- Nortel Network Multiservice Platform User's Guide

Operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) features 2-21
Planning and Ordering GuidePart 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004
Figure 2-8
BLSR ring switch example
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