Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 3500 - Manual (Page 27)

Overview 1-15
Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004
Time of day synchronization Yes Yes
VT1.5 group alarm Yes No
Note 1: See Table 1-2 on page 1-16 for a list of optical circuit packs supported by each STX and
VTX-series circuit packs.
Note 2: See Table 1-2 on page 1-16 for a list of optical circuit packs supported by each STX and
VTX-series circuit packs.
Note 3: This is an out-of service procedure.
Note 4: The OPTera Metro 3500 Shelf assembly (NTN476AA) must be upgraded using power module
and cooling upgrade kit (NTN458MW) to support OC-192 optical interfaces.
Note 5: This interface is below the hardware baseline for OPTera Metro Release 12.1 and it is not
supported.
Note 6: DS1 PMs are available through DSM connected to OPTera Metro 3500 equipped with STX-192
circuit pack.
Note 7: Supported on all new Release 12.1 circuit packs (OC12x4 STS, OC-48 STS and OC-192)
along with all OC-48 circuit packs and selected OC-12 circuit packs (NTN404JA, NTN404KA,
NTN404LA, NTN404MA).
Note 8: Site Manager Release 6.0.1 is backward compatible to the following releases:
— OPTera Metro 3500 Releases 10.1, 10.3, 10.31, 11.01, 11.02, 12.0 and 12.1
— OPTera Metro 3300/3400 Releases 9.12, 11.11 and 11.12
— OPTera Metro 3100 Release 4.01 and 4.02
Note 9: For OPTera Metro 3500 equipped with STX-192 circuit packs (STS-managed), path trace must
be monitored on the path terminating equipment such as DSM module, DS3, 2x100BT- P2P,
2xGigGE/FC circuit packs.
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