Nortel Versalar 15000 Guide

Nortel Networks Multiservice Switch 15000/20000
Hardware Description
NN10600-120

Document status: Standard
Document issue: sPCR6.1S1
Document date: February 2005
Product release: sPCR6.1
Job function: Product Fundamentals
Type: NTP
Language type: U.S. English
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Nortel Networks Multiservice Switch 15000/20000
Hardware Description
NN10600-120 sPCR6.1S1 Standard
sPCR6.1 February 2005
Copyright © 2005, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential
Contents
About this document 10
Who should read this document and why 10
What you need to know 10
What’s new in this document 11
4-port MR POS and ATM FP with PEC NTHW46 12
Fabric card NTHR16EA 13
Recurring fan alarm 13
CP support and CP/VPNXc warm standby equipment protection 13
Voice services processor 3 with optical TDM interface (2pOC3ChSmIrVsp3) 13
Related documents 13
How to get more help 14
Introducing Multiservice Switch 15000 and Multiservice
Switch 20000 hardware 15
Multiservice Switch 15000 overview 15
Multiservice Switch 15000 VSS overview 17
Multiservice Switch 20000 overview 19
Architecture of a Multiservice Switch 15000 or Multiservice Switch 20000 21
Mounting apparatus overview 22
Breaker interface panel overview 23
Shelf assembly overview 23
Control and function processors overview 23
Upgrading processor cards 24
Cables and cable management overview 24
Peripheral interworking equipment 24
Equipment status of a Multiservice Switch 15000 or Multiservice Switch 20000 25
Hardware parts that can be replaced or upgraded 25
Switch hardware mounting apparatuses 26
Anchors for a NEBS 2000 frame 27
Cable management on the mounting apparatus 31
NEBS 2000 frame enclosure 32
Enclosing the frame with doors and extended side panels 32
Enclosing the frame with regular side panels and frame cover panels 33

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Breaker interface panel 36
Front cover of the BIP 38
Breaker interface modules (BIMs) 38
BIP with two or four BIMs 39
Location of the BIMs 39
Functions of the BIMs 39
BIMs distributing power to PIMs 40
Combined BIM pairs in a BIP 43
Front panel of a BIM 44
BIM power filters 45
BIM filler plates 45
Alarm module 45
Location of the BIP alarm module 46
Functions of the BIP alarm module 46
Front panel of the BIP alarm module 46
Hardware alarm definitions and behaviors 48
BIP alarm LED board 50
Alarm cable connectors 51
Location of the BIP alarm connectors 51
Functions of the BIP alarm connectors 52
Features of the BIP alarm connectors 52
BIP alarm connections from a system of ac rectifiers 54
Power connections to and from the BIP backplane 55
Location of the BIP backplane power connections 55
Function of the BIP backplane power input connections 56
Hardware for connecting power input cables to the BIP 57
Using an optional power-and-ground assembly 58
Function of the BIP backplane power output connections 60
Sources of dc input power to the BIP backplane 62
Powering the BIP from ac rectifiers 63
Grounding the switch and interworking equipment 64
Shelf assembly 66
Common backplane 70
Backplane location and physical description 71
Function of the common backplane 71
Fabric cards 73
Function and operation of fabric cards 73
Fabric LED behavior is different from FPs 75
Fabric card location and physical description 76
Fabric card carrier 79
Fabric card transportation 81
Fabric replacement can affect traffic 83
Fabric replacement can affect system cooling 84

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Hardware Description
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Fabric replacement may require a firmware upgrade 85
Fabric replacement may require a software patch 86
Power interface modules (PIMs) 87
Location and physical description of the PIMs 87
PIM faceplate 87
Power LED status indicators for PIMs 89
PIM cable assembly 90
Media access control (MAC) address module 92
Alarm/BITS module 93
Types of alarm/BITS modules 94
Alarm/BITS module faceplate 95
Alarm/BITS module cable assemblies 100
Timing cable specifications for the DS1 circuit 101
Timing cable specifications for the E1 balanced circuit 101
Timing cable specifications for the E1 unbalanced circuit 102
Line build out application settings 103
Cooling units 104
Environmental control equipment 106
The impact of heat dissipation on rising shelf temperatures 109
Fans 111
Fan controllers 111
Air filters 111
Temperature sensors 112
Cooling unit LED indications 112
Cooling unit connections 112
Control and function processors 114
Connecting a Multiservice Switch node to another node 115
Connecting two Multiservice Switch nodes 115
Connecting nodes through Multiservice Switch 15000 VSS 116
Connecting Multiservice Switch 15000 or Multiservice Switch 20000 node to a
SER 5500 116
Connecting a Multiservice Switch 15000 or Multiservice Switch 20000 node to an
EdgeLink 100 117
Blank processor card 119
Control processors 121
CP hardware 124
CP software requirements 124
CP cables 125
Ethernet CP pinout and signal names 128
V.24 CP pinout and signal names 129
CP line rate 129
CP compliance with standards 129
Ethernet compliance with standards 130

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2-port DS3Ch TDM FP 131
2-port DS3Ch TDM line connections 132
2-port DS3Ch TDM cable assemblies 133
Assigning sparing panel connections for 2-port DS3C TDM FPs 134
4-port DS3Ch FR FP 136
4-port DS3 FR FP line connections 137
4-port DS3 FR FP cable assemblies 137
Assigning sparing panel connections for 4-port DS3 FPs 140
4-port DS3Ch ATM FP with IMA 144
4-port DS3Ch ATM FP with IMA line connections 144
4-port DS3Ch ATM FP with IMA cable assemblies 145
4-port DS3Ch FP with AAL1 CES 148
4-port DS3Ch FP with AAL1 CES line connections 148
4-port DS3Ch FP with AAL1 CES cable assemblies 149
12-port DS3 FP 152
12-port DS3 FP line connections 153
12-port DS3 FP cable assemblies 153
Assigning sparing panel connections for a 12-port DS3 or E3 FP 156
32-port E1 TDM FP 160
32-port E1 TDM line connections 161
32-port E1 TDM cable assemblies 162
Assigning sparing panel connections for 32-port E1 TDM FPs 163
12-port E3 ATM FP 165
12-port E3 FP line connections 166
12-port E3 FP cable assemblies 166
2-port general processor with disk 170
2-port GPDsk components 171
2-port GPDsk pinout and signal names 171
100BaseT Ethernet cable assembly 171
4-port Gigabit Ethernet FP 172
4-port Gigabit Ethernet cable assemblies 173
Custom-making an LC cable assembly for an NTHW49 174
SFP modules for an NTHW49 175
6-module packet server FP 176
6mPktServSP components 177
6mPktServSP sparing 178
6mPktServSP configuration 178
4-port MR POS and ATM FP 179
Cable assemblies for a 4-port MR POS and ATM FP 181
SFP modules for an NTHW46 181
Optical interface characteristics for a 4-port MR POS and ATM FP 181
4-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FPs 184
4-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP cable assembly 185

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4-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP optical interface characteristics 186
4-port OC-3/STM-1Ch TDM/CES FP 188
4-port OC-3/STM-1Ch TDM/CES FP cable assembly 188
4-port OC-3/STM-1Ch TDM/CES FP optical interface characteristics 189
16-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP with MT-RJ connectors 191
Cable assemblies for an NTHW21 191
Optical interface characteristics for an NTHW21 192
16-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP with LC connectors 194
Cable assemblies for an NTHW31 194
Cable specifications for custom-making LC cable assemblies 195
Optical interface characteristics for an NTHW31 196
16-port OC-3/STM-1 ATM FP with OAM cell conversion 198
Cable assemblies for an NTHW24 198
Cable specifications for custom-making LC cable assemblies 198
16-port OC-3/STM-1 POS and ATM FP 199
Cable assemblies for an NTHW44 200
Cable specifications for custom-making female MT-RJ to male LC cable
assemblies 200
SFP modules for an NTHW44 202
Optical interface characteristics for an NTHW44 202
Cable specifications for custom-making LC cable assemblies 205
Specifications for Y-splitter cable assemblies for Y-protection 206
1-port OC-12/STM-4 FP 210
1-port OC-12/STM-4 FP cable assembly 210
1-port OC-12/STM-4 FP optical interface characteristics 211
4-port OC-12/STM-4 ATM FP 213
4-port OC-12/STM-4 ATM FP cable assembly 214
4-port OC-12/STM-4 ATM FP optical interface characteristics 215
1-port OC-48/STM-16 ATM FP with APS 217
1-port OC-48/STM-16 ATM FP with APS cable assembly 217
1-port OC-48/STM-16 ATM FP with APS optical interface characteristics 218
1-port STM-1Ch FP 220
1-port STM-1 FP cable assembly 220
1-port STM-1 FP optical interface characteristics 221
VPN extender card 223
VpnXc components 225
VpnXc configuration 225
VpnXc sparing 225
VpnXc compliance with standards 226
Voice services processor 2 (VSP2) FP 227
Voice services processor 3 (VSP3) FP 228
VSP3 line connections 228
VSP3 cable assemblies 229
VSP3 sparing 230

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Equipment to interface VSP3 Ethernet ports 231
Voice services processor 3 with optical TDM interface (VSP3-o) FP 235
VSP3-o FP line connections 236
VSP3-o FP cable assembly 236
SFP optical modules 239
SFP optical module cable assemblies 240
Optical module compliances 241
Termination panels for FPs 242
Basic functionality and operation of a sparing panel 243
Common characteristics of a sparing panel 244
Power source of a sparing panel 245
Basic functionality and operation of a fanout panel 246
12-port DS3 or E3 fanout panel NTHW52 248
Assigning the fanout panel cable connections 249
Assigning 12-port DS3 or E3 fanout panel connections 249
12-port DS3 or E3 sparing panel NTQS31 251
Testing a transmit port on the NTQS31 252
4-port DS3 sparing panel NTHR79 254
3-port DS3, E3, or E1 sparing panel NTFP99AA 256
Multiport aggregate device for a 32-port E1 TDM 258
Multiport aggregate device connections and cabling 260
Multiport aggregate device power and grounding requirements 260
Multiport aggregate device LEDs 260
Multiport aggregate device alarms 261
Dimensions of the termination panels 262
Understanding sparing panel replacement 263
Cables and cable management 265
Managing power cables 265
Managing telecom cables 265
Basic cable management brackets for low-density cabling 266
Cable management brackets for high-density cabling 269
High-density cable management brackets 269
Very high-density cable management brackets 270
Hardware to manage fiber cable slack near the node 273
Location of specific FP cables in a bundle 275
Cabling a card with or without a termination panel 277
Preparing OC or STM fiber distribution cables 278
LC fiber cables and connectors 279
MT-RJ fiber cables and connectors 280
Preparing coax distribution cables 281
Preparing control port cables 283
Handling alarm cables 284
Prefabricated DS3 or E3 cable assemblies 284

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Using status indicator LEDs and sounds 287
Follow-me LEDs 288
What to do when a lit red LED is detected 288
What to do when a lit amber LED is detected 288
Hierarchy of LEDs and sounds 289
Status LEDs of a BIP alarm module 290
Testing the LEDs 290
Status LEDs of a BIM 292
Status LEDs of a PIM 293
Status LEDs of a fabric 295
Status LEDs of fabric cards in a Multiservice Switch 15000 295
Status LEDs of fabric cards in a Multiservice Switch 20000 296
Status LEDs of a CP or an FP card 299
Status LEDs of a CP 300
Status LEDs of an FP 301
Status LEDs of the Ethernet ports on an NTHW49 302
Status LEDs of a sparing panel 304
Status LEDs of a cooling unit fan 306
Turning off the audible alarm 307
Field replaceable units 308
FRUs that plug into or get screwed onto a switch or frame 309
FP cards, SFP modules, and termination panels 310
Control processor (CP) cards 312
FRUs for an MFA150 system of ac rectifiers 322

Nortel Networks Multiservice Switch 15000/20000
Hardware Description
NN10600-120 sPCR6.1S1 Standard
sPCR6.1 February 2005
Copyright © 2005, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential
About this document
The information in this document describes the hardware parts and
subassemblies for housing a Nortel Networks Multiservice Switch 15000 or
Multiservice Switch 20000 in a Network Equipment Building System (NEBS)
frame or equivalent mounting apparatus. The frame has product engineering
code (PEC) NTRU04.
The following topics are discussed in this section:
•Who should read this document and why (page 10)
•What you need to know (page 10)
•What’s new in this document (page 11)
•Related documents (page 13)
•How to get more help (page 14)
Who should read this document and why
This document is intended for use by:
• hardware maintenance personnel
• hardware installation personnel
• network planners
• network engineers
What you need to know
You should be familiar with fundamental data communications and basic
electronic concepts and terms. You can acquire product knowledge by reading
NN10600-030 Nortel Networks Multiservice Switch 7400/15000/20000
Overview.
Only information specific to Nortel Networks Multiservice Switch 15000 and
Multiservice Switch 20000 hardware is contained in this guide.