4PIO Pluggable I/O Module
Ports per Card - Supports up to four OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, GE, OC-48/STM-16, or OC-48 STM-16 DWDM SFPs.
Protection - 1+1, 0:1, ring, mesh

1PIO Pluggable I/O Module
Ports per Card - Supports one SR or LR OC-192/STM-64 XFP:
Protection - 1+1, 0:1, ring, mesh

Common Equipment
Timing and shelf controller card - Timing and control functions - System initialization, provisioning, alarm reporting, maintenance, diagnostics, IP address detection and resolution, stratum 3E timing, DCC termination, and system fault detection.

Core cross-connect card - Fully redundant, central switching element providing 6144 STS-1/VC-3 (2048 VC-4) switching capacity, fully cross-point, nonblocking, broadcast supporting

Input/output (I/O) shelf assembly - Shelf assembly with backplane, fan tray assembly (3), fan tray filter, customer access panel (Ethernet interfaces, 32 alarm inputs/outputs, external timing references for T1, E1, and J1)

Power distribution unit (PDU) - Fully redundant PDU with both A and B side power supplies, including multiple circuit breakers; one PDU supplies power for up to three Cisco ONS 15600 shelves

Platform Features

Topologies Supported
• 64 UPSR/SNCP (any combination of UPSR/SNCP, BLSR/MS-SPRing, and 1+1 APS/MSP can be mixed within the allowable maximums)
• 32 two-fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing with Dual Ring Interconnect (DRI) support
• 8 OC-192 / 32 OC-48 four-fiber BLSR (4f MS-SPRing: future release)
• 64 1+1 APS/MSP, uni-or bidirectional
• Path Protected Mesh Networking (PPMN)

Node Configurations
• Multiring (mixed UPSR/SNCP, BLSR/MS-SPRing, and 1+1 APS/MSP)
• Linear ADM
• Mesh
• Regenerator
• Star/hub

User Interface - Cisco Transport Controller
• Integrated node and subnetwork GUI craft interface
• Layered graphical views - network, node, and card levels
• A-to-Z circuit routing
– Automatic internode cross-connect provisioning
– Detailed circuit map
– Protected or unprotected circuits
– Nodal diversity option
– Balanced traffic option
– Single session, multiple circuit creation
• Node auto-discovery with provisionable subnetwork domain control
• Provisionable background maps
• System inventory
• Flexible color schemes
• Data export
• Online help
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) passthrough
• PC-based client
• Familiar browser interface - Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer

Maintenance
• Loopbacks - facility and terminal
• Protection switching
• Database backup and restore
• Lamp test
• Test and bridging access

Performance Monitoring (SONET/SDH)
• Telcordia GR-253-CORE, G.823, G.825, G.826, G.829
• 15 minute (32 entries), 24 hour (28 entries)
• Near- and far-end reporting
• Provisionable threshold crossing alerts
• Intermediate path performance monitoring (IPPM)
• SNMP Remote Monitoring (RMON)

Alarm Monitoring and Reporting
• Shelf LEDs are: Critical, Major, Minor, Processor
• The following cards have the following LEDs:
– TSC: STAT, SRV, ACT/STBY, Line, External, Free Run, Holdover, ACO
– CXC: STAT, SRV
– SSXC: STAT, SRV
– ASAP: STAT, SRV, SD, SF, Laser On
– Fan: STAT
• Cisco Transport Controller
• Cisco Transport Manager
• Thirty-two alarm contact closures (standard) - critical, major, minor, remote

System Upgrades
• Optical span
• Ring protection
• Software (local or remote)

Network Management Interface Support
• SNMP Versions 1 and 2c
• TL1 (GR-189-CORE and GR-833-CORE)

System Access
• 10BASE-T LAN, RJ-45 front and rear, provisionable Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• DB9 connectors for TL1 terminal

After reading the article a user would have gained understanding of technical specifications of Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP.

The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP provides 320 gigabits of switching, grooming, aggregation, and bandwidth management capacity in a single shelf, with each 7-foot Network Equipment Building Systems (NEBS) 2000 rack supporting up to three shelves. Networkwide scalable capacity must extend through the edge and metro core and ultimately to service POPs. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP in conjunction with the Cisco ONS 15454 MSPP enables network scalability from the metro edge all the way to the services POP.

Patented Cooling for High Port-Density Long-Reach Optics
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP has a patented cooling system that enables it to provide 32 OC-192/STM-64 or 128 OC-48/STM-16/Gigabit Ethernet optical interfaces in a single shelf. This patented cooling system makes it possible for the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP to scale to higher bit-rate interfaces such as OC-768/STM-256.

SONET/SDH DCC Processing Power Provides Full Visibility of the Network
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP is capable of terminating and processing hundreds of DCC channels simultaneously, allowing full network visibility. It is this inherent capability that allows end-to-end services to be provisioned and the complete network to be monitored through management software such as Cisco Transport Controller and Cisco Transport Manager.

Like the Cisco ONS 15454, the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP uses advanced IP for DCC communications. However, Cisco realizes that many traditional metro edge network elements use the OSI protocol stack for DCC communication. Attempting to communicate with network elements which use OSI in their DCC channel is an interoperability limitation. To address this and to eliminate the need for colocated traditional network elements, the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP uses the ITU G.7712 standard to terminate OSI-based DCC channels and forward the traffic to the data communication network (DCN) router. The G.7712 standard provides a framework for interworking between network elements that use OSI and IP in the DCC channel.

Management and Provisioning
With the Cisco Transport Controller, an easy-to-use Java-based, point-and-click craft graphical user interface (GUI), the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP provides scalable bandwidths, easy switching and grooming, A-to-Z circuit provisioning, auto network element discovery with network topology, and custom bandwidth management, allowing service providers to design transport networks around subscriber needs rather than around equipment limitations.

The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP is also supported by the Cisco Transport Manager. Cisco Transport Manager is the carrier-class element management system that provides advanced capabilities in the functional management areas of configuration, faults, performance, and security for Cisco optical network elements, subnetworks, and networks. Cisco Transport Manager is based on a client-server architecture that scales to support up to 3000 network elements and 100 simultaneous clients.

A user should note that the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP meets all OSS/NMS and Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements (OSMINE) requirements, supporting Transaction Language One (TL1), Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), TIRKS, NMA, and TEMS interfaces.

• Backplane connector replacement
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP allows for the in-service replacement of backplane connectors if they are damaged. When repair is performed properly with the supplied tool, a backplane can be safely repaired without powering the system down.

• Fully hot-swappable
All system components, including line interface cards, common cards, fan trays, power distribution units (PDUs), and customer access panels, are fully hot-swappable, allowing a service technician to add and remove components without having to remove power from the system.

Carrier-Class Operations
Now, let’s have a look at the Carrier-Class Operations. The Cisco ONS 15600 provides carrier-class software features optimized for deployment in today’s large carrier networks.

• Fully nonblocking connectivity
Helps ensure that all connections made through the Cisco ONS 15600 are nonblocking, thereby providing a very high degree of network reliability.

• Errorless software upgrades
There are no bit errors observable in overhead or payload streams during a software upgrade on the Cisco ONS 15600. An upgrade is normally characterized by a bulk reconfiguration of the system database and/or a replacement of system software or firmware.

• Multiarea Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Enables network scalability to scores of nodes directly connected to the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP.

• Security features
Security is a top priority for every service provider, because without effective security, provisioned circuits and service provider revenue are at risk. Several security features are provided to offer adequate protection for a service provider’s network:

– Firewall capability
Prevents users outside of the section data communication channel (SDCC) management network from sending traffic into the SDCC management network.

– Superuser-initiate
Allows the superuser to log out another user immediately.

– Password spinning
Allows a maximum number of login attempts, and blocks that username after the maximum number of attempts has been exceeded.

– Audit trail
Offers capability to archive the audit trail records.

– Timeout control
Times out a user session after a specified period of time has passed.

• Provisionable alarms
Alarm severity (critical, major, minor) as well as the service-affecting designation (rot reported, not alarmed) can be provisioned. The software also provides user-defined alarm profiles, along with a default alarm profile that is set to Telcordia or ITU specifications.

• Ease of use
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP software enables customers to perform operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P) tasks in the most efficient manner possible. This is accomplished with such features as a Java-based craft interface (Cisco Transport Controller) self-install wizard, span upgrade wizards, and circuit provisioning wizards.

After reading the article, a user would have gained knowledge and understanding about Cisco ONS 15600’s Carrier-Class Serviceability

The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP provides greater than five-nines reliability, or 99.9995 percent uptime. These reliability figures are a combination of numerous system-level and component-level attributes including:

• System components
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP uses components with life spans that well exceed the serviceability lifetime of the five-nines reliability. The use of high-availability components minimizes the chances of a failure because of a component fault. If there is a component fault, the entire Cisco ONS 15600 system is 1:1 protected to help ensure carrier-class availability.

• Restoration time
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP supports less than 25ms protection switching time, a 50 percent improvement over current industry standards.

• System exposure
Exposed reset buttons produce a higher probability of vulnerability to faults caused by external forces. To remove that exposure, the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP eliminates exposed reset buttons that could be pressed inadvertently.

• Power
The power feeds need to be extremely robust when compared to a typical wire feed and must provide a mechanically rigid power delivery system that would be extremely difficult to displace. Each power feed to the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP is carried over individually laminated solid metal bars that also provide an integrated approach to power filtering. These power feeds are fully redundant and fully isolated. The power feeds supply power to the A and B power bus bars, which in turn provide power to each shelf component through the redundant power backplane. If one of the power feeds fails, each shelf component automatically selects the working power backplane in an error-free transaction.

• Automatic shutdown
If both central office power feeds fail, the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP performs an orderly, sequenced system shutdown. This “graceful shutdown” feature allows the platform to power down in an orderly and predictable manner, helping ensure that the platform sustains no damage and the system is ready to return to service when the central office/service point of presence (POP) fault is repaired.

• SONET/SDH backplane
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP has fully redundant backplane connectivity to the line interface cards and the cross-connect cards. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP traffic moves from the interface cards to the cross-connect cards and back by traffic being placed on both copies of the backplane. Each backplane trace on both copies is constantly monitored for quality. If errors are detected within the system, a hitless redundant copy switch is performed.

• Control backplane
Similar to the other data paths on the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP, control signals are sent to each shelf component over a fully redundant control backplane.

• Timing
The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP provides an internal stratum 3E clock, providing extended holdover when operating in an internal timed mode. This timing or timing derived from an external BITS or line-timed source is provided to each of the shelf components through a redundant timing backplane.

Fully Cisco designed and engineered, the Cisco ONS 15600 Multiservice Switching Platform (MSSP) simplifies and revolutionizes bandwidth management in the metro core by allowing service providers to transparently integrate their metro core and metro edge networks, while dramatically reducing initial turn up costs.

The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP is a true multiservice switch and provides following opportunities:
carrier-class reliability, availability, serviceability, operations, and management. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP combines the functionality of multiple metro systems, including SONET/SDH multiplexers and digital cross-connect network elements, in one scalable, easy-to-use platform. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP supports all metro topologies such as point-to-point, linear add/drop, rings, and mesh.

The Cisco ONS 15600 provides superior flexibility in designing next-generation metro networks. It complements the market-leading Cisco ONS 15454 MSPP as well as the Cisco ONS 15300 Series MSPPs. The Cisco ONS 15600 uses the proven architecture and operating software of the Cisco ONS 15454, allowing service providers the opportunity to dramatically simplify their metro networks and realize immediate cost, space, and operational benefits. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP provides complete integration of metro core and edge networks for service provisioning and network management.

Please note that by using the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP, users, service providers and businesses will have an opportunity to realise the significant reductions in capital expenditures (CapEx) and improved time to revenue with enhanced operational capabilities.

With excellent aggregation and concentration of multiple services merged with fully integrated optical transport functionality, the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP dramatically reduces service-delivery costs. NEBS Level 3 compliant and mounted in a Telcordia NEBS 2000-compliant 7-foot rack 23 inches wide by 23 inches deep, the Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP delivers extremely high bandwidth, port density, and flexibility and has a very small footprint and low first cost. The Cisco ONS 15600 MSSP is easy to install, provision, and upgrade.

If a user has read the article then he/she would have learnt about the Cisco ONS 15600.

Product specification
Call Signalling
SIP trunk with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Version 6.1.3 or later and IP Version 4 (IPv4).

Media Protocol
Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP) and Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and IP Unicast.

Video Protocol
H.264 baseline high-definition (HDTV) 16:9 aspect ratio.

Video Resolution
Progressive 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels at 30 frames per second [fps]) and 720p (1280 x 720 pixels at 30 fps).

Auto-Collaboration Video
1024 x 768 pixels presentation video at 1, 5, or 30 fps.

Audio
Advanced audio coding with low delay (AAC-LD/HBR) 22-MHz (CD-quality%

Scalability
The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch is designed for any sized workgroup to deliver multipoint meetings among Cisco TelePresence endpoints, with support for up to 48 screens in a single meeting. Additionally, Multipoint Switch cascading is supported to enable meetings with up to 90 screens. Please note that only static meetings are supported when cascading.

Impromptu Calling
During an active meeting, the conference manager can add another party from the web interface and the participant is automatically added to the meeting. The automated-Attendant capabilities on the Multipoint Switch allow any Cisco TelePresence endpoint to dial into a scheduled meeting. After a user enters the conference ID that the Automated-Attendant requests, a user is joined into the appropriate meeting.

High Performance and Low Latency
The high-performance Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch server provides very low latency, allowing natural conversation and quick multipoint switching between Cisco TelePresence meeting rooms.

Audio Add-On
Remote, audio-only participants can join a meeting by using conferencing features on the meeting-room phone or by integrating an audio conferencing bridge into the meeting in both point-to-point and multipoint calls.

Director Controls
For special events, custom video switching and audio mixing are often required. It is now possible using the web-based controls in the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch Administration.

Encryption
The Cisco TelePresence solution supports full media and signaling encryption with no discernable latency to the Cisco TelePresence call for up to 48 screens. In addition, Cisco TelePresence meetings can be designated as nonsecure, secure best effort, and always secure. Meeting encryption status is indicated on-screen at the start of a call or when it changes, and on the phone at all times.

Video Announce
This configurable option allows new participants joining a meeting to briefly be shown on the displays of all participants already in the meeting so they know a new party has joined.

Bandwidth Management
Automatic camera transmission control significantly reduces network traffic by eliminating the data feeds of nonspeaking meeting participants. Each meeting can be assigned a maximum quality (rate). If a Cisco TelePresence endpoint that has been assigned a lower bandwidth rate joins, the bandwidth rate of the conference automatically decreases.

Comprehensive Diagnostics
Diagnostics features include system status information, alarms, downloadable logs (syslog messages), and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support.
Call Detail Records (CDRs). Call records provide meeting start and stop data and participant details. A user can export records to a third-party application for manipulation and data sorting.

Meeting Controls
Multipoint Switch provides the following meeting control features:
• Participant list: Allows a user to view a list of all the endpoints in the meeting
• View control: Displays the active speaker or the active room
• Meeting access: Enables or disables other endpoints from joining the current meeting

By reading this article, a user would have gained understanding and knowledge about the benefits that Cisco telepresence multipoint switch can provide.

The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch (Multipoint Switch) allows geographically dispersed organizations to hold Cisco TelePresence meetings across multiple locations reliably and easily. With support for up to 90 screens in a single meeting across a mix of endpoints, the switch allows all participants to be seen in life-like, high-definition video and heard in CD-quality, spatial audio combined with the industry’s lowest latency.

The industry-leading design of the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch delivers voice-activated switching either site-by-site (site switching) or by individual table segment (segment switching). This affordable appliance is also easy to install and manage.

Design
The design is user-friendly and multipoint meetings are scheduled using enterprise groupware (such as Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes), and they start with just a click of a button on the meeting room phone. It is so simple that it removes the need for support personnel to set up meetings. Organizations can connect participants quickly and easily with multiple locations in the same meeting by giving empowerment to a user to communicate and collaborate.

Features
Let’s have a look at the features of the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch:

Support for 48 video screens
The system supports conferences with up to 48 total screens. Any combination of the following endpoints is supported:
– Cisco TelePresence System 500 Series (single screen)
– Cisco TelePresence Systems 3010 and 3210 (three screens)
– Cisco TelePresence System 1300 Series (single screen)
– Cisco TelePresence System Profile Series (single screen)
– Cisco TelePresence System EX Series (single screen)
– Cisco TelePresence System 500 Series (single screen)

Videoconferencing interoperability
When linked with the Cisco MXE 5600 Media Experience Engine, the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch provides full interoperability with the installed base of H.323 and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) videoconferencing endpoints.

Spatial, interactive audio
Multichannel, discrete audio means sound comes from the direction of the speaker, allowing voice tracking as audio is switched between locations. Sub-10-ms latency brings transparent switching between sites or segments during a multipoint call.

Cisco TelePresence WebEx OneTouch
When combined with Cisco TelePresence Manager, audio and data collaboration can be shared with the Cisco WebEx application. It allows sharing of participant lists and viewing of Cisco TelePresence video for the current speaker.

Affordable and easy to install and manage
Web-based administration with role-based profiles is easy for administrators at both group and department levels. Three roles are available: system administrator for access to all functions, conference management for control over meetings, and diagnostics-only for technical access to system processes.

Cisco Prime Collaboration Manager support
As an end-to-end monitoring and troubleshooting system for Cisco TelePresence meetings, Cisco Prime Collaboration Manager monitors the status of all Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switches discovered within the network.

If a user has read the article then he/she would have learnt about Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch.

Cisco TelePresence System 3010
Cisco TelePresence system 3010 provides a opportunity to a user to meet face to face without the system allows 6 people to connect with up to 48 locations in order to deliver collaborative environment with an in person experience. The Cisco TelePresence System 3010 is ideal for customer engagements with small or large groups, supply-chain optimizations, press and media briefings, or regular team meetings.

The Cisco TelePresence System 3010 system includes:
• Three 65-inch plasma screens and a specially designed physical table that seats 6 participants on each side of the virtual table
• Additional LCD display for sharing rich media content and other data using simple auto-collaborate functionality
• Integrated cameras, lights, microphones, and speakers that optimize the experience and use less power than a Cisco TelePresence System 3000
• Seamless integration with all Cisco TelePresence products and solutions to lower total cost of ownership, increase return on investment, and ease deployment

Cisco TelePresence System 3000
Now, let’s have a look at Cisco TelePresence System 3000. The Cisco TelePresence System 3000. The system presents an opportunity to a user for customer engagements, presentations to small or large groups, and supply-chain discussions. It is also ideal for press briefings, operational or engineering reviews, negotiations, or regular team meetings.

The Cisco TelePresence System 3000 includes three 65-inch plasma screens and a specially designed table that seats six participants in one location. It also includes:
• Life-size images with ultra-high-definition video and spatial audio help a user see every expression and hear every word.
• Each multipoint meeting can support up to 48 locations on a single call.
• This system integrates cameras, a lighting array, microphones, and speakers, all tuned to optimize the experience.
• Easy-to-use and integrated, optimized environmental features make it simple to schedule and launch calls.
• Integration with the highly available Cisco network offers reliability, quality of service (QoS), and security.

If a user has read the article then he/she would have learnt about Cisco TelePresence Systems 3010 and 3000.