The Cisco ONS 15252/15201 Optical Network System platform is a modular and scalable dense wavelength division multiplexer (DWDM) platform. The platform offers the lowest cost per bit and the flexibility to handle a wide variety of metropolitan (metro) networks, traffic mixes, traffic patterns, and protection requirements.

Features

• The Cisco ONS 15252/15201 platform client layer interface port (CLIP) cards support line rate connectivity of different protocols ranging from 100 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps.
• The Cisco ONS 15252/15201 platform is expandable on a single-wavelength basis, with minimal footprint and minimal power consumption (8W/channel).
• Training and installation costs are kept to a minimum.
• The Cisco ONS 15252 Multichannel Unit (MCU) can terminate 48 channels in a bay, whereas the Cisco ONS 15201 Single Channel Unit (SCU) terminates a single channel in a single rack unit.
• The platform can be extended, upgraded, and provisioned on a channel-by-channel basis whenever the traffic demands increase or change pattern.
• Fast Ethernet