CoreDirector FS
Multiservice Optical Switch

Technical information
System Capacities
CoreDirector FS -
    640 Gb/s switching capacity over 32 payload slots
CoreDirector FSCI -
    160 Gb/s switching capacity over 8 payload slots
Ports Per Slot
    OC-192/STM-64/OTU-2/10GbE - 2
    OC-48/STM-16/OTU-1* - 8
    OC-3/12 or STM-1/4 - 16
    STM-1e - 8
    GbE - 20

Optical Pluggable Interfaces
10G SONET/SDH/OTN
Fixed/Tunable DWDM, LR-2, MR, SR-2, SR-1
2.5G SONET/SDH/OTN
    Fixed DWDM*, LR-2, LR-1, MR, SR
155M/622M SONET/SDH
    Fixed DWDM**, MR
GbE
    SX, LX
10GbE
    SR, LR, ER

Electrical Interfaces
STM-1e

Embedded Software Features at a Glance
Configurable OTN/SONET and SDH OAM
OTN/SONET/SDH Translation
OTN/SONET/SDH Multicast
Automated Link Grooming

Intelligent Optical Control Plane
ITU G.ASON I-NNI (signaling and routing, automatic real-time resource discovery, intelligent mapping of services to resources, automatic resource activation/deactivation, intelligent mesh restoration, intelligent link aggregation, intelligent crankback), OIF UNI 1.0, OIF E-NNI 1.0

Data Functionality
Software-configurable SONET/SDH mapping (GFP-F, HDLC, LAPS X.86), VCAT, LCAS, VLAN switching based on 802.1q/ad/p S and C tags, VLAN translation based on push/pop/swap of tags, label reuse across interfaces, per flow traffic policing to CIR/CBS and EIR/EBS based on MEF standards, 8 CoS levels per interface/VCG based on combination of Strict Priority and Weighted Fair Queing, WRED profiles, IEEE 802.3ad Ethernet link aggregation

Optical Protection and Restoration Options
FastMesh connection-level, end-to-end reroute restoration; 4F Virtual Line Switched Ring (VLSR®), intelligent version of 4F BLSR/MS-SPRing; Asymmetric VLSR; 4F TLSR; 2F BLSR/MS-SPRing; 4F BLSR/MS-SPRing; APS/MSP (1+1, 1:N) and unprotected (0+1); UPSR/SNCP

Timing Support
1.544 Mb/s/2.048 Mb/s BITS/Station Clock inputs and outputs, line timing, SSM support, AIS thresholds, Stratum 3E/G.812 Type III node clock, hold-over timing
Hardware Protection
1:1 redundancy for all common equipment
M:N redundant switch fabric

Element and network management
Standards-based CORBA IDL interfaces
TMN-based architecture and information models
TL-1 craft interface for operational familiarity
IP or OSI over DCC extensions for management of subtended network elements
CoreDirector FS Node Manager for GUI-based element management
ON-Center® Core Switching Manager for node and network management
ON-Center Service Level Manager for end-to-end TDM and Ethernet services management
CoreDirector Designer for off-line capacity planning, network validation, network optimization and node configuration
Universal OSS Gateway compliant with TMF-814 for operations integration

Physical Characteristics
CoreDirector FS Dimensions
    84" (H) x 26" (W) x 21" (D); 2134 mm (H) x 660 mm (W) x 533 mm (D)
CoreDirector FSCI Dimensions
    37.5" (H) x 18.8" (W) x 22.5" (D); 953 mm (H) x 478 mm (W) x 572 mm (D)


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