Nortel Passport 15000 Guide

Passport 15000, 20000
Hardware Description
241-1501-200

Passport 15000, 20000
Hardware Description
Publication: 241-1501-200
Document status: Standard
Document version: 5.2S2
Document date: Februrary 2004
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Passport 15000, 20000 Hardware Description 5.2S2
Publication history
March 2004 5.2S2 Standard
General availability. Contains information on Passport 15000 and
Passport 20000 for the PCR5.2 release.

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Passport 15000, 20000 Hardware Description 5.2S2
Contents
About this document 27
Who should read this document and why 27
What you need to know 27
What’s new in this document 28
Structural changes 31
16-port OC-3/STM-1 POS and ATM FP with PEC NTHW44 33
An additional version of the lower and upper cooling units 33
Enclosing a NEBS 2000 frame with doors and side panels 34
Voice services processor 3 with optical TDM interface
(2pOC3ChSmIrVsp3) 34
Y-protection for dual 16-port OC-3/STM-1 POS and ATM FPs 34
Related documents 34
How to get more help 35
Chapter 1
Introducing Passport 15000 or 20000 hardware 37
Passport 15000 overview 37
Passport 15000-VSS overview 40
Passport 20000 overview 42
Passport 15000 and 20000 switch architecture 44
Frame assembly overview 46
Breaker interface panel overview 46
Shelf assembly overview 46
Control and function processors overview 47
Upgrading processor cards 47
Cables and cable management overview 48
Peripheral interworking equipment 48

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Passport 15000 or 20000 equipment status 48
Hardware parts that can be replaced or upgraded 49
Chapter 2
Breaker interface panel 51
Front cover of the BIP 53
Breaker interface modules (BIMs) 54
BIP with two or four BIMs 54
Location of the BIMs 55
Functions of the BIMs 55
BIMs distributing power to PIMs 56
Combined BIM pairs in a BIP 60
Front panel of a BIM 60
BIM power filters 61
BIM filler plates 62
Alarm module 62
Location of the BIP alarm module 62
Functions of the BIP alarm module 62
Front panel of the BIP alarm module 63
Hardware alarm definitions 66
BIP alarm LED board 67
Alarm cable connectors 68
Location of the BIP alarm connectors 68
Functions of the BIP alarm connectors 70
Features of the BIP alarm connectors 70
BIP alarm connections from a system of ac rectifiers 71
Power connections to and from the BIP backplane 73
Location of the BIP backplane power connections 73
Function of the BIP backplane power input connections 74
Hardware for connecting power input cables to the BIP 75
Using an optional power-and-ground assembly 76
Function of the BIP backplane power output connections 79
Sources of dc input power to the BIP backplane 83
Powering the BIP from ac rectifiers 83
Grounding the Passport and interworking equipment 85

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Chapter 3
Shelf assembly 87
Common backplane 92
Backplane location and physical description 92
Function of the common backplane 93
Fabric cards 94
Fabric card carrier 94
Fabric card transportation 97
Fabric card location and physical description 98
Function and operation of the fabric cards 101
Fabric LED behavior is different from FPs 104
Fabric replacement can affect traffic 104
Fabric replacement can affect system cooling 105
Fabric replacement may need a firmware upgrade 106
Power interface modules (PIMs) 107
Location and physical description of the PIMs 107
PIM faceplate 107
Power LED status indicators for PIMs 110
PIM cable assembly 110
Media access control (MAC) address module 112
Alarm/BITS module 114
Types of alarm/BITS modules 115
Alarm/BITS module faceplate 116
Alarm/BITS module cable assemblies 122
Timing cable specifications for the DS1 circuit 123
Timing cable specifications for the E1 balanced circuit 123
Timing cable specifications for the E1 unbalanced circuit 124
Line build out application settings 125
Cooling units 126
Environmental control equipment 129
The impact of heat dissipation on rising shelf temperatures 131
Fans 133
Fan controllers 133
Air filters 133
Temperature sensors 134

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Cooling unit LED indications 134
Cooling unit connections 135
NEBS 2000 frame enclosure 137
Enclosing the frame with doors and extended side panels 137
Enclosing the frame with regular side panels and frame cover
panels 139
Chapter 4
Control and function processors 141
Connecting a Passport to another node 142
Connecting two Passports 143
Connecting nodes in a Passport 15000-VSS 143
Connecting a Passport 15000 or 20000 to a Shasta 5000 144
Connecting a Passport 15000 or 20000 to an EdgeLink 100 144
Blank processor card 146
Control processors 148
CP hardware 152
CP software requirements 152
CP cables 153
Ethernet CP pinout and signal names 158
V.24 CP pinout and signal names 158
CP line rate 159
CP compliance with standards 159
Ethernet compliance with standards 159
2-port DS3Ch TDM FP 160
2-port DS3Ch TDM line connections 162
2-port DS3Ch TDM cable assemblies 162
Assigning sparing panel connections for 2-port DS3C TDM
FPs 164
4-port DS3Ch FR FP 166
4-port DS3 FR FP line connections 167
4-port DS3 FR FP cable assemblies 168
Assigning sparing panel connections for 4-port DS3 FPs 171
4-port DS3Ch ATM FP with IMA 175
4-port DS3Ch ATM FP with IMA line connections 176
4-port DS3Ch ATM FP with IMA cable assemblies 176

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4-port DS3Ch FP with AAL1 CES 180
4-port DS3Ch FP with AAL1 CES line connections 181
4-port DS3Ch FP with AAL1 CES cable assemblies 181
12-port DS3 FP 185
12-port DS3 FP line connections 187
12-port DS3 FP cable assemblies 187
Assigning sparing panel connections for a 12-port DS3 or E3
FP 192
12-port E3 ATM FP 195
12-port E3 FP line connections 197
12-port E3 FP cable assemblies 197
2-port general processor with disk 202
2-port GPDsk components 203
2-port GPDsk pinout and signal names 204
100BaseT Ethernet cable assembly 204
4-port Gigabit Ethernet FP 205
4-port Gigabit Ethernet cable assemblies 206
Custom-making an LC cable assembly for an NTHW49 207
SFP modules for an NTHW49 208
32-port E1 TDM FP 209
32-port E1 TDM line connections 211
32-port E1 TDM cable assemblies 211
Assigning sparing panel connections for 32-port E1 TDM FPs 213
6-module packet server FP 215
6mPktServSP components 217
6mPktServSP sparing 217
6mPktServSP configuration 217
4-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FPs 218
4-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP cable assembly 220
4-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP optical interface characteristics 220
4-port OC-3/STM-1Ch TDM/CES FP 223
4-port OC-3/STM-1Ch TDM/CES FP cable assembly 225
4-port OC-3/STM-1Ch TDM/CES FP optical interface
characteristics 225
16-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP with MT-RJ connectors 227

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Cable assemblies for an NTHW21 229
Optical interface characteristics for an NTHW21 229
16-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP with LC connectors 231
Cable assemblies for an NTHW31 233
Cable specifications for custom-making LC cable assemblies 233
Optical interface characteristics for an NTHW31 235
16-port OC-3/STM-1 POS and ATM FP 238
Cable assemblies for an NTHW44 240
SFP modules for an NTHW44 240
Optical interface characteristics for an NTHW44 241
Cable specifications for custom-making LC cable assemblies 244
Specifications for Y-splitter cable assemblies for Y-protection 246
1-port OC-12/STM-4 FP 250
1-port OC-12/STM-4 FP cable assembly 252
1-port OC-12/STM-4 FP optical interface characteristics 252
4-port OC-12/STM-4 ATM FP 254
4-port OC-12/STM-4 ATM FP cable assembly 256
4-port OC-12/STM-4 ATM FP optical interface characteristics 256
1-port OC-48/STM-16 ATM FP with APS 258
1-port OC-48/STM-16 ATM FP with APS cable assembly 260
1-port OC-48/STM-16 ATM FP with APS optical interface
characteristics 260
1-port OC-48/STM-16 POS FP 262
1-port OC-48/STM-16 POS FP cable assembly 263
1-port OC-48/STM-16 POS FP optical interface
characteristics 264
1-port STM-1Ch FP 266
1-port STM-1 FP cable assembly 267
1-port STM-1 FP optical interface characteristics 267
VPN extender card 269
VpnXc components 271
VpnXc configuration 271
VpnXc sparing 271
VpnXc compliance with standards 272
Voice services processor 2 (VSP2) FP 273

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Voice services processor 3 (VSP3) FP 274
VSP3 line connections 275
VSP3 cable assemblies 276
VSP3 sparing 278
Equipment to interface VSP3 Ethernet ports 278
Voice services processor 3 with optical TDM interface (VSP3-o)
FP 283
VSP3-o FP line connections 284
VSP3-o FP cable assembly 285
SFP optical module 288
SFP optical module cable assemblies 290
Optical module compliances 290
Chapter 5
Termination panels for FPs 291
Basic functionality and operation of a sparing panel 292
Common characteristics of a sparing panel 294
Power source of a sparing panel 295
Basic functionality and operation of a fanout panel 296
12-port DS3 or E3 fanout panel NTHW52 297
Assigning the fanout panel cable connections 298
Assigning 12-port DS3 or E3 fanout panel connections 299
12-port DS3 or E3 sparing panel NTQS31 300
Testing a transmit port on the NTQS31 303
4-port DS3 sparing panel NTHR79 304
3-port DS3, E3, or E1 sparing panel NTFP99AA 306
Multiport aggregate device for a 32-port E1 TDM 308
Multiport aggregate device connections and cabling 310
Multiport aggregate device power and grounding
requirements 311
Multiport aggregate device LEDs 311
Multiport aggregate device alarms 312
Dimensions of the termination panels 313
Chapter 6
Cables and cable management 315
Managing power cables 315

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Managing telecom cables 315
Basic cable management brackets for low-density cabling 316
Cable management brackets for high-density cabling 319
High-density cable management brackets 320
Very high-density cable management brackets 321
Hardware to manage fiber cable slack near the switch 326
Location of specific FP cables in a bundle 328
Cabling a card with or without a termination panel 330
Preparing OC or STM fiber distribution cables 331
LC fiber cables and connectors 332
MT-RJ fiber cables and connectors 333
Preparing coax distribution cables 335
Preparing control port cables 338
Handling alarm cables 340
Prefabricated DS3 or E3 cable assemblies 340
Chapter 7
Using status indicator LEDs and sounds 343
Follow-me LEDs 344
What to do when a lit red LED is detected 344
What to do when a lit amber LED is detected 345
Hierarchy of LEDs and sounds 345
Status LEDs of a BIP alarm module 346
Testing the LEDs 347
Status LEDs of a BIM 349
Status LEDs of a PIM 350
Status LEDs of a fabric 352
Status LEDs of a fabric in a Passport 15000 352
Status LEDs of a fabric in a Passport 20000 354
Status LEDs of a CP or an FP card 356
Status LEDs of a CP 357
Status LEDs of an FP 358
Status LEDs of the Ethernet ports on an NTHW49 359
Status LEDs of a cooling unit fan 362
Status LEDs of a sparing panel 365

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Turning off the audible alarm 366
Chapter 8
Field replaceable units 367
FRUs that plug into or get screwed onto a Passport 15000 or
20000 368
FP cards, SFP modules, and termination panels 370
Control processor (CP) cards 372
FRUs for an MFA150 system of ac rectifiers 385

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List of figures
Figure 1 Two Passport 15000 switches or two Passport 20000
switches in a NEBS 2000 frame 39
Figure 2 A Passport 15000-VSS in a NEBS 2000 frame 41
Figure 3 Passport 15000 and 20000 switch architecture 45
Figure 4 The BIP in a NEBS 2000 frame, front view 52
Figure 5 Rear of the BIP 53
Figure 6 Relationship between feeds, breakers, and equipment
slots in upper shelf 57
Figure 7 Relationship between feeds, breakers, and equipment
slots in lower shelf 58
Figure 8 Cable paths of PIMs at the rear of a NEBS 2000
frame 59
Figure 9 Alarm module of the BIP 65
Figure 10 Location of alarm cable connectors for two shelves 69
Figure 11 The polyvalent power-and-ground assembly
A0834143 78
Figure 12 The ETSI power-and-ground assembly A0834149 79
Figure 13 Backplane connections at the BIP 81
Figure 14 Location of power output cable connectors at rear of two
shelves 82
Figure 15 MFA150 power system of five rectifiers for a dual shelf
configuration 84
Figure 16 A typical shelf assembly, front view 89
Figure 17 A shelf assembly of a Passport 15000 without fabrics,
rear view 90
Figure 18 A shelf assembly of a Passport 20000 with one fabric
removed, rear view 91
Figure 19 Faceplates of both fabrics installed in a lower
Passport 15000 95
Figure 20 Faceplates of both fabrics installed in a lower
Passport 20000 96
Figure 21 Transportation strap of a Passport 20000 fabric 98
Figure 22 Passport fabric cell 103
Figure 23 Faceplate of a PIM on a Passport 15000 109
Figure 24 Location of the PIMs, the MAC address, and the alarm/
BITS module in a Passport 20000 111
Figure 25 Faceplate of a MAC address module 113
Figure 26 Faceplate of an alarm/BITS module in a
Passport 15000 117

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Figure 27 Faceplate of an alarm/BITS module in a
Passport 20000 118
Figure 28 Parts inside a lower cooling unit NTHR51AA (bottom
shown upside down) 127
Figure 29 Parts inside a lower cooling unit NTHR51AB (bottom
shown upside down) 128
Figure 30 Upper and lower cooling unit in a frame with air flow
direction 130
Figure 31 External cooling unit cable connections 136
Figure 32 Installed extended side panels with a door 138
Figure 33 Installed side panels with front and rear frame cover
panels 140
Figure 34 Faceplate of a blank processor card with PEC
NTHR64 147
Figure 35 Faceplate of a CP2 with PEC NTHR06 or NTHR35 150
Figure 36 Faceplate of a CP3 with PEC NTHW06 or
NTHW08 151
Figure 37 CP2 Ethernet cable NT0460 156
Figure 38 CP2 Ethernet crossover cable NT0477 with RJ-45
connectors and ferrite bead 157
Figure 39 Faceplate of a 2-port DS3Ch TDM FP with PEC
NTHW91 161
Figure 40 Cable connections between 2-port DS3C TDM FPs and
a 3-port sparing panel NTFP99 165
Figure 41 Faceplate of a 4-port DS3Ch FR FP with PEC NTHW88
or NTHW89 167
Figure 42 Labels of mini-coax and BNC cable connections on a
4-port NTHR58 cable assembly 170
Figure 43 8W8-to-BNC cable connections between two 4-port
DS3s and sparing panel NTHR79 172
Figure 44 Cable connections between seven 4-port DS3s each
with 8W8s and sparing panel NTQS31 174
Figure 45 Faceplate of a 4-port DS3Ch ATM FP with PEC
NTHR31 175
Figure 46 Labels of mini-coax and BNC cable connections on a
4-port NTHR58 cable assembly 178
Figure 47 Faceplate of a 4-port DS3Ch FP with AAL1 CES with
PEC NTHR91 180
Figure 48 Labels of mini-coax and BNC cable connections on a
4-port NTHR58 cable assembly 183
Figure 49 Faceplate of a 12-port DS3 FP with PEC NTHR23 186

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Figure 50 Labels of mini-coax and BNC cable connections on a
4-port NTHR58 cable assembly 190
Figure 51 Port mappings of the 8W8 cable connections of a
12-port DS3 or E3 FP 193
Figure 52 Faceplate of a 12-port E3 FP with PEC NTHR25 196
Figure 53 Labels of mini-coax and BNC cable connections on a
4-port NTHR58 cable assembly 200
Figure 54 Faceplate of a 2-port GPDsk with PEC NTHW10 203
Figure 55 Faceplate of a 4-port Gigabit Ethernet FP with PEC
NTHW49 206
Figure 56 Faceplate of a 32-port E1 TDM with PEC NTHW92 210
Figure 57 Cable connections between two 32-port E1 TDM FPs
and a 3-port sparing panel NTFP99 214
Figure 58 Faceplate of a 6-module packet server service
processor with PEC NTHW18 216
Figure 59 Faceplate of a 4-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP 219
Figure 60 Faceplate of a 4-port OC-3/STM-1Ch TDM/CES FP with
PEC NTHW70 224
Figure 61 Faceplateofa16-portOC-3/STM-1ATMFPwithMT-RJ
connectors with PEC NTHW21 228
Figure 62 Faceplate of a 16-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP with LC
connectors with PEC NTHW31 232
Figure 63 The LC cable assembly with duplex connectors and
duplex cables 235
Figure 64 Faceplate of a 16-port OC-3/STM-1 POS and ATM FP
with PEC NTHW44 239
Figure 65 The LC cable assembly with duplex connectors and
duplex cables 246
Figure 66 The connection setup of a fiber optical duplex Y-splitter
cables used for Y-protection 248
Figure 67 An example of a fiber optical duplex Y-splitter cable
assembly used for Y-protection 249
Figure 68 Faceplate of a 1-port OC-12/STM-4 FP with PEC
NTHR29 251
Figure 69 Faceplate of a 4-port OC-12/STM-4 ATM FP with PEC
NTHW11 or NTHW86 255
Figure 70 Faceplate of a 1-port OC-48/STM-16 ATM FP with APS
with PEC NTHW01 259
Figure 71 Faceplate of a 1-port OC-48/STM-16 POS FP with PEC
NTHW39 263
Figure 72 Faceplate of a 1-port STM-1 FP with PEC NTHR83 266

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Figure 73 Faceplate of a VPN extender card with PEC
NTHW30 270
Figure 74 Faceplate of a VSP2 FP with PEC NTHW87 273
Figure 75 Faceplate of a VSP3 FP with PEC NTHW84 275
Figure 76 An example duplex LC-to-LC cable assembly 277
Figure 77 Example of spared VSP3 cards in a LAN hardware
configuration 282
Figure 78 Faceplate of a VSP3-o FP card with PEC NTHW77 284
Figure 79 A typical SFP optical module 288
Figure 80 A 12-port DS3 or E3 fanout panel NTHW52 298
Figure 81 A 12-port DS3 or E3 one-for-six fanout sparing panel
NTQS31 302
Figure 82 A 4-port DS3 one-for-one 19-inch sparing panel
NTHR79 305
Figure 83 A 3-port DS3, E3, or E1 one-for-one 19-inch sparing
panel NTFP99AA 307
Figure 84 Balanced multiport aggregate device 309
Figure 85 Unbalanced multiport aggregate device 310
Figure 86 Metal and plastic cable management brackets on a
NEBS 2000 frame 317
Figure 87 A plastic cable management bracket P0937935 318
Figure 88 High-density cable management bracket pair 321
Figure 89 A NEBS 2000 frame with extended cable management
brackets and side panel brackets 322
Figure 90 An extended cable management bracket for the right
side of a NEBS 2000 frame 323
Figure 91 Frame-to-frame joining brackets 325
Figure 92 A dual-drawer fiber management unit NTHW50 327
Figure 93 A duplex cable assembly with LC-to-LC
connectors 333
Figure 94 Cable assembly with an MT-RJ fiber connector and a
duplex SC connector 334
Figure 95 Labels of mini-coax and BNC cable connections on an
NTHR58 cable assembly 338
Figure 96 Pinouts of mini-coax and BNC cable connections of an
NTHR58 342
Figure 97 Location of the alarm module status LEDs 348
Figure 98 Location of BIM status LEDs 349
Figure 99 Location of PIM status LEDs for feeds A and B 351
Figure 100 Location of fabric status LEDs in a Passport 15000 353
Figure 101 Location of fabric status LEDs in a Passport 20000 355

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Figure 102 Location of the common CP or FP card status
LEDs 357
Figure 103 The Ethernet port status LEDs of an NTHW49 361
Figure 104 Location of fan controller status LEDs 364
Figure 105 Location of status LEDs for sparing panel NTQS31 366