Please see Part 1: Cisco VNEs in this guide for information about which devices support the various technologies.
Technology Description
IPoDWDM is a network architecture approach that integrates layer 1 (optical) and layer 3 (IP) technologies by combining DWDM transponder features and functions into the router interface. Instead of being limited to a short-reach gray wavelength, the router is able to emit a tunable, ITU-grid compatible colored wavelength, with G.709 Digital Wrapper and Enhanced Forward Error Correction (EFEC) functions. This combination provides multiple advantages, including savings in capital and operational expenditures due to the elimination of multiple transponder shelves, cross-connect shelves, and associated short-reach interfaces. The total number of optical-electronic components is reduced by 50 percent, further lowering costs, improving availability, lowering the time needed to provision services on the network, and increasing mean time between failures (MTBF). It also halves the number of patch cables needed at the terminating sites, reduces power consumption, and shrinks the overall physical footprint of the equipment.
Note Cisco ANA version 3.6.6 and later provides support for IPoDWDM only on CRS-1 devices running IOS-XR software.
The Multisource Agreement (MSA) ITU channel number. The ITU channel number is an integer from 1 to 83 (for the C-band) or from 106 to 185 (for the L-band).
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Frequency
Frequency of the channel, in terahertz.
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Wavelength
Wavelength corresponding to the channel number, in nanometers.
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OpticsType
Indicates the optics type of the DWDM controller (DWDM, Cisco 10Gb DWDM, LR-2/L-64.2a (80km), 10Gb MSA WDM (65km), and so on).
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TxPower
Transmit power level. Values are in units of 0.1 dBm and can range from -190 to +10. This corresponds to a range of -19 dBm to +1 dBm.
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RxPower
Receive power level. Values are in units of 0.1 dBm and can range from -200 to 0. This corresponds to a range of -20 dBm to 0 dBm.
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RxLosThreshold
Indicates the transponder receive power LOS threshold value (in units of 0.1dBm).
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G709Info
The raw string output value of G709 status, as retrieved using the command line interface (CLI).