Optical Ethernet - Private Line (Oe-Pl) And Storage Applications; 2Xgige/Fc-P2P Circuit Pack - Nortel NTRN10AN Planning Manual

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Optical Ethernet - Private Line (OE-PL) and Storage applications

OPTera Metro 3500 supports efficient point-to-point Ethernet services and
Fibre Channel Storage Area Network Extension services with the introduction
of a new 2xGigabit Ethernet/Fibre Channel- Point-to-Point (2xGigE/FC-P2P)
circuit pack and through the Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) and Virtual
Concatenation (VCAT) standards.

2xGigE/FC-P2P circuit pack

The 2xGigE/FC-P2P circuit pack provides cost-efficient and flexible transport
of "leased line" type services across an OPTera Metro 3500 and/or SONET
network. The 2xGigE/FC-P2P circuit pack also provides 2 independent LAN
ports allowing for transport of Gigabit Ethernet or Fibre Channel signals
across a SONET network where the traffic can be groomed, switched and
monitored by the network.
The 2xGigE/FC-P2P circuit pack circuit pack supports the following features:
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Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN
Operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) features 2-73
OPTera Packet Edge System Planning Guide, NTRN10YK
OPTera Packet Edge System User Guide, NTN465YG
Note: For information on GFP and VCAT, please refer to
Procedure and Virtual Concatenation support on page
2 LAN ports independently configurable as Gigabit Ethernet or Fibre
Channel
— each LAN port can be configured to Gigabit Ethernet, or
— each LAN port can be configured to Fibre Channel (FC100)/FICON, or
— one LAN port configured Gigabit Ethernet and the other to Fibre
Channel (FC100)/FICON
Ethernet Services - dedicated private point-to-point layer 1 transport
Fibre Channel Services - dedicated private point-to-point layer 1
transparent transport (full-rate or sub-rate extended reach)
Network connectivity
— SONET contiguous (STS-1, STS-3c, STS-12c and STS24c)
— Virtual concatenation (STS-1-nv, n = 1 through 21 or STS-3c-nv, n = 1
through 7)
Generic Framing Procedure - Frames (GFP-F) of Ethernet frames into
SONET
Generic Framing Procedure - Transparent (GFP-T) encapsulation of Fibre
Channel frames into SONET
Network protection using UPSR, BLSR, and 1+1 linear
Generic Framing
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Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004