Alcatel Newbridge 7470 MSP Platform Quad STM1 90-8687-??“ Making Sense of the Alcatel Part Numbering Scheme”
We have recently supplied several Quad STM1 cards 90-8687-?? to three different clients and have unravelled much confusion over the varying part numbers based on the different variants and options for this card.
So in true ‘Blog fashion’ I will try to simplify the confusion on what the various option are and what part numbers are in general availability and what is manufactured discontinued.
Hopefully this will aid customers with further purchases of this card.
Introduction to the card
The Quad OC3/STM1 Card is a Quad ATM interface card for the Alcatel MSP 7470 / 7670 Platform. The card operates at the SONET OC3 rate of 155 Mbps per port. The ATM card was originally launched in release 5 with four different orderable part numbers, varying on the mode of operation.
90-8687-01 Rel. 5.0 Intermediate Reach (IR) single mode fiber optical interface
90-8687-02 Rel 5.0 Long Reach (LR) single mode fiber optical interface
90-8687-03 Rel 5.0 Multi-mode fiber (MMF) optical interface
90-8687-04 Rel 5.0 Electrical ,BNC Interface
All these cards were eventually manufactured discontinued and superseded with release 6 compliant versions
90-8687-11 Rel. 6.0 Intermediate Reach (IR) single mode fiber optical interface
90-8687-12 Rel 6.0 Long Reach (LR) single mode fiber optical interface
90-8687-13 Rel 6.0 Multi-mode fiber (MMF) optical interface
90-8687-14 Rel 6.0 Electrical ,BNC Interface
It should be noted that currently only the 90-8687-11 is still on General availability with Alcatel and that the other three variants are now marked as for future manufacture discontinued (although current it can be ordered).
“ So what’s next after the these other variants are discontinued? "
Well Alcatel now have available the 90-8687-25 STM1 Quad Universal SFP card.
90-8687-25 Card - QUAD OC3/STM1 SFP UNI/NNI CLEI –
This card may be used in 7470 MSP R6.0 - R9.1 or 7670 ESE R2.2 - R5.X systems. The quad OC3/STM1 UNI/NNI Card is a ATM interface card operating at the SONET/SDH OC3/STM1 rate of 155 Mbps per port.
The card is shipped without the optical or electrical physical interface and requires one or more of the Alcatel associated SFP adaptors.
The advantage of this card is that you can mix and match each of the four interface ports to the type of interface you require.
“So what SFP Interfaces are available? “
90-9764-01 OC3/STM1 MMF SFP clei - 1-port OC-3/STM-1 SONET/SDH Optics Module, MM, 1310 nm, LC Connector.
90-7964-02 OC3/STM1 IR SFP clei - 1-port OC-3/STM-1 SONET/SDH Optics Module, IR-1 / I-1, 1310 nm, LC Connector.
90-9764-03 OC3/STM1 LR SFP cle - 1-port OC-3/STM-1 SONET/SDH Optics Module, LR-1 / L-1.1, 1310 nm, LC Connector.
90-9764-04 STM1 ELEC SFP - 1-port STM-1 SDH Electrical Module, 1.0/2.3 Coaxial Connector (Type A Coupling).
“And Finally if you need conversion cables then..”
90-9771-01 SINGLE MODE LC TO SC CONVERSION CABLE - A 1 meter duplex single mode LC to SC conversion cable. Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors.
90-9771-02 SINGLE MODE LC TO FC CONVERSION CABLE - A 1 meter duplex single mode LC to FC conversion cable. . Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors
90-9771-03 MULTIMODE LC TO SC CONVERSION CABLE - A 1 meter duplex multimode LC to SC conversion cable. . Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors.
90-9772-01 BNC CONVERSION CABLE FOR ELEC SFP -A pair of 1 meter 1.0/2.3 Coaxial Connector (Type A Coupling) to BNC conversion cable. One can be used for Tx and the other for Rx. . Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors
90-9772-02 SMZ CONVERSION CABLE FOR ELEC SFP - A pair of 1 meter 1.0/2.3 Coaxial Connector (Type A Coupling) to SMZ conversion cables. One can be used for Tx and the other for Rx. . Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors.
Some additional information
I have yet to test the new Quad STM1 card with 3rd party SFP’s, Alcatel state that only there approved SFPs will function in the cards but I welcome any comments if you have successfully implemented and used 3rd party SFP’s?
The Quad OC3/STM1 Card is a Quad ATM interface card for the Alcatel MSP 7470 / 7670 Platform. The card operates at the SONET OC3 rate of 155 Mbps per port. The ATM card was originally launched in release 5 with four different orderable part numbers, varying on the mode of operation.
90-8687-01 Rel. 5.0 Intermediate Reach (IR) single mode fiber optical interface
90-8687-02 Rel 5.0 Long Reach (LR) single mode fiber optical interface
90-8687-03 Rel 5.0 Multi-mode fiber (MMF) optical interface
90-8687-04 Rel 5.0 Electrical ,BNC Interface
All these cards were eventually manufactured discontinued and superseded with release 6 compliant versions
90-8687-11 Rel. 6.0 Intermediate Reach (IR) single mode fiber optical interface
90-8687-12 Rel 6.0 Long Reach (LR) single mode fiber optical interface
90-8687-13 Rel 6.0 Multi-mode fiber (MMF) optical interface
90-8687-14 Rel 6.0 Electrical ,BNC Interface
It should be noted that currently only the 90-8687-11 is still on General availability with Alcatel and that the other three variants are now marked as for future manufacture discontinued (although current it can be ordered).
“ So what’s next after the these other variants are discontinued? "
Well Alcatel now have available the 90-8687-25 STM1 Quad Universal SFP card.
90-8687-25 Card - QUAD OC3/STM1 SFP UNI/NNI CLEI –
This card may be used in 7470 MSP R6.0 - R9.1 or 7670 ESE R2.2 - R5.X systems. The quad OC3/STM1 UNI/NNI Card is a ATM interface card operating at the SONET/SDH OC3/STM1 rate of 155 Mbps per port.
The card is shipped without the optical or electrical physical interface and requires one or more of the Alcatel associated SFP adaptors.
The advantage of this card is that you can mix and match each of the four interface ports to the type of interface you require.
“So what SFP Interfaces are available? “
90-9764-01 OC3/STM1 MMF SFP clei - 1-port OC-3/STM-1 SONET/SDH Optics Module, MM, 1310 nm, LC Connector.
90-7964-02 OC3/STM1 IR SFP clei - 1-port OC-3/STM-1 SONET/SDH Optics Module, IR-1 / I-1, 1310 nm, LC Connector.
90-9764-03 OC3/STM1 LR SFP cle - 1-port OC-3/STM-1 SONET/SDH Optics Module, LR-1 / L-1.1, 1310 nm, LC Connector.
90-9764-04 STM1 ELEC SFP - 1-port STM-1 SDH Electrical Module, 1.0/2.3 Coaxial Connector (Type A Coupling).
“And Finally if you need conversion cables then..”
90-9771-01 SINGLE MODE LC TO SC CONVERSION CABLE - A 1 meter duplex single mode LC to SC conversion cable. Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors.
90-9771-02 SINGLE MODE LC TO FC CONVERSION CABLE - A 1 meter duplex single mode LC to FC conversion cable. . Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors
90-9771-03 MULTIMODE LC TO SC CONVERSION CABLE - A 1 meter duplex multimode LC to SC conversion cable. . Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors.
90-9772-01 BNC CONVERSION CABLE FOR ELEC SFP -A pair of 1 meter 1.0/2.3 Coaxial Connector (Type A Coupling) to BNC conversion cable. One can be used for Tx and the other for Rx. . Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors
90-9772-02 SMZ CONVERSION CABLE FOR ELEC SFP - A pair of 1 meter 1.0/2.3 Coaxial Connector (Type A Coupling) to SMZ conversion cables. One can be used for Tx and the other for Rx. . Used with the Quad OC3/STM1 SFP Cell Relay card or the OC3/STM1 Working I/O (90-9785-02) to adapt the SFP connector to existing cable connectors.
Some additional information
I have yet to test the new Quad STM1 card with 3rd party SFP’s, Alcatel state that only there approved SFPs will function in the cards but I welcome any comments if you have successfully implemented and used 3rd party SFP’s?
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