Supported Upgrade Paths - Nortel NTRN10AN Planning Manual

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Supported upgrade paths

Supported upgrade paths for OPTera Metro 3500 Release 12.1 are 10.1, 10.3,
10.31, 11.01, 11.02 and 12.0.
OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform
TransportNode OC-12 TBM (Release 14):
— 1+1 linear point-to-point at OC-3, and OC-12 line rates
— virtual ring at OC-3 line rate
TransportNode OC-48 (Release 17):
— 1+1 linear point-to-point at OC-3, OC-12 and OC-48 line rates
— virtual ring at OC-3 and OC-12 line rates
— matched nodes at STS-1, OC-3 and OC-12 line rates
— OC-48 Regenerator
— BLSR at OC-48 line rate
OPTera Long Haul 1600 (Release 7 and higher):
— OC-48 and OC-192 line rates
TransportNode OC-192 (Release 7.0):
— 1+1 linear point-to-point at OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and OC-192 line
rates
— virtual ring at OC-3, OC-12 and OC-48 line rates
for OPE interworking, see OPTera Packet Edge System Planning Guide
(NTRN10YK).
Note: For Nortel Networks interworking and multi-vendor network
scenarios, DCC interoperability can be achieved with the appropriate
provisioning. See Optical Networks Data Communications Network
Planning Guide, NTR710AM.
NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004