Equipment Description; Overview; Physical Description - Cisco GS7000 Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 1 General Information

Equipment Description

Overview

This section contains a physical and functional description of the Model GS7000
Optical Hub.

Physical Description

The Model GS7000 Optical Hub is an optical platform in a Model GS7000 Node
housing. The housing has a hinged lid to allow access to the internal electrical and
optical components. The housing also has provisions for strand, pedestal, or wall
mounting.
The base of the housing contains:

Optical passive device tray (for installing multiplexers, demultiplexers,
splitters, and combiners)

Fiber management track (for routing optical fiber)

AC entry module (for powering the hub)
The lid of the housing contains:

Fiber management tray and track (for routing optical fiber)

Optical interface board (OIB) (for mounting and interconnecting modules in
lid)

EDFA (erbium-doped fiber amplifier) modules (for signal amplification)

Optical switch modules (for redundancy)

Status monitor/local control module (for remote monitoring and control)

Power supplies (one or two per housing)
Not every Model GS7000 Optical Hub will contain all of these modules.
The following illustration shows the external housing of the Model GS7000 Optical
Hub.
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