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— Automatic Power Reduction (APR) enhancements when there is a

fiber pull in configurations between the SRA and RLA/DLx
• Protection enhancements
— TPS support for unidirectional switching, lockout and forced manual
switch requests, and a provisionable hold-off timer
— Raise an alarm ('Remote Switch Mismatch') to signal that traffic
switches between a local and remote TPS are mismatched
• OAM communications enhancements
— Support for the following IPv6 addressing and protocols: single
management IP, route redistribution, OSPFv3, DHCPv6, IPv6
stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
— /127 subnet support for IPv6 networks
— OSPF external route tag support
— IPv4 proxy ARP support
— Support for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) tags over OSPFv2
— Telemetry-in external alarming support
— ILAN-2 support on R4 and R8-300 shelves
— Secure HTTP (HTTPs) support for file transfers between the system
and an external file server
• New DCN configurations
— IPv4 static route GNEs with Proxy ARP
— IPv6 static route GNEs without Proxy ARP
— OSPFv3 GNEs with a single OSPF area or multiple OSPF areas
• NBI enhancements
— New SNMP proprietary MIBs and get/get-next support
— YANG action support
— Report uncommitted changes in CLI batch mode by displaying an
asterisk ( * ) in the batch prompt
— gRPC response formatting changes (refer to “Response example” for
examples)

• Security enhancements
— Allow the default Super user account to be replaced with another
Super user account with a different user name
• Platform enhancements

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— Manual configuration of the system date and time

— Optical SFP support for ILAN ports and alarm reporting for loss of
signal conditions
— Syslog support for RFC 5424
— Raise an alarm (‘Slot Empty’) if a filler module is missing from an
unprovisioned slot
— Raise an alarm ('Provisioning Incomplete') if provisioning of a
functional group is incomplete
— Loss of Signal alarm support for TPS-related signals
— Template alarm editing of the cause field

Release 2.1
Release 2.1 added the following features and enhancements:

New modules for R2 and R4 shelves:

• CCMD16 C-Band Module (NTK834AA)
• DLA C-Band 2xSFP Module (NTK850BA)
• DLA C&L-Band 2xSFP Module (NTK850BC)
• CMD42 Module (NTT862NA)
New modules for R8-300 shelves:
• DLA C-Band 2xSFP Module (NTK880BA)
• DLA C&L-Band 2xSFP Module (NTK890BC)

New common equipment for R2 shelves:

• Control and Timing Module, 16G variant (NTK810DB)
New/enhanced configurations:
• C-Band Colorless Direct Attach (CDA) configurations
• Intermediate line amplifier (ILA) configurations using DLA modules
• Data Center Interconnect (DCI) configurations using the CMD42 module
• Transponder Direct Attach configurations on the RLA 12x1

New/enhanced software features:

• Photonic enhancements
— Closed loop loss control
— Closed loop power control
— Connection Validation (CV) enhancements
— Multiple network media channels (NMC) per media channel

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— Manually initiated re-calibration and deferred link calibration

— Software support for the FIM Type 4, including alarm support and
visibility of FIM Type 4 interconnections
— SDMON and NMCMON support
• DCN enhancements
— OSPF multi-area support

• Interworking enhancements
— ROADMs interfacing with foreign links
— RLS and 6500 S-Series interworking

• NBI enhancements
— Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface
(REST API) support
— Streaming telemetry via NETCONF
— NETCONF delete-config support
— Customizable prompt
• Security enhancements
— Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) support
— Secure erase of user data
— Auto-created self-signed certificate for Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) enhancements
— OSPF to BGP MED translation
— BGP autonomous system (AS) paths and AS path filters
— BGP import and export policies

• Licensing enhancements
— External server support
— RLS Network Alarm Correlation License (per shelf) (S74-LIC-
NTK800BG)
— RLS Wavelength Spectrum License (per 6.25GHz) (S74-LIC-
NTK800BT)

• Platform enhancements
— 31-bit subnet masks for IPv4
— Alarm correlation at the shelf-level and network-level
— Editing of alarm templates

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— In-service software upgrades

— Auto-upgrades for common equipment

Release 2.0
Release 2.0 added the following features and enhancements:

New C&L-Band modules

• RLA 32x1 C&L-Band 1xSFP Module (NTK852AC)
• SRA C&L-Band Module (NTK830AC)
• DLE C&L-Band 2xSFP Module (NTK850DC)
• SRA C&L-Band Module (NTK880AC)
• DLE C&L-Band 2xSFP Module (NTK890DC)

New C-Band modules

• SRA C-Band Module (NTK830AA)
• SRA C-Band Module (NTK870AA)
• DLE C-Band 2xSFP Module (NTK850DA)
• DLE C-band 2xSFP Module (NTK880DA)

New shelf type and associated common equipment

• 6500-R8-300 8-Slot Shelf Assembly (NTK803QA)
• Control and Timing Module, 8G variant (NTK810QA)
• Control and Timing Module, 16G variant (NTK810QB)
• Access Panel (NTK805QA)
• Shelf Front Door w/Extended Depth (NTK809HQ)
• Shelf Bracket and Air Baffle Kit, ETSI, front or rear exhaust, 50/100 mm
setback, 515 mm center-to-center, 25 mm hole pitch (NTK509PR)
• Shelf Bracket and Air Baffle Kit, 23-inch, rear exhaust, 100/127 mm
setback, 567 mm center-to-center, EIA hole pitch (NTK509PS)
• Shelf Bracket Kit, 19-inch rack, 465 C-C, 100/127 mm s/b, EIA HP
(NTK509PF)
• Power Input 100V-240V AC Type 3 (PIM) (NTK505RN)
• Power Input Card Type 2 (breakered) - 2-Wire D-Sub Input, Max 50A
(NTK505QA)
• Power Input Card Type 2 (fused) - 2-wire D-Sub Input, Max 50A
(NTK505QE)
• Interface Filler Card (NTK505YAE5)
• Cooling Fan Module (NTK507QA)

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• Air Filter (NTK509ER)

New common equipment for 6500-R4 shelves

• Control and Timing Module, 16G variant (NTK810FB)
New fiber interconnect module
• Fiber Interconnect Module (FIM) Type 4 (NTK504CD)

New OSC pluggables/filter

• GE DWDM 1516.9nm SFP Module (NTK591VP)
• GE DWDM 1568.36nm SFP Module (NTK591VQ)
• OC-3/STM-1 CWDM 1511 nm SFP Module (0-34 dB span) (NTK592NG)
• OC-3/STM-1 CWDM 1511 nm SFP Module (12-42 dB span) (NTK592NV)
• OC-3/STM-1 DWDM 1516.9 nm SFP module (12-44 dB span)
(NTK592NR)
• Optical Service Channel (OSC) Filter (1516.9 nm) Module (NTK504BA)
New power cables and BIPs
• Cable Assembly, Power, 8AWG, 150C, Red(L+)/Black(L-) (NTTC01FA)
• Cable Assembly, Power, 8AWG, 150C, Blue(L+/M)/Grey(L-) (NTTC01FB)
• BIP 4x10A (NTK599BH), BIP 4x20A (NTK599BGE5), BIP 4x40A
(NTK599BAE5), and BIP 4x50A (NTK599BK)
• BIP/FIP Installation/Grounding Kit (NTK599ZXE6)
• BIP Alarm Terminator (NTK599BDE6)
• Power Lug Kit 2AWG/35mm sq. 90 degree (NTK599ZCE6), Power Lug Kit
4AWG 90 degree (NTK599ZGE6), Power Lug Kit 6AWG/16mm sq. 90
degree (NTK599ZAE6), and Power Lug Kit 8AWG/10mm sq. 90 degree
(NTK599ZJE6)
New/enhanced configurations
• C-Band and L-Band Colorless, Directionless, Contentionless (CDC)
configurations
• C-Band intermediate line amplifier (ILA) configurations
• C-Band and L-Band dynamic gain flattening filter (DGFF) configurations
• SRA module support for all new/existing CDC, ILA, and DGFF
configurations
• OSC OC-3 SFP support for C-Band configurations
New/enhanced software features
• Automatic Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) trace support

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• Indirect Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) using DHCP relay agent on OSC
or ILAN interfaces
• Automatic link calibration enhancements
• Support for the following IPv4 addressing and protocols: BGP4, DHCPv4
relay agent, single management IP, and route redistribution
• Performance monitoring (PM) support for modules used in CDC
configurations
• Alarm correlation between alarms on a given module
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support for traps and GET
messages
• Security enhancements
— Support for local password expiry and password warning periods
— Firewall/port filtering support on COLAN, ILAN, and craft ports
— Session force-out of an active CLI, NETCONF, gNMI streaming, or
gRPC login session by a user with Super or Diag access level
— Self-signed certificates for Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• CTM auto-upgrades
• gRPC Network Operations Interface (gNOI) support
• Licensing enhancements
— New license to enable performance monitoring
— Use of the Span Calibration license to enable automatic link
calibration. In previous releases, the Passive Terminal Control license
was used to enable automatic link calibration.

Release 1.1
Release 1.1 added the following features and enhancements:

New hardware
• 6500-R2 4-Slot Shelf Assembly (NTK803DA) and following associated
common equipment:
— Control and Timing Module (CTM) (NTK810DA)
— Front Panel for 2xCTM (NTK806DA)
— PIM 22A (Breakerless Power Input Module) (NTK805DA)
— PIM 100V-240V AC (Power Input Module) (NTK805SA)
— Access Panel (6500-R2) (NTK805NA)
— Shelf Fan Module (NTK807DA)
— Shelf Front Cover Kit, 6500-R2 (NTK809DA)

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— Shelf Air Filter (6500-R2) (NTK807MD)

— Filler (for CTM slot) (NTK809VD)
— Shelf Bracket Kit, ETSI (NTK809NR)
— Shelf Bracket Kit, 23-inch (NTK809NS)
— Shelf Bracket Kit, 19-inch (NTK809NT)

• Common equipment for 6500-R4 8-Slot and 6500-R2 4-Slot shelves

— I/F Module Carrier (4xIM slots) (NTK809SE)
• Pluggable
— 10/100/1000-BaseT RJ45 SFP (NTTP61CA)

• ROADM modules and associated hardware

— RLA 32x1 C-Band 1xSFP Module (NTK852AA)
— RLA 12x1 C-band 1xSFP Module (NTK852BA)
— CCMD 8x24 C-Band Module (NTK843BA)
— Compact Fiber Interconnect Type 1 (CFIM1) (NTK504QA)
— Compact Fiber Interconnect Type 2 (CFIM1) (NTK504QB)
— 2-Slot Optical Module Chassis (OMC2) (NTK504NA) and Filler Panel
for the OMC2 slot (NTK504PY)
New configurations
• Colorless, Directionless, Contentionless (CDC) ROADM configuration
including:
— ROADM shelves providing multi-degree branching
— Dynamic Gain Flattening Filter (DGFF) sites (ROADM without add/
drop)

New/enhanced software features

• Platform features
— R2 shelf support for DCI metro configurations
— single (unprotected) CTM support
— support for IPv6 networks
— software upgrade support for R2 shelves
— support for Transport Layer Security (TLS), providing secure,
encrypted access to RLS using gRPC. Includes certificate manager
for uploading host certificate for the TLS server.
— support for gRPC
— NETCONF alignment with RFC 6241

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— viewing of IPv4 and IPv6 packet statistics for the COLAN, ILAN, OSC,
and WSC interfaces
• Photonic features
— support for all the new Photonic hardware
— connection validation (CV) for validation of fiber interconnections in
CDC configurations
— channel control and ASE management for CDC configurations.
Includes automatic link compensation, fiber loss compensation, span
loss calculation, ASE channel holders, and Photonic service
provisioning.

Release 1.0
Release 1.0 added the following features:

New hardware
• 6500-R4 8-Slot Shelf Assembly (NTK803FA) and the following associated
common equipment:
— Control and Timing Module (CTM) (NTK810FA)
— PIM 35A (Breakered Power Input Module) (NTK805FA)
— 2xPIM 100V-240V AC (Power Input Module) (NTK805RA)
— Access Panel (6500-R4) (NTK805MA)
— Shelf Fan Module (NTK807FA)
— Shelf Front Cover Kit, 6500-R4 (NTK809FA)
— Shelf Air Filter (6500-R4) (NTK807MF)
— Filler (for CTM slot) (NTK809VA)
— Filler (for IM in carrier) (NTK809YA)
— Filler (for 2xIM slots) (NTK809XA)
— Shelf Bracket Kit, ETSI (NTK809MR)
— Shelf Bracket Kit, 23-inch (NTK809MS)
— Shelf Bracket Kit, 19-inch (NTK809MT)
— Shelf Sliding Bracket Kit, 19/23-inch (NTK809MU)
— I/F Module Carrier (2xIM slots) (NTK809SA)

• Photonic hardware for a Data Center Interconnect (DCI) configuration:

— DLM C-band 2xSFP Module (NTK850CA)
— 48 Channel Mux/Demux (CMD48) 100 GHz C-Band Module
(NTK862MA)

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— 64 Channel Mux/Demux (CMD64) 75 GHz C-Band Module

(NTK862JA)
— TPS Module (NTK835AA)
— GE CWDM 1511nm SFP Module (NTK591VN)
New configurations
• Data Center Interconnect (DCI) configuration including:
— unprotected and protected Passive Terminals
— Line amplifier sites
New/enhanced software features
• Platform features
— OAM communications
— security and user management
— North Bound Interfaces (NBI) - CLI and NETCONF
— backup and restore of configuration information
— equipment and facility management
— alarms
— Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
— network boot
— licensing
— syslog
— CTM redundancy
— restarts

• Photonic features
— support for all the new Photonic hardware
— Photonic Functional Groups (PFG)
— link provisioning
— Passive Terminal controller which sets the pre-amp gain control to
compensate for upstream span loss and the booster amp tilt control to
pre-compensate for SRS and WDL for downstream span.
— span loss calculation
— TPS protection
— Automatic Line Shut Off (ALSO)
— Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR)

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