SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STAGGERED STARTING OF EMBEDDED SYSTEM MODULES IN AN OPTICAL NODE

A system and method for staggering the starting of embedded system modules of an optical node is disclosed. The embedded system modules of an optical node may be communicatively coupled to a shared data resource required by the embedded system modules during a start/restart. The message traffic associated with the embedded system modules accessing the shared data resource is beneficially distributed by staggering the start process of each of a plurality of embedded system modules over a pre-selected time range.