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Getting Started

Getting Started

This chapter explains how to connect a computer to the Cisco ONS 15200 system, configure a web browser to view system information, and log into the system. The ONS 15200 system is the ONS 15252 multichannel unit (MCU) and ONS 15201 single-channel units (SCU) that make up the metropolitan dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) network.

2.1 Connecting to the ONS 15200 System

The following paragraphs describe how to connect the computer running the ONS 15200 web-based interface to the ONS 15200 system. Connection to the ONS 15200 system can be made directly through an ONS 15252 MCU or indirectly through customer equipment attached to the system.

2.1.1 Direct Connection Procedure

Follow these steps to connect directly to the ONS 15252 MCU:

Step 1   Attach one end of a local area network (LAN) connector cable to the Ethernet connector on the Network Control Board module (NCB) (Figure 2-1). The NCB module is located in Slot 17 on the right side of the MCU. The Ethernet connector on the NCB module is a standard RJ-45 connector.


Figure 2-1: NCB Module


Step 2   Connect the other end of the LAN cable to the Ethernet port on the computer being connected to the ONS 15200 system.

Note Connecting to the ONS 15200 system directly requires a crossover Ethernet cable.
Note The ONS 15200 system uses a 10 MBps Ethernet interface only. A 100 MBps Ethernet connection will not work.

The procedure for connecting the computer directly to the NCM module is complete.

2.1.2 Indirect Connection

System information can also be retrieved from the ONS 15200 system by making an indirect connection to the ONS 15252. To make an indirect connection, connect the computer to a LAN or WAN connected to the ONS 15200. Figure 2-2 shows a typical ONS 15200 system. Any computer in the extended network can be configured to retrieve system information from the ONS 15200 system. See the "Configuring the Computer" section to configure the computer.


Figure 2-2: Typical ONS 15200 system


2.2 Configuring the Computer

The computer used to connect directly to the ONS 15200 system must be configured to use the same subnet and subnet mask as the ONS 15200 system. To configure the IP address, refer to the Microsoft Windows user documentation for instructions.

2.3 Launching the Application

Note The ONS 15200 web-based interface communicates with the ONS 15200 through a standard Java-enabled Internet browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Cisco recommends using either Java-enabled Internet Explorer 5.0 (or later) or Netscape Navigator 4.5 (or later).

Follow these steps to launch the ONS 15200 web-based interface application.

Step 1   Launch the web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator).

Step 2   Type the IP address of the ONS 15200 system in the url field.

Step 3   Press the Enter key.

Step 4   Type a user name and password for the ONS 15200 system when prompted.

Step 5   Bookmark the page for easy reference later.

The procedure for launching the ONS 15200 web-based interface is complete.

2.4 Exiting the Application

To exit the ONS 15200 web-based interface application, close the web browser window.


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