System control card supports configuration, alarm, performance and fault management of the EDFA boards and Optical Switch card(OLP) for 1U and 2U compact chassis. It also manages and monitors the power supply card and the fan card. System control card is equipped with a memory chip to support performance management. It forwards management information among network elements and also can establish management channels to forward management information via network. System control card can be configured to be compatible to REST API for function card configuration, alarm and performance.