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CHAPTER 2
Quick Installation Procedures
This chapter describes procedures for installing essential hardware components. This section describes
common hardware installation tasks. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware Installation Guide
or the Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Installation Guide for complete hardware installation
instructions.
This chapter contains the following major sections:
• Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware, page 2-1
• Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware, page 2-
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware Perform this procedure to install the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP chassis in a standard 19-inch rack: Step 1 Place the L brackets on the sides of the chassis. Step 2 Secure the L brackets to the chassis using the 14 M4 Phillips countersunk-head screws provided in the rack-mount kit. Use seven screws on each L bracket on the sides of the chassis. Step 3 Place the top cable guide over the top of the chassis. Ensure that t
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware Perform the following procedure to install the processor card in the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP. Step 1 Insert the processor card carefully into chassis slot 6. Guide the upper and lower edges of the motherboard or processor card in the tracks until its connectors come into contact with the backplane. Step 2 Use your thumb and forefinger of each hand to simultaneously push the motherboard or processor card in until it
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware Table 2-1 Processor Card LEDs (continued) LED Status Description Alarm Cutoff Yellow A major or minor alarm condition exists and the cutoff button has been pushed. Turns off by software when the original alarm clears or any new alarm occurs. History Yellow A major or minor alarm occurred. Clears if the History Clear button is pushed and no alarm exists. 1. NME = network management Ethernet 2. ASE = aggregation s
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware Installing Mux/Demux Motherboards and Mux/Demux Modules The Cisco ONS 15540 ESP chassis uses one optical mux/demux motherboard for unprotected operation or two per system for protected operation. Installing Mux/Demux Motherboards You can install up to two motherboards into slot 0 and slot 1. Perform the following procedure to install a mux/demux motherboard. Note In Cisco ONS 15540 ESP systems, there are additio
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware Installing 4-Channel or 8-Channel Mux/Demux Modules This section describes the procedure for installing a 4-channel or 8-channel mux/demux module in the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP. To install the module, follow these steps: Step 1 Remove the dust covers from the module, and clean the optical connectors. See the “Cleaning Optical Connectors” section on page 2-28. Caution Wear grounding wrist straps to avoid ESD damage t
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware Transponders are available in single-mode, and multimode. Line card motherboards are available with or without splitter protection. Note In Cisco ONS 15540 ESP systems, there are additional rules for slot placement of mux/demux modules and line cards. For more information on shelf rules, refer to the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Planning and Design Guide. Installing Line Card Motherboards Perform the following procedure
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware Installing SM Transponder Modules or MM Transponder Modules Perform the following procedure to install SM transponder modules or MM transponder modules. Step 1 Remove the dust covers from the module, and clean the optical connectors. See the “Cleaning Optical Connectors” section on page 2-28. Step 2 Lift the latch handle on the transponder module and insert the module carefully into the motherboard slot while gu
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Hardware Step 3 Lift the latch handle on the extended range transponder module and insert the module carefully into the motherboard slot while guiding the upper and lower edges of the module in the tracks until its connectors come into contact with the backplane connectors. You hear a click when it is connected. Step 4 Push the latch on the module down to secure the module in place. Table 2-5 lists the LEDs for the exten
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Connecting Mux/Demux Module and OSC Ports Perform the following steps to connect the motherboard and module. Use MU-MU connectors (short fiber length) to connect OSC ports of the motherboard to OSC In and OSC Out on the module. Step 1 Connect OSC Tx from the motherboard to OSC In on the module. Step 2 Connect OSC Rx from the motherboard to OSC Out on the module. Connecting 4-Channel or 8-Channel Mux/Demux Modul
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Preparing to Install the Chassis Perform this procedure to install the Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx chassis in a standard 19-inch rack: Step 1 Place the L brackets on the sides of the chassis. Step 2 Secure the L brackets to the chassis using the #12-24 screws provided in the rack-mount kit. Use seven screws on each L bracket on the sides of the chassis. Start with the first screw at the top of the chassis and use a sc
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Installing Cross Connect Drawers The process for installing the cable storage and cross connect drawers is the same. The order of placement beneath the chassis is important, and the drawers should be installed in the following order from top to bottom: a. Cable storage drawer b. Cross connect drawer c. Cross connect drawer d. Cable storage drawer e. Cross connect drawer f. Cross connect drawer The first cable s
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Installing the Vertical Cable Guides Vertical cable guides for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx are installed onto the rack next to the cross connect drawers. They are used to guide and hold down the cables from the line card motherboards into the cross connect drawers. To install the vertical cable guides onto the chassis, follow these steps: Step 1 Make sure you have the correct vertical cable guide for the side of t
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Table 2-6 Processor Card LEDs (continued) LED Status Description Link Green Link is up. Off Link is down. 2 ASE Full Duplex Green Full duplex is running. Off Half duplex is running. 100 Mbps Green Operating at 100 Mbps. Off Operating at 10 Mbps. Link Green Link is up. Off Link is down. Critical Alarm Yellow A critical alarm condition exists. Major Alarm Yellow A major alarm condition exists. Minor Alarm Yellow
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Connecting the Console Port The console port is a female, DCE (data communications equipment), DB-25 receptacle used for connection to a console terminal or modem. To connect cables to the console port, follow these steps: Step 1 Place the DB-25 connector in front of the console port on the processor card faceplate. Step 2 Align the male DB-25 connector with the female console port. Step 3 Gently push the DB-25
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware To install the module, follow these steps: Step 1 Remove the dust covers from the module, and clean the optical connectors. See the “Cleaning Optical Connectors” section on page 2-28. Caution Wear grounding wrist straps to avoid ESD damage to the card. Do not directly touch the backplane with your hand or any metal tool, or you could shock yourself. Step 2 Insert the module carefully into the motherboard slot w
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Table 2-7 Mux/Demux Motherboard LEDs LED Status Description Status Blinking green Motherboard has a good system clock from the primary processor and is out of the reset state. Solid green Software initialization is successful. Orange System clock is not present. Board is unavailable. Off Board failure Tx Solid green OSC is present and the optical laser output is enabled. Off OSC is not present and the optical l
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Step 3 Use the handles to push the line card motherboard in until it is fully seated in the backplane connector. Step 4 Install blank covers into the unused motherboard slots. Table 2-8 lists the LEDs on the line card motherboard faceplate, their default conditions, and what the conditions indicate. Table 2-8 Line Card Motherboard LEDs LED Status Description Status Blinking green Motherboard has a good system c
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Installing Extended Range Transponder Modules Perform this procedure to install extended range transponder modules. Step 1 Remove the dust covers from the module, and clean the optical connectors. See the “Cleaning Optical Connectors” section on page 2-28. Step 2 Install the transceiver by inserting it into the extended range transponder. Push the transceiver until it is securely set in the module. Step 3 Lift
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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware Cabling Mux/Demux Modules This section describes the connections between pairs of mux/demux modules and between mux/demux modules and mux/demux motherboards in the Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx. The assumption is made that the motherboard and modules are already installed and checked. Connecting Mux/Demux Module and OSC Ports Perform the following steps to connect the motherboard and module. Use MU-MU connectors (short
