Optics and Optical Networking

Hi,we have 2 fibers between 2 DCs and we want to use DWDM to have:- 4x10G IP Links- 4x8G FC links I am new in Optical networking and I would like to know what I need to achieve this setup. The devices that will have a link between Data Centers are Ne...

Folks,I am working with my telco and they say their fiber run is roughly half a mile (840 m). Due to the latter, what type of fiber would be used? I am suspecting this to be Single Mode; however, I do not work with fiber. I am only curious as to what...

In a ONS 15454 MSTP M6 chassy (DWDM) both Transport Node Controller (TNC) and Transport Shelf Controller (TSC) cards can be installed in slot 1and 8 to perform system initialization, provisioning, alarm reporting, maintenance and diagnostics.Can some...

Customer would like to receive extra information (and step-by-step) regarding calculations of Optical Power for TX / RX according the information delivered at the beginning: - SFP model: GLC-SX-MM- Fiber: 62.5 micron OM1- Aprox. 500ft distance- 6 con...

Im working on a client's project and we are tasked to provide WAN connectivity between 2 sites, 20km apart. We have to do the configuration out of the box. This is all new to me as we are more focused in traditional copper. Ive been trying to find a ...

DWDM 9.8 Software has issue with Backup Memory Failure, can some one suggested the solution? Is it the bug or any release to fix it?

The upgrade document looks like you can from the sub section for 15454 M6 nodes but it is not real specific.

We have a ring of M6 chassis, equipped with GE_XP cards creating an Ethernet ring.We are running a ton of multicast across the  network, and have decided to have the GE_XP (xponder cards) do IGMP snooping to reduce the amount of m-cast traffic floodi...

 HiWe insert a SFP GLC-EX-SMD in a Module C3KX-NM-1G, in switch ws-3560X-48T, but appear a message " dont supported" and the port remains in error-disable. we probe in the four port of module C3KX-NM-1G.In paper from webpage of Cisco, say that is sup...

Hello, could someone help if the module C3KX-SM already support the transceivers GLC-T.  There is a message that is should be supported later times:http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-3750-x-series-switches/white_paper_...

A standard SFP-10G-ER is supposed to run transmit/receive on 1530 to 1565 nm, is it possible to use this over a 1550 nm channel in a CWDM solution like the CWDM-OADM4-2= ?I trying to find a cheap way to combine a 10G Ethernet and a 4G FiberChannel (w...