About Line Cards; Ncs4K-4H-Opw-Qc2 Line Card - Cisco NCS 4000 Series Hardware Installation

About Line Cards

• When the card status LED is blinking yellow, the card is not fully seated.
• When the card status LED is off, verify that the card is installed correctly. There could be no power
• Verify that there is power to the card by looking at the indicators on the power tray.
To verify which card needs attention, the Attention LED can be lit using the hw-module attention-led
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location CLI command.
If the installed or replaced FC fails to operate or power on after installation:
• Ensure that the card is seated firmly in the Cisco NCS 4016 chassis slot. One easy way to verify physical
• Ensure that the ejector levers are latched and that the captive screws are fastened properly. If you are
• Examine the power system to see whether the chassis is receiving power.

About Line Cards

The Cisco NCS 4016 chassis supports Optical Transport Network (OTN) line cards (LCs), packet LCs, and
Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) line cards. You can have a mix of OTN, packet, and
DWDM line cards in the same chassis.
This section describes the following line cards:
For a list of the pluggable optics that are supported, see the

NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 Line Card

The NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 line card supports OTN, packet and WDM switching for 400G traffic and contains:
• Two CFP2 ports. Each port can support 100 Gbps (DWDM QPSK) or 200Gbps (DWDM 16 QAM)
• Four QSFP28/QSFP+ ports
• Six QSFP+ ports
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applied to the card, a power fault, or a hardware fault.
installation is to see whether the front faceplate of the FC is even with the fronts of the other cards
installed in the card cage.
uncertain, unlatch the levers, loosen the screws, and attempt to reseat the FC.
WDM signals
The QSFP28 ports also support QSFP+ optics and can be used as 1x40G ports or 4x10G
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ports.
The QSFP+ ports can be split and used as 1x40G ports or 4x10G ports.
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Installing Route Processor Cards, Fabric Cards, and Line Cards
Pluggable Optics Support, on page 85.