The Cisco Network Convergence System 2000 sets the industry benchmark for dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) solutions. It delivers the touchless programmability, massive scale, and ultra-long-haul performance necessary for tomorrow's converged network architectures.
The Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 2000 platform is enhanced with the introduction of programmability onto the network with the inclusion of NETCONF interface and YANG models automating the network turn-up, operation, and maintenance. The NCS 2000 Shelf Virtualization Orchestrator is available with a server on a blade encasing a high-speed processor with virtualized instances of multiple Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM), Optical Line Amplifier (OLA), and Dynamic Gain Equalizer (DGE) sites of the network. An SVO line card along with the application software provides functionality-based licenses for alarm correlation, performance monitoring, connection verification, and Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR).
Cisco NCS 2000 Shelf Virtualization Orchestrator supports the following modes of deployment in the optical network:
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SVO line card equipped inside the NCS 2000 chassis
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SVO application software hosted on an external server
The SVO web user interface (UI), also called the nodal craft, is designed to manage the NCS 2000 network elements and replaces CTC. The SVO web UI runs on the browser without the need to download any JAR or Java files. The SVO web UI can be used across multiple operating systems and browsers.
The SVO web UI performs the following functions:
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Manages the chassis, cards, and passive devices
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Manages alarms, faults, and conditions
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Manages users and user profiles
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Administers devices
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Troubleshoots issues
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Provides a seamless user experience with Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM)
Software and Hardware Requirements
Before you use the SVO web user interface, ensure your system meets the following minimum software and hardware requirements:
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Hardware—Intel Core i5, i7, or faster processor. A minimum of 4 GB RAM, 100 GB hard disk with 250 MB of available hard drive space
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Operating System—Windows 10; macOS Mojave (10.14) and later
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Browsers—Mozilla Firefox 71 and later; Google Chrome 78.0 and later
What's New in NCS 2000 Series, Release 12.3
Cisco is continuously enhancing the product with every release and this section covers a brief description of key features and enhancements. It also includes links to detailed documentation, where available.
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The RMN-CTP-CL card is a RAMAN amplifier card that provides optical amplification of the wavelengths by counter-propagating Raman pumping. The card operates for both C and L bands of the optical spectrum. The card occupies one slot in NCS 2006 and NCS 2015 chassis. |
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The new NCS 2000 6-port add/drop card supports multiplexing and amplification of wavelengths from interfaces with ZR+ pluggables for colorless transmission over ROADM nodes in the network. The card can be installed in NCS 2006 and NCS 2015 chassis. |
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The PSM card performs splitter protection functions and supports the standalone protection configuration. The card provides channel protection for the 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-LC, 200G-CK-C, and 400G-XP-LC cards. It also provides channel protection for alien wavelengths. |
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The 40-channel single-module ROADM with integrated optical pre-amplifier ( 40-SMR1-C) combines the OSC add/drop filter, a pre-amplifier, and a 2x1 wavelength selective switch (WSS)-based ROADM core into a single-slot unit. This unit is optimized for Degree-2 reconfigurable nodes. The 40-channel single-module ROADM with integrated optical pre-amplifier and boost amplifier (40-SMR2-C) includes the OSC add/drop filter, pre- and boost amplifiers, and a 4x1 WSS-based ROADM core. This unit provides an effective way to support multi-degree nodes up to Degree-4, allowing in-service upgrade from Degree-2 up to Degree-4 at a very competitive price point. Both cards optimize and increase the MSTP’s throughput density. |
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The MPO-12 to 8-LC fan-out module is a double slot module with two MPO-12 connector (COM) and eight LC duplex connectors (Port-i-TX/RX). It contains 16 photodiodes to monitor the power of the channel input ports. |
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The _15216-PP-4-SMR patch panel connects upto four 40-SMR2-C cards in a four-degree mesh node. The optical splitters inside the patch panel forward the output signal (EXP-TX port) of the 40-SMR2-C card on each side of the mesh node to the input port of the 40-SMR2-C cards on the other three sides of the mesh node. |
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The OPT-AMP-17-C card can be used as a preamplifier or as a booster amplifier, providing a total output power of 17 dBm. It integrates an optical service channel splitter and combiner to allow the OSC to be sent to and received from the OSCM card. It employs a single-stage amplifier design to optimize the noise figure and operates with a fixed gain of 17 dB. The OPT-BST-E card amplifies the outgoing composite DWDM signal to overcome the attenuation of the fiber network, providing a total output power of 20 dBm. It integrates an optical service channel splitter and combiner to allow the OSC to be sent to and received from the OSC-CSM card and/or the OSC derived from the control cards. |
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Software |
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The following admin plane enhancements are done to improve the user experience:
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Autonegotiation is supported for CRAFT, EMS, and UDC ethernet ports. You must choose AUTO for Speed or Duplex parameter to enable auto negotiation between the current node and peer node. |
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You can view alarms blinking on a card in the rack, chassis, and card view. By default, the blinking alarms are enabled. |
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Card Controller software package includes all packages specific to the SVO card. |
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SVO automatically redirects you to the Device Configuration page too add the device, if the device corresponding to the imported device configuration is not present in the system. |
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The following installation methods are introduced to ease SVO installation:
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The device synchronization and alarm status icon indicates the status of the device and alarm synchronization with varying colors. The colors in the synchronization status icon are:
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The Functional Module Group stepper enables you to configure a card mode for a primary card when adding the primary card to the chassis. You can configure the compatible peer cards, pluggables and sub modes for the primary card. |
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This feature describes a basic understanding of licensing, the supported line cards, and the set of licensing operations to achieve the desired license information through WEBUI. |
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OC192 and STM64 payloads are now supported on the MR-MXP card. This feature allows you to:
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This topic describes the procedure required to reposition a chassis in a rack. |
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The Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) feature allows the users belonging to the Editor and Viewer groups to access and operate only some of the SVO panes. |
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You can select any DCO port for the FPD upgrade, based on the requirement. |
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The 1.2T-MXP card supports the 6x100G operation mode that enables 100GE clients over 6 QSFP28 ports, when the trunk is at 200G rate. |
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This feature allows you to host SVO on an external server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9. |
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Support for OTN Cross-Connect Operation Mode on 400G-XP Card |
The 400G-XP card supports the OTN cross-connect (OTNXC) operation mode. This mode supports ODU4, ODU2, and ODU2e bandwidths. This mode allows ODU switching between client to trunk ports or trunk to trunk ports within a single 400G-XP card for 100G and 200G trunk rates. |
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You can view the granular details of the card, such as port name, admin state, and service state, by hovering the mouse over the ports in the card view. |
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Caveats
Open Caveats
The following table lists the open caveats:
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SVO Controller Card: intense disk activity may cause NSO sockets timeout. |
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[OTNXC]:Error Message for ODU connection create/edit. |
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[OTNXC]:Unsupported operation should deny with proper error msg. |
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[OTNXC]:Error message for delete CC. |
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[OTNXC]:All ODU connection parameters are not shown in webui after just create. |
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TNC reboot with WD due to deadlock between corbaSem and nspSideListSem. |
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[OTNXC]: Error message for protected ODU connection. |
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[OTNXC]: Error message for ODU interface edit. |
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Alarm disappear from the \"Alarm Summary\" table even if the \"Auto delete cleared alarms\" option is no. |
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After a user is locked, user is in UNKNOWN group. |
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Invalid view after login in case of onlyPassword user. |
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Entity Status is not updating properly on webui for different switch actions triggered from Netconf. |
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No data found under ODU interface for OTU2XP card in Nodalcraft. |
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Webui Table shows \"fetching data\" for some minutes after NCS2K disconnect or NCS2K full sync. |
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FMG on 1.2T-MXP card is not provisioning. |
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[1.2T-MXP]:Unwanted values are coming for CD High and CD low for all LC cards. |
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Duplex shows as full when autoneg is enabled in nodal craft. |
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[WebUi]:Connection Name Edit should be blocked for protection group under shelf view/Provisioning pa. |
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Random values are displaying for OSNR High/Low in tca. |
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[Corba]:Retrieval of ODU Utilization operation is not supported. |
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Card (controller/line) status not showing properly. |
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[OTNXC]: protection switchover issues with non-default protection group name. |
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webui ppm delete fail with unexpected error message. |
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Clear 1-day PM is not clearing AVG and it is wrongly clearing also previous internval. |
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[OTNXC]: Odu connection notification is available in all cards after just create. |
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Software download is getting failed on standby controller while downloading from L to S package. |
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Current values in ethernet panel not getting auto updated. |
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Other Important Information and References
Supported Upgrade Paths
The following software releases can be upgraded:
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R10.9.0.2 SSON to R12.3 SSON and R10.9.0.2-NCS-L to R12.3-NCS-L (ANSI and ETSI)
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R11.1.1.2 SSON to R12.3 SSON
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R11.12 SSON to R12.3 SSON and R11.12-NCS-L to R12.3-NCS-L (ANSI and ETSI)
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R12.2 SSON to R12.3 SSON
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R12.2-NCS-L to R12.3-NCS-L (ANSI and ETSI)
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