Cisco NCS 4000 400G PACKET/OTN/WDM QSFP28/CFP2 – LICS 100G OTN

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NCS4K-4H-OPW-LO — Cisco NCS 4000 400G Universal Line Card
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400G Universal Packet / OTN / WDM Line Card NCS4K-4H-OPW-LO=

One card, three transport layers. QSFP28 grey client ports and CFP2 coherent DWDM trunks, licensed at the 100G OTN entry tier — upgrade bandwidth, WDM, and packet features with software licenses, not hardware swaps.

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Faceplate Port Map
TRUNK
CFP2
CFP2
CLIENT · A
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
CLIENT · B
Q
Q
Q
Q
2× CFP2 — 100/150/200G coherent DWDM
6× QSFP+ — 40G or 4×10G
4× QSFP+/28 — 40G, 4×10G or 100G
// 01 Overview

What the card converges

Selecting pluggable types per port defines the card’s role — pure grey aggregation, pure DWDM trunk, or any mix — without stranding bandwidth or needing a different card.

CAPACITY

400 Gbps / slot

6.4 Tbps in a fully loaded NCS 4016 chassis (16 cards, 24RU).

TRANSPORT

DWDM · OTN · Packet

Coherent C-band DWDM, ITU G.872 OTN switching, and Carrier Ethernet/MPLS on one card.

LICENSING

Grow via software

Base 100G OTN license included; add WDM, Packet, or Bandwidth licenses as traffic demands.

RESILIENCE

Sub-50ms protection

MPLS-TE P2P circuits with associated bidirectional protection switching.

// 02 Specifications

Full spec sheet

Pulled from Cisco’s official NCS 4000 400G DWDM/OTN/Packet Universal Line Card data sheet.

Optical · DWDM Trunk

CFP2 Coherent Ports

  • ModulationQPSK / 8-QAM / 16-QAM
  • Wavelength tuning1528.77–1567.13 nm
  • Per-port rate100G / 150G / 200G
  • Laser stability±1.5 GHz
  • Channel spacing50 GHz / gridless 100 MHz
Optical · Receive

Receive Performance

  • CD tolerance (QPSK)±70,000 ps/nm
  • CD tolerance (16-QAM)±25,000 ps/nm
  • DGD tolerance100 ps
  • B2B OSNR (QPSK, 25% FEC)11.3 dB
  • B2B OSNR (16-QAM, 25% FEC)19.6 dB
Client Interfaces

Grey Ports

  • 10G10GE LAN-PHY / OTU-2 / OC-192
  • 40G40GE LAN-PHY / OTU-3
  • 100G100GE / OTU-4
  • FEC options25% / 15% OH, ± diff. enc.
Switching

OTN Layer

  • StandardITU-T G.872
  • ODU levelsODU-0 → ODU-4
  • TCM levels6
  • Chassis switching6.4 Tbps (NCS 4016)
Packet Layer

Carrier Ethernet / MPLS

  • L2 servicesEPL, EVPL
  • MPLS-TEP2P (VPWS), sub-50ms
  • OAM802.1ag CFM, 802.3ah EFM
  • TimingSync-E, G.8261/8262
Physical

Mechanical & Power

  • Power (typ. / max)401 W / 534 W
  • Weight7.7 lb (3.5 kg)
  • MTBF250,440 hrs
  • Operating temp0–40°C (short-term −5–55°C)
// 03 Ordering Information

Part numbers & licenses

The card ships as hardware (QC2) and is activated through licensing tiers — LO is the 100G OTN base entry point.

Part NumberDescriptionType
NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2= NCS 4000 400G WDM w/Packet/OTN — 10× QSFP + 2× CFP2 line card (physical hardware) Hardware
NCS4K-4H-OPW-LO= NCS 4000 400G Packet/OTN/WDM — QSFP28/CFP2 — Lic. 100G OTN (base license tier) License
S-CFP2-WDM-LIC= SW license for WDM CFP2 pluggable — 100G QPSK, 15% SD-FEC License
S-NCS4K-100G-LIC= SW license for additional 100G bandwidth beyond base allocation License
S-NCS4K-POTS= License for Carrier Ethernet + MPLS packet features on the line card License
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