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Over the years, fiber-based access has proven to be a cost-effective way to reach customer premises to deliver
managed business and residential services. The Cisco ME 4600 Series Optical Line Terminal (OLT) portfolio
offers an exceptionally broad and scalable solution that gives network service providers a flexible and cost-
effective approach for optical fiber access solutions over active or passive optical network architectures.
The Cisco ME 4600 Series Multiservice Optical Access Platform includes reliable modular OLT devices
specifically designed for optical fiber network infrastructures in either point-to-point (P2P) or point-to-multipoint
(P2MP) topologies. Ethernet or passive optical network (PON) technologies like Gigabit PON (GPON) are
supported. Next-generation PON technologies like XG-PON1 (10GPON) and NG-PON2 (TWDM PON) will also be
supported by the same Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT. The Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT can support any FTTx
scenario, covering fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), fiber-to-the-building (FTTB), fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), fiber-to-the-cell
(FTTc), and fiber-to-the-business (FTTb).
Cisco offers a comprehensive portfolio for passive optical fiber access networks. The Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT
solution is based on ITU-T Recommendation G.984.x (GPON) and G.988.x (OMCI). The same network equipment
solution allows service providers to evolve toward next-generation PON architectures as defined by the ITU-T
Recommendations G.987.x (XG-PON1) and G.989.x (NG-PON2) for both central office and customer premises.
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For the central office, the Cisco ME 4600 Series Multiservice Optical Access Platform portfolio is based on a
flexible and scalable architecture. Cisco offers the best-of-class solutions in the market designed to evolve easily,
from rural and low-density multidwelling unit (MDU) scenarios, using only 8 Gigabit Ethernet and 8 GPON port
equipment (Cisco ME 4601 OLT, shown in Figure 1), up to urban and extremely high density, using 768 Gigabit
Ethernet and 256 GPON port equipment (Cisco ME 4620 OLT, shown in Figure1). Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT
equipment also implements the features required for residential, business, and enterprise services to be
provisioned on an end-to-end basis, with appropriate service-level agreements (SLAs), thus allowing required bit
rates to be reserved for each dedicated client’s needs.
The Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT is a reliable high-availability system that uses common-element 1+1 protection for
power, control, switching, and processing, with load balancing link aggregation groups (LAG) and Link
Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) at the uplink interfaces. Ethernet ring protection switching (ERPS)
mechanisms based on ITU-T G.8032 are available for access-network upper-layer interconnection. For the client
side, Type B protection for GPON ports is available according to ITU-T Recommendation G.984.x. From a security
perspective, the Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT supports features that help prevent denial of service (DoS) attacks
and fake customer Trojan mechanisms, including Access Control Lists (ACLs), MAC duplication prevention, MAC
and IP spoofing prevention, broadcast rate control, and user isolation.
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Major Applications
The massive growth in demand for high-bitrate connectivity to support the consumption of multimedia data is
driving the need for new technologies in both business and consumer markets. Specifically, the growth in video
traffic at home and at work, along with the growing trend towards cloud-based computing delivered across
multiple, varied devices, is pushing both fixed and mobile operators in both developed and emerging markets to
roll-out FTTP services.
Residential Services
The Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT supports residential broadband aggregation for delivering multiplay services over
optical fiber access networks. Designed to support thousands of subscribers from a single OLT, the Cisco ME
4600 Series OLT offers multiple deployment and provisioning models, including 1:1 and N:1 VLAN configurations
with quality of service (QoS), resulting in a greatly enhanced broadband user experience. The feature-rich Cisco
ME 4600 Series OLT supports a variety of broadband video applications, including RF overlay, IPTV, and video on
demand (VoD), with support for IP multicast (IGMPv2/v3 and MLDv2) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) Relay Agent (DHCP Option 82 for IPv4 and DHCP Options 18/37 for IPv6). These features enhance and
extend the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (NGN) architecture to the residential environment.
Business Services
The Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT is built to meet service provider requirements for Carrier Ethernet aggregation and
transparent LAN services. The Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT offers service flexibility and delivers Layer 2 transport
for advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN and business services, including circuit emulation services (CES) to
transport time-division multiplexing (TDM) traffic over packet networks with appropriate clocking, synchronization,
and timing features. VLAN translation and promotion features with the required QoS complement the
comprehensive functions needed to interconnect business branches over a P2P or P2MP network topology.
Chassis 14 RU 1 RU
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Features Cisco ME4620 OLT Cisco ME4601 OLT
The Cisco ME 4600 Series OLT helps service providers deploy next-generation optical access networks with
improved margins, by reducing costs, increasing revenue streams, and supporting new, higher-value business
and residential multimedia services. These improvements can be achieved with the following product features:
● Higher maximum switching capacity (8.6 Tbps) and switching capacity per slot (up to 120 Gbps):
This saves service providers’ capital expenditures (CapEx), because the chassis will not need to be
replaced when they deploy next-generation PON technologies (XG-PON1 and NG-PON2).
● Higher port density per rack unit (up to 256 GPON ports or 768 Gigabit Ethernet ports per 13 RU):
This supports more ONTs per chassis, with more competitive and effective CapEx per port.
● Service-focused provisioning: This provides an easy-to-use management interface and helps reduce
operating expenses (OpEx). The Cisco ME 4600 Series portfolio makes it very simple and easy to provision
High-speed Internet, voice, video, and TV services through all types of management interfaces (CLI, web
user interface, and EMS Agora-NG). The fact that the system abstracts lower level access technology
capabilities from the operator is an important advantage for reducing management costs and
implementation time.
● Cisco end-to-end solution: This helps reduce OpEx, and service providers can benefit from
interoperability with other Cisco aggregation, edge, and core products.
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● Cisco Prime Carrier Management integration: Service providers who already use or are planning to
use Cisco Prime Carrier and its management components (Prime Central, Prime Network, and Prime
Performance) for other Cisco aggregation, edge, or core products can also benefit from it for managing the
Cisco ME 4600 Series products as part of the same unified management solution.
Chassis
ME4620-OLT Cisco ME4600 OLT 14RU Chassis with 20 slots (Complete Assembly)
ME4601-OLT Cisco ME4600 OLT 1RU Chassis with 8 x GPON, 4 x GE and 4 x 10GE (SFPs/SFP+s not included)
Switch Modules
Uplink Modules
ME4600-UMX-4x10GE Cisco ME4600 UMX Uplink Card with 4 x 10GE (XFPs not included)
Access Modules
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Part Number Description
ME4600-AMX-16GPON Cisco ME4600 AMX Access Card with 16 x GPON (SFPs not included)
ME4600-AMX-48GE Cisco ME4600 AMX Access Card with 48 x GE (SFPs/CSFPs not included)
Accessories
(1)
Shared with the other line cards and RF Overlay EDFA cards
(2)
RF Overlay EDFA is a duplex card.
(3)
Standalone system
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Table 5. Weight and Physical Dimensions
Dimension Height (mm)/RU Width (mm)/(inch) Depth (mm) Weight (max Kg)
The Cisco ME 4620 OLT chassis can be mounted on an ETSI ETS 300 119-2 type rack, with a depth of 300 mm.
Type Standards
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Type Standards
Type Standards
Safety ● UL 60950-1
● CAN/CSA 22.2 No.60950-1
● EN 60950-1
● IEC 60950-1
● NOM-019-SCFI
Cisco is committed to reducing your total cost of ownership. Cisco offers a portfolio of technical support services to
help ensure that Cisco products operate efficiently, remain highly available, and benefit from the most up-to-date
system software. The services and support programs described in Table 9 are available as part of the Cisco
Carrier Ethernet Switching Service and Support solution directly from Cisco and through resellers.
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Table 9. Service and Support
Cisco Total Implementation Solutions (TIS), ● Project management ● Supplement existing staff
available directly from Cisco *
Design documentation creation ● Implementation by trained Cisco resources,
Cisco Packaged TIS, available through ● Site survey and product staging Cisco partner resources, or both
resellers * ● Faster time to market
Node and network configuration and
deployment ● Help ensuring that functions meet needs
● Installation, test, and cutover ● Mitigate risk
● Training
● Major moves, adds, and changes
Cisco Network Optimization Service (NOS) Lifecycle support for ongoing network planning ● Provide ongoing support for your network
and growth operations from Cisco consulting engineers
● Remote change support ● Supplement existing staff
● Design support
● Software strategy
● Network health checks
● Continuous learning
Cisco Service Provider Base Support and ● 24-hour access to software updates ● Facilitate proactive or expedited problem
Service Provider-Based Onsite Support, ● Web access to technical repositories resolution
available directly from Cisco ● Reduce total cost of ownership by taking
● Telephone support through the Cisco
Cisco Packaged Service Provider-Based Technical Assistance Center (TAC) advantage of Cisco expertise and
Support, available through resellers knowledge
● Advance replacement of hardware parts
● Minimize network downtime
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