Table Of Contents

CTC Information and Shortcuts

Display Node, Card, and Network Views

Manage the CTC Window

CTC Menu and Toolbar Options

CTC Mouse Options

Node View Shortcuts

Network View Tasks

Table Display Options

Equipment Inventory

CTC Information and Shortcuts

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This appendix describes the Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) views, menus and tool options, shortcuts, and table display options. This appendix also describes the shelf inventory data presented in CTC. For more information about CTC, refer to the Cisco ONS 15327 Reference Manual.

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Note The terms "Unidirectional Path Switched Ring" and "UPSR" may appear in Cisco literature. These terms do not refer to using Cisco ONS 15xxx products in a unidirectional path switched ring configuration. Rather, these terms, as well as "Path Protected Mesh Network" and "PPMN," refer generally to Cisco's path protection feature, which may be used in any topological network configuration. Cisco does not recommend using its path protection feature in any particular topological network configuration.

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Display Node, Card, and Network Views

CTC provides three views of the ONS 15327 and ONS network:

•Node view appears when you first log into an ONS 15327. This view shows a graphic of the ONS 15327 shelf and provides access to tabs and subtabs that you use to manage the node.

•Card view provides access to individual ONS 15327 cards. This view provides a graphic of the card and access to tabs and subtabs that you use to manage the card.

•Network view shows all the nodes in a ring. A Superuser can set up this feature so each user will see the same network view, or the user can create a custom view with maps. This view provides access to tabs and subtabs that you use to manage the network.

Table A-1 lists different actions for changing CTC views.

Table A-1 Change CTC Views 

To display:	Perform one of the following:
Node view	•Log into a node; node view is the default view. •In network view, double-click a node icon or right-click the node and choose Open Node from the shortcut menu. •In network view, click a node icon and then choose Go to Selected Object from the View menu. •From the View menu, choose Go to Other Node and then choose the node you want from the shortcut menu. •Use the arrows on the CTC toolbar to navigate up or down. For example, in network view, click a node and then click the down arrow.
Network view	•In node view, click the up arrow or the Network View tool on the CTC toolbar. •From the View menu, choose Go To Network View.
Card view	•In node view, double-click a card or right-click the card and choose Open Card. •In node view, single-click a card icon, then choose Go to Selected Object View from the View menu. •Use the arrows on the CTC toolbar to navigate up or down. For example, in node view click a card and then click the down arrow.

Manage the CTC Window

Different navigational methods are available within the CTC window to access views and perform management actions. You can double-click and right-click objects in the graphic area and move the mouse over nodes, cards, and ports to view popup status information.

CTC Menu and Toolbar Options

The CTC window menu bar and toolbar provide primary CTC functions. Table A-2 shows the actions that are available from the CTC menu and toolbar.

Table A-2 CTC Menu and Toolbar Options 

Menu	Menu Option	Toolbar	Description
File	Add Node		Adds a node to the current session. See the "DLP-B62 Add a Node to the Current Session or Login Group" task.
	Delete Selected Node		Deletes a node from the current session.
	Lock CTC		Locks CTC without closing the CTC session. A user name and password are required to open CTC.
	Print		Prints CTC data. See the "DLP-B138 Print CTC Data" task.
	Export		Exports CTC data. See the "DLP-B139 Export CTC Data" task.
	Exit	—	Closes the CTC session.
Edit	Preferences		Displays the Preferences dialog box: •General—Allows you to change event defaults and manage preferences. •Login Node Groups—Allows you to create login node groups. See the "DLP-B61 Create Login Node Groups" task. •Map—Allows you to customize the network view. See the "DLP-B145 Change the Network View Background Color" task and the "DLP-B268 Apply a Custom Network View Background Map" task. •Circuit—Allows you to change the color of circuit spans. See the "DLP-B232 Change Active and Standby Span Color" task. •Firewall—Sets the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) listener ports for access to the ONS 15327 through a firewall. See the "B27 Set Up the ONS 15327 for Firewall Access" procedure. •JRE—Allows you to select another Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version. See the "DLP-B10 Change the JRE Version" task.
View	Go to Previous View		Displays the previous CTC view.
	Go to Next View		Displays the next CTC view. Available only after you navigate to a previous view. Go to Previous View and Go to Next View are similar to forward and backward navigation in a web browser.
	Go to Parent View		References the CTC view hierarchy: network view, node view, and card view. In card view, this command displays the node view; in node view, the command displays network view. Not available in network view.
	Go to Selected Object View		Displays the object selected in the CTC window.
	Go to Home View		Displays the login node in node view.
	Go to Network View		Displays the network view.
	Go to Other Node		Displays a dialog box allowing you to choose the node name of a network node that you want to view.
	Show Status Bar	—	Click this item to display or hide the status bar at the bottom of the CTC window.
	Show Tool Bar	—	Click this item to display or hide the CTC toolbar.
Tools	Circuits	—	Displays the following options: •Repair Circuits—(Cisco ONS 15454 only) Repairs incomplete circuits following replacement of the ONS 15454 alarm interface panel (AIP). Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide for more information. •Set Path Selector Attributes—Allows you to edit path protection circuit path selector attributes. See the "DLP-B233 Edit Path Protection Circuit Path Selectors" task. •Set Circuit State—Allows you to change a circuit state. See the "DLP-B230 Change a Circuit State" task. •Convert CTC Circuits to TL1 Cross Connects—If a cross-connect in a circuit gets deleted, this menu option allows a user to repair a circuit by separating an incomplete CTC circuit into TL1 cross-connects. Then, the user can replace the missing cross-connect. See the "B417 Upgrade TL1 Cross-Connects to CTC Circuits" procedure. •Upgrade TL1 Cross Connects to CTC Circuits—Allows you to convert TL1 cross-connects to CTC circuits. See the "B416 Convert a CTC Circuit to TL1 Cross-Connects" procedure. •Roll Circuit—Allows you to reroute live traffic without interrupting service. This feature requires a Cisco ONS 15600 on your network. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15600 Procedure Guide. •Delete Rolls —Allows you to delete roll circuits. This feature requires an ONS 15600 on your network. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15600 Procedure Guide.
	Overhead Circuits	—	(ONS 15454 only) Displays the Repair IP Tunnels option, which fixes circuits that are in the INCOMPLETE state as a result of node IP address changes. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide.
	Manage VLANs	—	Displays a list of VLANs that have been created and allows you to delete VLANs. See the "DLP-B14 Delete VLANs" task.
	Open TL1 Connection		Displays the TL1 session dialog box so you can create a TL1 session to a specific node. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15327 TL1 Command Guide.
	Open IOS Connection		(ONS 15454 only) Displays the IOS command line interface dialog box if an IOS capable card (ML1000-2 or ML100T-12) is installed in the node. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 ML-Series Multilayer Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide.
Help	Contents and Index	—	Displays the online help window.
	Manage Help	—	Displays the versions of online help loaded on your computer.
	About CTC	—	Displays the software version and the nodes in the CTC session.
—	Network View	—	The network view drop-down menu has three options: DWDM, TDM, or All. If you choose DWDM, DWDM and hybrid nodes appear on the network view map. If you choose TDM, TDM and hybrid nodes appear on the network view map. If you choose All, every node on the network appears on the network view map.
—	—		Decreases the size of the map area in network view (toolbar only).
—	—		Increases the size of the map area in network view (toolbar only).
—	—		Increases the size of a selected area of the map in network view (toolbar only).
—	—		Opens the CTC Alerts dialog box, which shows the status of certain CTC background tasks. When the CTC Alerts toolbar icon contains a red triangle, unread notifications exist. When there are no unread notifications, the CTC Alerts toolbar icon contains a gray triangle (see the Toolbar column left for comparison). Notifications include: •Network disconnection •Send-PDIP inconsistency—CTC discovers a new node that does not have a SEND-PDIP setting consistent with the login node •Circuit deletion status—Reports when the circuit deletion process completes if you choose "Notify when complete" as described in the "B13 Delete Circuits" procedure. The CTC Alerts window always reports circuit deletion errors. •Conditions retrieval error •Software download failure You can save a notification by clicking the Save button in the CTC Alerts dialog box and navigating to the directory where you want to save the text file. By default, the CTC Alerts dialog box opens automatically. To disable automatic popup, see the "DLP-B11 Configure the CTC Alerts Dialog for Automatic Popup" task.

CTC Mouse Options

In addition to the CTC menu bar and toolbar, you can invoke actions by double-clicking CTC window items with your mouse, or by right-clicking an item and selecting actions from shortcut menus. Table A-3 lists the CTC window mouse shortcuts.

Table A-3 CTC Window Mouse Shortcuts 

Technique	Description
Double-click	•Node in network view—Displays the node view. •Card in node view—Displays the card view. •Alarm/Event—Displays the alarm or event raising object. •Circuits—Displays the Edit Circuit window.
Right-click	•Network view graphic area—Displays a menu that you can use to create a new domain; change the position and zoom level of the graphic image; save the map layout (if you have a Superuser security level); reset the default layout of the network view; set, change, or remove the background image and color; and save or reset the node position. •Node in network view—Displays a menu that you can use to open the node, reset the node icon position to the longitude and latitude set on the Provisioning > General tab, delete the node, fix the node position for auto layout, provision circuits, or update circuits with a new node. •Span in network view—Displays a menu that you can use to view information about the span source and destination ports, the protection scheme, and the optical or electrical level. You can display the Circuits on Spans dialog box, which displays additional span information and allows you to perform path protection switching. You also perform span upgrades from this menu. •Card in node view—Displays a menu that you can use to open, delete, reset, and change cards. The card that you select determines the commands that appear. •Card in card view—Displays a menu that you can use to reset the card or go to the parent view (node view). •Empty slot in node view—Displays a menu with cards that you can choose to preprovision the slot.
Move mouse cursor	•Over node in network view—Displays a summary of node alarms and provides a warning if the node icon has been moved out of the map range. •Over span in network view—Displays circuit (node, slot, port) bandwidth and protection information. •Over card in node view—Displays card type, card status, and alarm profile status. •Over card port in node view—Displays card name, port state, and alarm profile status. •Over card port in card view—Displays port state, protection status (if applicable), and alarm profile status.

Node View Shortcuts

Table A-4 shows actions on ONS 15327 cards that you can perform by moving your mouse over the CTC window.

Table A-4 Performing Node View Card Shortcuts 

Action	Shortcut
Display card information	Move your mouse over cards in the graphic to display tooltips with the card type, card present or card provisioned but not present, the highest level of alarm (if any), and the alarm profile used by the card.
Open, reset, or delete a card	Right-click a card. Choose Open to display the card in card view, Delete to delete it, or Reset to reset the card. See also the "DLP-B320 Delete a Card" task on page 1-46.
Pre-provision a slot	In node view, right-click an empty slot. Choose the card type that you want to provision in the slot from the shortcut menu. See also the "NTP-B115 Preprovision a Slot" procedure on page 1-47.
Change a card	In node view, right-click an OC-N card and choose Change Card. In the Change Card dialog box, choose the card type. Change card retains all card provisioning, including DCC terminations, protection, circuits, and ring. See also the "DLP-B247 Change an Optical Card" task on page 1-46.

Network View Tasks

Right-click the network view graphic area or a node, span, or domain to display shortcut menus. Table A-5 lists the actions that are available from the network view.

Table A-5 Network Management Tasks in Network View 

Action	Task
Open a node	Any of the following: •Double-click a node icon. •Right-click a node icon and choose Open Node from the shortcut menu. •Click a node and choose Go to Selected Object View from the CTC View menu. •From the View menu, choose Go To Other Node. Choose a node from the Select Node dialog box. •Double-click a node alarm or event in the Alarms or History tabs.
Move a node icon	Press the Ctrl key and the left mouse button simultaneously and drag the node icon to a new location.
Save a node icon position	On the network view map, right-click and choose Save Node Position. Click Yes on the Save Node Position dialog box.
Reset node icon position	Right-click a node and choose Reset Node Position from the shortcut menu. The node icon moves to the position defined by the longitude and latitude fields on the Provisioning > General tab in node view.
Provision a circuit	Right-click a node. From the shortcut menu, choose Provision Circuit To and select the node where you want to provision the circuit. For circuit creation procedures, see "Create Circuits and VT Tunnels."
Update circuits with new node	Right-click a node and choose Update Circuits With New Node from the shortcut menu. Use this command when you add a new node and want to pass circuits through it.
Display a link end point	Right-click a span. From the shortcut menu, choose Go To [node/slot/port] for the drop port you want to view. CTC displays the card in card view.
Display span properties	Any of the following: •Move your mouse over a span; the properties appear near the span. •Click a span; the properties appear in the upper left corner of the window. •Right-click a span; the properties appear at the top of the shortcut menu.
Perform a path protection switch for an entire span	Right-click a network span and click Circuits. In the Circuits on Span dialog box, switch options appear in the UPSR Span Switching field. See also the "DLP-B197 Initiate a Path Protection Force Switch" task.
Upgrade a span	Right-click a span and choose Upgrade Span from the shortcut menu. Note For detailed span upgrade information and instructions, see "Upgrade Cards and Spans."

Table Display Options

Right-clicking a table column displays a menu. Table A-6 shows table display options, which include rearranging or hiding CTC table columns and sorting table columns by primary or secondary keys.

Table A-6 Table Display Options 

Task	Click	Right-Click Shortcut Menu
Resize column	Left-click while dragging the header separator to the right or left.	—
Rearrange column order	Left-click while dragging the column header to the right or left.	—
Reset column order	—	Choose Reset Columns Order/Visibility.
Hide column	—	Choose Hide Column.
Show column	—	Choose Show Column > column_name
Display all hidden columns	—	Choose Reset Columns Order/Visibility.
Sort table (primary)	Click a column header; each click changes the sort order (ascending or descending).	Choose Sort Column.
Sort table (secondary sorting keys)	Press the Shift key and simultaneously click the column header.	Choose Sort Column (incremental).
Reset sorting	—	Choose Reset Sorting.
View table row count	—	View the number listed next to "Row Count," it is the last item on the shortcut menu.

Equipment Inventory

In node view, the Inventory tab displays information about the ONS 15327 equipment, including:

•Delete Button—After highlighting a card with your mouse, use this button to delete the card from node view. See also the "DLP-B320 Delete a Card" task on page 1-46.

•Reset Button—After highlighting a card with your mouse, use this button to reset a card.

•Location—Identifies where the equipment is installed, either chassis or slot number.

•Eqpt Type—Displays the type of equipment but not the specific card name, for example, OC-12 or MIC.

•Actual Eqpt Type—Displays the actual equipment type, for example, 15327-OC48-1.

•HW Part #—Displays the hardware part number; this number is printed on the top of the card or equipment piece.

•HW Rev—Displays the hardware revision number.

•Serial #—Displays the equipment serial number; this number is unique to each card.

•CLEI Code—Displays the Common Language Equipment Identifier code.

•Firmware Rev—Displays the revision number of the software used by the ASIC chip installed on the ONS 15327 cards.

•Product ID—Displays the manufacturing product identifier for a hardware component, such as a fan tray, chassis, or card. The Product ID column displays "N/A" for equipment existing before Software Release 4.6.

•Version ID—Displays the manufacturing version identifier for a fan tray, chassis, or card. The Version ID column displays "N/A" for equipment existing before Software Release 4.6.