Configuring Sonet - Cisco ASR 900 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring SONET

This module describes how to configure Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET). SONET defines optical
signals and a synchronous frame structure for multiplexed digital traffic. SONET equipment is generally
used in North America.
The transport network using SONET provides much more powerful networking capabilities than existing
asynchronous systems.
• Overview of SONET, page 20
• Restrictions for SONET, page 20
• SONET Switching , page 21
• SONET Hierarchy, page 22
• STS-1 and STS-3 Frames, page 23
• SONET Line and Section Configuration Parameters, page 24
• BERT, page 25
• Concatenated SONET Frames, page 26
• SONET Path Level Configuration Parameters, page 26
• Channelized SONET Frames, page 27
• SONET T1 Configuration Parameters, page 27
• SONET T3 Configuration Parameters, page 27
• SONET VT Configuration Parameters, page 28
• SONET Protection Switching , page 28
• Alarms at SONET Layers, page 33
• How to Configure SONET, page 35
• ONS Pluggables, page 51
• Configuring BERT in Sonet for CESoPSN, page 53
• Clock Recovery System in CESoPSN, page 55
• Configuring Clocking for ACR and DCR on APS for CESoPSN, page 60
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