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Chapter 3 Connecting the Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx
Connecting the Cables
Figure 3-9
Unlocking the Drawer
Note
You can use the client clips shipped with the chassis to clip together cables for
easy handling and organization.
Mux/Demux Module and Line Card Motherboard Cabling with
Cross Connect Drawers
The line card motherboards and the mux/demux modules on the Cisco ONS 15540
ESPx connect to each other through the cross connect drawers using MTP-to-MU
breakout cables. Each breakout cable has an MTP connector on one end and eight
individual MU connectors on the other end called breakout cables.
Each cross connect drawer is an 8-channel drawer. To configure a 32-channel
system you need four drawers and two cable storage drawers. All MTP and
MTP-to-MU breakout cables are pulled out to the left of the chassis and enter the
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