Table Of Contents
Create Circuits and VT Tunnels
Before You Begin
NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
NTP-128 Create an Automatically Routed DS-1 Circuit
NTP-129 Create a Manually Routed DS-1 Circuit
NTP-130 Create a Unidirectional DS-1 Circuit with Multiple Drops
DLP-95 Provision a DS-1 Circuit Source and Destination
NTP-131 Create an Automatically Routed DS-3 Circuit
NTP-132 Create a Manually Routed DS-3 Circuit
NTP-56 Create a Unidirectional DS-3 Circuit with Multiple Drops
DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation
DLP-208 Provision a DS-3 Circuit Source and Destination
DLP-96 Provision a DS-1 or DS-3 Circuit Route
NTP-133 Create an Automatically Routed VT Tunnel
NTP-134 Create a Manually Routed VT Tunnel
DLP-219 Provision a VT Tunnel Route
NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits
NTP-136 Create an Automatically Routed Optical Circuit
NTP-137 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit
NTP-138 Create a Unidirectional Optical Circuit with Multiple Drops
DLP-97 Provision an Optical Circuit Source and Destination
DLP-98 Provision an Optical Circuit Route
NTP-62 Test Optical Circuits
NTP-139 Create a Half Circuit on a BLSR or 1+1 Node
NTP-140 Create a Half Circuit on a UPSR Node
NTP-141 Provision an E Series EtherSwitch Circuit (Multicard or Single-Card)
NTP-142 Create an E Series Shared Packet Ring Ethernet Circuit
NTP-143 Create an E Series Hub and Spoke Ethernet Configuration
NTP-144 Provision an E Series Single-Card EtherSwitch Manual Cross-Connect
NTP-145 Provision an E Series Multicard EtherSwitch Manual Cross-Connect
DLP-99 Determine Available VLANs
DLP-246 Provision E Series Ethernet Card Mode
DLP-220 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports
DLP-221 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership
NTP-146 Test E Series Ethernet Circuits
NTP-147 Create a G1000-4 Ethernet Circuit
NTP-148 Provision a G1000-4 Manual Cross-Connect
DLP-222 Provision G1000-4 Ethernet Ports
NTP-149 Test G Series Ethernet Circuits
Create Circuits and VT Tunnels
This chapter explains how to create Cisco ONS 15454 electrical circuits, VT tunnels, optical circuits, and Ethernet circuits. For additional information about ONS 15454 circuits, refer to the Circuits and Tunnels chapter in the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Guide.
Before You Begin
Before performing any of the following procedures, investigate all alarms and clear any trouble conditions. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide as necessary.
This section lists the chapter procedures (NTPs). Turn to a procedure for applicable tasks (DLPs).
1. 
NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up—Complete this procedure before you create any circuits.
2. NTP-128 Create an Automatically Routed DS-1 Circuit—Complete as needed.
3. NTP-129 Create a Manually Routed DS-1 Circuit—Complete as needed.
4. NTP-130 Create a Unidirectional DS-1 Circuit with Multiple Drops—Complete as needed.
5. NTP-131 Create an Automatically Routed DS-3 Circuit—Complete as needed.
6. NTP-132 Create a Manually Routed DS-3 Circuit—Complete as needed.
7. NTP-56 Create a Unidirectional DS-3 Circuit with Multiple Drops—Complete as needed.
8. NTP-133 Create an Automatically Routed VT Tunnel—Complete as needed.
9. NTP-134 Create a Manually Routed VT Tunnel—Complete as needed.
10. NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits—Complete this procedure after you create an electrical circuit.
11. NTP-136 Create an Automatically Routed Optical Circuit—Complete as needed.
12. NTP-137 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit—Complete as needed.
13. NTP-138 Create a Unidirectional Optical Circuit with Multiple Drops—Complete as needed.
14. NTP-62 Test Optical Circuits—Complete this procedure after you create an optical circuit.
15. NTP-139 Create a Half Circuit on a BLSR or 1+1 Node—Complete this procedure as needed to create a half circuit using an OC-N as a destination in BLSR or 1+1.
16. NTP-140 Create a Half Circuit on a UPSR Node—Complete this procedure as needed to create a half circuit using an OC-N as a destination in UPSR.
17. NTP-141 Provision an E Series EtherSwitch Circuit (Multicard or Single-Card)—Complete this procedure as needed to create E Series EtherSwitch circuits.
18. NTP-142 Create an E Series Shared Packet Ring Ethernet Circuit—Complete this procedure as needed to create E Series shared packet ring Ethernet circuits.
19. NTP-143 Create an E Series Hub and Spoke Ethernet Configuration—Complete this procedure as needed to create E Series hub and spoke circuits.
20. NTP-144 Provision an E Series Single-Card EtherSwitch Manual Cross-Connect—Complete this procedure as needed to create single-card EtherSwitch manual cross connects.
21. NTP-145 Provision an E Series Multicard EtherSwitch Manual Cross-Connect—Complete this procedure as needed to create multicard EtherSwitch manual cross connects.
22. NTP-146 Test E Series Ethernet Circuits—Complete this procedure after creating E series Ethernet circuits.
23. NTP-147 Create a G1000-4 Ethernet Circuit—Complete this procedure as needed to create a G1000-4 EtherSwitch circuit.
24. NTP-148 Provision a G1000-4 Manual Cross-Connect—Complete this procedure as needed to create multicard G1000-4 manual cross connects.
25. NTP-149 Test G Series Ethernet Circuits—Complete this procedure after creating G series Ethernet circuits.
Table 6-1 defines ONS 15454 circuit creation terms and options.
Table 6-1 ONS 15454 Circuit Options
Circuit Option
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Description
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Source
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The point where the circuit enters the ONS 15454 network.
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Destination
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The point where the circuit exits an ONS 15454 network.
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Automatic circuit routing
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CTC routes the circuit automatically on the shortest available path based on the routing parameters that you define and on bandwidth availability.
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Manual circuit routing
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Allows you to choose a specific path, not just the shortest path chosen by automatic routing. You can choose a specific STS or VT for each circuit segment and create circuits from work orders prepared by an operations support system (OSS) like the Telcordia TIRKS system
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VT tunnel
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VT tunnels allow VT1.5 circuits to pass through an ONS 15454 without utilizing cross-connect card (XC, XCVT, XC10G) resources. VT circuits using VT tunnels will use cross-connect capacity only at the source and destination nodes. One VT tunnel can carry 28 VT1.5 circuits.
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ONS 15454 circuits are either a VT or an STS circuit. Table 6-2 shows the circuit source and destination options that display for VT circuits. Table 6-3 shows the options that display for STS circuits.
Table 6-2 Source and Destination Options For VT Circuits
Card
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Ports
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STSs
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VTs
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DS1s
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DS1-14, DS1N-14
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-
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-
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-
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14
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DS3-12, DS3N-12, DS3-12E, DS3N-12E
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-
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-
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-
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-
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DS3XM-6
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6
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-
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-
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28 per port
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EC1-12
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12
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-
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28 per port
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-
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OC3 IR 4/STM1
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4
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3 per port
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28 per STS
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-
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OC12 IR/STM4 OC12 LR/STM4
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-
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12
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28 per STS
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-
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OC12 IR 4/STM4 OC12 LR 4/STM4
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4
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12 per port
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28 per STS
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-
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All OC48 cards
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-
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48
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28 per STS
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-
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OC192
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-
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192
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28 per STS
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-
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Table 6-3 Source and Destination Options that Display for STS Circuits
Card
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Ports
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STSs
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Notes
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DS1-14, DS1N-14
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-
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-
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You can route one STS circuit on a DS-1 card to carry all 14 ports within the STS. However, 14 VT1.5s are not utilized.
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DS3-12, DS3N-12, DS3-12E, DS3N-12E
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12
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-
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DS3XM-6
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6
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-
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EC1-12
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12
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-
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OC3 IR 4/STM1
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4
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3 per port
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OC12 IR/STM4 OC12 LR/STM4
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-
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12
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OC12 IR 4/STM4 OC12 LR 4/STM4
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4
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12 per port
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All OC48 cards
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-
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48
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OC192
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-
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192
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
Purpose
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This procedure verifies that the ONS 15454 network is ready for circuit provisioning.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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"Turn Up Network"
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Required/As Needed
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Required
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into an ONS 15454 on the network where you will create circuits. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View. Wait for all the nodes that are part of the network to display on the network map. (Large networks may take several minutes to display all the nodes.)
Note If this is the first time your computer has connected to this ONS 15454 network, the node icons will be stacked on the left side of your screen, possibly out of view. Use the scroll bar beneath the network map to display the icons. To separate the icons press Ctrl and click and drag the icon with your mouse to the new location. Repeat until all the nodes are visible on the screen.
Step 3 Verify node accessibility. All node icons must be either green, yellow, orange, or red.
If all network nodes do not display after a few minutes, or if a node icon is grey with an IP address under it, do not continue. Check the Net box in the lower right corner of the window. If it is grey, log in again, making sure not to check the Disable Network checkbox on the CTC Login dialog box. If problems persist, see "Turn Up Network" to review the network turn-up procedure appropriate for your network topology, or refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide for troubleshooting procedures.
Step 4 Verify DCC connectivity. All nodes must be connected by green lines. If lines are missing or grey in color, do not continue. See "Turn Up Network" and follow the network turn up procedure appropriate for your network topology. Verify that all nodes have DCC connectivity before continuing.
Step 5 Investigate and resolve, if necessary, all critical (red node icon) or major (orange node icon) alarms. Click the Alarms tab to view alarm descriptions. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide to resolve the alarm before continuing.
Step 6 From the View menu, choose Go to Home View. Verify that the node is provisioned according to your site or engineering plan:
a. View the cards displayed in the shelf map. Verify that the ONS 15454 cards appear in the specified slots.
b. Click the Provisioning > General tabs. Verify that the node name, contacts, date, time and NTP/SNTP server IP address (if used) are correctly provisioned. If needed, make corrections using the "NTP-25 Set Up Name, Date, Time, and Contact Information" procedure.
c. Click the Network tab. Verify that the IP address, Subnet mask, Default Router, Prevent LCD IP Config, and Gateway Settings are correctly provisioned. If not, make corrections using the "NTP-26 Set Up CTC Network Access" procedure.
d. Click the Protection tab. Verify that protection groups are created as specified in your site plan. If the protection groups are not created, complete the "NTP-29 Create Protection Groups" procedure.
e. If the node is in a BLSR, click the BLSR tab. (If the node is not in a BLSR, proceed to Step f.) Verify that the following items are provisioned as specified in your site plan:
–BLSR type (2-Fiber or 4-Fiber)
–BLSR ring ID and node IDs
–Ring reversion time
–East and west card assignments
–4-fiber BLSRs: span reversion and east/west protect card assignments
If corrections need to be made, see the "NTP-40 Provision BLSR Nodes" task for instructions.
f. Click the Security tab. Verify that the users and access levels are provisioned as specified. If not, see the "NTP-30 Create Users and Assign Security" procedure to correct the information.
g. If SNMP is used, click the SNMP tab and verify the trap and destination information. If the information is not correct, see the "NTP-33 Set Up SNMP" procedure to correct the information.
h. Click the Sonet DCC tab. Verify that DCC(s) were created to the applicable OC-N cards and ports. If DCCs were not created for the appropriate OC-N cards, see "Turn Up Network" and complete the turn-up procedure appropriate for your network topology.
i. Click the Timing tab. Verify that timing is provisioned as specified. If not, use the "NTP-28 Set Up Timing" procedure to make the changes.
j. Click the Alarm Behavior tab. If you provisioned optional alarm profiles, verify that the alarms are provisioned as specified. If not, see the "NTP-71 Create, Download, and Assign Alarm Severity Profiles" procedure to change the information.
k. Verify that the network elements defaults listed in the status area of the node view window is correct.
Step 7 Choose the next node in the network and repeat Step 6 for that node. Repeat for each node in the network.
Step 8 As appropriate, complete the circuit creation procedure listed on page 6-1.
NTP-128 Create an Automatically Routed DS-1 Circuit
Purpose
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This procedure creates an automatically routed DS-1 circuit, meaning CTC chooses the circuit route based on the parameters you set at circuit creation and on the system load.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box ( Figure 6-1), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose VT. VT cross connects will carry the DS-1 circuit across the ONS 15454 network.
•Size—VT1.5 is the default. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Type the number of DS-1 circuits you want to create. The default is 1. If you are creating multiple circuits with the same slot and sequential, consecutive port numbers, you can use Auto-ranged to create the circuits automatically.
•Auto-ranged—This checkbox is automatically selected if you enter more than 1 in the Number of circuits field. Auto-ranging creates identical (same source and destination) sequential circuits automatically. Deselect the box if you do not want CTC to create sequential circuits automatically.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
Note If VT circuit source and destination ports are in an OOS_AINS, OOS_MT, or IS state, VT circuits in OOS_AINS will change to IS even if a physical signal is not present. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Guide for more information.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms are generated if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit, and VT tunnels, Ethergroup sources, and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Click this box if you want the circuit routed on protected drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you choose this box, CTC only displays protected cards and ports as source and destination choices.
Figure 6-1 Setting circuit attributes for a DS-1 circuit
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 Complete the "DLP-95 Provision a DS-1 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 7 Beneath Circuit Routing Preferences ( Figure 6-2), choose Route Automatically. The following options are available.
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Click this box if you want to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the CTC-generated circuit route.
•Review Route Before Creation—Click this box if you want to review and edit the circuit route before the circuit is created.
Choose either, both, or none, based on your preferences.
Step 8 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked (default) and proceed to Step 9. CTC creates a fully-protected circuit route based on the path diversity option you choose. Fully-protected paths may or may not have UPSR path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to UPSR path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and proceed to Step 10.
•To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck Fully Protected Path, check Protection Channel Access, click Yes on the Warning dialog box, then proceed to Step 10.
Caution Circuits routed on PCA are not protected and are pre-empted during BLSR ring and span switches.
Step 9 If you selected Fully Protected Path, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—(default) Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates link-diverse paths for the UPSR portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths may be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Figure 6-2 Setting circuit routing preferences for a DS-1 circuit
Step 10 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans, complete the following substeps. If not, proceed to
Step 11.
a. Click Next.
If the VT circuit is routed through a node and a VT tunnel is not present, a VT Tunnel Creation dialog box is displayed asking whether you want to create a VT tunnel on the transit node. If many VT circuits (over 14) will pass through the same node, click Yes. If you are only creating a few VT circuits, pick No.
b. Beneath Circuit Route Constraints, click a node or span on the circuit map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the circuit. Click Exclude to exclude the node/span from the circuit. The order in which you choose included nodes and spans is the order in which the circuit will be routed. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Step c for each node or span you wish to include or exclude.
e. Review the circuit route. To change the circuit routing order, choose a node under the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Notes Links lists and click the Up or Down buttons to change the circuit routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
Step 11 If you selected Review Route Before Creation, complete the following substeps. If not, proceed to
Step 12.
a. Click Next.
b. If the DS-1 circuit passes through a node that does not have a VT tunnel, CTC will ask whether you want to create one. See Step 12 for information about the VT tunnel.
c. Review the circuit route. To add or delete a circuit span, choose a node on the circuit route. Blue arrows show the circuit route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
d. If the provisioned circuit does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change circuit information. If the circuit needs to be routed to a different path, see the "NTP-129 Create a Manually Routed DS-1 Circuit" task.
Step 12 Click Finish. One of the following results occurs, depending on the circuit properties you chose in the Circuit Creation dialog box:
•If the DS-1 circuit passes through a node that does not have a VT tunnel, or if an existing tunnel is full, CTC asks whether you want to create tunnel. VT tunnels allow VT circuits to pass through ONS 15454s without consuming cross-connect card resources. VT tunnels can carry 28 VT1.5 circuits. In general, creating VT tunnels is a good idea if you are creating many VT circuits from the same source and destination. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Guide for more information.
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and selected Auto-ranged, CTC automatically creates the number of circuits entered in Number of circuits. If auto ranging cannot complete all the circuits, for example, because sequential ports are unavailable at the source or destination, a dialog box is displayed. Set the new source or destination for the remaining circuits, then click Finish to continue auto ranging.
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and did not choose Auto-ranged, the Circuit Creation dialog box is displayed so you can create the remaining circuits. Repeat this procedure for each additional circuit.
•After completing the circuit(s), CTC displays the Circuits window.
Step 13 On the Circuits window, verify that the circuit(s) just created appear in the circuits list.
Step 14 Complete the "NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
NTP-129 Create a Manually Routed DS-1 Circuit
Purpose
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This procedure creates a DS-1 circuit and allows you to route the circuit path manually.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box (see Figure 6-1), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose VT. VT cross connects will carry the DS-1 circuit across the ONS 15454 network.
•Size—VT1.5 is the default. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Type the number of DS-1 circuits you want to create. The default is 1.
•Auto-ranged—Applies to automatically-routed circuits only. If you entered more than 1 in Number of Circuits, deselect this box. (The box is unavailable if only one circuit is entered in Number of Circuits.)
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
Note If VT circuit source and destination ports are in an OOS_AINS, OOS_MT, or IS state, VT circuits in OOS_AINS will change to IS even if a physical signal is not present. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Guide for more information.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit, and VT tunnels, Ethergroup sources, and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Check this box if you want the circuit routed on protected drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you choose this box, CTC only displays protected cards and ports as source and destination choices.
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 Complete the "DLP-95 Provision a DS-1 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 7 Beneath Circuit Routing Preferences (see Figure 6-2), deselect Route Automatically.
Step 8 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked (default) and proceed to Step 9. Fully-protected paths may or may not have UPSR path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to UPSR path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and proceed to Step 10.
•To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck Fully Protected Path, check Protection Channel Access, click Yes on the Warning dialog box, then proceed to Step 10.
Caution Circuits routed on PCA are not protected and are pre-empted during BLSR ring and span switches.
Step 9 If you selected Fully Protected Path, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired— (default) Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates link-diverse paths for the UPSR portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths may be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 10 Click Next. Beneath Route Review and Edit, node icons are displayed to route the circuit. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 11 Complete the "DLP-96 Provision a DS-1 or DS-3 Circuit Route" task for the DS-1 circuit you are creating.
Step 12 Click Finish. CTC will compare your manually-provisioned circuit route with the specified path diversity option. If the path does not meet the specified path diversity requirement, CTC displays an error message and allows you to change the circuit path. If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits, the Circuit Creation dialog box is displayed so you can create the remaining circuits. Repeat this procedure for each additional circuit.
Step 13 When all the circuits are created, CTC displays the main Circuits window. Verify that the circuit(s) you created are correct.
Step 14 Complete the "NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
NTP-130 Create a Unidirectional DS-1 Circuit with Multiple Drops
Purpose
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This procedure creates a unidirectional DS-1 circuit with multiple drops.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box ( Figure 6-1), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose VT.
•Size—VT1.5 is the default. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Deselect for this circuit.
•Number of circuits—Leave the default unchanged (1).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable when Number of Circuits is 1.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
Note If VT circuit source and destination ports are in an OOS_AINS, OOS_MT, or IS state, VT circuits in OOS_AINS will change to IS even if a physical signal is not present. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Guide for more information.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit, and VT tunnels, Ethergroup sources, and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Check this box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you check this box, CTC only displays protected cards as source and destination choices.
Figure 6-3 Setting circuit attributes for a unidirectional DS-1 circuit
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 Complete the "DLP-95 Provision a DS-1 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 7 Beneath Circuit Routing Preferences, deselect Route Automatically. When Route Automatically is not selected, Using Required Nodes/Spans and Review Route Before Circuit Creation are unavailable.
Step 8 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked (default) and proceed to Step 9. Fully-protected paths may or may not have UPSR path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to UPSR path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and proceed to Step 10.
•To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck Fully Protected Path, check Protection Channel Access, click Yes on the Warning dialog box, then proceed to Step 10.
Caution Circuits routed on PCA are not protected. They are pre-empted during BLSR ring and span switches.
Step 9 If you selected Fully Protected Path, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—(default) Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates link-diverse paths for the UPSR portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths may be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 10 Click Next. Beneath Route Review and Edit, node icons are displayed so you can route the circuit manually. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 11 Complete the "DLP-96 Provision a DS-1 or DS-3 Circuit Route" task for the DS-1 circuit you are creating.
Step 12 Click Finish. CTC completes the circuit and displays the Circuits window.
Step 13 On the Circuits window, click the circuit that you want to route to multiple drops. The Delete, Edit, and Search buttons become active.
Step 14 Click Edit. The Edit Circuit window is displayed with the General tab selected.
All nodes in the DCC network are displayed on the network. Circuit source and destination information appears under the source and destination nodes. To display a detailed view of the circuit, click Show Detailed Map. You can also rearrange a node icon by selecting the node with the left mouse button while simultaneously pressing Ctrl, then dragging the icon to the new location.
Step 15 On the Edit Circuit dialog box, click the Drops tab. A list of existing drops is displayed.
Step 16 Click Create.
Step 17 On the Define New Drop dialog box, create the new drop:
a. Node—Choose the target node for the circuit drop.
b. Slot—Choose the target card and slot.
c. Port, STS, VT, or DS1—Choose the port, STS, VT, or DS1 from the Port, STS, VT or DS1 pull-down menus. The card selected in Step b determines the fields that display. See Table 6-2 for a list of options.
d. The routing preferences for the new drop will match those of the original circuit. However, you can modify the following:
–If the original circuit was routed on a protected path, you can change the nodal diversity options: [Required, Desired, Don't Care; Link Diverse only]. See Step Step 9 for options descriptions.
–If the original circuit was not routed on a protected path, the Protection Channel Access options is available. See Step 8 for a description of the PCA option.
e. Click OK. The new drop appears in the Drops list.
Step 18 If you need to create additional drops for the circuit, repeat Step 16- 17 to create the additional drops.
Step 19 Choose Close. The Circuits window is displayed.
Step 20 Verify that the new drops are displayed under the Destination column for the circuit you edited. If they do not appear repeat Steps 4- 20, making sure all options are provisioned correctly.
Step 21 Complete the "NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
DLP-95 Provision a DS-1 Circuit Source and Destination
Note After you have selected the circuit properties in the Circuit Source dialog box according to the specific circuit creation procedure, you are ready to provision the circuit source.
Step 1 From the Node pull-down menu, choose the node where the source will originate.
Step 2 From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the DS1-14, DS1N-14 ( Figure 6-4), or DS3XM-6 ( Figure 6-5) card where the circuit will originate.
Figure 6-4 Defining the circuit source on a DS1N-14 card
Figure 6-5 Defining the circuit source on a DS3XM-6 card
Step 3 Only if you chose DS3XM-6 as the card, choose the port from the Port pull-down menu.
Step 4 From the DS-1 pull-down menu, choose the source DS-1.
Step 5 If you need to create a secondary source, for example, a UPSR bridge/selector circuit entry point in a multivendor UPSR, click Use Secondary Source and repeat Steps 1- 4 to define the secondary source. If you do not need to create a secondary source, proceed to Step 6.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 From the Node pull-down menu, choose the destination (termination) node.
Step 8 From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the destination card. The destination is typically a DS-1 card. You can also choose an OC-N card to map the DS-1 to a VT1.5 for optical transport.
Step 9 Depending on the destination card, choose the destination port, STS, VT, or DS1 from the sub-menus that display based on the card selected in Step 8. See Table 6-2 for a list of valid options. CTC does not display ports, STSs, VTs, or DS1s already used by other circuits. If you and a user working on the same network choose the same port, STS, VT, port, or DS1 simultaneously, one of you will receive a Path in Use error and be unable to complete the circuit. The user with the incomplete circuit needs to choose new destination parameters.
Step 10 If you need to create a secondary destination, for example, a UPSR bridge/selector circuit exit point in a multivendor UPSR, click Use Secondary Destination and repeat Steps 7- 9 to define the secondary destination.
Step 11 Click Next.
Step 12 Finish the circuit creation procedure that referred you to this task.
NTP-131 Create an Automatically Routed DS-3 Circuit
Purpose
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This procedure creates an automatically routed DS-3 circuit. CTC routes the circuit automatically based on circuit creation parameters and the system load.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box ( Figure 6-1), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS. STS cross connects will carry the DS-3 circuit across the ONS 15454 network.
•Size—Choose STS-1.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Type the number of DS-3 circuits you want to create. The default is 1. If you are creating multiple circuits with sequential source and destination ports, you can use Auto-ranged to create the circuits automatically.
•Auto-ranged—This box is automatically selected if you enter more than 1 in the Number of circuits field. Leave selected if you are creating multiple DS-3 circuits with the same source and destination and you want CTC to create the circuits automatically. Deselect the box if you do not want CTC to create sequential circuits automatically.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit, and VT tunnels and Ethergroup sources and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Check this box if you want the circuit routed on protected drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you check this box, CTC only displays protected cards and ports as source and destination choices.
Figure 6-6 Setting circuit attributes for a DS-3 circuit
Step 5 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, complete the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Complete the "DLP-208 Provision a DS-3 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 8 Beneath Circuit Routing Preferences ( Figure 6-7), choose Route Automatically. The following options are available:
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Choose this box to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the CTC-generated circuit route.
•Review Route Before Creation—Choose this box to review and edit the circuit route before the circuit is created.
Step 9 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked (default) and proceed to Step 10. CTC creates a fully-protected circuit route based on the path diversity option you choose. Fully-protected paths may or may not have UPSR path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to UPSR path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and proceed to Step 11.
•To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck Fully Protected Path, check Protection Channel Access, click Yes on the Warning dialog box, then proceed to Step 11.
Caution Circuits routed on PCA are not protected and are pre-empted during BLSR ring and span switches.
Step 10 If you selected Fully Protected Path choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—(default) Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates link-diverse paths for the UPSR portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths may be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Figure 6-7 Setting circuit routing preferences for a DS-3 circuit
Step 11 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans complete the following substeps; otherwise, proceed to Step 12:
a. Click Next.
b. Beneath Circuit Route Constraints, click a node or span on the circuit map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the circuit. Click Exclude to exclude the node/span from the circuit. The order in which you choose included nodes and spans determines the circuit sequence. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Step c for each node or span you wish to include or exclude.
e. Review the circuit route. To change the circuit routing order, choose a node from the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Notes Links lists, then click the Up or Down buttons to change the circuit routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
Note If a node or span stays grey, that node or span is required.
Step 12 If you selected Review Route Before Creation, complete the following substeps; otherwise, proceed to Step 13.
a. Click Next.
b. Review the circuit route. To add or delete a circuit span, choose a node on the circuit route. Blue arrows show the circuit route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
c. If the provisioned circuit does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change circuit information. If the circuit needs to be routed to a different path, see the "NTP-132 Create a Manually Routed DS-3 Circuit" procedure.
Step 13 Click Finish. One of the following actions occurs based on the circuit properties you selected:
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and selected Auto-ranged, CTC automatically creates the number of circuits entered in Number of circuits. If auto ranging cannot complete all the circuits, for example, because sequential ports are unavailable at the source or destination, a dialog box is displayed. Set the new source or destination for the remaining circuits, then click Finish to continue auto ranging.
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and did not choose Auto-ranged, the Circuit Creation dialog box is displayed so you can create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps 7- 13 for each additional circuit.
•After completing the circuit(s), CTC displays the Circuits window.
Step 14 On the Circuits window, verify that the circuit(s) you just created appear in the circuits list.
Step 15 Complete the "NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
NTP-132 Create a Manually Routed DS-3 Circuit
Purpose
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This procedure creates a DS-3 circuit and allows you to choose the circuit route.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into the node where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box ( Figure 6-1), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave this field blank, CTC will assign a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS. STS cross-connects will carry the DS-3 circuit across the ONS 15454 network.
•Size—Choose STS-1.
•Bidirectional—Leave this field checked (default).
•Number of circuits—Type the number of DS-3 circuits you want to create. The default is 1.
•Auto-ranged—Applies to automatically-routed circuits only. If you entered more than 1 in Number of Circuits, deselect this box. (The box is unavailable if only one circuit is entered in Number of Circuits.)
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit, and VT tunnels, Ethergroup sources, and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Choose this box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you choose this box, CTC only displays protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 5 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Complete the "DLP-208 Provision a DS-3 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 8 Beneath Circuit Routing Preferences ( Figure 6-7), deselect Route Automatically.
Step 9 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked (default) and proceed to Step 9. Fully-protected paths may or may not have UPSR path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to UPSR path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and proceed to Step 11.
•To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck Fully Protected Path, check Protection Channel Access, click Yes on the Warning dialog box, then proceed to Step 11.
Caution Circuits routed on PCA are not protected and are pre-empted during BLSR ring and span switches.
Step 10 If you selected Fully Protected Path, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—(default) Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates link-diverse paths for the UPSR portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths may be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 11 Click Next. Beneath Route Review and Edit, node icons are displayed so you can route the circuit manually. The green arrows pointing from the selected node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 12 Complete the "DLP-96 Provision a DS-1 or DS-3 Circuit Route" task for the DS-3 you are creating.
Step 13 Click Finish. If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits, the Circuit Creation dialog box is displayed so you can create the remaining circuits. Repeat this procedure for each additional circuit.
Step 14 When all the circuits are created, CTC displays the main Circuits window. Verify that the circuit(s) you created appear in the window.
Step 15 Complete the "NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
NTP-56 Create a Unidirectional DS-3 Circuit with Multiple Drops
Purpose
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This procedure creates a unidirectional DS-3 circuit with multiple drops.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box ( Figure 6-1), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose STS-1.
•Bidirectional—Deselect for this circuit.
•Number of circuits—Leave the default unchanged (1).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable when Number of Circuits is 1.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit, and VT tunnels, Ethergroup sources, and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Choose this box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you choose this box, CTC only displays protected cards as source and destination choices.
Figure 6-8 Setting circuit attributes for a unidirectional DS-3 circuit
Step 5 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Complete the "DLP-208 Provision a DS-3 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 8 Deselect Route Automatically. When Route Automatically is not selected, Using Required Nodes/Spans and Review Route Before Circuit Creation are unavailable.
Step 9 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked (default) and proceed to Step 10. Fully-protected paths may or may not have UPSR path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to UPSR path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and proceed to Step 11.
•To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck Fully Protected Path, check Protection Channel Access, click Yes on the Warning dialog box, then proceed to Step 11.
Caution Circuits routed on PCA are not protected. They are pre-empted during BLSR ring and span switches.
Step 10 If you selected Fully Protected Path, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—(default) Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates link-diverse paths for the UPSR portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths may be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 11 Click Next. Beneath Route Review and Edit, node icons are displayed so you can route the circuit manually. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 12 Complete the "DLP-96 Provision a DS-1 or DS-3 Circuit Route" task for the DS-3 you are creating.
Step 13 Click Finish. After completing the circuit, CTC displays the Circuits window.
Step 14 On the Circuits window, click the circuit that you want to route to multiple drops. The Delete, Edit, and Search radio buttons become active.
Step 15 Click Edit. The Edit Circuit window is displayed with the General tab selected. All nodes in the DCC network are displayed on the network map. Circuit source and destination information appears under the source and destination nodes. To display a detailed view of the circuit, click Show Detailed Map. You can rearrange the node icons by selecting the node with the left mouse button while simultaneously pressing Ctrl, then dragging the icon to the new location.
Step 16 On the Edit Circuit dialog box, click the Drops tab. A list of existing drops is displayed.
Step 17 Click Create.
Step 18 On the Define New Drop dialog box, define the new drop:
a. Node—Choose the target node for the circuit drop.
b. Slot—Choose the target card and slot
c. Port, STS—Choose the port and/or STS from the Port and STS pull-down menus. The card selected in Step b determines whether port, STS, or both display. See Table 6-2 for a list of options.
d. The routing preferences for the new drop will match those of the original circuit. However, you can modify the following:
–If the original circuit was routed on a protected path, you can change the nodal diversity options: [Required, Desired, Don't Care; Link Diverse only]. See Step Step 9 for options descriptions.
–If the original circuit was not routed on a protected path, the Protection Channel Access options is available. See Step 9 for a description of the PCA option.
e. Click OK. The new drop appears in the Drops list.
Step 19 If you need to create additional drops for the circuit, repeat Steps 17- 18 to create the additional drops.
Step 20 Click Close. The Circuits window displays.
Step 21 Verify that the new drops are displayed under the Destination column for the circuit you edited. If they do not appear, repeat this procedure, making sure all options are provisioned correctly.
Step 22 Complete the "NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation
Purpose
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Use this task to provision UPSR selectors during circuit creation. Use this task only if the circuit will be routed on a UPSR.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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You must have the Circuit Creation wizard displayed.
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 On the Circuit Attributes panel of the Circuit Creation wizard, set the UPSR path selectors:
•Revertive—Check this box if you want traffic to revert to the working path when the conditions that diverted it to the protect path are repaired. If you do not choose Revertive, traffic remains on the protect path after the switch.
•Reversion time—If Revertive is checked, choose the reversion time. Click the Reversion time field and choose a reversion time from the pull-down menu. The range is 0.5 to 12.0 minutes. The default is 5.0 minutes. This is the amount of time that will elapse before the traffic reverts to the working path. Traffic can revert when conditions causing the switch are cleared.
•SF threshold—For STS circuits, set the UPSR path-level signal failure bit error rate (BER) thresholds. Unavailable for VT circuits.
•SD threshold—For STS circuits, set the UPSR path-level signal degrade BER thresholds. Unavailable for VT circuits.
•Switch on PDI-P—For STS circuits, check this box if you want traffic to switch when an STS payload defect indicator is received. Unavailable for VT circuits.
Step 2 Finish the circuit creation procedure that referred you to this task.
DLP-208 Provision a DS-3 Circuit Source and Destination
Note After you have selected the circuit properties in the Circuit Source dialog box according to the specific circuit creation procedure, you are ready to provision the circuit source.
Step 1 From the Node pull-down menu, choose the node where the source will originate.
Step 2 From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the DS-3 card where the circuit will originate If you are configuring a DS-3 circuit with a transmux card, choose the DS3XM-6 card.
Step 3 From the Port pull-down menu, choose the source DS-3 or DS3XM-6 card as appropriate.
Step 4 If you need to create a secondary source, for example, a UPSR bridge/selector circuit entry point in a multivendor UPSR, click Use Secondary Source and repeat Steps 1- 3 to define the secondary source. If you do not need to create a secondary source, proceed to Step 6.
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 From the Node pull-down menu, choose the destination (termination) node.
Step 7 From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the destination card. The destination is typically a DS3XM-6 or DS-3 card. You can also choose an OC-N card to the map DS-3 circuit to an STS.
Step 8 Depending on the destination card, choose the destination port or STS from the sub-menus that display based on the card selected in Step 3. See Table 6-2 for a list of valid options. CTC does not display ports, STSs, VTs, or DS1s if they are already in use by other circuits. If you and a user working on the same network choose the same port, STS, VT, port, or DS1 simultaneously, one of you will receive a Path in Use error and be unable to complete the circuit. The user with the incomplete circuit needs to choose new destination parameters.
Step 9 If you need to create a secondary destination, for example, a UPSR bridge/selector circuit exit point in a multivendor UPSR, click Use Secondary Destination and repeat Steps 7- 8 to define the secondary destination.
Step 10 Click Next.
Step 11 Finish the circuit creation procedure that referred you to this task.
DLP-96 Provision a DS-1 or DS-3 Circuit Route
Step 1 On the Circuit Creation wizard under Route Review and Edit, click the source node icon if it is not already selected.
Step 2 Starting with a span on the source node, click the arrow of the span you want the circuit to travel. The arrow turns white. Beneath Selected Span, the From and To fields display span information. The source STS and VT (DS-1 circuit only) are displayed. Figure 6-9 shows a DS-1 circuit example.
Figure 6-9 Manually routing a DS-1 circuit
Step 3 If you want to change the source STS, adjust the Source STS field; otherwise, proceed to Step 4.
Step 4 If you want to change the source VT for DS-1 circuits, adjust the Source VT field; otherwise, proceed to Step 5.
Note VT is grey (unavailable) for DS-3 circuits.
Step 5 Click Add Span.The span is added to the Included Spans list and the span arrow turns blue.
Repeat Steps 2- 5 until the circuit is provisioned from the source to the destination node through all intermediary nodes. If Fully Protect Path is checked on the Circuit Routing Preferences panel, you must:
•Add two spans for all UPSR or unprotected portions of the circuit route from the source to the destination
•Add one span for all BLSR or 1+1 portions of route from the source to the destination
Figure 6-10 shows an example of a fully protected circuit routed from a UPSR node to a BLSR node. In the example, the RIO-32, RIO-34, and RIO-35 nodes reside in a BLSR. A UPSR subtends from RIO-32 to RIO-33. To create a circuit from RIO-33 to RIO-35, two spans must be included in the circuit route from RIO-32 to RIO-33, since both the working and protect path must be provisioned for the UPSR portion of the circuit, and one span is included from RIO-32 to RIO-35, since the BLSR provides protection.
Figure 6-10 Manually routing a DS-1 circuit
Step 6 Finish the circuit creation procedure that referred you to this task.
NTP-133 Create an Automatically Routed VT Tunnel
Purpose
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This procedure creates an automatically routed VT tunnel from source to destination nodes.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Note VT tunnels allow VT circuits to pass through ONS 15454s without consuming cross-connect card resources. VT tunnels can carry 28 VT1.5 circuits. In general, creating VT tunnels is a good idea if you are creating many VT circuits from the same source and destination. Refer to the Circuits and Tunnels chapter in the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Guide for more information.
Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box ( Figure 6-1), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the VT tunnel. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the tunnel.
•Type—Choose VT Tunnel. The Bidirectional, Number of Circuits, and Create Cross Connects fields in the dialog box become unavailable.
•Size—Unavailable for VT tunnels.
•Bidirectional—Unavailable for VT tunnels.
•Number of circuits—Unavailable for VT tunnels.
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable for VT tunnels.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the VT tunnel:
–IS—The VT tunnel is in service.
–OOS—The VT tunnel is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The VT tunnel is in service when it receives a valid signal; until then, the tunnel is out of service.
–OOS-MT—The VT tunnel is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the tunnel. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Uncheck this box.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the tunnel will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
Figure 6-11 Setting attributes for a VT tunnel
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 Beneath Circuit Source, choose the node where the VT tunnel will originate from the Node pull-down menu.
Step 7 Click Next.
Step 8 Beneath Circuit Destination, choose the node where the VT tunnel will terminate from the Node pull-down menu.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Beneath Circuit Routing Preferences, choose Route Automatically. The following options are available:
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Choose this box to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the CTC-generated tunnel route.
•Review Route Before Creation—Choose this box to review and edit the VT tunnel route before the circuit is created.
Choose either, both, or none, based on your preferences
Step 11 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans:
a. Click Next.
b. Beneath Circuit Route Constraints, click a span on the VT tunnel map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the VT tunnel. Click Exclude to exclude the node/span from the VT tunnel. The order in which you choose included nodes and spans sets the VT tunnel sequence. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Step c for each node or span you wish to include or exclude.
e. Review the VT tunnel route. To change the tunnel routing order, choose a node under the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Notes Links lists, then click the Up or Down buttons to change the tunnel routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
Step 12 If you selected Review Route Before Creation:
a. Click Next.
b. Review the tunnel route. To add or delete a tunnel span, choose a node on the tunnel route. Blue arrows show the tunnel route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
c. If the provisioned tunnel does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change tunnel information.
Step 13 Click Finish. The Circuits window displays.
Step 14 Verify that the tunnel you just created appears in the circuits list. VT tunnels are identified by VTT in the Type column.
NTP-134 Create a Manually Routed VT Tunnel
Purpose
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This procedure creates a manually routed VT tunnel from source to destination nodes.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Note VT tunnels allow VT circuits to pass through ONS 15454s without consuming cross-connect card resources. VT tunnels can carry 28 VT1.5 circuits. In general, creating VT tunnels is a good idea if you are creating many VT circuits from the same source and destination. Refer to the Circuits and Tunnels chapter in the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Guide for more information.
Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box ( Figure 6-12), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the VT tunnel. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the tunnel.
•Type—Choose VT Tunnel. The Bidirectional, Number of Circuits, and Create Cross Connects fields in the dialog box become unavailable (greyed out).
•Size—Unavailable for VT tunnels.
•Bidirectional—Unavailable for VT tunnels.
•Number of circuits—Unavailable for VT tunnels.
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable for VT tunnels.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the VT tunnel:
–IS—The VT tunnel is in service.
–OOS—The VT tunnel is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The VT tunnel is in service when it receives a valid signal; until then, the circuit is out of service.
–OOS-MT—The VT tunnel is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed. Use OOS-MT for testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Uncheck this box.
–Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the tunnel will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
Figure 6-12 Setting attributes for a VT tunnel
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 Beneath Circuit Source, choose the node where the VT tunnel will originate from the Node pull-down menu.
Step 7 Click Next.
Step 8 Beneath Circuit Destination, choose the node where the VT tunnel will terminate from the Node pull-down menu.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Beneath Circuit Routing Preferences, deselect Route Automatically.
Step 11 Click Next. Beneath Route Review and Edit, node icons are displayed to route the tunnel. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the tunnel.
Step 12 Complete the "DLP-219 Provision a VT Tunnel Route" task for the tunnel you are creating. The Circuits window displays.
Step 13 Verify that the tunnel you just created appears in the circuits list. VT tunnels are identified by VTT in the Type column.
DLP-219 Provision a VT Tunnel Route
Purpose
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This task provisions the route for a manually-routed VT tunnel.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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Perform this task as part of the "NTP-134 Create a Manually Routed VT Tunnel" procedure.
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 On the Circuit Creation wizard under Route Review and Edit, click the source node icon if it is not already selected. Arrows indicate the available spans for routing the tunnel from the source node.
Step 2 Click the arrow of the span you want the VT tunnel to travel. The arrow turns white. Beneath Selected Span, the From and To fields display the slot and port that will carry the tunnel. The source STS is displayed. Figure 6-13 shows an example.
Figure 6-13 Manually routing a VT tunnel
Step 3 If you want to change the source STS, change it in the Source STS field; otherwise, proceed to the next step.
Step 4 Click Add Span.The span is added to the Included Spans list and the span arrow turns blue.
Step 5 Repeat Steps 3- 4 until the tunnel is provisioned from the source to the destination node through all intermediary nodes.
Step 6 Return to the "NTP-134 Create a Manually Routed VT Tunnel" procedure.
NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits
Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuit tab.
Step 4 Set the circuit and circuit ports to the maintenance state (OOS-MT). Take note of the original state because you will return the circuit to that state later.
a. Click the circuit you want to test then choose Circuits > Set Circuit State from the Tools menu.
b. On the Set Circuit State dialog box, choose OOS-MT from the Target State pull-down menu.
c. Check the Apply to drop ports checkbox.
d. Click Apply.
Step 5 Set the source and destination DS-1 card line length:
a. In network view, double-click the source node.
b. Double-click the circuit source card and click the Provisioning > Line tabs.
c. From the circuit source port Line Length pull-down menu, choose the line length for the distance (in feet) between the DSX (if used) or circuit termination point and the source ONS 15454.
d. Click Apply.
e. From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
f. Repeat Steps a. - e. for the destination port line length.
Step 6 Attach loopback cables to the circuit destination card.
a. Verify the integrity of the loopback cable by looping the test set transmit (TX) to the test set receive (RX). If the test set does not run error-free, check the cable for damage and check the test set to make sure it is set up correctly before going to Step b.
b. Attach the loopback cable to the port you are testing. Connect the transmit (TX) to the receive (RX) of the port.
Step 7 Attach loopback cables to the circuit source node.
a. Verify the integrity of loopback cable by looping the test set transmit (TX) to the test set receive (RX). If the test set does not run error-free, check the cable for damage and check the test set to make sure it is set up correctly before going to Step b.
b. Attach the loopback cable to the port you are testing. Connect the test set to the circuit source port: (transmit (TX) port of the test set to the circuit receive (RX) port; test set receive (RX) port to the circuit transmit (TX) port.
Step 8 Configure the test set for the ONS 15454 card that is the source of the circuit you are testing:
•DS-1—If you are testing an unmuxed DS-1, you must have a DSX-1 panel or a direct DS-1 interface into the ONS 15454. Set the test set for DS-1. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
•DS-3—If you are testing a clear channel DS-3, you must have a DSX-3 panel or a direct DS-3 interface into the ONS 15454. Set the test set for clear channel DS-3. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
•DS3XM-6—If you are testing a DS-1 circuit on a DS3XM-6 card you must have a DSX-3 panel or a direct DS-3 interface to the ONS 15454. Set the test set for a muxed DS3. After you choose muxed DS-3, choose the DS-1 to test on the muxed DS-3. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
•EC-1—If you are testing a DS-1 on an EC1 card, you must have a DSX-3 panel or a direct DS-3 interface to the ONS 15454. Set the test set for an STS-1. After you choose STS-1, choose the DS1 to test the STS-1. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
Step 9 Verify that the test set displays a clean signal. If a clean signal is not displayed, repeat Steps 1- 8 to make sure the test set and cabling is configured correctly.
Step 10 Inject errors from the test set. Verify that the errors display at the source and destination nodes.
Step 11 Clear the PMs for the ports that you tested. See the "DLP-130 Clear Selected PM Counts" task on page 8-16 for instructions.
Step 12 Put the circuit and circuit ports back to the state they were in at the beginning of the test:
a. Click the circuit you want to test then choose Circuits > Set Circuit State from the Tools menu.
b. On the Set Circuit State dialog box, choose IS (in service), OOS (out of service) or OOS-AINS (auto in service) from the Target State pull-down menu.
c. Check the Apply to drop ports checkbox.
d. Click Apply.
Step 13 Perform the protection switch test appropriate to the SONET topology:
•For UPSRs, complete the "DLP-94 UPSR Protection Switching Test" task
•For BLSRs complete the "DLP-91 BLSR Ring Switch Test" task.
Step 14 Perform a Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) for 12 hours or a duration dictated by local testing custom. For information about configuring your test set for BERT, see your test set user guide.
Step 15 After the BERT is complete, print the results or save them to a disk for future reference. For information about printing or saving test results see your test set user guide.
NTP-136 Create an Automatically Routed Optical Circuit
Purpose
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This procedure creates an automatically-routed bidirectional or unidirectional optical circuit, including STS-1 and concatenated STS-3c, STS-6c, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-24c, STS-48c, or STS-192c speeds.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box ( Figure 6-1), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the optical circuit size: STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-24c, STS-48c, or STS-192c.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Type the number of optical circuits you want to create. The default is 1. If you are creating multiple circuits with the same source and destination, you can use auto-ranging to create the circuits automatically.
•Auto-ranged—This checkbox is automatically selected when you enter more than 1 in the Number of circuits field. Leave selected if you are creating multiple optical circuits with the same source and destination and you want CTC to create the circuits automatically. Deselect the box if you do not want CTC to create the circuits automatically.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit and VT tunnels and Ethergroup sources and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Choose this box if you want the circuit routed to protected drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you choose this box, CTC only displays protected cards as source and destination choices.
Figure 6-14 Setting circuit attributes for an optical circuit
Step 5 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Complete the "DLP-97 Provision an Optical Circuit Source and Destination" task for the optical circuit you are creating.
Step 8 Beneath Circuit Routing Preferences ( Figure 6-15), choose Route Automatically. The following options are available:
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Choose this checkbox to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the CTC-generated circuit route.
•Review Route Before Creation—Choose this checkbox to review and edit the circuit route before the circuit is created.
Choose either, both, or none, based on your preferences.
Step 9 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked (default) and proceed to Step 10. CTC creates a fully-protected circuit route based on the path diversity option you choose. Fully-protected paths may or may not have UPSR path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to UPSR path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and proceed to Step 11.
•To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck Fully Protected Path, check Protection Channel Access, click Yes on the Warning dialog box, then proceed to Step 11.
Step 10 If you selected Fully Protected Path, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—(default) Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates link-diverse paths for the UPSR portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths may be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Figure 6-15 Setting circuit routing preferences for an optical circuit
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Step 11 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans complete the following substeps. If not, proceed to Step 12:
a. Click Next.
b. Beneath Circuit Route Constraints, click a node or span on the circuit map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the circuit, or click Exclude to exclude the node or span from the circuit. The order in which you choose included nodes and spans is the order in which the circuit will be routed. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Step c. for each node or span you wish to include or exclude.
e. Review the circuit route. To change the circuit routing order, choose a node under the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Notes Links lists, then click the Up or Down buttons to change the circuit routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
Step 12 If you selected Review Route Before Creation, complete the following substeps; otherwise, proceed to Step 13:
a. Click Next.
b. Review the circuit route. To add or delete a circuit span, choose a node on the circuit route. Blue arrows show the circuit route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
c. If the provisioned circuit does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change circuit information. If the circuit needs to be routed to a different path, see the "NTP-137 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit" procedure to assign the circuit route yourself.
Step 13 Click Finish. One of the following occurs, based on the circuit properties you provisioned in the Circuit Creation dialog box:
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and selected Auto-ranged, CTC automatically creates the number of circuits entered in Number of circuits. If auto ranging cannot complete all the circuits, for example, because sequential ports are unavailable on the source or destination, a dialog box is displayed. Set the new source or destination for the remaining circuits, then click Finish to continue auto ranging.
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and did not choose Auto-ranged, the Circuit Creation dialog box is displayed so you can create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps Step 4- 13 for each additional circuit.
•After completing the circuit(s), CTC displays the Circuits window.
Step 14 On the Circuits window, verify that the circuit(s) you created appear in the circuits list.
Step 15 Complete the "NTP-62 Test Optical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
NTP-137 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit
Purpose
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This procedure creates a manually-routed, bidirectional or unidirectional optical circuit, including STS-1 and concatenated STS-3c, STS-6c, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-24c, STS-48c, or STS-192c speeds.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the optical circuit size. Choices are STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-24c, STS-48c, or STS-192c.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Type the number of optical circuits you want to create. The default is 1.
•Auto-ranged—Applies to automatically-routed circuits only. If you entered more than 1 in Number of Circuits, deselect this box. (The box is unavailable if only one circuit is entered in Number of Circuits.)
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit and VT tunnels and Ethergroup sources and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Choose this box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you choose this box, CTC only displays protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 4 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 Complete the "DLP-97 Provision an Optical Circuit Source and Destination" task for the optical circuit you are creating.
Step 7 Beneath Circuit Routing Preferences ( Figure 6-15), deselect Route Automatically.
Step 8 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked (default) and proceed to Step 9.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and proceed to Step 10.
•To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck Fully Protected Path, check Protection Channel Access, click Yes on the Warning dialog box, then proceed to Step 10.
Caution Circuits routed on PCA are not protected and are pre-empted during BLSR ring and span switches.
Step 9 If you selected Fully Protected Path, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—(default) Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates link-diverse paths for the UPSR portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths may be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 10 Click Next. Beneath Route Review and Edit, node icons are displayed so you can route the circuit manually.
Step 11 Complete the "DLP-98 Provision an Optical Circuit Route" task.
Step 12 Click Finish. If the path does not meet the specified path diversity requirement, CTC displays an error message and allows you to change the circuit path. If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits, the Circuit Creation dialog box is displayed after the circuit is created so you can create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps 3- 12 for each additional circuit.
Step 13 When all the circuits are created, CTC displays the main Circuits window. Verify that the circuit(s) you created appear in the window.
Step 14 Complete the "NTP-62 Test Optical Circuits" procedure.
NTP-138 Create a Unidirectional Optical Circuit with Multiple Drops
Purpose
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This procedure creates a unidirectional OC-N circuit with multiple traffic drops (circuit destinations)
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into the node where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. The default (node) view displays.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the circuit size: STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-24c, STS-48c, or STS-192c.
•Bidirectional—Deselect this checkbox for this circuit.
•Number of circuits—Leave the default unchanged (1).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable when Number of Circuits is 1.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit and VT tunnels and Ethergroup sources and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Choose this box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you choose this box, CTC only displays protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 5 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Complete the "DLP-97 Provision an Optical Circuit Source and Destination" task for the circuit you are creating.
Step 8 Deselect Route Automatically. When Route Automatically is not selected, Using Required Nodes/Spans and Review Route Before Circuit Creation are unavailable.
Step 9 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked (default) and proceed to Step 10. Fully-protected paths may or may not have UPSR path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to UPSR path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and proceed to Step 11.
•To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck Fully Protected Path, check Protection Channel Access, click Yes on the Warning dialog box, then proceed to Step 11.
Caution Circuits routed on PCA are not protected. They are pre-empted during BLSR ring and span switches.
Step 10 If you selected Fully Protected Path, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—(default) Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates link-diverse paths for the UPSR portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths may be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Note For manually-routed circuits, CTC checks your manually-provisioned path against the path diversity option you choose. If the path does not meet the path diversity requirement that is specified, CTC displays an error message.
Step 11 Click Next. Beneath Route Review and Edit, node icons are displayed so you can route the circuit manually. The green arrows pointing from the selected node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 12 Complete the "DLP-98 Provision an Optical Circuit Route" task.
Step 13 Click Finish. After completing the circuit, CTC displays the Circuits window.
Step 14 On the Circuits window, click the circuit that you want to route to multiple drops. The Delete, Edit, and Search buttons become active.
Step 15 Click Edit. The Edit Circuit window is displayed with the General tab selected. All nodes in the DCC network are displayed on the network. Circuit source and destination information appears under the source and destination nodes. To display a detailed view of the circuit, click Show Detailed Map. You can rearrange the node icons by selecting the node with the left mouse button, pressing Ctrl and dragging the icon to the new location.
Step 16 On the Edit Circuit dialog box, click the Drops tab. A list of existing drops is displayed.
Step 17 Click Create.
Step 18 On the Define New Drop dialog box, define the new drop:
a. Node—Choose the target node for the circuit drop.
b. Slot—Choose the target card and slot.
c. Port, STS—Choose the port and/or STS from the Port and STS pull-down menus. The choice in these menus depends on the card selected in Step b. See Table 6-2 for a list of options.
d. The routing preferences for the new drop will match those of the original circuit. However, you can modify the following:
–If the original circuit was routed on a protected path, you can change the nodal diversity options: Required, Desired, Don't Care; Link Diverse only. See Step 10 for options descriptions.
–If the original circuit was not routed on a protected path, the Protection Channel Access options is available. See Step 11 for a description of the PCA option.
e. Click OK. The new drop appears in the Drops list.
Step 19 If you need to create additional drops on the circuit, repeat Steps 16- 18.
Step 20 Click Close. The Circuits window appears.
Step 21 Verify that the new drops are displayed under the Destination column for the circuit you edited. If they do not appear, repeat Steps 17- 20 making sure all options are provisioned correctly.
Step 22 Complete the "NTP-62 Test Optical Circuits" procedure.
DLP-97 Provision an Optical Circuit Source and Destination
Step 1 From the Node pull-down menu, choose the node where the circuit will originate.
Step 2 From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the optical card where the circuit originates. (If a card's capacity is fully utilized, it does not appear in the menu.)
Step 3 Depending on the circuit origination card, choose the source port and/or STS from the Port and STS sub-menus. The Port menu is only available if the card has multiple ports. STSs are not displayed if they are already in use by other circuits.
Note The STSs that display depend on the card, circuit size, and protection scheme. For example, if you create an STS-3c circuit on an OC-12 card in a UPSR, only four STSs are available. If you create an STS-3c circuit on an OC-12 card in a BLSR, two STSs are available because of the BLSR protection characteristics.
Step 4 If you need to create a secondary source, for example, a UPSR bridge/selector circuit entry point in a multivendor UPSR, click Use Secondary Source and repeat Steps 1- 3 to define the secondary source.
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 From the Node pull-down menu, choose the destination node.
Step 7 From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the optical card where the circuit will terminate (destination card). (If a card's capacity is fully utilized, the card does not appear in the menu.)
Step 8 Depending on the card selected in Step 2, choose the destination port and/or STS from the Port and STS sub-menus. The Port menu is available only if the card has multiple ports. The STSs that display depend on the card, circuit size, and protection scheme.
Step 9 If you need to create a secondary destination, for example, a UPSR bridge/selector circuit entry point in a multivendor UPSR, click Use Secondary Destination and repeat Steps 6- 8 to define the secondary destination.
Step 10 Click Next.
Step 11 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-98 Provision an Optical Circuit Route
Step 1 On the Circuit Creation wizard under Route Review and Edit, click the source node icon if it is not already selected.
Step 2 Starting with a span on the source node, click the arrow of the span you want the circuit to travel. The arrow turns white. Beneath Selected Span, the From and To fields display span information. The source STS is displayed. Figure 6-16 shows an example.
Figure 6-16 Manually routing a OC-N circuit
Step 3 If you want to change the source STS, adjust the Source STS field; otherwise, proceed to the next step.
Note VT is grey for OC-N circuits.
Step 4 Click Add Span.The span is added to the Included Spans list and the span arrow turns blue.
Step 5 Repeat Steps 2- 4 until the circuit is provisioned from the source to the destination node through all intermediary nodes. If Fully Protect Path is checked on the Circuit Routing Preferences panel, you must:
•Add two spans for all UPSR or unprotected portions of the circuit route from the source to the destination
•Add one span for all BLSR or 1+1 portions of route from the source to the destination
Figure 6-17 shows an example of a fully protected circuit routed from a UPSR node to a BLSR node. In the example, RIO-32, RIO-34, and RIO-35 reside in a BLSR. A UPSR subtends from RIO-32 to RIO-33. To create a circuit from RIO-33 to RIO-35, two spans must be included in the circuit route from RIO-32 to RIO-33, since both working and protect path must be provisioned for the UPSR portion of the circuit, and one span is included from RIO-32 to RIO-35, since the BLSR provides protection.
Figure 6-17 Routing an OC-N circuit from a subtending ring
Step 6 Finish the circuit creation procedure that referred you to this task.
NTP-62 Test Optical Circuits
Note If this has not been done, do so now before completing the optical circuit test procedure.
Purpose
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Use this procedure to test an optical circuit.
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Tools/Equipment
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Test set capable of optical speeds, appropriate fibers, and attenuators
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Prerequisite Procedures
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This procedure assumes you completed facility loopback tests to test the fibers and cables from the source and destination ONS 15454s to the fiber distribution panel or the DSX and one of following circuit procedures:
NTP-136 Create an Automatically Routed Optical Circuit
NTP-137 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit
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Required/As Needed
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Required
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into the node where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab.
Step 4 Set the circuit and circuit ports to Out of Service-Maintenance (OOS_MT):
a. Click the circuit you want to test.
b. From the Tools menu, choose Circuits > Set Circuit State.
c. On the Set Circuit State dialog box, choose OOS-MT from the Target State pull-down menu.
d. If unchecked, check the Apply to drop ports checkbox.
e. Click Apply.
Step 5 Set up the patch cable at the destination node:
a. Test the patch cable by connecting one end to the test set transmit (TX) port and the other end to the test receive (RX) port. If the test set does not run error-free, check the cable for damage and check the test set to make sure it is set up correctly.
b. Install the loopback cable on the port you are testing. Connect the transmit (TX) to the receive (RX) of the port being tested.
Step 6 Set up the loopback cable at the source node:
a. Test the loopback cable by connecting one end to the test set transmit (TX) port and the other end to the test receive (RX) port. If the test set does not run error-free, check the cable for damage and check the test set to make sure it is set up correctly.
b. At the source node attach the loopback cable to the port you are testing. Connect the test set to the circuit source port: transmit (TX) port of the test set to the circuit receive (RX) port; test set receive (RX) port to the circuit transmit (TX) port.
Step 7 Configure the test set for the source ONS 15454 card:
•OC-3 cards—You will test either an OC-3c (the "c" denotes concatenated) or a muxed OC-3. If you are testing an OC-3c, configure the test set for an OC-3c. If you are testing a muxed OC-3, configure the test set for a muxed OC-3 and choose the DS-3 and/or DS-1 you will test. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
•OC-12 cards—You will test either an OC-12c or a muxed OC-12. If you are testing an OC-12c, configure the test set for an OC-12c. If you are testing a muxed OC-12, configure the test set for a muxed OC12 and choose the DS-3 and/or DS-1 you will test. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
•OC-48 cards—You will test either an OC-48c or a muxed OC-48. If you are testing an OC-48c configure the test set for an OC-48c. If you are testing a muxed OC-48, configure the test set for a muxed OC-48 and choose the DS-3 and/or DS-1 you will test. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
•OC-192 cards—You will test an OC-192c or a muxed OC-192. If you are testing an OC-192c configure the test set for an OC-192c. If you are testing a muxed OC-192, configure the test set for a muxed OC-192 and choose the DS-3 and/or DS-1 you will test. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
Step 8 Verify that the test set displays a clean signal. If a clean signal is not displayed, repeat Steps 1- 7 to make sure you have configured the test set and cabling.
Step 9 Inject errors from the test set. Verify that the errors display at the source and destination nodes.
Step 10 Clear the PMs for the ports that you tested. See the "DLP-130 Clear Selected PM Counts" task on page 8-16 for instructions.
Step 11 Perform protection switch testing appropriate to SONET topology:
•For UPSRs, see the "DLP-94 UPSR Protection Switching Test" task.
•For BLSRs see the "DLP-91 BLSR Ring Switch Test" task.
Step 12 Perform a Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) for 12 hours or a duration dictated by local testing custom. For information about configuring your test set for BERT, see your test set user guide.
Step 13 After the BERT is complete, print the results or save them to a disk for future reference. For information about printing or saving test results see your test set user guide.
Step 14 Change the circuit and circuit ports from OOS_MT to their previous service states:
a. Click the circuit you want to test then, from the Tools menu, choose Circuits > Set Circuit State.
b. On the Set Circuit State dialog box, choose IS (in service), OOS, (out of service) or OOS-AINS (auto inservice) from the Target State pull-down menu.
c. If unchecked, check the Apply to drop ports checkbox.
d. Click Apply.
NTP-139 Create a Half Circuit on a BLSR or 1+1 Node
Purpose
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Use this procedure to create a DS1, DS3, or OC-N circuit from a drop to an OC-N line card on the same node in a BLSR or 1+1 topology.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the half circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—For DS1 circuits, choose VT. VT cross connects will carry the DS-1 circuit across the ONS 15454 network. For DS-3 or OC-N circuits, choose STS. STS cross connects will carry the DS-3 circuit across the ONS 15454 network.
•Size—For DS-3 or OC-N circuits, choose STS-1. For DS-1 circuits, VT1.5 is the default. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Type the number of circuits you want to create. The default is 1.
•Auto-ranged—This checkbox is automatically selected if you enter more than 1 in the Number of circuits field. Deselect the box.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit and VT tunnels and Ethergroup sources and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Deselect this box.
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 Provision the circuit source:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the node that will contain the circuit.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the card where the circuit will originate.
c. From the Port pull-down menu, choose the port where the circuit will originate. This field will not be available if a DS-1 card is chosen in Step b.
d. If the circuit is a DS-1 circuit and you choose a DS-1 card as the source, choose the DS-1 where the traffic will originate From the DS1 pull-down menu.
Step 7 Click Next.
Step 8 Provision the circuit destination:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the node chosen in Step 6 a.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the OC-N card to map the DS-1 to a VT1.5 for optical transport or to map the DS-3 or OC-N STS circuit to an STS.
c. Choose the destination STS or VT from the sub-menus that display.
Step 9 Click Finish. One of the following results occurs, depending on the circuit properties you chose in the Circuit Creation dialog box:
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and selected Auto-ranged, CTC automatically creates the number of circuits entered in Number of circuits. If auto ranging cannot complete all the circuits, for example, because sequential ports are unavailable at the source or destination, a dialog box is displayed. Set the new source or destination for the remaining circuits, then click Finish to continue auto ranging.
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and did not choose Auto-ranged, the Circuit Creation dialog box is displayed so you can create the remaining circuits. Repeat this procedure for each additional circuit.
•After completing the circuit(s), CTC displays the Circuits window.
Step 10 On the Circuits window, verify that the circuit(s) just created appear in the circuits list.
Step 11 Complete the "NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
NTP-140 Create a Half Circuit on a UPSR Node
Purpose
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Use this procedure to create a DS1, DS3, or OC-N circuit from a drop to an OC-N line card on the same UPSR node.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—For DS1 circuits, choose VT. VT cross connects will carry the DS-1 circuit across the ONS 15454 network. For DS-3 or OC-N circuits, choose STS. STS cross connects will carry the DS-3 circuit across the ONS 15454 network.
•Size—For DS-1 circuits, VT1.5 is the default. You cannot change it. For DS-3 or OC-N circuits, choose STS-1.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Type the number of circuits you want to create. The default is 1. I
•Auto-ranged—This checkbox is automatically selected if you enter more than 1 in the Number of circuits field. Deselect the box.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit and VT tunnels and Ethergroup sources and drops are unavailable.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Leave this box unchecked.
Step 5 Set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Provision the circuit source:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the node that will contain the circuit.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the card where the circuit will terminate.
c. From the Port pull-down menu, choose the port where the circuit will terminate. This field will not be available if a DS-1 card is chosen in Step b.
d. From the DS1 pull-down menu, choose the DS-1 where the traffic will terminate. This field is only available for VT circuits.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Provision the circuit destination:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the node that will contain the circuit. This will be the same as the node chosen in Step 6 a.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the OC-N card to map the DS-1 to a VT1.5 for optical transport or to map the DS-e circuit to an STS.
c. Choose the destination STS or VT from the sub-menus that display.
Step 10 Click Use Secondary Destination and repeat Steps 7- 9 to define the secondary destination.
Step 11 Click Finish. One of the following results occurs, depending on the circuit properties you chose in the Circuit Creation dialog box:
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and selected Auto-ranged, CTC automatically creates the number of circuits entered in Number of circuits. If auto ranging cannot complete all the circuits, for example, because sequential ports are unavailable at the source or destination, a dialog box is displayed. Set the new source or destination for the remaining circuits, then click Finish to continue auto ranging.
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of circuits and did not choose Auto-ranged, the Circuit Creation dialog box is displayed so you can create the remaining circuits. Repeat this procedure for each additional circuit.
•After completing the circuit(s), CTC displays the Circuits window.
Step 12 On the Circuits window, verify that the circuit(s) just created appear in the circuits list.
Step 13 Complete the "NTP-135 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
NTP-141 Provision an E Series EtherSwitch Circuit (Multicard or Single-Card)
Purpose
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This procedure creates a multicard or single-card EtherSwitch Circuit
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Tools/Equipment
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E Series Ethernet cards (E100T-12/E100T-G, E1000-2/E1000-2-G) must be installed at each end of the Ethernet circuit.
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 If a high number of VLANs is already used by the system, complete the "DLP-99 Determine Available VLANs" task to verify that sufficient VLAN capacity is available (you will create a VLAN during each circuit creation task).
Step 3 Verify that the circuit source and destination Ethernet cards are provisioned for the mode of the circuit you will create, either multicard or single-card. See the "DLP-246 Provision E Series Ethernet Card Mode" task.
Step 4 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 5 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 6 In the Create Circuits dialog box ( Figure 6-18), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the circuit size. Valid circuit sizes for an Ethernet Multicard circuit are STS-1, STS-3c, and STS6c. Valid circuit sizes for an Ethernet Single-card circuit are STS-1, STS-3c, STS6c, and STS12c.
•Bidirectional—Leave the default unchanged (checked).
•Number of circuits—Leave the default unchanged (1).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable.
•State—Choose IS (in service). Ethergroup circuits are stateless, and always in service.
•Apply to drop ports—Uncheck this box; states cannot be applied to E Series Ethernet card ports.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Uncheck this box; it does not apply to Ethernet circuits.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Leave the default unchanged (unchecked).
Step 7 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Figure 6-18 Provisioning an Ethernet circuit
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Provision the circuit source:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose one of the EtherSwitch circuit endpoint nodes. (Either end node can be the EtherSwitch circuit source.)
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose one of the following:
–If you are building a Multicard EtherSwitch circuit, choose Ethergroup.
–If you are building a Single-card EtherSwitch circuit, choose the Ethernet card where you enabled the single-card EtherSwitch.
Step 10 Click Next.
Step 11 Provision the circuit destination:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the second EtherSwitch circuit endpoint node.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose one of the following:
–If you are building a Multicard EtherSwitch circuit, choose Ethergroup.
–If you are building a Single-card EtherSwitch circuit, choose the Ethernet card where you enabled the single-card EtherSwitch.
Step 12 Click Next.
Step 13 Beneath Circuit VLAN Selection ( Figure 6-19), click New VLAN. If the desired VLAN already exists, proceed to Step 16.
Figure 6-19 Circuit VLAN selection dialog with Enable Spanning Tree checkbox
Step 14 In the New VLAN dialog box, complete the following:
•VLAN Name—Assign an easily-identifiable name to your VLAN.
•VLAN ID—Assign a VLAN ID. The VLAN ID should be the next available number between 2 and 4093 that is not already assigned to an existing VLAN. Each ONS 15454 network supports a maximum of 509 user-provisionable VLANs.
Step 15 Click OK.
Step 16 Beneath Circuit VLAN Selection, highlight the VLAN name and click the arrow >> button to move the available VLAN(s) to the Circuit VLANs column.
Step 17 If you are building a Single-card EtherSwitch circuit and want to disable spanning tree protection on this circuit, uncheck the Enable Spanning Tree checkbox and click OK on the Disabling Spanning Tree dialog. The Enable Spanning Tree box will remain checked or unchecked for the creation of the next Single-card point-to-point Ethernet circuit.
Caution Disabling spanning tree protection increases the likelihood of logic loops on an Ethernet network.
Caution Turning off spanning tree on a circuit-by-circuit basis means that the ONS 15454 is no longer protecting the Ethernet circuit and that the circuit must be protected by another mechanism in the Ethernet network.
Caution Multiple circuits with spanning tree protection enabled will incur blocking if the circuits traverse the same E-series Ethernet card and use the same VLAN.
Note You can disable or enable spanning tree protection on a circuit-by-circuit basis only for single-card point-to-point Ethernet circuits. Other E-series Ethernet configurations disable or enable spanning tree on a port-by-port basis at the card view of CTC under the Provisioning tab.
Step 18 Click Next.
Step 19 Confirm that the following information about the circuit is correct:
•Circuit name
•Circuit type
•Circuit size
•ONS 15454 circuit nodes
Step 20 Click Finish.
Step 21 Complete the "DLP-220 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports" task.
Step 22 Complete the "DLP-221 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership" task.
NTP-142 Create an E Series Shared Packet Ring Ethernet Circuit
Purpose
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This procedure creates a shared packet ring Ethernet circuit.
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Tools/Equipment
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E Series Ethernet cards (E100T-12/E100T-G, E1000-2/E1000-2-G) must be installed at both Ethernet circuit endpoint nodes.
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 If a high number of VLANs is already used by the system, complete the "DLP-99 Determine Available VLANs" task to verify that sufficient VLAN capacity is available (you will create a VLAN during each circuit creation task).
Step 3 Verify that the Ethernet cards that will carry the circuit are provisioned for Multi-card EtherSwitch Group. See the "DLP-246 Provision E Series Ethernet Card Mode" task.
Step 4 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 5 Click the Circuits tab and click Create.
Step 6 In the Create Circuits dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the circuit size. Valid shared packet ring circuit sizes are STS-1, STS-3c, and STS6c.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Leave set at 1 (default).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable.
•State—Choose IS (in service). Ethergroup circuits are stateless, and always in service.
•Apply to drop ports—Uncheck this box; states cannot be applied to E Series Ethernet card ports.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Uncheck this box; it does not apply to Ethernet circuits.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Leave unchecked.
Step 7 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Provision the circuit source:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose one of the shared packet ring circuit endpoint nodes. (Either end node can be the shared packet ring circuit source.)
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose Ethergroup.
Step 10 Click Next.
Step 11 Provision the circuit destination:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the second shared packet ring circuit endpoint node.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose Ethergroup.
Step 12 Click Next.
Step 13 Review the VLANs listed under Available VLANs ( Figure 6-20). If the VLAN you want to use is displayed, proceed to Step 14. If you need to create a new VLAN, complete the following steps:
a. Click the New VLAN button.
b. On the New VLAN dialog box, complete the following:
–VLAN Name—Assign an easily-identifiable name to your VLAN.
–VLAN ID—Assign a VLAN ID. The VLAN ID should be the next available number between 2 and 4093 that is not already assigned to an existing VLAN. Each ONS 15454 network supports a maximum of 509 user-provisionable VLANs.
c. Click OK.
Figure 6-20 Selecting a VLAN
Step 14 Click the VLAN you want to use on the Available VLANs column, then click the arrow >> button to move the VLAN to the Circuit VLANs column.
Note Moving the VLAN from Available VLANs to Circuit VLANs forces all the VLAN traffic to use the shared packet ring you are creating.
Step 15 Click Next.
Step 16 Under Circuit Routing Preferences, uncheck the Route Automatically checkbox and click Next.
Step 17 Under Route Review and Edit panel ( Figure 6-21), click the source node, then click either span (green arrow) leading from the source node.
The span turns white.
Figure 6-21 Adding a span (path)
Step 18 Click Add Span.
The span turns blue. CTC adds the span to the Included Spans list.
Step 19 Click the node at the end of the blue span.
Step 20 Click the green span with the source node from Step 19.
The span turns white.
Step 21 Click Add Span.
The span turns blue.
Step 22 Repeat Steps 18- 21 for every node in the ring. Figure 6-22 shows the Circuit Creation dialog box with all the circuit spans selected.
Figure 6-22 Viewing a span (path) after creating an E Series Shared Packet Ring circuit
Step 23 Verify that the new circuit is correctly configured. If the circuit information is not correct, click the Back button and repeat the procedure with the correct information.
Note If the circuit is incorrect, you can also click Finish, delete the completed circuit, and begin the procedure again.
Step 24 Click Finish.
Step 25 Complete the "DLP-220 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports" task for each node that carries the circuit.
Step 26 Complete the "DLP-221 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership" task for each node that carries the circuit.
Step 27 Complete the "NTP-146 Test E Series Ethernet Circuits" procedure.
NTP-143 Create an E Series Hub and Spoke Ethernet Configuration
Purpose
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This procedure creates a hub and spoke Ethernet configuration, which is made up of one or more circuits that share a common endpoint.
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Tools/Equipment
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E Series Ethernet cards (E100T-12/E100T-G, E1000-2/E1000-2-G) must be installed at all Ethernet circuit end point nodes.
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into the hub node (the common endpoint). See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 Complete the "DLP-99 Determine Available VLANs" task to verify that sufficient VLAN capacity is available (you will create a VLAN during each circuit creation task).
Step 3 Display the node view.
Step 4 Verify that the Ethernet card that will carry the hub and spoke circuit is provisioned for Singlecard EtherSwitch Group. See the "DLP-246 Provision E Series Ethernet Card Mode" task.
Step 5 Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for the Ethernet card in the other circuit endpoint. (You only need to verify that the hub node is provisioned for Singlecard EtherSwitch once.)
Step 6 Click the Circuits tab and click Create.
Step 7 In the Create Circuits dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the circuit size.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Leave set at 1 (default).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Uncheck this box; states cannot be applied to E Series Ethernet card ports.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—uncheck this box; it does not apply to Ethernet circuits.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Leave unchecked.
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Provision the circuit source:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the hub node.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the Ethernet card where you enabled the single-card EtherSwitch.
Step 11 Click Next.
Step 12 Provision the circuit destination:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose an EtherSwitch circuit endpoint node.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the Ethernet card where you enabled the single-card EtherSwitch.
Step 13 Click Next.
Step 14 Review the VLANs listed under Available VLANs ( Figure 6-23). If the VLAN you want to use is displayed, proceed to Step 16. If you need to create a new VLAN, complete the following steps:
a. Click the New VLAN button.
b. On the New VLAN dialog box, complete the following:
–VLAN Name—Assign an easily-identifiable name to your VLAN.
–VLAN ID—Assign a VLAN ID. The VLAN ID should be the next available number between 2 and 4093 that is not already assigned to an existing VLAN. Each ONS 15454 network supports a maximum of 509 user-provisionable VLANs.
c. Click OK.
Figure 6-23 Selecting a VLAN
Step 15 Click the VLAN you want to use on the Available VLANs column, then click the arrow >> button to move the VLAN to the Circuit VLANs column.
Note Moving the VLAN from Available VLANs to Circuit VLANs forces all the VLAN traffic to use the shared packet ring you are creating.
Step 16 Click Next.
Step 17 Confirm that the following information about the hub and spoke circuit is correct:
•Circuit name
•Circuit type
•Circuit size
•VLAN names
•ONS 15454 circuit nodes
If the circuit information is not correct, click the Back button and repeat the procedure with the correct information.
Note You can also click Finish, delete the completed circuit, and start the procedure from the beginning.
Step 18 Click Finish.
Step 19 Complete the "DLP-220 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports" task.
Step 20 Complete the "DLP-221 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership" task.
Step 21 Complete the "NTP-146 Test E Series Ethernet Circuits" procedure.
Step 22 To create additional circuits ("spokes"):
a. Complete the "DLP-99 Determine Available VLANs" task to verify that sufficient VLAN capacity is available for the circuit destination node.
b. Repeat Steps 3 - 21.
NTP-144 Provision an E Series Single-Card EtherSwitch Manual Cross-Connect
Purpose
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This procedure manually creates a Single-Card EtherSwitch cross-connect between E Series Ethernet cards and an OC-N cards connected to non-ONS equipment.
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Tools/Equipment
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E Series Ethernet cards (E100T-12/E100T-G, E1000-2/E1000-2-G) must be installed at the circuit source node.
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Note In this procedure, cross-connect refers to a circuit connection created within the same node between the Ethernet card and an OC-N card connected to third-party equipment. You create cross-connects at the source and destination nodes so an Ethernet circuit can be routed from source to destination across third-party equipment.
Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 If a high number of VLANs is already used by the system, complete the "DLP-99 Determine Available VLANs" task to verify that sufficient VLAN capacity is available (you will create a VLAN during each circuit creation task).
Step 3 On the node view, double-click the Ethernet card that will carry the cross-connect.
Step 4 Verify that the Ethernet cards that will carry the circuit are provisioned for Singlecard EtherSwitch Group. See the "DLP-246 Provision E Series Ethernet Card Mode" task.
Step 5 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 6 Click the Circuits tab and click Create.
Step 7 In the Create Circuits dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the cross-connect. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the cross-connect.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the cross-connect size. For Single-card EtherSwitch, the available sizes are STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, and STS-12c.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this cross-connect (default).
•Number of circuits—Leave set at 1 (default).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Uncheck this box.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Uncheck this box.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Leave unchecked.
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, complete the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Provision the circuit source:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the cross-connect source node.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the Ethernet card where you enabled the single-card EtherSwitch in Step 6.
Step 11 Click Next.
Step 12 Provision the circuit destination:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the cross-connect circuit source node selected in Step 8. (For Ethernet cross-connects, the source and destination nodes are the same.)
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the OC-N card that is connected to the non-ONS equipment.
c. Depending on the OC-N card, choose the port and/or STS from the Port and STS pull-down menus.
Step 13 Click Next.
Step 14 Review the VLANs listed under Available VLANs. If the VLAN you want to use is displayed, proceed to Step 15. If you need to create a new VLAN, complete the following steps:
a. Click the New VLAN button.
b. On the New VLAN dialog box, complete the following:
–VLAN Name—Assign an easily-identifiable name to your VLAN.
–VLAN ID—Assign a VLAN ID. The VLAN ID should be the next available number between 2 and 4093 that is not already assigned to an existing VLAN. Each ONS 15454 network supports a maximum of 509 user-provisionable VLANs.
c. Click OK.
Step 15 Click the VLAN you want to use on the Available VLANs column, then click the arrow >> button to move the VLAN to the Circuit VLANs column.
Step 16 Click Next. The Circuit Creation (Circuit Routing Preferences) dialog box opens.
Step 17 Confirm that the following information about the single-card EtherSwitch manual cross-connect is correct (in this task, "circuit" refers to the Ethernet cross-connect):
•Circuit name
•Circuit type
•Circuit size
•VLAN names
•ONS 15454 nodes
If the information is not correct, click the Back button and repeat the procedure with the correct information.
Step 18 Click Finish.
Step 19 Complete the "DLP-220 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports" task.
Step 20 Complete the "DLP-221 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership" task.
NTP-145 Provision an E Series Multicard EtherSwitch Manual Cross-Connect
Purpose
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This procedure manually creates Multicard EtherSwitch cross-connects between E Series Ethernet cards and an OC-N cards connected to non-ONS equipment.
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Tools/Equipment
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E Series Ethernet cards (E100T-12/E100T-G, E1000-2/E1000-2-G) must be installed at the circuit source node.
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Note In this procedure, cross-connect refers to a circuit connection created within the same node between the Ethernet card and an OC-N card connected to third-party equipment. You create cross-connects at the source and destination nodes so an Ethernet circuit can be routed from source to destination across third-party equipment.
Step 1 Log into a circuit endpoint. See "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 Complete the "DLP-99 Determine Available VLANs" task to verify that sufficient VLAN capacity is available (you will create a VLAN during each circuit creation task).
Step 3 Verify that the Ethernet cards that will carry the circuit are provisioned for multicard EtherSwitch group. See the "DLP-246 Provision E Series Ethernet Card Mode" task.
Step 4 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 5 Click the Circuits tab and click Create.
Step 6 In the Create Circuits dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the source cross-connect. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the source cross-connect.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the size of the circuit that will be carried by the cross-connect. For Multicard EtherSwitch circuits, the available sizes are STS-1, STS-3c, and STS-6c.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked (default).
•Number of circuits—Leave set at 1 (default).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Uncheck this box.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Uncheck this box.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Leave unchecked.
Step 7 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, complete the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Provision the cross-connect source:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the cross-connect source node.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose Ethergroup.
Step 10 Click Next.
Step 11 From the Node pull-down menu under Destination, choose the circuit source node selected in Step 9. (For Ethernet cross-connects, the source and destination nodes are the same.)
The Slot field automatically is provisioned for Ethergroup.
Step 12 Click Next.
Step 13 Review the VLANs listed under Available VLANs. If the VLAN you want to use is displayed, proceed to Step 15. If you need to create a new VLAN, complete the following steps:
a. Click the New VLAN button.
b. On the New VLAN dialog box, complete the following:
–VLAN Name—Assign an easily-identifiable name to your VLAN.
–VLAN ID—Assign a VLAN ID. The VLAN ID should be the next available number between 2 and 4093 that is not already assigned to an existing VLAN. Each ONS 15454 network supports a maximum of 509 user-provisionable VLANs.
c. Click OK.
Step 14 Click the VLAN you want to use on the Available VLANs column, then click the arrow >> button to move the VLAN to the Circuit VLANs column.
Step 15 Click Next.
The Circuit Creation (Circuit Routing Preferences) dialog box opens.
Step 16 In the left pane, verify the cross-connect information (in this step, "circuit" refers to the Ethernet cross-connect):
•Circuit name
•Circuit type
•Circuit size
•VLANs
•ONS 15454 nodes
If the information is not correct, click the Back button and repeat the procedure with the correct information.
Step 17 Click Finish.
Step 18 Complete the "DLP-220 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports" task.
Step 19 Complete the "DLP-221 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership" task.
Step 20 From the View menu, choose Go to Home View.
Step 21 Click the Circuits tab.
Step 22 Highlight the circuit and click Edit.
The Edit Circuit dialog box opens.
Step 23 Click Drops and click Create.
The Define New Drop dialog box opens.
Step 24 From the Slot menu, choose the OC-N card that links the ONS 15454 to the non-ONS 15454 equipment.
Step 25 From the Port menu, choose the appropriate port.
Step 26 From the STS menu, choose the STS that matches the STS of the connecting non-ONS 15454 equipment.
Step 27 Click OK.
Step 28 Confirm the circuit information that displays in the Edit Circuit dialog box and click Close.
Step 29 Repeat Steps 2- 28 at the second ONS 15454 Ethernet manual cross-connect endpoint.
Note The appropriate STS circuit must exist in the non-ONS 15454 equipment to connect the two ONS 15454 Ethernet manual cross-connect endpoints.
Caution If a CARLOSS alarm repeatedly appears and clears on an Ethernet manual cross-connect,
the two Ethernet circuits may have a circuit-size mismatch. For example, a circuit size of STS-3c was configured on the first ONS 15454 and circuit size of STS-12c was configured on the second ONS 15454. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide if the alarm persists
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Step 30 Complete the "DLP-221 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership" task.
DLP-99 Determine Available VLANs
Purpose
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This task verifies that the network has the capacity to support the additional new VLANs required for the creation E-Series circuits.
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Tools/Equipment
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E Series Ethernet cards (E100T-12/E100T-G, E1000-2/E1000-2-G) must be installed at each end of the Ethernet circuit.
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 At any CTC view, click the Circuits tab.
Step 2 Click any existing Ethernet circuit to highlight that row.
Step 3 Click Edit, then click the VLANs tab ( Figure 6-24).
The Edit Circuit dialog displays the number of VLANs used by circuits and the total number of VLANs available for use.
Step 4 Determine that number of available VLANs listed is sufficient for the number of E-series Ethernet circuits that you will create.
Caution Multiple E-series Ethernet circuits with spanning tree enabled will block each other if the circuits traverse the same E-series Ethernet card and use the same VLAN.
Figure 6-24 Edit Circuit dialog with VLANs tab selected
Step 5 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-246 Provision E Series Ethernet Card Mode
Purpose
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This task provisions an E Series Ethernet card for either multicard or single-card EtherSwitch circuits
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Tools/Equipment
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E Series Ethernet cards (E100T-12/E100T-G, E1000-2/E1000-2-G) must be installed.
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Caution You cannot change the mode while the Ethernet card is carrying circuits. If you want change the card mode, delete any circuits that it carries first. See the
"NTP-152 Delete Circuits" procedure.
Step 1 Navigate to the node containing the E Series Ethernet card you want to provision, then double-click the Ethernet card.
Step 2 Click the Provisioning > Ether Card tabs.
Step 3 Under Card Mode, choose one of the following:
•For Multicard EtherSwitch circuit groups, choose Multicard EtherSwitch Group. Click Apply.
•For Single-card EtherSwitch circuits, choose Single-card EtherSwitch. Click Apply.
Step 4 Multicard EtherSwitch circuits only: repeat Steps 2- 3 for all other Ethernet cards in the node that will carry the multicard EtherSwitch circuits.
Step 5 Repeat Steps 1- 4 for nodes required by the originating procedure.
Step 6 Return to your originating procedure.
DLP-220 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports
Purpose
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This task enables ports for the E100T-12, E100T-G, E1000-2, and E1000-2-G cards.
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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Required to enable Ethernet traffic
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Display the node view.
Step 2 Double-click the Ethernet card that you want to provision.
Step 3 Click the Provisioning > Ether Port tabs ( Figure 6-25).
Figure 6-25 Provisioning E-100 Series Ethernet ports
Step 4 For each Ethernet port, provision the following parameters:
•Port Name—If you want to label the port, type a port name.
•Mode—Choose the appropriate mode for the Ethernet port:
–Valid choices for the E100T-12/E100T-G card are Auto, 10 Half, 10 Full, 100 Half, or 100 Full.
–Valid choices for the E1000-2/E1000-2-G card are 1000 Full or Auto.
Note Both 1000 Full and Auto mode set the E1000-2 port to the 1000 Mbps and Full duplex operating mode; however, flow control is disabled when 1000 Full is selected. Choosing Auto mode enables the E1000-2 card to auto-negotiate flow control. Flow control is a mechanism that prevents network congestion by ensuring that transmitting devices do not overwhelm receiving devices with data. The E1000-2 port handshakes with the connected network device to determine if that device supports flow control.
•Enabled—Click this checkbox to activate the corresponding Ethernet port.
•Priority—Choose a queuing priority for the port. Options range from 0 (Low) to 7 (High). Priority queuing (IEEE 802.1Q) reduces the impact of network congestion by mapping Ethernet traffic to different priority levels. Refer to the priority queuing information in the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual.
•Stp Enabled—Click this checkbox to enable the spanning tree protocol (STP) on the port. Refer to the spanning tree information in the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual.
Step 5 Click Apply.
Step 6 Repeat Steps 1- 5 for all other cards that will be in the VLAN.
Step 7 Your Ethernet ports are provisioned and ready to be configured for VLAN membership.See the "DLP-221 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership" task for instructions.
DLP-221 Provision E Series Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership
Purpose
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This task provisions E series Ethernet card ports for VLAN membership
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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Required to enable Ethernet traffic on E series Ethernet cards
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Display the node view.
Step 2 Double-click the E series card graphic to open the card.
Step 3 Click the Provisioning > Ether VLAN tabs ( Figure 6-26).
Figure 6-26 Configuring VLAN membership for individual Ethernet ports
Step 4 To put a port in a VLAN:
a. Click the port and choose either Tagged or Untag. Figure 6-26 shows Port 1 in the red VLAN and Port 2 through Port 12 in the default VLAN. Table 6-4 shows valid port settings.
b. If a port is a member of only one VLAN, choose Untag from the Port column in the VLAN's row. Choose -- for all the other VLAN rows in that Port column.
Note The VLAN with Untag selected can connect to the port, but other VLANs cannot access that port.
c. Choose Tagged at all VLAN rows that need to be trunked. Choose Untag VLAN rows that do not need to be trunked, for example, the default VLAN.
Note Each Ethernet port must attached to at least one untagged VLAN. If a port is a trunk port, it connects multiple VLANs to an external device, such as a switch, which also supports trunking. A trunk port must have tagging (802.1Q) enabled for all the VLANs that connect to that external device.
Step 5 After each port is in the appropriate VLAN, click Apply.
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Table 6-4 VLAN Settings
Setting
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Description
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A port marked with this symbol does not belong to the VLAN.
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Untag
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The ONS 15454 will tag ingress frames and strip tags from egress frames.
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Tagged
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The ONS 15454 will process ingress frames according to the VLAN ID; egress frames will not have their tags removed.
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Note If Tagged is chosen, the attached external Ethernet devices must recognize IEEE 802.1Q VLANs.
Note Both ports on individual E1000-2/E1000-2-G cards cannot be members of the same VLAN.
Step 6 Return to the circuit creation task that referred you to this task.
NTP-146 Test E Series Ethernet Circuits
Step 1 Log into the ONS 15454 source Ethernet node. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions.
Step 2 On the ONS 15454 shelf graphic, double-click the circuit source card.
Step 3 Click the Provisioning > Ether Port tabs.
Step 4 Verify the following settings:
•Mode—Is set to one of the following: Auto, 10 Half, 10 Full, 100 Half, or 100 Full.
•Enabled—Checked
•Priority—Set to the priority level indicated by the circuit or site plan.
•Stp—Checked if Spanning Tree Protocol is enabled for the circuit.
Step 5 Click the Ether VLAN tab.
Step 6 Verify that the source port is on the same VLAN as the destination port.
Step 7 Repeat Steps 1- 6 for the destination node.
Step 8 At the destination node connect the Ethernet test to the destination port and configure the test set to send and receive the appropriate Ethernet traffic.
Note At this point, you will not be able to send and receive Ethernet traffic.
Step 9 At the source node connect an Ethernet test set to the source port and configure the test set to send and receive the appropriate Ethernet traffic.
Step 10 Transmit Ethernet frames between both test sets. If you cannot transmit and receive Ethernet traffic between the nodes, repeat Steps 1- 9 to make sure you configured the Ethernet ports and test set correctly.
Step 11 Perform protection switch testing appropriate to SONET topology:
•For UPSRs, see the "DLP-94 UPSR Protection Switching Test" task
•For BLSRs see the "DLP-91 BLSR Ring Switch Test" task.
Configure your test set according to local site practice. For information about configuring your test set, see your test set user guide.
Step 12 After the Ethernet test is complete, print the results or save them to a disk for future reference. For information about printing or saving test results see your test set user guide.
NTP-147 Create a G1000-4 Ethernet Circuit
Purpose
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This task creates an Ethernet circuit on the G1000-4 card.
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Tools/Equipment
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A G1000-4 Ethernet card must be installed at each end of the Ethernet circuit.
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into a node on the network where you will create the circuit. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab and click Create.
Step 4 In the Create Circuits dialog box ( Figure 6-27), complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the circuit size. Valid circuit sizes for a G1000-4 circuit are STS-1, STS-3c, STS6c, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-24c, and STS-48c.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this circuit (default).
•Number of circuits—Leave set at 1 (default).
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field (IS or OOS-MT only) to the Ethernet circuit source and destination ports. You cannot apply OOS-AINS to G1000-4 Ethernet card ports. CTC will apply the circuit state to the ports if the circuit is in full control of the port. If not, a Warning dialog box displays the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the box is unchecked, CTC will not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note LOS alarms display if in service (IS) ports are not receiving signals.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Uncheck this box.
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable.
•Protected Drops—Leave unchecked.
Step 5 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors. See the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Figure 6-27 Provisioning a G1000-4 Ethernet circuit
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Provision the circuit source:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the circuit source node. Either end node can be the point-to-point circuit source.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the G1000-4 card that you will use for one end of the point-to-point circuit.
c. From the Port pull-down menu, choose a port.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Provision the circuit destination:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the circuit destination node.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the slot containing the G1000-4 card that you will use for other end of the point-to-point circuit.
c. From the Port pull-down menu, choose a port.
Step 10 Click Next. The Circuits window appears.
Step 11 Confirm that the following circuit information is correct:
•Circuit name
•Circuit type
•Circuit size
•ONS 15454 circuit nodes
Step 12 Click Finish.
Note To change the capacity of a G1000-4 circuit, you must delete the original circuit and reprovision a new larger circuit.
Step 13 Complete the "NTP-149 Test G Series Ethernet Circuits" procedure.
NTP-148 Provision a G1000-4 Manual Cross-Connect
Purpose
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This task manually creates a manual cross-connect between a G1000-4 Ethernet card and an OC-N cards connected to non-ONS equipment.
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Tools/Equipment
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A G1000-4 card must be installed at the circuit source node.
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Note In this procedure, cross-connect refers to a circuit connection created within the same node between the Ethernet card and an OC-N card connected to third-party equipment. You create cross-connects at the source and destination nodes so an Ethernet circuit can be routed from source to destination across third-party equipment.
Step 1 Log into a node where you will create the cross connect. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions. If you are already logged in, proceed to Step 2.
Step 2 Click the Circuits tab and click Create.
Step 3 In the Create Circuits dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Name—Assign a name to the source cross-connect. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the source cross-connect.
•Type—Choose STS.
•Size—Choose the size of the circuit that will be carried by the cross-connect.Valid sizes for a G1000-4 circuit are STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-24c, and STS-48c.
•Bidirectional—Leave checked for this cross-connect (default).
•Number of circuits—Leave set at 1 (default).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable.
•State—Choose a service state to apply to the circuit after it is created:
–IS—The circuit is in service.
–OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–OOS-AINS—(default) The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service (IS).
–OOS-MT—The circuit is in a maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use OOS-MT for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the state to IS, OOS, or OOS-AINS when testing is complete. See the "DLP-230 Change a Circuit State" task.
•Apply to drop ports—Uncheck this box.
•Create cross connects only (TL1-like)—Uncheck this box
•Inter-domain (UCP) SLA—If the circuit will travel on a unified control plane (UCP) channel, enter the service level agreement number. Otherwise, leave the field set to zero.
•Protected Drops—Leave unchecked.
Step 4 If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, complete the "DLP-218 Provision UPSR Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 Provision the circuit source:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the circuit source node.
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the G1000-4 that will be the cross-connect source.
c. From the Port pull-down menu, choose the cross-connect source port.
Step 7 Click Next.
Step 8 Provision the circuit destination:
a. From the Node pull-down menu, choose the cross-connect source node selected in Step 9. (For Ethernet cross connects, the source and destination nodes are the same.)
b. From the Slot pull-down menu, choose the OC-N card that connects to the non-ONS equipment.
c. Depending on the OC-N card, choose the port and STS from the Port and STS pull-down menus.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Verify the cross-connection information (in this step, "circuit" refers to the cross-connect):
•Circuit name
•Circuit type
•Circuit size
•ONS 15454 circuit nodes
If the information is not correct, click the Back button and repeat the procedure with the correct information.
Step 11 Click Finish.
DLP-222 Provision G1000-4 Ethernet Ports
Purpose
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This task provisions the G1000-4 ports for Ethernet circuits
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Tools/Equipment
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None
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Prerequisite Procedures
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NTP-127 Verify Network Turn Up
DLP-60 Log into CTC
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Required/As Needed
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Required to enable Ethernet traffic on the G1000-4
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite or remote
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Display the node view.
Step 2 Double-click the G1000-4 card graphic to open the card.
Step 3 Click the Provisioning > Port tabs ( Figure 6-28).
Figure 6-28 Provisioning G1000-4 Ethernet ports
Step 4 For each G1000-4 port, provision the following parameters:
•Port Name—If you want to label the port, type the port name.
•State—Choose IS to put the corresponding G1000-4 Ethernet port in service.
•Flow Control Neg—Click this checkbox to enable flow control negotiation on the port (default). If you do not want to enable flow control, uncheck the box.
Note To activate flow control, the Ethernet device attached to the G1000-4 card must be set to auto-negotiation. If flow control is enabled but the negotiation status indicates no flow control, check the auto-negotiation settings on the attached Ethernet device.
•Max Size—To permit the acceptance of jumbo size Ethernet frames, choose Jumbo (default). If you do not want to permit jumbo size Ethernet frames, choose 1548.
Note The maximum frame size of 1548 bytes, instead of the common maximum frame size of 1518 bytes, enables the port to accept valid Ethernet frames that use protocols, such as ISL. ISL adds 30 bytes of overhead and may cause the frame size to exceed the traditional 1518 byte maximum.
Step 5 Click Apply.
Step 6 Refresh the Ethernet statistics:
a. Click the Performance > Statistics tabs.
b. Click the Refresh button.
Note Reprovisioning an Ethernet port on the G1000-4 card does not reset the Ethernet statistics for that port. Reprovisioning an Ethernet port on the E-series Ethernet cards resets the Ethernet statistics for that port.
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
NTP-149 Test G Series Ethernet Circuits
Purpose
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This procedure tests circuits created on G series Ethernet cards
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Tools/Equipment
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Ethernet test set and appropriate fibers
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Prerequisite Procedures
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This procedure assumes you completed facility loopback tests to test the fibers and cables from the source and destination ONS 15454s to the fiber distribution panel or the DSX.
NTP-147 Create a G1000-4 Ethernet Circuit or
NTP-148 Provision a G1000-4 Manual Cross-Connect
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Required/As Needed
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As needed
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Onsite/Remote
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Onsite
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Security Level
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Provisioning or higher
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Step 1 Log into the ONS 15454 source Ethernet node. See the "DLP-60 Log into CTC" task for instructions.
Step 2 Change the circuit and circuit ports to out of service maintenance:
a. Click the Circuits tab.
b. Click the circuit you want to test.
c. From the Tools menu, choose Circuits > Change Circuit State.
d. On the Change Circuit State dialog box, choose OOS_MT from the Target Circuit State pull-down menu.
e. Check the Apply to circuit drops checkbox.
f. Click OK.
Step 3 On the ONS 15454 shelf graphic, double-click the circuit source card.
Step 4 Click the Provisioning > Port tabs.
Step 5 Verify the following settings:
•State—OOS_MT
•Flow Control Neg—Checked or unchecked as indicated by the circuit or site plan.
•Max Size—Check or unchecked as indicated by the circuit or site plan.
•Media Type—Should indicate SX, LX, or ZX.
Step 6 Repeat Steps 1- 5 for the destination node.
Step 7 At the destination node connect the Ethernet test to the destination port and configure the test set to send and receive the appropriate Ethernet traffic.
Note At this point, you will not be able to send and receive Ethernet traffic.
Step 8 At the source node connect an Ethernet test set to the source port and configure the test set to send and receive the appropriate Ethernet traffic.
Step 9 Transmit Ethernet frames between both test sets. If you cannot transmit and receive Ethernet traffic between the nodes, repeat Steps 1- 7 to make sure you configured the Ethernet ports and test set correctly.
Step 10 Perform protection switch testing appropriate to SONET topology:
•For UPSRs, see the "DLP-94 UPSR Protection Switching Test" task.
•For BLSRs see the "DLP-91 BLSR Ring Switch Test" task.
Configure your test set according to local site practice. For information about configuring your test set, see your test set user guide.
Step 11 Change the circuit and circuit ports to in service:
a. Click the Circuits tab.
b. Choose the circuit you want to test.
c. From the Tools menu, choose Circuits > Change Circuit State.
d. On the Change Circuit State dialog box, choose IS from the Target Circuit State pull-down menu.
e. Check the Apply to circuit drops checkbox.
f. Click OK.
Step 12 After the Ethernet test is complete, print the results or save them to a disk for future reference. For information about printing or saving test results see your test set user guide.
