About this Manual
This section explains the objectives, intended audience, and organization of this publication and
describes the conventions that convey instructions and other information.
The terms "Unidirectional Path Switched Ring" and "UPSR" may appear in Cisco literature. These terms
Note
do not refer to using Cisco ONS 15xxx products in a unidirectional path switched ring configuration.
Rather, these terms, as well as "Path Protected Mesh Network" and "PPMN," refer generally to Cisco's
path protection feature, which may be used in any topological network configuration. Cisco does not
recommend using its path protection feature in any particular topological network configuration.
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Revision History
Date
March 2007
April 2007
June 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
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Revision History
Document Objectives
Audience
Related Documentation
Document Conventions
Obtaining Optical Networking Information
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Notes
Added this Revision History Table
Added server trail information in the Virtual Concatenated Circuits section in
Chapter 8
Updated About this Manual chapter
Updated Table 6-2 with VLAN DB Profile information for all users
Added a new rule for creation of protection groups under section 1:1 Electrical
Card Protection in the Card Protection chapter.
Updated the default value for CTX.DS3-PORT.config.
FeInhibitLpbk in the Network Element Defaults chapter.
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