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 Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 5
1.1 General............................................................................................... 5
1.2 Manual References ............................................................................. 5

2. MODULE DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................. 6

2.1 Front Panel ......................................................................................... 6
2.1.1 Insert/Remove Module into/from Node ................................................... 7
2.1.2 LEDs............................................................................................................ 7
2.1.3 Connectors ................................................................................................. 8
2.2 Functional Operation .......................................................................... 9
2.2.1 Media Module for Ethernet: Interfacing to a LAN or WAN Network ........ 9
2.2.2 Ethernet Service ...................................................................................... 11
2.2.3 Voice Service ............................................................................................ 11
2.2.4 I/O with the Central Switching Module (=CSM) ...................................... 11
2.2.5 Synchronization / Clock Distribution / Network Timing .......................... 12
2.2.6 EFM-F IEEE 802.3ah (=Ethernet in the First Mile – Fiber) (future) .......... 12
2.2.7 MPLS-TP Compliancy ............................................................................... 12
2.2.8 PoE (=Power Over Ethernet) on 4-GC-LW ............................................... 12
2.2.9 Smart SFP ................................................................................................. 14
2.2.10 Storm Control on Ethernet LAN Port ....................................................... 14
2.2.11 BPDU Guard on Ethernet LAN Port.......................................................... 15
2.2.12 MRP (=Media Redundancy Protocol) Support ........................................ 15
2.2.13 Layer2: Link Aggregation/LAG (=Link Aggregation Group)...................... 16
2.3 Onboard Interfaces ........................................................................... 17
2.3.1 Straps ....................................................................................................... 17
2.3.2 Rotary DIP Switches ................................................................................. 18

3. MODULE SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................ 18

3.1 General Specifications....................................................................... 18
3.2 Other Specificiations ......................................................................... 18
3.3 Ordering Information ........................................................................ 18

4. ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................... 18
List of figures
Figure 1 IFM In Aggregation Nodes ............................................................................................... 6
Figure 2 IFM In Core Nodes ........................................................................................................... 7
Figure 3 RJ45 Ethernet port........................................................................................................... 9
Figure 4 General Example: LAN/WAN ......................................................................................... 10
Figure 5 Detailed Example: Interfacing to a LAN or WAN Network ............................................ 10
Figure 6 PoE Example .................................................................................................................. 13
Figure 7 SDH/SONET over Dragon PTN via Smart SFPs ............................................................... 14
Figure 8 MRP: General Example .................................................................................................. 16
Figure 9 Link Aggregation and LAGs ............................................................................................ 17

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Figure 10 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW: Side View ................................................................................... 17
Figure 11 Hardware Edition......................................................................................................... 18

List of Tables
Table 1 Manual References ........................................................................................................... 6
Table 2 LED Indications In Boot Operation ................................................................................... 7
Table 3 LED Indications in Normal Operation ............................................................................... 8
Table 4 Port Speed Support in 10G Slots in Aggregation Nodes ................................................... 9
Table 5 RJ45 Ethernet port: Pin Assignments ............................................................................... 9
Table 6 Synchronization / Clock Distribution / Network Timing Overview ................................. 12
Table 7 Other Specifications........................................................................................................ 18

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 General
This document is valid as of Dragon PTN Release 4.3DR.
This document describes the 4-GC-LW and 4-GCB-LW interface module (=IFM). The 4-GC-LW
supports PoE whereas the 4-GCB-LW not. These IFMs provide four 1Gbps LAN/WAN ports on
the front panel (LAN = Local Area Network; WAN = Wide Area Network). Port 1 is a gigabit
combo port (SFP/RJ45) whereas ports 2, 3 and 4 are 1 gigabit RJ45 ports. Each individual port
can be configured as either LAN or WAN port via HiProvision (=Dragon PTN Management
System). By default, each port is configured as WAN port. On the 4-GC-LW IFM, these RJ45
ports can deliver PoE (=Power Over Ethernet) as well. 4-GC-LW refers to ‘4 ports – Gigabit
Combo port – LAN WAN’.
Verify the 'Dragon PTN Bandwidth Overview' manual (Ref. [100] in Table 1) to see in which
node and IFM slot this IFM can be used. This IFM requires an interface adapter kit in core
nodes which is not needed in aggregation nodes (see §2.1, Nodes: see Ref. [3], [3b] in
Table 1).
Main supported features:
Gigabit Ethernet Ports:
1 x Combo (one of the two options below):
1 x RJ45 (Cu, electrical): 10/100/1000BASE-T;
1 x SFP (Fiber, optical): 1000BASE-X / Smart SFP;
3 x RJ45 (Cu, electrical): 10/100/1000BASE-T;
Synchronization
SyncE;
PTP IEEE 1588v2 (=Precision Time Protocol);
on 4-GC-LW: PoE IEEE 802.3at ;
Smart SFP;
LAN or WAN function selectable per port;
(future) EFM-F IEEE 802.3ah (=Ethernet in the first Mile – Fiber);
E-Tree in an Ethernet Service;
MRP (=Media Redundancy Protocol) Support;
Ethernet Layer2: Link Aggregation/LAG.

1.2 Manual References

Table 1 is an overview of the manuals referred to in this manual. ‘&’ refers to the language
code, ‘*’ refers to the manual issue. All these manuals can be found in the HiProvision
(=Dragon PTN Management System) Help function.

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 Table 1 Manual References

Ref. Number Title

[1] XA-M801-&-* Dragon PTN Installation and Operation
[2Mgt] XA-M830-&-* HiProvision Management Operation
[2Eth] XA-M831-&-* Dragon PTN Ethernet Services
[2Leg] XA-M832-&-* Dragon PTN Legacy Services
[2Net] XA-M833-&-* Dragon PTN Network Operation
[3] XB-M802-&-* Dragon PTN Aggregation Nodes: PTN2210, PTN2206, PTN1104, PTN2209
[3b] XB-M840-&-* Dragon PTN Core Nodes: PTN2215
[4] XB-M803-&-* Dragon PTN Switching Module: PTN-CSM310-A/PTN-CSM540-A
[7] XE-M819-&-* Dragon PTN Interface Module: PTN-8-FXS
[8] XF-M811-&-* Dragon PTN TRMs (Transmit Receive Modules: SFP, XFP, QSFP+)
[9] XA-M810-&-* Dragon PTN General Specifications
[100] XA-M828-&-* Dragon PTN Bandwidth Overview

2. MODULE DESCRIPTION
2.1 Front Panel
4-GC-LW 4-GCB-LW
(HW Edition > 8)

Port1:
Gigabit Ethernet
combo port
RJ45, includes PoE

Port 2,3,4: Same as

gigabit Ethernet port 4-GC-LW but
RJ45 without PoE
(including PoE)

Port1:
Gigabit Ethernet
combo port: SFP

Figure 1 IFM In Aggregation Nodes

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 Interface Adapter Kit
Container to insert IFM

Socket Head
Cap Screw

IFM in
Core Node

Figure 2 IFM In Core Nodes

2.1.1 Insert/Remove Module into/from Node

See ‘Dragon PTN Installation and Operation Manual’ Ref.[1].

2.1.2 LEDs
The meaning of the LEDs depends on the mode of operation (= boot or normal) in which the
4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW module currently is running. After plugging in the module or rebooting
it, the module turns into the boot operation, see Table 2. After the module has gone through
all the cycles in the table below (=rebooted successfully), the module turns into the normal
operation, see LEDs in Table 3.

Table 2 LED Indications In Boot Operation

Cycle PI PF FLT Spare LED W[1..4] LA[1..4]

1 ✓ --- Slow blinking --- --- ---

2 ✓ --- Fast blinking --- --- ---

3 ✓ --- --- --- --- ---

4 ✓ --- ✓ --- ✓ ---

5 ✓ --- --- --- ✓ ---

✓ : LED is lit / --- : LED is not lit

The sub cycle times may vary. The entire boot cycle time [1→5] takes approximately 3 minutes.

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 Table 3 LED Indications in Normal Operation

LED Color Status

PI (=Power Input) Not lit, dark +12V power input to the board not OK
Green +12V power input to the board OK
PF (=Power Failure) Not lit, dark power generation on the board itself is OK
Red power generation on the board itself is erroneous
FLT (=FauLT) Not lit, dark no other fault or error situation, different from PF, is active on the module
Red a fault or error situation, different from PF, is active on the module
W<port n°> Not lit, dark The link on port<port n°> is a LAN link
Green The link on port<port n°> is a WAN link
LA<port n°> Normal SFP or RJ45
Not lit, dark The link on port<port n°> is down
Yellow lit The link on port<port n°> is up, no activity
Yellow blinking The link on port<port n°> is up, with activity
Smart SFP (see §2.2.9)
Not lit, dark The port is administratively down or no service programmed on this port
Yellow blinking A service is programmed on this port.
CAUTION: The link status and link activity to the SDH/SONET network cannot be
derived from this LA LED, instead it must be derived from the Smart SFP
status/alarms information in HiProvision.

2.1.3 Connectors
This module has following ports:
Port1 = Combo Ethernet port: A ‘Combo’ port is a double Ethernet port with an electrical
(RJ45) and optical (SFP) port. Only one of the two ports can be active at the same time,
either the RJ45 or the SFP port. If an SFP link comes up on the SFP, the SFP link has
always priority over a possible RJ45 link. An RJ45 link on this port can only become active
if no link comes up on the SFP. If for example no SFP link is up, and the RJ45 brings up the
link first, the RJ45 port will become active. If an SFP link comes up later on, the SFP port
will become the active one and the RJ45 port will be deactivated. The SFPs that can be
used for this port can be found in Ref. [8] in Table 1.
RJ45: 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet copper port, see figure and table below;
SFP: 100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet fiber port / Smart SFP;
NOTE: The behavior described above counts for both SFP and Smart SFPs;
Port2, 3, 4 = RJ45 Ethernet port: 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet copper port. Use
CAT5E shielded cables for 10/100Base-T and CAT6 shielded cables for 1000Base-T to
connect these ports.

CAUTION: Port speed settings in 10G slots in aggregation nodes have limited
support, see table below.

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 Table 4 Port Speed Support in 10G Slots in Aggregation Nodes

Speed Port1 (RJ45) Port1 (SFP, Fiber) Port2,3,4

10M/100M --- ---
cannot be
1G Fixed --- ✓ used in 10G
slots
1G Autonegotiation ✓ ✓

Note: ✓= supported; --- = not supported

Table 5 RJ45 Ethernet port: Pin Assignments

Pin No. Signal 100/100Base-T Signal 1000Base-T

1 Transmit output (+) DA+
2 Transmit output (-) DA-
3 Receive input (+) DB+
4 --- DC+
5 --- DC-
6 Receive input (-) DB-
7 --- DD+
8 --- DD-

Figure 3 RJ45 Ethernet port

2.2 Functional Operation

The 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW performs following major tasks:

2.2.1 Media Module for Ethernet: Interfacing to a LAN or WAN Network

WAN ports interconnect nodes within the Dragon PTN network (MPLS-TP) whereas LAN
ports interconnect the nodes with their applications.
Each Ethernet front port can be configured individually as LAN or a WAN port in HiProvision.
By default, each port is configured as WAN port. A LAN port talks Ethernet and a WAN port
talks MPLS-TP. As a result, the node can serve as an edge node (or LER = Label Edge Router)
where traffic is received on a LAN port, mapped into pseudowire and forwarded to the
correct label switched path on a WAN port.
When the module needs a WAN port configuration, typically combo port 1 will be used for
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fiber within the WAN. The other ports can also be configured as WAN port, but these ports
must be hooked up to a copper cable via RJ45, which leads to shorter distances.
For a configured application service, the node can operate as a:
LER = Label Edge Router or access node: The node is located on the edge between the
LAN and WAN. The node converts Ethernet into MPLS-TP and vice versa;
LSR = Label Switching Router: The node is fully located in the WAN. The node has no end-
points for the configured application service, it only forwards MPLS-TP traffic via label
switched paths;

Dragon PTN Node HiProvision PC

(=Dragon PTN Management)

LSR

router LER LER router

Dragon PTN MPLS-TP

Network

LSR LSR

LAN WAN LAN

Figure 4 General Example: LAN/WAN

WAN: MPLS-TP (on fiber, copper) →between Dragon PTN nodes

LAN: Ethernet (on copper) →external devices

WAN (via SFP on fiber)

Dragon PTN Node Dragon PTN Node

IFC1 IFC2 CSM IFC2 CSM
4-GC-LW 4-GC-LW CSM310-A 4-GC-LW CSM310-A

Switch Switch
ETH→ ETH→
MPLS-TP MPLS-TP

LAN1 LAN2 LAN3

Figure 5 Detailed Example: Interfacing to a LAN or WAN Network

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2.2.2 Ethernet Service
a. General
The 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW IFM access or end-points communicate over the Dragon PTN
network via an Ethernet service. This service must be configured via HiProvision. This service
can operate port or VLAN based. An optional E-Tree can be configured as well on this
Ethernet service.

b. Port Based / VLAN Based

Port based: Use this mode if all the traffic on a port must be transported transparently in
one and the same service;
VLAN based (single VLAN)/VLAN ID: Use this mode if each VLAN (ID) on a port must have
its own service. Ethernet packets with the configured VLAN ID will be forwarded in this
service, other VLAN IDs and untagged packets will be dropped. This behavior can be
overruled by a more advanced VLAN processing in the ‘VLAN Tagging/Untagging’ feature
in HiProvision. This feature also supports VLAN translation which replaces VLAN ID ‘x’
into VLAN ID ‘y’.
VLAN based (Multi VLAN)/QinQ VLAN ID (can only be used when L2/L3 IFM ports are
included in the service): With QinQ, a VLAN based service can carry multiple VLANs
instead of just one. QinQ is a feature that operates at the back end ports of the L2/L3
IFMs. For incoming traffic on the L2/L3 IFM backend ports (LAN or WAN), this feature
adds an outer VLAN (=QinQ VLAN with EtherType 0x8100) around the existing VLANs
resulting in double VLAN tagged Ethernet packets. For outgoing traffic on the L2/L3 IFM
backend ports (WAN or LAN), the QinQ VLAN is removed. The 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW IFM
itself is not able to add/remove the double VLAN tags. It will process incoming double
VLAN tagged packets as if it was a single VLAN tagged packet meaning that only the
outer VLAN will be processed. Detailed examples with a mix of all these IFMs can be
found in Ref. [2Eth] in Table 1. A switch that supports QinQ should be connected to the
4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW ports to process double VLAN tagged packets.

c. E-Tree
An E-Tree is a rooted (not routed) point-to-multipoint partial service within a programmed
Ethernet service. E-Tree can be used as a security precaution to separate different customers
(=leafs) using the same Ethernet service while accessing one or more ISPs (=roots).
When an E-Tree is used, each service endpoint is designated as either leaf or root. A leaf can
only communicate with a root. A root can communicate with all the roots and leafs.

2.2.3 Voice Service

The 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW IFM ports can be configured in the Ethernet part of the Voice
service. See Ref. [2Leg] and Ref.[7] in Table 1 for more information on the Voice service.

2.2.4 I/O with the Central Switching Module (=CSM)

The 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW module receives traffic (Ethernet or MPLS-TP) via its front panel
ports and forwards this to the CSM via the backplane. The CSM does all the processing on

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this data (synchronization, CRC checks, conversions, switching…). The resulting data will be
forwarded via the backplane to one of the IFMs in the node.

2.2.5 Synchronization / Clock Distribution / Network Timing

The Dragon PTN network provides a number of mechanisms to perform synchronization /
clock distribution / network timing. The CSM makes sure that all the included IFMs in the
node are synchronized. See the table below for an overview of the mechanisms that are
supported on the 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW module.
It means that the front ports of the 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW module can be used to recover a
clock from an incoming data stream and redistribute this clock via an outgoing data stream;

Table 6 Synchronization / Clock Distribution / Network Timing Overview

Mechanism Domain What is Purpose

Synchronized?
SyncE Network wide Clock Frequency Distribute a synchronous clock, based on a PRC (=Primary
Reference Clock), network wide over all the nodes that need
it.
PTP IEEE 1588v2 Network wide Timestamping A protocol to synchronize real-time clocks (timestamping) in
Dragon PTN network elements and/or connected devices.

a. SyncE (=Synchronous Ethernet)

See the manuals in Ref.[2Net] and Ref.[4] for more detailed information.

b. PTP IEEE 1588v2 (=Precision Time Protocol)

See the HiProvision manual in Ref.[2Net] for more detailed information.

2.2.6 EFM-F IEEE 802.3ah (=Ethernet in the First Mile – Fiber) (future)
Future planned.

2.2.7 MPLS-TP Compliancy

See the CSM manual in Ref.[4].

2.2.8 PoE (=Power Over Ethernet) on 4-GC-LW

NOTE: An NSM-A and 4-GC-LW are required to deliver PoE. NSM-B and 4-GCB-LW do not
support PoE.
PoE is a technology that allows a Powered Device (=PD, e.g. IP telephones, IP cameras etc.)
to receive power from ‘Power Sourcing Equipment’ (=PSE, e.g. the Dragon PTN node). An
example with PoE on/off can be found in Figure 6.
Dragon PTN nodes are able to deliver PoE when one (or two) external PoE PSU(s) is (are)
connected to the NSM via the PoE connectors. A possible external PoE PSU and how to
connect it can be found in the manual Ref.[3], [3b] see Table 1.

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The PD receives power in parallel to data, over the existing CAT-5 Ethernet infrastructure.
PoE integrates data and power on the same cable, it keeps the structured cabling safe and
does not interfere with concurrent network operation.
PoE delivers a minimum of 48V of DC power over shielded/unshielded twisted-pair wiring for
terminals consuming less than 25.5 Watts of power.
Before the power is delivered to a connected device, a protocol measures whether that
device is a PoE device and how much power it needs (power classification). If required, the
necessary power will be delivered by the PSE with a maximum of 32 Watts per port.
PoE is supported on all the electrical RJ45 ports of the 4-GC-LW module. All these ports can
deliver power according to the 802.3af (PoE) and 802.3at (PoE+) standard.
Via HiProvision it is possible to enable/disable PoE per port and to verify which ports in each
node are PoE enabled;
Power management is supported, i.e. the Dragon PTN node decides in an intelligent way
which PoE ports will get power and which ones will not. There are a lot of possible scenarios
in which power management must tune its delivered power on each port. Some
configuration/status parameters in HiProvision used by power management are:
External PoE PSU power;
Available power budget;
Power Priority / Port Priority;
Power Class (class 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 configured and detected);
Power management also offers PoE diagnostics in HiProvision.

NSM 4-GC-LW PoE Power & Data

Data
Power

External PoE PSUs:

AC/DC: 942 235-001
DC/DC: 942 235-002 PoE ON

PoE
56 VDC

PoE OFF
56 VDC

PoE Connector Cable

942 256-105 External PSUs

Figure 6 PoE Example

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2.2.9 Smart SFP
Smart SFP is a hot-pluggable optical transceiver that converts incoming STM/OC frames from
a fiber-optic SDH/SONET network into Ethernet frames at the 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW front port
1 or vice versa for outgoing frames. As a result, Dragon PTN allows to transparently transport
synchronous digital bit streams from an SDH/SONET network via the 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW
IFMs.
Smart SFPs must be used in a point-to-point port based Ethernet service over Dragon PTN.
The Smart SFP has an optional security feature onboard which allows to secure the point-to-
point connection to only two dedicated MAC addresses. This can be done via setting the
Destination MAC Address in HiProvision for the Smart SFPs. Furthermore, the Smart SFPs
need some extra Quality of Service settings in HiProvision, see Ref. [2Leg] in Table 1.
For clocking/synchronization, SyncE must be configured in the nodes that have Smart SFPs
plugged in.
Smart SFPs also generate appropriate alarms, e.g. Loss of Signal, Loss of Frame etc.
NOTE: Smart SFP is also called TSoP (Transparent Sonet/SDH over Packet).
NOTE: The supported Smart SFPs and speeds can be found in Ref. [8] in Table 1.
NOTE: SFPs are typically used on WAN ports whereas Smart SFPs are used on LAN ports.

CAUTION: When using this IFM with Smart SFP in aggregation nodes (see Ref. [3] in
Table 1) limit the ambient node temperature to 50°C/122°F.

4-GC-LW:
Smart SFP on 4-GC-LW:
Port1 (LAN) Smart SFP on
Dragon PTN Port1 (LAN)
MPLS-TP
Network
STM/OC
Frames STM/OC
Frames

SDH/SONET
SDH/SONET
Network
Network

Figure 7 SDH/SONET over Dragon PTN via Smart SFPs

2.2.10 Storm Control on Ethernet LAN Port

NOTE: Storm Control is not relevant/supported on WAN Ports;

A traffic storm is the growing of excessive network traffic due to Ethernet packets flooding
the LAN. Such a storm can for example occur because of a data loop in the network due to
no or misconfiguration of MSTP. These storms degrade the network performance and must
be avoided whenever possible.

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The storm control feature:
is an extra protection against these traffic storms;
can be configured on the IFM ports;
limits the amount of unlearned received data (Unicast, Broadcast, Multicast) on the LAN
port ingress or input side;
limits the amount of transmitted data (all data) on the LAN port egress or output side;
Data that exceeds the configured limitations will be dropped. As a result, a possible data
storm cannot overload the node processor or the node will limit outgoing data.

See Ref. [2Eth] in Table 1 for more configuration information in HiProvision.

2.2.11 BPDU Guard on Ethernet LAN Port

NOTE: BPDU Guard is not relevant/supported on WAN Ports;

BPDU Guard (=Bridge Protocol Data Unit) is a LAN port property or feature that:
shuts down the LAN port when a BPDU packet enters this port;
sends out dummy BPDU packets.

As a result, this feature or IFM:

protects the network against possible loops created via this IFM, although this IFM does
not support MSTP;
protects a running MSTP protocol somewhere else in the Dragon PTN network from
external MSTP influences via this LAN port, e.g. root bridge protection etc...

See Ref. [2Eth] in Table 1 for more configuration information in HiProvision.

2.2.12 MRP (=Media Redundancy Protocol) Support

The MRP is a protocol (IEC 62439-2) especially designed for industrial applications which
need a predictable fail-over time. This protocol can only be used in a ring-topology network
and makes sure that the ring network stays loop-free. MRP does in ring networks what
spanning tree does in meshed networks but with much faster convergence times. The ring
has one selected MR Manager (MRM) and a number of MR Clients (MRC). The two Dragon
PTN nodes act as MRC. See Ref. [2Eth] in Table 1 for more configuration information in
HiProvision.

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MRP
Entry Node +
Ring port

Dragon PTN Dragon PTN

MPLS-TP Network MPLS-TP Network
MRC
MRP
Entry Node + MRC
Ring port

Monitored Link MRP Access Ring MRP Access Ring

MRC MRC MRM MRC

Access switches
running MRP
MRM interrupting the loop
by blocking the port

Figure 8 MRP: General Example

2.2.13 Layer2: Link Aggregation/LAG (=Link Aggregation Group)

Link Aggregation is the bundling (=aggregation) of multiple physical Ethernet links between a
source and destination side into one combined logical Ethernet link. A LAG is a combination
of multiple Ethernet LAN ports within one logical port group, maximum 8 ports per LAG and
8 LAGs per node. The Link Aggregation is the communication between two LAGs. E.g. one
LAG in one Dragon PTN node and the second LAG in a third party switch/application. For 1G
ports, all the ports of the source and destination LAG must be in autonegotiation. On the
Dragon PTN side, ports with the same speed and linked to the same switch ASIC (CSM, L2 or
L3) can be added to the same LAG. Each bullet shows the possible LAG ports per switch ASIC:
CSM: all Ethernet IFM ports (4-GC-LW, …) of the same speed in the same node;
L2: all 6-GE-L IFM ports;
L3: all 9-L3A-L / 9-L3EA-L IFM ports of the same speed;
NOTE: Example: Ports in different nodes can not be added to the same LAG because they
are linked to different switch ASICs. CSM (4-GC-LW, …), L2 and L3 ports in a same
node can not be added to the same LAG because they are linked to different switch
ASICs.

NOTE: LAG on WAN ports and L2/L3 back end ports is not supported.

The resulting combined logical link:

has at least the bandwidth of one individual link (1 Gbps bandwidth for a 1G port, 10
Gbps for a 10G port), but can have more bandwidth if both conditions below are met:
multiple streams from different MAC addresses are streamed over the LAG;
the LAG algorithm loadshares these streams over different links within the LAG;
offers loadsharing based on the source and destination MAC addresses;
offers redundancy in case one of the individual links should fail.
LAG is configured in HiProvision. See Ref. [2Eth] in Table 1 for more configuration
information in HiProvision.

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 Figure 9 Link Aggregation and LAGs

2.3 Onboard Interfaces

Hardware
Edition

Figure 10 4-GC-LW/4-GCB-LW: Side View

2.3.1 Straps
No user relevant straps. The straps J3, J9 and J17 in Figure 10 are straps for service engineers
only! These straps MUST NOT BE CHANGED, leave them with the default settings as
indicated in Figure 10.

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2.3.2 Rotary DIP Switches
a. Hardware Edition
The Hardware Edition (labeled as CARD_ID) is set in decimal code using rotary switches S2 to
S3 (S3 = most significant). It can be read out as well via HiProvision. This edition has been
factory set and MUST NOT BE CHANGED!
Example: Setting S3=’0’ and S2=’5’ indicates Hardware Edition ‘5’ (dec).

Figure 11 Hardware Edition

3. MODULE SPECIFICATIONS
3.1 General Specifications
For general specifications like temperature, humidity, EMI ... see Ref.[9] in Table 1.

3.2 Other Specificiations

Table 7 Other Specifications

Description Value
Weight 4-GC-LW: 0.25 kg / 0.6 lb
4-GCB-LW: 0.18 kg / 0.4 lb
MTBF 4-GC-LW: 109 years at 25°C/77°F
4-GCB-LW: 147 years at 25°C/77°F
Power Consumption 6W (measured at 25°C/77°F, with data transport)
Module Size width: 20.32 mm / 0.8 inches
height: 126 mm / 4.96 inches
depth: 195 mm / 7.68 inches

3.3 Ordering Information

PTN-4-GC-LW: 942 236-001;
PTN-4-GCB-LW: 942 236-008;
Interface Adapter Kit for Core Nodes: 942 237-007.
4. ABBREVIATIONS
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit
CE Conformité Européenne

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CSM Central Switching Module
EFM-F Ethernet in the First Mile Over Point-to-Point Fiber
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
FLT Fault
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IFM InterFace Module
ISP Internet Service Provider
LAG Link Aggregation Group
LAN Local Area Network
LER Label Edge Router
LSR Label Switching Router
LVD Low Voltage Directive
MIB Management Information Base
MRC Media Redundancy Clients
MRM Media Redundancy Manager
MRP Media Redundancy Protocol
MSTP Multiple Spanning Tree
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
PD Powered Device
PF Power Failure
PI Power Input
PoE Power Over Ethernet
PSC Protection State Coordination
PSE Power Source Equipment
PSU Power Supply Unit
PTN Packet Transport Network
PTP Precision Time Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SyncE Synchronous Ethernet
TSoP Transparent Sonet/SDH over Packet
WAN Wide Area Network

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