Cisco Transport Manager User's Guide, 9.0
Preface

Table Of Contents

Preface

New and Changed Information

Objectives

Audience

Conventions

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request


Preface


This section explains the objectives and intended audience of this publication and describes the conventions that convey instructions and other information.

New and Changed Information

The following table describes information that has been added or changed since the Cisco Transport Manager Release 9.0 User Guide was last published online.

Table 1 New and Changed Information in This Guide 

Date
Revision
Location

February 19, 2009

Initial version.

April 21, 2009

Revised the tip to read as follows:

In the Name, IP Address, and Description fields, you can enter a percentage character (%) as a wildcard. You can search for a partial string inserted between percentage characters. For example, in the IP Address field, you can enter %1.2% to search for all IP addresses that contain 1.2 as octets. If you do not enter wildcard characters, the search returns only exact matches.

1.5.5.1  Finding Data in the Domain Explorer, page 1-43

May 14, 2009

Added the following step when deleting NEs:

To purge the NEs from the Deleted Network Elements group, see 3.5.7.4  Removing a Deleted NE, page 3-32.

3.5.7.1  Deleting a Single NE, page 3-30

3.5.7.2  Deleting Multiple NEs, page 3-30

June 8, 2009

Updated the procedure to change the default settings of the CTM server and OSS CORBA client ports.

12.2.3.10  Changing the Default Settings of CTM Server and OSS CORBA Client Ports, page 12-61

September 4, 2009

Added this note:

The Metro DWDM Circuits option applies only to ONS 155xx NEs. For other NE types—such as the ONS 15454—the Metro DWDM Circuits option returns no results. To filter circuits on ONS 15454 NEs, use the Circuit table filter. See 7.2.20  Filtering the Circuit Table, page 152.

1.5.5.1  Finding Data in the Domain Explorer, page 1-43

September 17, 2009

To configure security parameters for CTC-based SDH and CTC-based SONET NEs, the username account specified on the NE must be at the SuperUser-level. A note to this effect has been added.

8.3.3.14  Configuring CTM Security Parameters, page 8-33

September 30, 2009

Updated the procedure to change the default port value setting for the Name Service port.

Added the following note:

The Notification Service port value changes when IMR is disabled and the CTM server is restarted for the first time. CTM GateWay/CORBA sets the port value to the first free port in the range 20000 to 20100. This new port value is stored and used each time CTM starts.

12.2.3.10.4  NameService Port, page 12-64

12.2.3.10.5  NotificationService Port, page 12-64

November 4, 2009

Added a section to configure the SNMP version in CTM.

5.13.4.3  Configuring the SNMP Version in CTM, page 5-62


Objectives

This guide explains how to use Cisco Transport Manager (CTM) Release 9.0 to manage Cisco Optical Networking System (ONS) network elements (NEs) and switches.

Use this guide to learn about:

Cisco Transport Manager, an element management system (EMS)

Cisco Transport Manager GateWay, an EMS-to-network management system (NMS) interface architectural component

Audience

The primary audience for this guide includes network operations personnel and system administrators. This guide assumes that you are familiar with the following products and topics:

Basic internetworking terminology and concepts

Network topology and protocols

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Terminal Server, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Vista

Sun Microsystems Solaris administration

Oracle database administration

Telecommunication Management Network (TMN) architecture model

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Item
Convention

Commands and keywords

boldface font

Displayed session and system information

screen font

Information that the user must enter

boldface screen font

Variables that the user must supply

italic screen font

Menu items and button names

boldface font

Selecting a menu item

Option > Network Preferences



Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.


Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.



Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.



Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.


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