upgrade from oc48 to oc192

[welcommen]

our company has a ONS 15454 ,the SW version is ONS 1545404.61-004B-03.02, chassis BACKPLANE_454 and we are using OC48-IR-130 cards.my question is :

-Using current SW and chassis, is it possible to use OC-192 cards?

-which oc192 card i should select.

[Marvin Rhoads]

The OC-192 card is supported as of release 4.0 or greater, so you are in good shape. (reference: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps2006/products_data_sheet09186a0080091fc7.html ).

The XFP-based optics OC-192 card requires Release 6.0. (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps2006/products_data_sheet0900aecd8031a218.html)

Upgrading to OC-192 can be an expensive proposition. What's your current configuration? (BLSR ring, number of nodes, any 1:1 protection linears, etc.) In some cases adding a second OC-48 may make more sense.