First Published: August 10, 2018

Network Convergence System 1002


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The Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 1002 is a 2 RU system that delivers fully programmable, high-bandwidth capacity (up to 250 Gbps) wavelengths over distances exceeding 3000 km using existing fiber. Powered by the industry-leading Cisco IOS XR operating system, Cisco NCS 1002 offers robust functions such as third party application hosting, machine-to-machine interface, and telemetry.

NCS 1002 delivers the following benefits:

  • Supports up to 2 Tbps capacity.
  • Transports 100, 200, or 250Gbps per wavelength on the same platform through software provisioning.
  • Transports 10 GE, 40 GE, and 100 GE on the same platform through software provisioning.
  • Supports grid-less tuning for flex-grid dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM).
  • Supports different modulation formats (PM-QPSK or PM-16QAM).
  • Supports 7% or 20% Soft Decision (SD) FEC for maximum optical performance.
  • Allows for automated installation, configuration and monitoring.
  • Supports Machine-to-machine (M2M) APIs based on YANG models for ease of configuration.
  • Supports a telemetry agent for a pub-sub model of device monitoring.

This latest release of Cisco IOS XR operating system opens up the architecture of Cisco IOS XR using a 64-bit Linux-based operating system to deliver greater agility, automation and simplicity, while reducing the cost of operating the networks.

The new innovations in this release enable incremental builds, agile workflows, and modular delivery of software, while also offering the capability to host third-party applications on Cisco routers. These innovations deliver these benefits by enabling traditional and web service providers to converge their data centers and wide area network (WAN) architectures, by making networks more programmable, and by facilitating tighter integration with popular IT configuration and management tools.

Hardware

Supported Pluggables

The following pluggables are supported in R6.5.1.

  • CVR-QSFP-SFP10G


    Note
    When using CVR-QSFP-SFP10G pluggable, Cisco is limited to 10 units of SFP-10G-ER or SFP-10G-LR for FCC part 15 class-A radiated emission compliance. The Cisco CVR-QSFP-SFP10G pluggable with SFP-1G-ZR is an invalid configuration for FCC part 15 class-A radiated emission compliance.

  • SFP-10G-LR

  • SFP-10G-ER

To view the list of pluggables supported in NCS 1002, see the Cisco NCS 1002 Overview chapter in Hardware Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 1002

Software Features Introduced in Release 6.5.1

These are the software features introduced in R5.6.1:


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AINS Support

AINS (Automatic-In-Service) allows the controller to automatically move to automatic-in-service state after the maintenance window is completed. A soak time period is associated with AINS state. The controller automatically moves to In-Service (IS) state after the soak time period is completed.

AINS is configured for a specific slice or all the slices. The configuration is applied only to the client ports of the slice. AINS configuration is supported for all the client bitrates (10G/40G/100G) across all the supported slice configurations.

For more information, see the Configuring Slices chapter in the Configuration Guide for Cisco NCS 1002, IOS XR Release 6.5.x.

QSFP to SFP

The SFP+ optical modules can be inserted in the QSFP+ client ports (where break out is supported) using the QSA-SFP adapter. This allows the 10G QSFP+ ports to carry traffic on a single lane (Lane 1). All the features applicable to 10G client mode are supported when a QSA with 10G SFP is used.

For more information, see the Cisco NCS 1002 Overview chapter in the Hardware Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 1002 and Command Reference for Cisco NCS 1002.

USB Automount

When a USB device is inserted in NCS 1002, it is automatically mounted in sysadmin-vm with Read and Write permissions and unmounted in XR by default. The USB device is automatically mounted in sysadmin-vm only when the file system of the USB device is FAT or FAT32. This feature allows the user to read from or write files and folders onto the USB device without explicitly mounting it. The mounted USB device can be accessed as disk2: file system.

For more information, see the USB Automount chapter in the Configuration Guide for Cisco NCS 1002, IOS XR Release 6.5.x.

Idle Insertion

Idle insertion feature allows the user to hold the propagation of Local Fault,when a fault occurs on the trunk port.This feature can be used on customer deployments to prevent reset of client ports during a PSM switchover.

This feature must be enabled for each 100GE client port. Only port based configuration is supported.

FPD Automatic Upgrade

FPD automatic upgrade feature upgrades the FPD firmware version of all the components to the latest version along with software activation. After the software upgrade, all the FPD components are in CURRENT status, which can be checked using the show hw-module fpd command.

Once the FPD is upgraded, the FPD version is not downgraded to the previous version even if the image is rolled back to the original version.FPD automatic upgrade feature helps to upgrade the firmware automatically without manual intervention.

Enhancements to Slice Configuration

The user can directly change the existing parameters on the configured slice without deleting the slice.

For more information, see the Configuring Slices chapter in the Configuration Guide for Cisco NCS 1002, IOS XR Release 6.5.x.

Determine Software Version

Log in to NCS 1002 and enter the show version command. 

RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show version
Wed Aug  8 16:10:20.694 IST
Cisco IOS XR Software, Version 6.5.1
Copyright (c) 2013-2018 by Cisco Systems, Inc.

Build Information:
Built By     : ahoang
Built On     : Mon Aug  6 14:00:31 PDT 2018
Built Host   : iox-ucs-023
Workspace    : /auto/srcarchive17/prod/6.5.1/ncs1k/ws
Version      : 6.5.1
Location     : /opt/cisco/XR/packages/

cisco NCS-1002 () processor
System uptime is 1 day 5 hours 15 minutes

Determine Firmware Support

Log in to NCS 1002 and enter the show hw-module fpd command: 

RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show hw-module fpd
Wed Aug  8 16:10:27.036 IST
                                                               FPD Versions
                                                               =================
Location         Card type        HWver   FPD device       ATR Status   Running Programd
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0/0              NCS1002-K9        1.2   CDSP_PORT_05       CURRENT    3.77    3.77
0/0              NCS1002-K9        1.2   CDSP_PORT_06       CURRENT    3.77    3.77
0/0              NCS1002-K9        1.2   CDSP_PORT_12       CURRENT    3.77    3.77
0/0              NCS1002-K9        1.2   CDSP_PORT_13       CURRENT    3.77    3.77
0/0              NCS1002-K9        1.2   CDSP_PORT_19       CURRENT    3.77    3.77
0/0              NCS1002-K9        1.2   CDSP_PORT_20       CURRENT    3.77    3.77
0/0              NCS1002-K9        1.2   CDSP_PORT_26       CURRENT    3.77    3.77
0/0              NCS1002-K9        1.2   CDSP_PORT_27       CURRENT    3.77    3.77
0/0              NCS1002-K9              CFP2_PORT_05       NOT READY
0/0              NCS1002-K9        2.1   CFP2_PORT_06       CURRENT    5.52    5.52
0/0              NCS1002-K9        2.1   CFP2_PORT_12       CURRENT    5.52    5.52
0/0              NCS1002-K9        2.1   CFP2_PORT_13       CURRENT    5.52    5.52
0/0              NCS1002-K9              CFP2_PORT_19       NOT READY
0/0              NCS1002-K9        2.1   CFP2_PORT_20       CURRENT    5.52    5.52
0/0              NCS1002-K9              CFP2_PORT_26       NOT READY
0/0              NCS1002-K9              CFP2_PORT_27       NOT READY
0/0              NCS1002-K9        0.1   CTRL_BKP_LOW     B CURRENT            2.23
0/0              NCS1002-K9        0.1   CTRL_BKP_UP      B CURRENT            2.23
0/0              NCS1002-K9        0.1   CTRL_FPGA_LOW      CURRENT    2.23    2.23
0/0              NCS1002-K9        0.1   CTRL_FPGA_UP       CURRENT    2.23    2.23
0/RP0            NCS1K-CNTLR       0.1   BIOS_Backup      BS CURRENT           14.00
0/RP0            NCS1K-CNTLR       0.1   BIOS_Primary      S CURRENT   14.40   14.40
0/RP0            NCS1K-CNTLR       0.1   Daisy_Duke_BKP   BS CURRENT            0.15
0/RP0            NCS1K-CNTLR       0.1   Daisy_Duke_FPGA   S CURRENT    0.17    0.17
0/PM0            NCS1K-2KW-AC      0.0   PO-PriMCU          CURRENT
0/PM1            NCS1K-2KW-AC      0.0   PO-PriMCU          CURRENT    4.00    4.00

The above show output lists the hardware components that are supported in current release with their status. The status of the hardware must be CURRENT; Running and Program version must be similar.

Open Caveats for NCS 1002

Table 1.

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvj70632

NCS1002:IDLE insertion - Far end client squelch does not work after removing hold off timer.

CSCvk30639

"iana-if-type" keyword is missing in OC get-config output for the optics controller with description

CSCvj82718

N9K Tx continuous resets while recieves RF

CSCvj97832

NCS1002:Unable to download bigger files(ISO) via ztp_helper.download_file function.

CSCvj32419

NCS1002:Controllers went into preconfigure state after mxp restart and unable to see macsec pm stats.

CSCvk34415

Rosco[651-29I]-MDT -Changing envmon sensor path changes the telemetry state from Paused to Active.

CSCvk39349

WD reset is not happening sometimes when dd_driver process is shutdown

CSCvk54144

gRPC get-oper call on oc-lldp model returns coDSP which is NOK

CSCvj98980

IDLE insert- LF not propagated on port with Hold Off timer configured while applying loopback on trunk.

CSCvj97200

ZTP tries to rollback to stale Configuration change ID when script fails repeatedly.

CSCvk19501

Upgrade completion statement from XR is printed after a long time though there is no FPD upgrade on XR.

CSCvj66834

NCS1002:AINS configuration should not get deleted while deleting only traffic mode in slice

CSCvj67530

NCS1002: ZTP support to be enabled on other two Management interfaces Eth1/2 as well.

CSCvj77885

NCS1002: Check needs to be introduced not to allow manual maintenance and AINS mode at same instance.