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Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 3500 User Manual

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Overview 1-7

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Upgrading a fiber span from an OC-48 to an OC-192 rate

No

Yes

See Note

3

Converting a VT-assigned BLSR connection to a Full VT
BLSR connection

Yes

No

Converting a Full VT BLSR connection to a VT-assigned
BLSR connection

Yes

No

Services

DS1

Yes

Yes

DS3

Yes

Yes

DS3 (Channelized)

Yes

No

EC-1

Yes

Yes

OC-3

Yes

Yes

OC-12

Yes

Yes

OC-48

Yes

Yes

OC-192

No

Yes

Optical Ethernet - Private Line service using 10/100 Ethernet

Yes

Yes

Optical Ethernet - Private Line using Gigabit Ethernet

Yes

Yes

full rate support

OPTera Packet Edge System
See:

• OPTera Metro 3000 OPTera Packet Edge System User Guide

(NTN465YG)

• OPTera Packet Edge System Planning Guide (NTRN10YK)

• OPTera Packet Edge System Network Applications and

Management (NTRN11YK)

Yes

Yes

Resilient Packet Ring (RPR)

Yes

Yes

Storage Network (Fibre Channel (FC100) & FICON)

Yes

Yes

Test Access Electrical and Optical TAPS (monitor and split
states)

Yes

Yes

Hardware (See Note

2

)

Table 1-1 (continued)
Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Feature

Supported on
platforms with
VTX-series
circuit packs

Supported on
platforms with
STX circuit packs

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