Open-Ended Vcat; Ons 15454 Vcat Card Capabilities - Cisco 15454-DS1-14= - 1.544Mbps Expansion Module Reference Manual

11.18.5 Open-Ended VCAT

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Table 11-18
Table 11-18
Card
CE-100T-8
CE-1000-4
FC_MR-4 (enhanced mode)
FC_MR-4 (line mode)
ML-Series
1. When adding or deleting a member from an LCAS VCAT circuit, Cisco recommends that you first put the member
2. For CE-Series cards, you can add or delete members after creating a VCAT circuit with no protection. During the
11.18.5 Open-Ended VCAT
For applications where the complete end-to-end VCAT circuit is not in a CTC managed network, CTC
will only see either the source or the destination of the Virtual Concatenated Group (VCG) and some of
the intermediate nodes.
end-to-end VCAT circuit, with VCAT functionality, are referred to as the VCAT-Source and
VCAT-Destination. The termination points of the CTC managed circuit, which is the Open-Ended VCAT
circuit, is referred to as simply the Source and Destination.
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FC_MR-4 (line mode) card—All VCAT circuits using FC_MR-4 (line mode) cards have a fixed
number of members; you cannot add or delete members.
ML-Series cards—All VCAT circuits using ML-Series cards have a fixed number of members; you
cannot add or delete members.
summarizes the VCAT capabilities for each card.

ONS 15454 VCAT Card Capabilities

in the OOS-MA,OOG service state to avoid service disruptions.
time it takes to add or delete members (from seconds to minutes), the entire VCAT circuit will be unable to carry
traffic.
Figure 11-16
Add a
Mode Member
1
LCAS Yes
SW-LCAS No
2
Non-LCAS Yes
LCAS No
SW-LCAS Yes
2
Non-LCAS Yes
SW-LCAS Yes
Non-LCAS No
Non-LCAS No
SW-LCAS No
Non-LCAS No
shows an end-to-end VC AT circuit. The termination points of the
Chapter 11 Circuits and Tunnels
Delete a Support
Member OOS-MA,OOG
1
Yes Yes
No No
2
Yes No
No No
Yes Yes
2
Yes No
Yes Yes
No No
No No
No No
No No
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