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Table Of Contents
Displaying ML-Series POS And Ethernet Statistics on CTC
Displaying ML-Series Ethernet Ports Provisioning Information on CTC
Displaying ML-Series POS Ports Provisioning Information on CTC
Displaying Maintenance Information
Provisioning SONET/SDH Circuits
CTC Operations
This chapter covers Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) operations of the ML-Series card. All operations described in the chapter take place at the card-level view of CTC. CTC shows provisioning information and statistics for both the Ethernet and packet-over-SONET/SDH (POS) ports of the ML-Series card. For the ML-Series cards, CTC manages SONET/SDH alarms and provisions STS/STM circuits in the same manner as other ONS 15454 SONET/SDH traffic cards.
Use CTC to load a Cisco IOS configuration file or to open a Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) session. See Chapter 3, "Initial Configuration."
This chapter contains the following major sections:
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Displaying ML-Series POS And Ethernet Statistics on CTC
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Displaying ML-Series POS And Ethernet Statistics on CTC
The POS statistics window lists POS port-level statistics ( Figure 2-1). Display the CTC card view for the ML-Series card and click the Performance > POS Ports tabs to display the window.
The Ethernet statistics window lists Ethernet port-level statistics. It is similar in appearance to the POS statistics window. The ML-Series Ethernet ports are zero based. Display the CTC card view for the ML-Series card and click the Performance > Ether Ports tabs to display the window. Table 2-1 describes the buttons in the POS Ports and Ether Ports window.
A different set of statistics appears for the ML-Series card depending on whether the card is using HDLC or GFP-F framing. For definitions of ML-Series card statistics, refer to the "Performance Monitoring" chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 SONET and DWDM Troubleshooting Guide or the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Troubleshooting Guide.
Figure 2-1 Displaying ML-Series POS Statistics
Displaying ML-Series Ethernet Ports Provisioning Information on CTC
The Ethernet port provisioning window displays the provisioning status of the Ethernet ports ( Figure 2-2). Click the Provisioning > Ether Ports tabs to display this window. For ML-Series cards, only the Port Name field can be provisioned from CTC. The user must configure ML-Series ports using the Cisco IOS CLI.
Figure 2-2 Displaying ML-Series Ethernet Port Provisioning Information
The Provisioning > Ether Ports tab displays the following information:
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Displaying ML-Series POS Ports Provisioning Information on CTC
The POS ports provisioning window displays the provisioning status of the card's POS ports ( Figure 2-3). Click the Provisioning > POS Ports tabs to display this window. For ML-Series cards, only the POS Port Name field can be provisioned from CTC. The user must configure ML-Series ports through the Cisco IOS CLI.
Figure 2-3 Displaying POS Port Provisioning Information
The Provisioning > POS Ports tab displays the following information:
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Provisioning Framing Mode
The card mode provisioning window shows the framing mode employed by the ML-Series card and allows the user to change the framing mechanism to either HDLC or GFP-F. Click the Provisioning > Card tabs to display this window ( Figure 2-4). HDLC is the default framing mode for the ONS 15454 or ONS 15454 SDH ML-Series card. For more information on framing mechanisms, see the "POS on ONS Ethernet Cards" chapter.
The user may also pre-provision the framing mode of an ML-Series card before the card is physically installed. The ML-Series card will then boot up into the pre-provisioned framing mode.
A connected POS port must match the framing mechanism of its peer port. You must delete all the existing STS/STM circuits on the ML-Series cards before changing the framing mode.
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Click the Provisioning > Card tabs to display this window. Use the Mode drop-down list and click Apply to provision the framing mode type. Click Yes at the Reset Card dialog box that appears.
Figure 2-4 Displaying Framing Mode
Managing SONET/SDH Alarms
CTC manages the ML-Series SONET/SDH alarm behavior in the same manner as it manages alarm behavior for other ONS 15454 SONET/SDH cards. Refer to the "Manage Alarms" chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide or the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Procedure Guide for detailed information. For information on specific alarms, refer to the "Alarm Troubleshooting" chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide or Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Troubleshooting Guide for detailed information.
To view the window, click the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles tabs for the Ethernet and POS port alarm profile information. Figure 2-5 shows the alarm profile pane.
Figure 2-5 Managing ML-Series SONET/SDH Alarms
Displaying Maintenance Information
The maintenance information window displays the ML-Series card's field programmable gate array (FPGA) version ( Figure 2-6). It also displays whether the card is installed in a SONET or SDH shelf. Click the Maintenance > Info tabs to display this window.
The FPGA on the ML100T-12 and ML1000-2 provides the interface and buffering between the card's network processor and the SONET/SDH cross-connect. There are two different FPGA images. FPGA Image Version 3.x supports HDLC framing, and FPGA Image Version 4.x supports GFP-F Framing. Both images support virtual concatenation (VCAT). In Release 5.0 and later, the correct FPGA is automatically loaded when the framing mode is changed by the user.
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Figure 2-6 Displaying Maintenance Information
Provisioning SONET/SDH Circuits
CTC provisions and edits STS/STM level circuits for the two virtual SONET/SDH ports of the ML-Series card in the same manner as it provisions other ONS 15454 SONET/SDH OC-N cards. The ONS 15454 ML-Series card supports both contiguous concatenation (CCAT) and virtual concatenation (VCAT) circuits.
For step-by-step instructions to configure an ML-Series card SONET CCAT or VCAT circuit, refer to the "Create Circuits and VT Tunnels" chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide. For step-by-step instructions to configure an ML-Series card SDH CCAT or VCAT circuit, refer to the "Create Circuits and Tunnels" chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Procedure Guide. For more general information on VCAT circuits, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual or the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Reference Manual.
J1 Path Trace
The J1 Path Trace is a repeated, fixed-length string comprised of 64 consecutive J1 bytes. You can use the string to monitor interruptions or changes to SONET/SDH circuit traffic. For information on J1 Path Trace, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual or the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Reference Manual.
Posted: Mon Dec 3 03:01:37 PST 2007
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