
SMA1/4UC,
SMA16UC
SMA1/4EX,
SMA16EX

Type and Size of VC-group per Port

VC-12-nv
VC-3-nv VC-4-nv
n = 1...46
n = 1...3
1
n = 1...46
n = 1...3
1
n = 1...46
n = 1...3
1
N/A
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
1
n = 1...46
n = 1...3
1
n = 1...46
n = 1...3
1
n = 1...46
n = 1...3
1
n = 1...46
n = 1...3
1
n = 1...46
n = 1...3
1
n = 1...46
n = 1...3
1

Max. Supported
Slot Capacity
1 x STM-1
1 x STM-1
2 x STM-1
4 x STM-1
4 x STM-1
4 8 x STM-1 (1)
4 x STM-1
1 x STM-1
1 x STM-1
1 4 x STM-1 (1)
1 4 x STM-1 (1)

Total no. of
VC-12 per Card
63
63
126
N/A
N/A
252
126
63
63
126
126

n = 1...46

n = 1...3

4 x STM-1

126

n = 1...46

n = 1...3

2 4 x STM-1 (1)

126

Table 4: Supported concatenation schemes

(1)

: Slot Capacity may be different depending on type of product as well as type of slot

3.3

Generic Framing Procedure (GFP)

The Fast Ethernet card provides transport of Ethernet traffic over SDH. For efficient mapping an
encapsulation protocol of Ethernet over SDH is required. GFP is defined in ITU-T G.7041.
GFP-F provides a generic mechanism to adapt traffic from customer Ethernet sources into SDH
VC-groups. A client frame is received and mapped in its entirety into a variable length GFP
frame which is sized according to the length of client frame. Therefore it may be used for framed
signals which have different frame length.

3.4

Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS)

LCAS in the virtual concatenation source and sink adaptation function provides a control
mechanism to hitlessly increase or decrease capacity of virtual concatenated VC-groups under
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management control. This can optimise the bandwidth used to suit the changing needs of the
applications. Additionally it can provide protection capabilities without the need for full-featured
SNCP, if the VCs of the VC-group are divided and diversely routed, then VCs are temporarily
removed from the overall data flow in case of an error, traffic continues to flow. LCAS provide
benefits like:

Hitless re-sizing of the SDH bandwidth; management of change of the traffic volumes
(increased or decreased traffic rate in the Ethernet service) whilst maintaining service.

Connection protection; in case of fault in one or more VCs of the VCG the system reacts by
decreasing the bandwidth of the service but maintaining the connection; once failed VCs
recover the system automatically re-instates the links to provide the same bandwidth as
assigned to the service as before the fault occurred.

3.5

Supported frame structures

The Fast Ethernet card is able to accept and transfer frame lengths beyond those quoted by the
IEEE802.3 standard. Some Ethernet equipment outside of SDH multiplexers adds additional
structures to normal Ethernet frame, e.g. VLAN headers, MPLS headers. Therefore each
Marconi Fast Ethernet card supports frame length of up to 1600 bytes.

3.6

Link Loss Forwarding (LLF)

Earlier implementations of LLF (Link Loss Forwarding) are available in third party NTEs,
connected by fibre or via another network. The link loss is propagated across the fibre (or
network) carrying the Ethernet signals by various (often non-standard) methods.
Link loss can occur on the failure of the equipment or port attached to the ingress of the link
(incoming Ethernet signal failure), failure of the cable/fibre forming the link, or failure of an NTE
or element within the link. At the egress point, the link loss earlier in the path can be indicated
to a destination device in a variety of ways, including laser shutdown of optical ports. The key
benefit of LLF is that when an Ethernet link fails, the link loss can be detected very quickly
(ideally in the order of milliseconds) by the destination device attached to the egress of the link,
causing some protection action to occur in the destination device (such as switchover to a
protection path).
Marconi follows the ITU-T recommendation G.7041 (Generic Framing Procedure, GFP), as a
definition of how to carry Ethernet frames across an SDH network. GFP includes a Client Signal
Frame (CSF), which can be used to signal within the GFP mechanism across the SDH network.
Marconis LLF solution includes using GFP CSF as one of the triggers to generate a
consequent action at the egress of the link, i.e. GFP can signal failure at the ingress Ethernet
port to the far end (egress port). Card failure or SDH failure within the Ethernet over SDH link
can be forwarded using SDH and LCAS signals. At the egress port, various configurations of
consequent action behaviour are available, depending upon network configurations and type of
Ethernet tributary card. Typically, either sending the egress Ethernet port into an idle state or
switching off the egress Ethernet port can be configured as the consequent action.

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4 Interfaces
Each Fast Ethernet card delivers some external interfaces based on the interface specification
IEEE 802.3. Depending on the product the number of interfaces per card and per subrack is
different. Additionally, the supported application codes of interface could be different (see
below). A mix of optical and copper interfaces may be possible. Connectors for copper are
always RJ-45, for optical fibres LC. Table 5 explains supported application codes.
Application codes
10Base100BaseMSH11C,
MSH11CP
MSH41c
MSH51c
MSH64
OMS1664 family
OMS840
SMA1/4CP
SMA Rel. 1.2
SMA Series 3
SMA Series 4
SMA1/4UC
SMA16UC
SMA1/4EX
SMA16EX

Support of
Ethernet Port Extension 1)

TX, FX

No

T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T

TX, FX, PR 2)
TX, FX
TX, FX, PR 2)
TX, FX, PR 2)
TX
TX
TX, FX, PR 2)
TX, FX, PR 2)
TX, FX, PR 2)

Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes

TX, FX, PR 2)

Yes

TX, FX, PR 2)

Yes

Table 5: Type of supported Ethernet application codes

1)

Ethernet Port Extension (EPE) is a solution that extends Marconis Ethernet over SDH
solutions by providing a managed optical Ethernet fibre drop from the SDH multiplexer. Each
optical Ethernet fibre drop is provided from an optical 100M port on an Ethernet over SDH
tributary card, extending the Ethernet transport service along that fibre, hence port extension.
A Port Extension Module (PEM) is provided at the end of the fibre, the PEM being a managed
NTE that delivers an electrical Ethernet client interface. The operation of EPE is based upon
the principles of the IEEE802.3ah standard that describes a method for remote Ethernet
delivery, also known as Ethernet in the First Mile.
The tributary cards that support subtended PEMs as part of an EPE solution can be deployed
within a wide range of Marconis SMA, OMS and MSH multiplexers. The availability of EPE on
FastE tributary cards is indicated in Table 5.

2)

PR means Proprietary interface (please refer to Table 6)

Each port independently presents an optical Ethernet interface at one of the following types:
Application Code
10Base-T
100Base-TX
100Base-FX
100Base-PR1
100Base-PR2

Wavelength
----850nm
1310nm
1310nm

Cabling
Two pairs of Cat 3 UTP Cable
Two pairs of Cat 5 UTP Cable
50/125 m MMF
S1.1 via SMF (0...11dB)
L1.1 via SMF (10...26dB)

Range
100m
100m
400m
0-20km
10-45km

Table 6: Ethernet application codes

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5 Protection
In general all well known standardised SDH protection mechanism (like MSP, SNCP, MSSPRING) may be used for protecting of Ethernet flows in SDH lines depending on carrying them
in VC-groups. So e.g. SNCP may be used to provide a backup VC (or VC-group) between
source and destination. Additionally, the LCAS protection scheme as described below is
supported.

5.1

LCAS Based Protection

In addition to equipment based protection schemes as mentioned before, it is possible to

establish a virtual concatenated group of VCs via LCAS protocol in order to maintain the data
connection (at a lower bit rate) between the end points in case of a fault. This scheme is based
on the assumption, that single VC-xs of the virtual concatenated VC-group uses different routes
from the source to the destination. If one of these diverse routes fails, LCAS reduces the total
link capacity down to the value that is available on the remaining working route(s). After removal
of the failure it increases the link capacity as configured before for all working routes. During the
failure the total available bandwidth is reduced, but the connection and thus the service is still
maintained at a lower capacity.

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6 Network Management
Integrated network management control is achieved by ServiceOn Optical (SoO) Element and
Network Managers via a Q interface. It allows the Fast Ethernet card to be managed
alongside existing Marconi products.
For SMA family, OMS1664 family and MSH64 an alternative network management control is
achieved by ServiceOn Access (SoA) via device driver. So the Fast Ethernet card can be
managed in SoA managed networks alongside with existing Marconi products.
Both management systems provide comprehensive range of fault, status and performance
monitoring functions with configurable parameters. Interactive operator control is provided for
sub-rack commissioning, traffic connection management, maintenance and diagnostics.
In-field control is provided by an F interface to a PC based Local Craft Terminal
The NMS and the LCT manage all the aspects required by the Fast Ethernet, i.e. card, SDH
and Ethernet information:

Card Based Domain: functions of the card-based domain shall encompass configuration
and alarms for basic hardware/software operations and maintenance, such as card
initialisation, identity and faults and embedded software management.

SDH Traffic Domain: the SDH domain handles the creation/termination of an SDH
container for each Fast Ethernet signal, choosing between VC-12, VC-3, VC-4, or VC-x-nv.
The SDH Domain is compliant to the relevant standards (G.783 Jan 2001 and DEN/TM01015-9-1 draft V0.0.3 10/2000), offering the same functionality and same look and feel
used for VC creation/termination in other MSH/OMS/SMA cards.

Ethernet Domain: functions of the Ethernet domain encompass the configuration,

operation, performance monitoring and alarms for the Ethernet packet-processing functions
of the card.

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Product Description

Generic Fast Ethernet Functionality

7 General Technical Specification

7.1

Type Connectors

7.2

Electrical ports
Optical ports:

RJ-45 connector
LC/PC connectors at SFP modules

Differential Delay

Maximum differential delay between each VC of a VC-group doesnt exceed 32 ms.

7.3

Auto Negotiation

Auto-Negotiation is a function of the Ethernet PHY layer and provides an automatic adaptation
of the most important physical layer functions between two stations. It can be configured on a
per port basis. Additional Auto Negotiation may be switched on/off on a per port basis.

7.4

7.5

Speed Sensing functionality

Duplex Modes
MAC PAUSE capabilities

provides 10M and 100M

supports Full Duplex as well as Half Duplex
provides asymmetric flow control

Shaping and Queue Management

Queue Management:

Tail drop discard or simplified RED

Shaping Function:

Leaky bucket algorithm

Shaping granularity is 250 kbit/s

Performance Management
Snapshot counts related to RFC 2863 and RFC 2665

7.6

Safety and Environment Conditions

This product description describes only a card and therefore only a part of a complete product.
Due that safety rules and climatically environment has to be taken from the dedicated product
where the card is part of.
In general the card delivers:

As per other SMA/MSH/OMS optical units, in the case of fibre break an automatic
laser shutdown (ALS) is provided to avoid danger caused by emission of laser light.
The procedure for automatic laser shutdown and restart is based on ITU-T G.958,
G.664, G.681 and ISO/EN60825-1, -2.

The electrically safety is acc. to EN 60 950

The electrically environment is acc. to ETS 300 386-1

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