The Cisco ONS 15310-CL SONET Multiservice Platform is an economical, 1-rack unit (1RU)-high delivery platform optimized for use as the last network element—at the customer location (CL)—in a service provider’s network, or for use as an end node in enterprise or campus environments. The Cisco ONS 15310-CL takes advantage of the proven technology pioneered by the Cisco ONS 15454, the industry's first and leading multiservice optical transport platform.

The Cisco ONS 15310-CL supports the following capabilities:

• Compact footprint; 1RU-high chassis

• AC and DC power options

• Integrated single-system cross-connect, timing, control, and DS-n service architecture

• Two Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical ports:

  • OC-3 intermediate reach and long reach

  • OC-12 intermediate reach and long reach

  • Multirate OC-3/OC-12 intermediate reach

• Twenty-one onboard DS-1 interfaces

• Three onboard DS-3 or EC-1 (electrical STS)

• Flexible expansion port, supporting:

  • CE-Series 8-Port 10/100 Carrier Ethernet card

  • ML-Series 8-Port 10/100 Switched Ethernet card

• Networking topologies: Unidirectional Path Switched Ring (UPSR), linear point-to point, linear add/drop

• Restoration choices: UPSR, 1+1 Automatic Protection Switching (APS), unprotected span, and Cisco’s Path Protected Mesh Networking (PPMN)

• Integrated Cisco Transport Controller craft management tool and Cisco Transport Manager for simple, fast, and easy operation.

• OSMINE, TL-1, CORBA, SNMP northbound interfaces for OSS integration

• NEBS Level 3