TX Matrix Plus TXP-CIP Overview
TXP-CIP Components
The TXP-CIPs (see Figure 1) are referred to as TXP-CIP-0 and TXP-CIP-1.
Figure 1: TX Matrix Plus TXP-CIP
Each TXP-CIP houses:
- Ports for connections to the LCC control plane, SFC control
plane, and other devices.
Note: The SFC control plane ports are reserved for future use.
- Alarm relay contacts
- Three LEDs—ACTIVE, OK, FAIL— that indicate the status of the TXP-CIP.
- ACT and SPEED port LEDs for the LCC CTRL PLANE ports 0 through 15
- Port LEDs for the reserved ports 16 and 17
- ACT and LINK port LEDs for the SFC CTRL PLANE ports XGE0 through XGE4
The TXP-CIPs are hot-removable and hot-insertable.
TXP-CIP Ports
LCC Control Plane Ports
Control plane connections to the T1600 routers in the routing matrix are provided by sixteen 10/100/1000 Base-T copper RJ-45 LCC control plane ports labeled LCC CTRL PLANE 0 through 15 on the TXP-CIP. UTP Category 5E Ethernet cables connect the LCC CTRL PLANE ports in TXP-CIP-0 and TXP-CIP-1 to the LCC-CBs LCC-CB-0 and LCC-CB-1 in each T1600 router. For more information about connecting TXP-CIPs to LCC-CBs, see Control Plane Connections from the TX Matrix Plus Router to the T1600 Routers.
| Note: The ports labeled 4 through 15 on a TXP-CIP are reserved for future use. |
Reserved Ports
Each TXP-CIP contains two copper RJ-45 ports, labeled 16 and 17,that are reserved for future use.
SFC Control Plane Ports
Each TXP-CIP contains five 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports labeled SFC CTRL PLANE XGE0 through XGE4.
| Note: These ports are reserved for future use. |
TXP-CIP Alarm Relay Contacts
Each TXP-CIP has two alarm relay contacts—labeled RED ALARM and YELLOW ALARM (see Figure 1), located on the bottom of the TXP-CIP. You can connect the TX Matrix Plus router to external alarm-reporting devices by attaching wires to the alarm relay contacts.
| Note: If your TX Matrix Plus router contains two host subsystems, we recommend that you connect each relay contact on each TXP-CIP to a separate reporting device. |
The terminal blocks that plug into the alarm relay contacts are supplied with the TX Matrix Plus router. They accept wire of any gauge between 28-AWG and 14-AWG (0.08 and 2.08 mm2), which is not provided. Use the wire gauge appropriate for the external device you are connecting.
Whenever a system condition triggers either the red or yellow alarm on the craft interface, the corresponding alarm relay contacts are also activated. The alarms on TXP-CIP-0 and TXP-CIP-1 correspond to the Routing Engines installed into the TXP-CBs in slots CB0 and CB1.
