[c-nsp] BITS interface on ME-3600X

[Martin T]

Daniel, Pshem:

thanks for clearing this up!


regards,
Martin


2013/6/21, Pshem Kowalczyk <pshem.k at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> ME3600x can be used for mobile backhaul. If you do E1/T1 or STM
> emulation - you have to provide correct clocking to both sides. One
> end would normally take the clocking of some external source (for
> example using the BITS port) and the other one would relay on
> something like 1588v2 (or syncE) to provide the synchronisation onto
> the E1/T1 circuit.
>
> kind regards
> Pshem
>
>
> On 21 June 2013 06:43, Martin T <m4rtntns at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Cisco ME-3600X switches support RJ45 BITS(Building Integrated Timing
>> Source) interface which can be used for sending and receiving the E1 or
>> T1
>> timing signals. As I understand, timing signals in case of SDH/SONET are
>> needed in each node to keep the transmit and receive rates unified all
>> over
>> the network. In which scenario would somebody want to use ME-3600X for
>> providing this clock signal? In addition, why would one want to receive
>> E1/T1 timing signal on an Ethernet switch?
>>
>>
>> regards,
>> Martin
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