OptiX OSN 1500 Hardware System Overview

ISSUE1.0
 Objectives

 Upon completion of this course,

you will be able to:

 Grasp the structure of the

equipment

 Grasp the main function of every

mentioned board.

 Grasp the signal flow and the

alarms
 Contents

 Equipment overview
 Service Boards
 Auxiliary Parts
 Equipment overview
OptiX OSN 9500
OptiX OSN 3500 OptiX 10G

Backbone

OptiX OSN 2500

OptiX OSN 1500 OptiX OSN 3500

Aggregation
Convergence

OptiX OSN 1500 OptiX OSN 2500

Access

GSM/CDMA/
PSTN Ethernet ... ATM DDN
WCDMA

Position of the OptiX OSN 1500 in transport network

 Equipment overview

Function and application:

 Economical and compact STM-1/4/16 system
 Dimension:221(height)×448(width) ×287 mm(depth)
 Can be installed in ETSI cabinet of 300mm depth
 Provides 9 service slots, and increases three slots with slots splitted
 Single equipment can process 126*E1/T1 or 12*E3/DS3 or 8*E4
 Provides STM-1/4/16 and E1/T1/ E3/ DS3 / E4 / STM-1e/ FE/GE
 Equipment overview

slot14
slot15 slot18 (PIU)
slot16
slot17 slot19 (PIU)
slot1 slot11 slot6
slot2 slot12 slot7
slot20 slot13
slot3 slot8
(FAN)
slot4 slot9
slot5 slot10 (AUX)

slot assignment of the OptiX OSN 1500

 Equipment overview
SLOT14
SLOT18 PIU
SLOT15
SLOT16
SLOT19 PIU
SLOT17
SLOT1 (1.25G) SLOT11 (1.25G) SLOT6 (622M)

SLOT2 (1.25G) SLOT12 (1.25G) SLOT7 (622M)

SLOT20
SLOT3 (1.25G) SLOT13 (1.255G) SLOT8 (622M)
FAN

SLOT4 CXL1/4、CXL16 SLOT9 (622M)

SLOT5 CXL1/4、CXL16 SLOT10 AUX

SLOT14
SLOT18 PIU
SLOT15
SLOT16
SLOT19 PIU
SLOT17
SLOT11 (2.5G) SLOT6 (622M)

SLOT12 (2.5G) SLOT7 (622M)

SLOT20
SLOT13 (2.5G) SLOT8 (622M)
FAN

SLOT4 CXL1/4、CXL16 SLOT9 (622M)

SLOT5 CXL1/4、CXL16 SLOT10 AUX

 System Overview

IU IU

IU Cross-connect Unit IU

IU IU
(High-order 96X96VC-4)

IU IU
(Low-order 2016X2016 VC-12)
IU IU

IU IU

Interface Unit Interface Unit

Auxiliary Management
Timing SCC and
External interface unit Auxiliary OHP unit interface
Unit
sychronization interface
interface
 Contents

 Equipment overview
 Service Boards
 Auxiliary Parts
 Service board
Boards can be classified into the following types:

PDH interface unit

SDH interface unit

Ethernet interface unit

Line, cross-connect, timing and SCC unit

Auxiliary unit:
Engineering Order Wire unit
Auxiliary interface unit
Power unit
Fan unit
 Service board
Limit factor of inserting boards:

Acccess capability
Example: SL16 only in slot 11,12,13

PDH boards can only be insert into slots

Example: PD1 only in slot 6,7,8

Specific slots only for specific board

Example: CXL only in slot 4,5
 Appearance of boards
The appearance of some boards

1. Board Name 2.Ejector Lever 3. Indicator

4. Front Panel 5. PCB
 Contents

 PDH interface Unit

 SDH interface Unit
 Ethernet interface Unit
 Core Board
 PDH Interface Unit
Type Name Slot
PQ1 63xE1 processing board 11,12,13
PQM 63xE1/T1 processing board 11,12,13
PD1 32xE1 processing board 6,7,8
D75S 32xE1/T1 75 PDH interface switching board 14,15,16,17
D12S 32xE1/T1 120 PDH interface switching board 14,15,16,17
D12B 32xE1/T1 120/75 PDH interface board 14,15,16,17
PD3 6xE3/DS3 processing board 12,13
PL3 3xE3/DS3 processing board 12,13
D34S 6xE3/DS3 PDH interface switching board 14,16
C34S 3xE3/DS3 PDH interface switching board 14,16
SPQ4 4xE4/STM1 processing board 12,13
MU04 4xE4/STM1 interface board 14,16
TSB8 8 ports interface switching & bridging board 14
TSB4 4 ports interface switching & bridging board 14
 PDH Interface Unit

Processing board Interface board

12 14,15
13 16,17
7 14,15
8 16,17

Each PDH slot has two interface slots.

Slot 11 and slot 6 has no interface slot, it is E1/T1 protection

board slot.
 PDH Interface Unit

Course Contents

• Functions、Features and Applications

• Alarms and Performance Events
• Indicators
• Relationship with Other Boards
 PDH Interface Unit

PQM
Supports 63 both E1 and T1 signals
Provides 120  balanced E1 interface
and 100  balanced T1 interface.

PQ1
Supports 63 E1 signals
Provides 75  unbalanced interface
and 120  balanced interface.
 Alarms
Major alarms
T_ ALOS: TU_AIS:
No E1 signal received Reasons:
Reasons: 1. Incorrect cross-
Fault on E1 interface board connect configuration
Fault on the E1 Cable 2. Fiber broken
Fault on switch system

TU_LOP:
Reason:
Incorrect service configuration
 Alarms
Minor alarms
LP_RDI: PS:
Remote defect indication Protection switch
Reasons: Reasons:
Alarms such as TU-AIS and Protection switch is
TU-LOP are detected by the taking place
remote terminal
LP_REI:
LP_SLM , LP_TIM: Remote error indication
Reasons: Reasons:
V5 or J2 mismatch Bit errors are detected by
the remote terminal
 PDH Interface Unit
Performance Events
Performance event Description of performance
BIP2CNT BIP2 check bit error counts

FEBECNT remote check bit error counts

TUPJCHIGH TU pointer positive justification counts

TUPJCLOW TU pointer negtive justification counts

 Indicators
Indicator Color and status Description

On, green The board works normally.

Board
hardware On, red The board hardware fails, or the board
indicator- hardware is mismatched.
STAT Off The board is not powered on.

On, green The service is activated. (In TPS

Service protection mode, the board is in
activation working status.)
indicator- Off The service is not activated. (In TPS
ACT protection mode, the board is in
protection status.)
 Indicators
Indicator Color and status Description
On, green Upload of board software to FLASH or the
FPGA upload is normal, or the board software
initialization is normal.
On for 100ms and Board software is being uploaded to FLASH or
off for 100ms FGPA
Board alternatively, green
software
On for 300ms and The board software is initializing, and is in BIOS
indicator-
off for 300ms boot stage.
PROG
alternatively, green
On, red The board software in FLASH or the FPGA
configuration is lost, resulting in upload and
initialization failure.
Off No power supply.
On, green Service is normal, no service alarm occurs.
Service
alarm On, red Critical or major alarm occurs to service.
indicator- On, yellow Minor or remote alarm occurs to service.
SRV
Off No service configured or no power supply.
 PDH Interface Unit

Relationship with other boards

With XCS unit:

Receives/sends VC4 signal
from/to XCS unit board
Receives/sends clock signal
from/to XCS unit board
Communicates with
SCC unit via mailbox:
Reports its running information,
Receives control command
 PDH Interface Unit

PL3
Supports 3 E3/DS3 signals
Interface board is C34S

PD3
Supports 6 E3/DS3 signals
Interface board is D34S
 PDH Interface Unit
PL3/PD3 (only the different point)
P_LOS: ( T_ALOS for PL1D ) B3_SD/B3_EXC:
No E3 signal received (BIP_SD/BIP_EXC for PL1D)
Reasons: Reasons:
1. Fault on E3 interface board BIP signal degraded or
2. Fault on the E3 Cable excessive
3. Fault on switch system

P_AIS: (DN_E1_AIS and UP_E1_AIS for PL1D)

E3 signal alarm indication
Reasons:
1. Transmission line faulty
2. Opposite NE outputs AIS signal.
 PDH Interface Unit
Performance Events
Performance event Description of performance
B3CNT B3 check bit error counts

FEBECNT remote check bit error counts

TUPJCHIGH TU pointer positive justification counts

TUPJCLOW TU pointer negtive justification counts

 PDH Interface Unit

SPQ4
• Interface board is MU04.

• Access and process 4 × E4/STM-1 electrical signals.

• All paths can be set for either E4 or STM-1 service as

desired.

• Support SOH byte processing, including B1, B2, K1, K2,

M1, F1 and D1 ~ 12.

• Support POH byte processing, including J1, B3, C2, G1

and H4.
 PDH Interface Unit

TSB8, TSB4
Protection board work with TSB board to provide TPS .
For both PDH TPS and STM-1 electrical port TPS

Processing board Interface board TSB board

PD3 D34S TSB8
PL3 C34S TSB4
SEP EU08 TSB8
SEP EU04 TSB4
 Contents

 PDH interface Unit

 SDH interface Unit
 Ethernet interface Unit
 Core Board
 SDH Interface Unit
Type Name Slot
SL16 STM-16 optical interface board 11,12,13

SLQ4 4 × STM-4 optical interface board 11,12,13

SLD4 2 × STM-4 optical interface board 11,12,13

SL4 STM-4 optical interface board 11,12,13

SLQ1 4 × STM-1 optical interface board 11,12,13

SL1 STM-1 optical interface board 11,12,13

11,12,13
SEP1 2  STM-1 line processing board (not need interface board)
12,13
SEP 4/8  STM-1 line processing board (need interface board)

EU04 4  STM-1 electrical interface board 14,16

EU08 8  STM-1 electrical interface board 14,16

OU08 8  STM-1 optical interface board 14,16

 SDH Interface Unit
Course Contents

• Functions, Features and Applications

• Alarms and Performance Events
• Indicators
• Relationship with Other Boards
 SDH Interface Unit

Alarms and Performance Events

Critical Alarms
R_LOS:
Loss of signal
R_LOF:
Reasons:
Loss of frame
1. Light received is too dim
Reasons:
2. Receiver is failed
1. Clock of the upstream
station is failed
2. To many bit errors
 SDH Interface Unit
Major Alarms

MS_AIS: AU_LOP:
Reason: Reasons:
Caused by critical 1. Hardware failure
alarm 2. Incorrect service
configuration
AU_AIS:
Reason:
Service is broken at
VC4 level
 SDH Interface Unit
Minor Alarms

HP_TIM , HP_SLM:
Reasons:
J1 mismatch
C2 mismatch
B1, B2, B3_EXC, B3_SD:
Bit error excess
Reasons:
1. Optical path problem
2. Hardware failure
 SDH Interface Unit
Minor Alarms
MS_RDI:
Multiplex Section Remote
End Defect Indication
Reasons:
Remote end detects MS-AIS
MS_REI:
Multiplex Section Remote
End Error Indication
Reasons:
Remote end detects B2 errors
HP_RDI:
High-order Path Remote End
Defect Indication
Reasons:
Remote end detects HP alarms
HP_REI:
High-order Path Remote End
Error Indication
Reasons:
Remote end detects B3 errors
 SDH Interface Unit
Performance Events
Performance Description of
event performance

B1-BBE B1 check bit error counts

B2-BBE B2 check bit error counts

B3-BBE B3 check bit error counts

AUPJCHIGH AU pointer positive justification

counts

AUPJCLOW AU pointer negative justification

counts
 SDH Interface Unit
Appe
aranc Indicator status description
e
Indicator Color and status Description
On, green The board works normally.
Board On, red The board hardware fails, or
hardware the board hardware is
indicator- mismatched.
STAT
Off The board is not powered on.
Service On, green The service is activated.
activation
Off The service is not activated.
indicator-
ACT
 SDH Interface Unit
Appear
Indicator status description
ance
Indicator Color and status Description
On, green Upload of board software to FLASH or the
FPGA upload is normal, or the board
software initialization is normal.
On for 100ms and off for Board software is being uploaded to
Board 100ms alternatively, green FLASH or FGPA
software
On for 300ms and off for The board software is initializing, and is in
indicator-
300ms alternatively, green BIOS boot stage.
PROG
On, red The board software in FLASH or the FPGA
configuration is lost, resulting in upload and
initialization failure.
Off No power supply.
On, green Service is normal, no service alarm occurs.
Service
alarm On, red Critical or major alarm occurs to service.
indicator- On, yellow Minor or remote alarm occurs to service.
SRV
Off No service configured or no power supply.
 SDH Interface Unit

Relationship with other board

with XCS board

Receives/sends VC4 signal
from/to XCS unit board
Receives/sends clock signal
from/to XCS unit board

with SCC board

DCC and E1~E2

Reports its running information,
Receives control command
 Contents

 PDH Interface Unit

 SDH Interface Unit
 Ethernet Interface Unit
 Core Board
 Ethernet Interface Unit
This will be introduced in other course.
Board Full name slot
2-port Gigabit Ethernet optical
EGS2 11,12,13
interface board with Lanswitch
4-port Fast Ethernet processing board
EFS4 11,12,13
with Lanswitch

Fast Ethernet processing board with

EFS0 12,13
Lanswitch
8 x 10/100M Ethernet twisted pair
ETF8 14,16
interface board
 Contents

 PDH interface Unit

 SDH interface Unit
 Ethernet interface Unit
 Core Board
 Core board
Core board is integratted from Line, cross-connect,
timing and SCC unit.

Board Full name slot

STM-16 system control, cross-connect, optical

CXL16 4,5
interface board

STM-4 system control, cross-connect, optical

CXL4 4,5
interface board

STM-1 system control, cross-connect, optical

CXL1 4,5
interface board
 Core board
Front panel Backplane
STM-16 SDH
processing unit

Cross connect unit

System control and

communication unit

Timing unit

Principle block diagram of CXL16

 Core board

• Principle Diagram
• Alarms and Performance Events
• Indicators
• Relationship with Other Boards
• Functions, Features and Applications

We will discuss about the four parts of the board:

Cross-connect 、clock、scc and line unit .
 Core board-cross connection and clock unit
Principle block diagram of cross connection and unit.

5G
lower-order
cross-connect
matrix

Timing
15G unit
higher-order
cross-connect
matrix

Control and
communication unit
Core board-cross connection and clock Unit
Functions and Features
Cross-connection:
VC12、VC3 and VC4
AU4-4C, AU4-8C, AU4-16C
Network Protection Control:
SNCP、MSP
Controlling TPS
Synchronous timing

Applications
1+1 hot backup mode
 Core board-cross connection Unit
Alarms and Performance Events
Critical alarm Major alarm
TEMP_OVER PS
Reason: Reason:
Operation temperature Multiplex section protection
over limit has been taking place
 Core cross connection Unit
Relationship with other boards

With SCC unit

Gets control commands
Sends running information

With access boards

Gets/sends VC4 signals
Gets SNCP information
 Core board-clock Unit
Functions and Features

1. Generates system timing signals. Traces 2 channels

of external timing signals and timing signals from SDH
interface.

2. Provides 2 channels of external timing signals. The

interfaces can be set as 2MHz or 2Mbit/s.

3. Processes SSM and clock ID.

 Core board-clock Unit
Alarms and Performance Events
Critical alarm Major alarms

EXTSYNLOS LTI
Reason: Reason:
Loss of external Loss of all synchronization
synchronization source sources

S1_SYN_CHANGE
Reason:
Synchronization source
switches under S1 byte mode
 Core board-clock Unit
Minor alarms

SYNC_LOS
Reasons:
Loss of synchronization
source of higher class
SYN_BAD
Reasons:
Deterioration of the
synchronization source
 Core board-line Unit
In the term of applications and function,the line unit of
CXL1/4/16 is completely same with other SDH board.
For example:line unit of CXL16=SL16

•Processing STM-1/4/16 signal

•Various optical modules for
different distances

• J1 “Huawei SBS”
C2 according to the service

• Software VC4 loopback

 Core board-SCC unit
Functions:
Issuing command
Collecting alarm and performance of other board
Providing orderwire phone and other data interfaces
Communication
Supporting 1+1 hot backup protection
 Core board-SCC unit

Applications

ID is the only identification for an NE

ID is configured in scope of 1~65529 with software

The default value of ID is 0XFFFE(65534)

 Core board
Indicator description of CXL1, CXL4 and CXL16(1)
Indicator Color and status Description
Board On, green The board works normally.
hardware
On, red The board hardware fails, or
indicator -
the board hardware is
STAT
mismatched.
Off The board is not powered
on.
Service On, green The cross-connect unit is in
activation active status.
indicator of Off The cross-connect unit is in
cross-connect standby status.
unit - ACTX
 Core board
Indicator description of CXL1, CXL4 and CXL16(2)
Indicator Color and status Description
Service activation On, green The system control & communication unit is in
indicator of system active status.
control & Off The system control & communication unit is in
communication unit standby status.
– ACTC
Board software On, green Upload of board software to FLASH or the
indicator - PROG FPGA upload is normal, or the board software
initialization is normal.
On for 100ms and Board software is being uploaded to FLASH or
off for 100ms FGPA
alternatively, green
On for 300ms and The board software is initializing, and is in
off for 300ms BIOS boot stage.
alternatively, green
On, red The board software in FLASH or the FPGA
configuration is lost, resulting in upload and
initialization failure.
Off No power supply.
 Core board
Indicator description of CXL1, CXL4 and CXL16(3)
Indicator Color and status Description
Service alarm On, green Service operates normally on the
indicator of cross- cross-connect unit.
connect unit - On, red Switching (e.g., TPS) occurs to the
SRVX service on the cross-connect unit.
Service alarm On, green Service operates normally on the line
indicator of line unit, and no service alarm occurs.
unit - SRVL On, red Critical or major alarm occurs to the
line service.
On, yellow Minor or remote alarm occurs to the
line service.
Off The line service is not configured or
no power supply.
ALMC On, yellow Alarm is cut off permanently.
Off Alarm is normally provided.
 Contents

 Equipment overview
 Service Boards
 Auxiliary Parts
 Auxiliary parts

Unit name Board Full name Slot available

EOW Engineering Order Wire slot9
AUX System auxiliary interface board slot10
Auxiliary parts
PIU Power interface unit slot18, slot19
FAN Fan control unit slot20
 EOW board

EOW offers order wire phone and data interfaces.

EOW is seated in Slot 9.

Functions
It provides:
One orderwire phone
Four broadcast data interfaces S1~S4
 EOW board

Interface Description
PHONE Orderwire interface
S1 serial1
S2 serial2
S3 serial3
S4 serial4

The front panel of EOW

 EOW board
Description of the indicators of EOW
Indicator Color and status Description
On, green The board works normally.
Board
hardware On, red The board hardware fails, or the board hardware is
status mismatched.
indicator- Off The board is not powered.
STAT
Off The cross-connect unit is in protection status.
On, green Upload of board software to FLASH or the FPGA upload
is normal, or the board software initialization is normal.

Board On for 100ms and off for Board software is being uploaded to FLASH or FGPA
software 100ms alternatively, green
status On for 300ms and off for The board software is initializing, and is in BIOS boot
indicator- 300ms alternatively, green stage.
PROG On, red The board software in FLASH or the FPGA configuration
is lost, resulting in upload and initialization failure.
Off No power supply.
 AUX board
AUX is the system auxiliary interface board, seated in slot 10.

The front panel of AUX

Description of AUX interfaces

Interface Description
COM Debugging interface, RJ-45
ETH NM interface, RJ-45
CLK External clock input/output interface, RJ-45，120 
ALM Boolean value input/output, RJ-45
OAM/F&f Serial interface for NM or OAM, RJ-45
 PIU board

PIU is the power interface board, and can be seated in Slot

18 and 19.

Functions:
power access
lightening protection and filtering
Clock interface of 1 input and 1 output （75  ）
 PIU board

The front panel of PIU

Indicator Color and status Description

Power indicator- off No power inputs.
POWER on Power inputs normally.

The indicator of PIU

 FAN board
The FAN board contains 6 fans and is used for heat dissipation of the
equipment.The FAN board can be installed in Slot 20.

Functions:
Provides the power for the fans.
Detects and reports the status of fans running.
Indicates the status of the fan board.
Supports the function of hot plugging.

Alarm:
FAN_FAIL: fan failure
BDSTATUS: board is not on line
 FAN board

Description of indicators of FAN

Indicator Status Description

The power input to this board is

On normal.
RUN
Off No power inputs to this board.

On One of the fans stops running

ALM
Off The fans are normal.

The FAN front panel

 Contents

 Equipment overview
 Service Boards
 Auxiliary Parts
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