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Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide, R3.3
May 2002
Chapter 4 Maintenance
Span Upgrade
Procedure: Replace an MIC-A/P Card or MIC-C/T/P Card
Caution Hazardous voltage or energy may be present on the backplane when the system is operating. Use
caution when servicing.
Note Pulling an active MIC-A/P card or MIC-C/T/P card from the ONS 15454 SDH causes alarms. Traffic
is affected if an active MIC-A/P card or an active MIC-C/T/P card is replaced while there is no
redundant power supply.
Step 1 Disconnect the cable from the damaged MIC-A/P card or MIC-C/T/P card.
Note To disconnect the cable from the FMEC, pull the ring of the connector using the coaxial removal tool.
Step 2 Pull the damaged MIC-A/P card or MIC-C/T/P card from the shelf assembly.
Step 3 Insert the new MIC-A/P card or MIC-C/T/P card into the empty slot
Step 4 Gently push the cable with the 1.0/2.3 miniature coax connector down until the cable connector slides
into the 1.0/2.3 miniature coax connector with a click.
Step 5 Gently push the other cable connector down until the cable connector slides into the 1.0/2.3 miniature
coax connector. The replacement card is ready for operation.
Note For proper system operation, both the MIC-A/P card and the MIC-C/T/P card must be installed in the
shelf.
4.5 Span Upgrade
A span includes the set of optical fiber (“lines”) between two ONS 15454 SDH nodes. A span upgrade
raises theSTM-N signal transmission rate of all the lines constituting the spans. It is done by coordinated
line upgrades that move traffic from lower-rate optical card(s) to higher rate optical card(s). No other
span attributes are changed. You can upgrade the following ONS 15454 SDH cards in an in-service span:
• STM-1 to STM-4
• STM-1 to STM-16
• STM-1 to STM-64
• STM-4 to STM-16
Purpose Replacing an MIC-A/P or MIC-C/T/P card
Tools/Equipment —
Prerequisite procedures —
Required/As Needed As needed
On Site/Remote On Site
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