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Updated:: June 15, 2018

Chapter: Chapter 7: Provisioning Services and Connections

Overview
Managing Circuits
Managing BLSRs
Managing MS-SPRings
Managing VLANs for E-Series Cards
Managing VLANs (ML-Series Cards)
Managing SVLAN Profiles
Managing the SVLAN Database
Managing SVLANs
Provisioning Data Services
Managing QoS Profiles
Managing DWDM Nodes

Provisioning Services and Connections

This topic describes how to use Cisco Prime Optical to provision network services. It also explains the tasks required to create new connections, and display, modify, and delete existing connections.

This topic includes the following information:

Overview

A metro network is a network that aggregates customer traffic and connects customers to services. The metro network is responsible for receiving network traffic from long-haul transport networks and routing this traffic to and from enterprises and end users.

The service point-of-presence (POP) performs service adaptation and packet switching. This layer performs the following functions:

Grooming of traffic from the metro network
Edge packet switching, where IP services are enabled
Core packet switching, where POPs are interconnected over the IP backbone

The service POP is the hub of high-value Internet services. The core network, where optical technologies predominate, is the domain of the long-haul carrier. This high-speed transport fabric interconnects service POPs and has traditionally been built as SONET ring architectures.

Prime Optical simplifies operations support system (OSS) integration for service providers for the end-to-end management of transport networks.

Managing Circuits

A circuit represents an end-to-end connection between two or more connection termination points (CTPs). A circuit consists of an alternating series of cross-connections and link connections. In its simplest form, a circuit consists of a single cross-connection (if the circuit is defined between two CTPs on the same NE). A circuit can be bidirectional or unidirectional, point-to-point (PTP) or point-to-multipoint, and protected or unprotected.

Prime Optical allows you to create unidirectional and bidirectional circuits for CTC-based NEs. For unidirectional path switched ring (UPSR) circuits, you can create revertive or nonrevertive circuits. Prime Optical can route the circuits automatically, or you can route them manually.

You can access the Circuit Table from the Domain Explorer > Configuration > Circuit Report > Circuit Table. The selected circuit’s Circuit Table is displayed.

Note Circuit information is not available for the ONS 15216. For the ONS 15305, circuits can be created through CEC (Configuration > ONS 15305 > Launch Cisco Edge Craft).

For ONS 15305 NE releases 3.0 and later, circuits can be created in Prime Optical, CTC, and CEC. Circuits that are created in Prime Optical or CTC can be managed in Prime Optical, CTC, and CEC. But circuits that are created in CEC show unpredictable and erroneous behavior in Prime Optical and CTC.

For ONS 15305 NE releases earlier than R3.0, the circuit information is not available in Prime Optical. Circuits can be created in CEC but cannot be managed in Prime Optical.

Note Circuit management performance depends on an efficient DCN network. See the ONS 15454 user documentation for details.

Table 7-1 defines the circuit terms and options that are used throughout this topic.

Table 7-1 Circuit Terms and Options
Circuit Option	Description
Link	Represents a topological relationship between two physical termination points (PTPs) for a particular layer rate. The possible set of layer rates is determined by the layer rates terminated by the PTP. For example, an OC-N port will terminate a physical layer rate and a SONET layer rate.
Circuit	Represents an end-to-end connection between two or more CTPs.
Cross-connection	A (normally flexible) connection between two CTPs within the same NE.
Link connection	An inflexible (or fixed) connection between two CTPs that are contained by two PTPs connected by a link. It represents a portion of the transport capacity of a link, such as an STS-1 channel within an OC-N link.
PTP	A termination point that is the actual or potential endpoint of a link that might be abstracted as a PTP. It is the representation of a physical port.
CTP	Represents the actual or potential endpoint of a cross-connection, link connection, or circuit. A CTP is contained within a PTP. In some cases, there is a single CTP associated with a PTP, such as with a DS-1 PTP. There could also be multiple CTPs, such as with STS-1 or STS-Nc CTPs contained within an OC-N PTP.
Source	The circuit source is where the circuit enters the network.
Destination	The circuit destination is where the circuit exits the network.
Automatic circuit routing	Prime Optical routes the circuit automatically on the shortest available path based on routing parameters and bandwidth availability.
Manual circuit routing	Manual routing allows you to choose a specific path, not just the shortest path chosen by automatic routing. You can choose a specific STS or VT for each circuit segment for SONET nodes, or a specific VC4, VC3, or VC12 for each circuit segment for SDH nodes. You can also create circuits from work orders prepared by an OSS such as the Telcordia TIRKS system.
Low-order tunnel	Low-order tunnels allow VC3 and VC12 circuits to pass through an SDH node without using cross-connect card (XC10G and XCVXL) resources. Low-order circuits using tunnels use cross-connect capacity only at the source and destination nodes. One low-order tunnel can carry three VC3s, and each VC3 can carry 21 VC12s. One tunnel can carry one VC3 circuit span and 42 VC12 circuit spans, and each VC3 is a separate container that can contain a VC3 circuit span or 21 VC12 circuit spans.
Low-order aggregation point	Low-order aggregation points (LAPs) allow low-order VC12 and VC3 circuits to be aggregated into a VC4 for handoff to non-ONS networks or equipment, such as interoffice facilities (IOFs), switches, or digital access cross-connect systems. The VC4 grooming end of the LAP requires an STM-N card. LAPs can be created on MS-SPRings, 1-1, or unprotected nodes, but cannot be created on subnetwork connection protection (SNCP) nodes.
VT tunnel	VT tunnels allow VT1.5 circuits to pass through a SONET node without using cross-connect resources. VT circuits using VT tunnels use cross-connect capacity only at the source and destination nodes. One VT tunnel can carry 28 VT1.5 circuits.
VT aggregation point	VT aggregation points (VAPs) allow VT circuits to be aggregated into an STS for handoff to non-ONS networks or equipment, such as IOFs, switches, or digital access cross-connect systems. VAPs reduce VT matrix resource utilization at the node where the VT1.5s are aggregated onto the STS. This node is called the STS grooming end. The STS grooming end requires an OC-N, EC-1, or DS3XM-6 card. VT aggregation points can be created on BLSR, 1+1, or unprotected nodes, but cannot be created on UPSR nodes.

Viewing the Circuit Table

The Circuit Table shows circuit information for all circuits that make up a topology. A circuit describes a fixed-size bandwidth pipe that is fully cross-connected from one user-defined source point (node, slot, or port) to a second user-defined destination point across some number of node-to-node optical spans (zero if the circuit is local to a single NE).

An endpoint can be an actual physical drop port (DS-1, DS-3, and so on) or an STS-n or VT1.5 channel in an optical line. A multicast circuit consists of circuit spans that have one source endpoint and a sequence of destination endpoints.

Note See Icons and Menus Displayed in Prime Optical for details of all the icons displayed in this window.

To launch the Circuit Table , do any of the following:

Select a node in the Domain Explorer tree and choose Configuration > CTC-Based SONET NEs or CTC-Based SDH NEs > Circuit Table .
(For CTC-based NEs) Open the Layer 2 Topology table and choose Configuration > Circuits .
Select a NE or Rack or Shelf or Slot in the Network Explorer and choose Configuration > Circuit Table .

Note When launching the Circuit Table in a large or high-end network setup and on a larger scope (for example, for the Domain Explorer), a database timeout can occur due to the high volume of data being retrieved. As a workaround, launch the Circuit Table on a smaller scope.

Table 7-2 describes the fields in the Circuit table.

Table 7-2 Field Descriptions for the Circuit Table
Column Name	Description
Circuit Name	Displays the name of the selected circuit. Note If there are multiple circuits with the same name displayed in the Circuit table, the label Duplicate appears in this column.
Note	Displays comments that have been entered for the selected circuit, and allows you to add additional comments.
Source NE: Module Type/Physical Loc/Interface	Displays the NE ID and module type at the span source, the slot and port name and numbers (physical location), and the STS number (interface). You can sort this column in ascending or descending order. The sort order is based on the NE ID and physical location.
Destination NE: Module Type/Physical Loc/Interface	Displays the NE ID, the module type at the destination, the slot and port name and numbers (physical location), and the STS number (interface). You can sort this column in ascending or descending order. The sort order is based on the NE ID and physical location.
Circuit Type	Displays the type of circuit selected. SONET circuit types are STS, VT, VT Aggregation, VT Tunnel, VT VCAT (shown as VT-v), STS VCAT (shown as STS-v), DWDM optical channel network connection (OCHNC), DWDM optical channel client connection (OCHCC), optical channel trail (OCHTRAIL), and OCHNC DCN. SDH circuit types are HOP, LOP, LOPA, LOPT, HOV (HO VCAT), LOV (LO VCAT), OCHNC, OCHCC, OCHTRAIL, and OCHNC DCN.
Acpt Threshold	Displays the optical validation acceptance threshold value set for the GMPLS circuit.
Optical Value	Displays the optical validation result for the GMPLS circuit.
Circuit Size	Displays the size of the circuit: SONET circuit sizes are VT1.5, VT2, STS 1, STS 3c, STS 6c, STS 9c, STS 12c, STS 24c, STS 48c, STS 96c, STS 192c, STS-1- n v, STS-3c- n v, STS-12c- n v, and VT1.5- n v. SDH circuit sizes are VC11, VC12, VC3, VC4, VC4-2c, VC4-3c, VC4-4c, VC4-8c, VC4-16c, VC4-32c, VC4-64c, VC4- n v, VC4-4c- n v, and VC3- n v. Note n can be any value from 0 through 256 (0 is valid when all members of a VCAT circuit are deleted). FC/FICON circuit sizes are 10GFC, 4GFC, 2GFC, 1GFC, 4GFiCon, 2GFiCon, and 1GFiCon. Data/Storage circuit sizes are ESCON, ETR-CLO, ISC-PEER, ISC3-PEER-1G, ISC-PEER-2G, ISC-COMPACT, ISC-CHANNEL1, and InfiniBand. Video circuit sizes are HVDT, SD1/D1, DV6000, and DVB-ASI. OCHNC circuit size is fixed as Equipment Not Specific . OCHCC circuit sizes are STM1, STM4, STM16, STM64, OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192, 10GE, 1GE, 10GFC, 4GFC, 2GFC, 1GFC, 4GFiCon, 2GFiCon, 1GFiCon, ESCON, ETR-CLO, ISC-PEER, ISC3-PEER-1G, ISC-PEER-2G, ISC-COMPACT, HDVT, SD1/D1, DV6000, or Pass Through. Note Not all circuit sizes are supported on all NE releases.
Circuit Direction	Indicates whether the circuit carries unidirectional (one-way) or bidirectional (two-way) traffic.
Customer ID	Optional text field that displays the customer ID of the circuit.
Service ID	Optional text field that displays the service ID of the selected circuit.
Circuit Status	Displays the status of the selected optical circuit: Discovered—The circuit is completely configured in the network; all components are in place and a complete path exists from the circuit source to the circuit destination. Partial—The circuit is not complete; one or more cross-connections are not in place or one of the spans is missing. Creating—Prime Optical is creating the circuit. Deleting—Prime Optical is deleting the circuit. Discovered_TL1—A TL1-created circuit or a TL1-like Prime Optical-created circuit is complete and has upgradable cross-connects. A complete path from source to destination(s) exists. Partial_TL1—A TL1-created circuit or a TL1-like Prime Optical-created circuit with upgradable cross-connects is missing a cross-connect, and a complete path from source to destination(s) does not exist. The circuit cannot be upgraded until the missing cross-connects are in place. Partial (Split)—The circuit involves NEs that belongs to different network partitions and cannot be fully discovered by Prime Optical.
Circuit Service State	The Circuit Service State is an aggregate of the cross-connect states within the circuit. SONET, SDH, and DWDM circuits have different values. For SONET circuits, values are: In Service (IS)—All cross-connects in a circuit are in the In Service and Normal (IS-NR) service state. Out of Service (OOS)—All cross-connects in a circuit are in an Out of Service (OOS) service state, such as Out of Service and Management, Maintenance (OOS-MA,MT); Out of Service and Management, Disabled (OOS-MA,DSBLD); or Out of Service and Autonomous, Automatic In Service (OOS-AU,AINS). OOS-PARTIAL—PARTIAL is appended to the OOS circuit service state when circuit cross-connect states are mixed and not all in IS-NR. The OOS-PARTIAL state can occur during automatic or manual transitions between states. For example, OOS-PARTIAL appears if you assign the IS,AINS administrative state to a circuit with DS-1 or DS3XM cards as the source or destination. Some cross-connects transition to the IS-NR service state, while others transition to OOS-AU,AINS. OOS-PARTIAL can appear during a manual transition caused by an abnormal event such as a CTC crash or communication error, or if one of the cross-connects could not be changed. The OOS-PARTIAL circuit state does not apply to OCHNC circuit types. For SDH circuits, values are: Unlocked—All cross-connects in a circuit are in the Unlocked-enabled service state. Locked—All cross-connects in a circuit are in a Locked state (such as Locked-enabled,maintenance; Unlocked-disabled,automaticInService; or Locked-enabled,disabled). Locked-partial—Partial is appended to the Locked circuit service state when circuit cross-connect states are mixed and not all in the Unlocked-enabled service state. The Locked-partial state can occur during automatic or manual transitions between states. The Locked-partial service state can appear during a manual transition caused by an abnormal event such as a CTC crash or communication error, or if one of the cross-connects could not be changed. The Locked-partial circuit state does not apply to OCHNC circuit types.
Circuit Service State (continued)	For DWDM circuits, OCHCCs, OCH trails, and OCHNCs occupy three different optical layers. Each OCH circuit has its own administrative and service states: The OCHCC service state is the sum of the OCHCC service state and the OCH trail service state. When creating an OCHCC circuit, you can specify an initial state for both the OCHCC and the OCH trail layers, including the source and destination port states. The ANSI/ETSI administrative states for the OCHCC circuits and connections are: – IS/Unlocked – IS,AINS/Unlocked,AutomaticInService – OOS,DSBLD/Locked,disabled OCH trail ANSI/ETSI administrative states include: – IS/Unlocked – IS,AINS/Unlocked,automaticInService – OOS,DSBLD/Locked,disabled The OCHNC circuit states are not linked to the OCHCC circuit states. The administrative states for the OCHNC circuit layer are: – IS,AINS/Unlocked,AutomaticInService – OOS,DSBLD/Locked,disabled
Is Monitor	A value of True means that the circuit is a monitor circuit. A value of False means that the circuit is not a monitor circuit.
Circuit Protection Type	Indicates the circuit protection scheme. Values are: 2F BLSR—The circuit is protected by a 2-fiber bidirectional line switch ring (BLSR). 4F BLSR—The circuit is protected by a 4-fiber BLSR. BLSR—The circuit is protected by both 2-fiber and 4-fiber BLSR. UPSR—The circuit is protected by UPSR. DRI—The circuit is protected by a UPSR dual ring interconnection (DRI). 1+1—The circuit is protected by a 1+1 protection group. Y-Cable—The circuit is protected by a transponder or muxponder card Y-cable protection group. Protected—The circuit is protected by diverse SONET topologies; for example, a BLSR and a UPSR, or a UPSR and 1+1. Unprotected—The circuit is not protected. 2F-PCA—The circuit is routed on a protection channel access (PCA) path on a 2-fiber BLSR. PCA circuits are unprotected. 4F-PCA—The circuit is routed on a PCA path on a 4-fiber BLSR. PCA circuits are unprotected. PCA—The circuit is routed on a PCA path on both 2-fiber and 4-fiber BLSRs. PCA circuits are unprotected. SPLITTER—The circuit is protected by a splitter protected transponder (TXPP_MR_2.5G or 2.5G_DMP). Unknown—Circuit protection types appear in the Circuit Protection Type column of the Circuit table when the circuit status is Discovered. If the circuit is not discovered, the protection type is Unknown . Lost—The circuit was protected, but the protection has been lost due to changes in the network.
Description	Displays a description of the selected circuit.
No. of VLANs	Displays the number of VLANs associated with the circuit.
No. of SPANs	Displays the number of spans for each contiguous concatenation (CCAT) circuit. For VCAT circuits, N/A is displayed. You must launch the member table for the parent VCAT to see the number of spans per member VCAT.
Is VCAT or Member Circuit	A value of True means that the circuit is a VCAT circuit. A value of False means that the circuit is a normal CCAT circuit.
OCHNC Wavelength	Indicates the wavelength provisioned for the OCHNC, in nanometers (nm). The units are determined as follows: wavelength (nm) frequency (GHz)
OCHNC Direction	Indicates the direction of the OCHNC. Values are east-to-west, west-to-east, or N/A.
VCAT Member State	For VCAT members, indicates whether the members are enabled and active or temporarily disabled. When VCAT members are enabled and active, the value is In Group. If any of the members are disabled temporarily, the value changes to Out of Group. For non-VCAT members, the value of this field is always N/A.
Circuit Alias Name	Displays the alias name of the circuit.
Restoration Status	Indicates the status of the circuit. Values are: None—Circuit does not have any active restoration facility. Note A value of “None” does not indicate that the circuit is not restorable. Restoring—Circuit is restoring and the system is searching for a new optical path. Restored—Circuit has been successfully restored and a new optical path has been found for the circuit. Failed—Restoration facility has failed to retrieve a new optical path for the circuit. Restored and Revertible—Circuit has been successfully restored and can be reverted to the original optical path by a specific user action. Note The Restored and Revertible status can be reached only if the revert option value is Manual.

Note If a card is upgraded or changed on an NE and an existing circuit terminates on the changed card, the Circuit table display does not reflect the new card type for the circuit until Prime Optical next reads the circuit information from the network. You can force all circuits involved with the upgraded card in the Circuit table to update by marking the NE as Out of Service and then In Service.

Caution For TL1 circuits, if you simultaneously mark all of the NEs involved in the circuit as Out of Service, Prime Optical loses the EMS attributes (such as circuit alias, customer ID, and service ID). If you later mark all of the NEs involved in the TL1 circuit as In Service, the circuits are discovered, but the EMS attributes remain missing. To retain EMS attributes, you must upgrade the TL1 circuits to regular CTC circuits before adding EMS attributes and marking the NEs as Out of Service. To do this, select the TL1 circuit in the Circuit table and choose Configuration > Reconfigure Circuit(s).

Note Circuit names are obtained from:

The source NE (for circuits created in Prime Optical or CTC)
Cross-connection names (for circuits created via TL1, or if the source NE is not discovered)

However, some NE versions do not support cross-connection names. For these NEs, circuits created in CTC are always discovered with the name “Unknown” in Prime Optical. Also, if the source NE is not connected, and if the only NEs available in Prime Optical are those NE versions that do not support cross-connection names, circuits created with CTC or Prime Optical have the name “Unknown” until the source NE is discovered.

Creating Circuits Using the Circuit Wizard

The Create Circuit wizard ( Configuration > Create Circuit ) allows you to create circuits on CTC-based NEs. Use the Create Circuit wizard to create an end-to-end circuit through a subnetwork. A subnetwork is defined as a set of NEs that are interconnected directly or indirectly through links known by Prime Optical. Prime Optical supports circuit provisioning across a heterogeneous network. Establish a circuit by specifying the A and Z termination points (TPs). You can create multiple circuits using the Create Circuit wizard; however, for VT tunnel circuits, the number you can create is limited by the bandwidth available on the VT tunnel being used. The maximum number of VT circuits that can be routed through a VT tunnel is 28.

Caution When adding CTC-based circuits, examine the links in the network to ensure correct operation. If any links are down, verify that the ports are not data communications channel (DCC) enabled. For information about viewing links, see Filtering the Link Table.

Note You can create new circuits across subnetworks. To do so, you must first disable automatic grouping of NEs in the Control Panel. See Configuring Application-Specific Parameters for more information.

Note In earlier CTM releases, circuit creation failed if you tried to use automatic routing to create a circuit with 20 or more spans. In CTM R9.1 and later, you can use SQL to configure the circuit-autorouting-creation-timeout property in the Prime Optical database. This property increases the reply timeout for CORBA requests when you use automatic routing to create a complex circuit that uses 20 or more spans. You cannot configure the circuit-autorouting-creation-timeout property in the Prime Optical GUI; rather, you must use SQL to configure the value in the CTM_CONFIG_TABLE in the Prime Optical database. The range is from 0 to 600 seconds; the default is 150 seconds. Note that you can configure the value as high as 2,147,483,647 seconds; however, Prime Optical considers anything higher than 600 seconds as invalid. Also, a value of 0 (zero) indicates no timeout (or an instantaneous reply from the server), which is impossible in an actual application. Therefore, Prime Optical ignores a zero value or anything higher than 600 seconds and uses the default value of 150 seconds instead. Configuring the circuit-autorouting-creation-timeout property is helpful in large, complex network topologies when circuits involve 20 or more spans. For more information, see the Cisco Prime Optical Database Schema.

Prime Optical 10.6 supports the new functionality in launching the Create Circuit wizard. Choose Configuration > Create Circuit displays the following options:

Create DWDM circuit—creates a DWDM circuit
Create SONET/SDH circuit—creates a SONET/SDH circuit

Note If the Esc key is pressed while the plus symbol is enabled, the operation is canceled and the plus symbol returns to a pointer.

Note • Alien Wavelength (AWL) and FEC provisioning functionality is available on Circuit Wizard Panel and only for UNI circuits (VTXP- to-VTXP, VTXP-to-DWDM).

AWL provisioning functionality is available on Domain Explorer and also from Network Map .
AWL provisioning will apply only on CRS end (CRS node and corresponding peer node) means in case of VTXP-to-DWDM UNI circuit, AWL provisioning will not apply at the DWDM end.

For more information on Creating DWDM circuits, see Creating, Editing or Prerouting a DWDM Circuit. For information on Creating SONET/SDH circuits, see Creating SONET/SDH Circuits.

Table 7-3 describes the launch points and the expected behavior for the Create Circuit wizard.

Table 7-3 Create Circuit Wizard Launch Points and Expected Behavior
Launch Point	Expected Behavior
Source and destination NE nodes in the Domain Explorer or Subnetwork Explorer	Select the source NE in the Domain Explorer or Subnetwork Explorer and choose Configuration > Create Circuit (or right-click the NE and choose Create Circuit ). The pointer changes to a plus (+) symbol; select the destination NE. The destination NE must be in the same network partition as the source. The Create Circuit wizard opens. Source and destination NEs are preset to the selected source and destination. Prime Optical 10.6 supports the new functionality in launching the Create Circuit wizard. Choose Configuration > Create Circuit displays the following options: Create DWDM circuit—creates a DWDM circuit Create SONET/SDH circuit—creates a SONET/SDH circuit Note If the Esc key is pressed while the plus symbol is enabled, the operation is canceled and the plus symbol returns to a pointer.
Source and destination NE nodes in the Network Map	Select the source NE in the Network Map and choose Configuration > Create Circuit (or right-click the NE and choose Create Circuit ). The pointer displays a line extending from the source NE; select the destination NE. The Create Circuit wizard opens. Source and destination NEs in the Create Circuit wizard are preset to the selected source and destination NE nodes in the Network Map . Prime Optical 10.6 supports the new functionality in launching the Create Circuit wizard. Choose Configuration > Create Circuit displays the following options: Create DWDM circuit—creates a DWDM circuit Create SONET/SDH circuit—creates a SONET/SDH circuit
Configuration > Create Circuit in the Circuit Report	Choose Configuration > Create Circuit in the Circuit Report . The Create Circuit wizard opens. Select source and destination nodes. Destination nodes are filtered based on the source node. Source and destination nodes must be in the same network partition.
Configuration > Create Circuit in the NE Explorer	Choose Configuration > Create Circuit in the NE Explorer for CTC-based NEs. The Create Circuit wizard opens with the selected NE as the source node. Source and destination nodes must be in the same subnetwork.
Configuration > Create Circuit from the Network Map	Choose Configuration > Create Circuit in the NE Explorer for CTC-based NEs. The Create Circuit wizard opens with the selected NE as the source and destination node. Source and destination nodes must be in the same subnetwork.

Creating, Editing or Prerouting a DWDM Circuit

Note Editing and prerouting a DWDM circuit is applicable for WSON circuits only.

The following DWDM circuits are created using the Create or Edit DWDM Circuit panel:

Optical channel network connections (OCHNCs)
Optical channel client connections (OCHCCs)
OCH trail circuits

Note Select an existing DWDM circuit and click Edit DWDM Circuit option. The Edit DWDM Circuit panel opens. From the panel, you can view the current attributes settings of the DWDM circuit and can modify the circuit attributes. You can update the circuit in a similar way to the creation procedure.

Note Prerouting option for circuits in the Circuit Wizard is available only when you create circuit from the network map.

Circuit creation is not allowed if PRBS is enable either in the source or destination or both the ports. An error message is displayed:

“The source and destination ports have PRBS enabled.”

Available options for the OCHNC, OCHCC and OCHT circuits:

In the Attributes Pane:

Name
Type
Bidirectional, WSON, UNI Interface (OCHNC, OCHT) check box
Protection Type
Service State (Only in Edit mode)
Admin State
Apply Trunk Ports check box

In the Details Pane:

Alias
Description
Customer ID
Service ID

In Source Termination Pane:

Managed Element
Termination Point
Local Drop (For OCHNC only)

In Destination Termination Pane:

Managed Element
Termination Point
Local Source (OCHNC only)

In Alien Wavelength Pane:

Configure Alien Wavelength button

In WSON Attributes Pane:

Label
Validation (working)
Allow Regeneration
Circuit Diversity
Restore
Ignore Path Alarm
Channel Power Offset
Priority (only if restore is checked)
Revert (only if restore is checked)
Inherit (only if restore is checked)
Validation (restoration path and only if restore is checked)

In Wavelength Pane:

Working
Protected

In Path Constraints Pane:

ME/Links
Include
Exclude

Note

The Name , Admin State , Details , WSON Attribute and the Path Constraints fields are editable for OCHNC and OCHT circuits only.
The Name , Admin State , Details and Path Constraints fields are editable for OCHCC circuits only.
Deletion of Network Elements in CPO domain explorer is not allowed if any of the OMS Link is terminated on the same NE or spawning on OTS link of same NE. Trying to delete in such situation, gives the following error message:

“You cannot delete the selected NE. You must delete OMS link first.”

It is not possible to edit the include or exclude constraints from Edit DWDM Circuits.

Circuit information includes status, state, source and destination node, slot, and port. You can view the Circuits tab in all views. The Scope field expands or decreases the scope of the circuits shown, for example, in card view you can change the scope to node or network to view all node or network circuits.

There is a minimal set of options that are required to create the circuit. The minimal options (enable/disable the create/edit button in the circuit wizard) include:

Type of circuit
Name of the circuit
Protection type
Source/destination termination point

Prerequisite for configuring Alien Wavelength:

Availability of Termination Point.
Compliance of Protection Type at both the end points.
Select the Fiber Attributes from CTC, before provisioning Alien Wavelength.
CRS PLIM port should be in lock state.

Note If the LMP link for CRS PLIM is not available, then there must be no termination points in the circuit wizard.

Complete the following steps to create a DWDM circuit:

Note The create button will be enabled only when the user has specified the minimal information for creating a circuit.

Step 1 Select a node for which to create/edit a circuit, and open the Create Circuit wizard. For an explanation of wizard launch points, see Table 7-3.

Step 2 In the Name pane, enter/edit the circuit name. The circuit name can be manually assigned or automatically generated.

Step 3 In the Type pane, choose OCHTRAIL, OCHCC or OCHNC . The circuit type determines the provisioning options that are displayed.

Step 4 If you require bidirectional or WSON provisioning, check the Bidirectional or WSON check box.

Note The Bidirectional check box is enabled only when OCHNC circuit type is chosen.

Step 5 From the Protection drop-down list (OCHCC and OCHNC only), choose PSM, Splitter, or Y cable.

Step 6 From the Admin State drop-down list, choose IS (ANSI)/Unlocked (ETSI) or OOS,DSBLD (ANSI)/Locked,Disabled (ETSI).

Step 7 (Only in Edit mode) From the Service State drop-down list, choose IS, OOS or OOS-PARTIAL.

Step 8 Check the Apply Trunk Ports check box. Possible options are IS and OOS DSBLD.

Note The Apply Trunk Ports check box is enabled for OCHTRAIL circuit type only.

Step 9 Expand the Details field to configure all custom related fields. In the Details area, enter the following:

Alias—Enter a unique alias name for the new circuit. The alias name can contain alphanumeric characters. International character sets are also supported.

Description—Enter a circuit description of up to 256 characters.

Customer ID—Identify the end user of the circuit.

Service ID—Enter the service ID of the circuit.

Step 10 In the Source Termination area, enter the following:

Managed Element—Specifies a node in the network. Press the (CTRL+SPACE) key to display the available filters.
Termination Point—Allows you to change the managed element and to specify the termination point by pressing the CTRL+SPACE key or by pressing the search icon.

A new dialogue box is opened and the user can filter results by typing the appropriate fields in the Enter Search Query text box. Press the (CTRL+SPACE) key to display the available filters. When user selects an OCH-NC circuit the selection of local drop and local source is available.

Note When the user selects an OCH-NC circuit the selection of local drop and local source is available.

Local Drop—This field is displayed only when the OCH-NC circuit is selected.

Step 11 In the Destination Termination area, enter the following:

Managed Element—Specifies a node in the network.
Termination Point—Allows you to change the managed element and to specify the termination point by pressing the CTRL+SPACE key or by pressing the search icon.

A new dialogue box is opened and the user can filter results by typing the appropriate fields in the Enter Search Query text box. Press the (CTRL+SPACE) key to display the available filters. When user selects an OCH-NC circuit the selection of local drop and local source is available.

Local Source—This field is displayed only when the OCH-NC circuit is selected.

Step 12 To Provision Alien Wavelength using Circuit Wizard , do the following:

Open Circuit Wizard from Network Map or Domain Explorer , choose Source as CRS or DWDM and Destination as CRS or DWDM.
Check the WSON and UNI interface check boxes to enable and edit the Alien Wavelength parameters.
Enter Managed Elements and choose termination points for Source Termination Point and Destination Termination Point . The Configure Alien Wavelength button is enabled.
Click Configure Alien Wavelength and enter the following details in the Create Alien Wavelength pane:

The Create Alien Wavelength pane opens with provisioned Alien Wavelength and FEC values on Source and Destination peer node.

To change the provisioned AWL or FEC values on CRS and peer node:

a. Edit the supported Alien Wavelength and FEC values: Disabled, Standard, 20% High Gain FEC, and 7% High Gain FEC.

b. Click OK . A Cisco Prime Optical Confirmation dialog box opens to apply changes, Click Yes.

Note

If any mismatch is found in the provisioned AWL and FEC values, the system displays Cisco Prime Optical Confirmation dialog box to fix the mismatch values. Click Yes.
The system displays the Cisco Prime Optical Message dialog box, to ensure the configured message, click OK.
If no mismatch is found in the AWL and FEC values, the system displays Cisco Prime Optical Message dialog message box, click OK.

Click Create or Preroute button to provision the circuit.

– The system validates the provisioned AWL and FEC value on CRS and Peer Node (both Source and Destination in case of CRS-to-CRS UNI circuit). If any mismatch is found, the system displays the Cisco Prime Optical Confirmation dialog box to fix it, Click Yes.

The Create Alien Wavelength pane opens with provisioned AWL or FEC on peer node.
Click OK . User can change the provisioned AWL or FEC value on CRS and peer node. Refer a and the circuit provision starts.
Click No . The system stops the user to provision the circuit.

Step 13 In the WSON Attributes pane (displayed only for WSON), enter the following:

UNI Interface—Check the UNI Interface check box to configure the GMPLS UNI circuit between the ONS and CRS nodes on a DWDM node.

Note UNI circuits can be created either by using the CRS nodes or by using both the ONS and CRS nodes. But the source TP must always be the CRS node.

For UNI circuits in 10.6 NE, the Circuit Wizard allows you to choose between Manual or Automatic revert. However, circuit creation fails if the UNI link is not configured properly. If you choose Manual revert operation, and if the UNI link is not configured properly, then the following error is displayed:

Label—Enter/edit the name to display the circuit label. The label is a unique circuit identifier that is defined during circuit creation. WSON checks the label during circuit creation and restores its unique value along the path. Two identical strings can co-exist if the referred circuits do not use the same span. The label is also reported as an alphanumeric string in the circuit alarm.
Validation—Sets the validation mode. The available modes are:

– Full—The circuit gets created only if the circuit validation result is greater than or equal to the acceptance threshold value.

– None—The circuit is created without considering the acceptance threshold value.

Note You can set or edit the optical validation values for the main and the restoration path from the Create or Edit DWDM circuit window.

Allow Regeneration—Allows the Control Panel to find a regenerator deployed in the network. The regenerators are used when an optical LSP between two endpoints is not optical or lambda feasible with a single DWDM channel.

Allow regeneration check box when selected WSON circuits are allowed to traverse regeneration group and can potentially change wavelength.

Circuit Diversity—Sets the diversity path for the circuit. An existing circuit that is selected from the circuit pane is used as reference for the circuit diversity. This diverse path that will not be taken by the new circuit is displayed in the circuit pane. When selected, user can specify a circuit as diversity path option for the current circuit to be provisioned, the circuit is specified by name. Hints are displayed upon CTRL+SPACE key press or user can type a circuit name.
Ignore Path Alarms—Ignores the alarms on the path and create the circuit.
Restore—Restores the default values. Selects the priority level for the circuit. The priority is used in resolving resource allocation when two or more circuits require the same resource during circuit creation or restoration concurrently. The priority levels are 0 (High) to 7 (Low).

The Revert option reverts the circuit from the restored path to the original path after the failure is fixed. Options are:

– Automatic—Automatically reverts the circuit from the restored path to the original path after the failure is fixed, WSON alarms are acknowledged, and the soak time expires.

– Manual—Manually reverts the circuit from the restored path to the original path after the failure is fixed, the WSON alarms are acknowledged, and the soak time expires.

– Soak Time—The soak time (in hours, minutes, and seconds) is the period that the circuit on the restored path waits before switching to the original path after the failure is fixed. The circuit can revert to the original path after the soak time expires. The minimum value of soak time must be 00:00:01.

The Inherit option inherits the validation and acceptance threshold values from the primary circuit. When validation is selected, quality for working and protected path can be configured (if circuit is protected, the threshold can be applied to protected path too). The possible values are Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. See Table 7-4 for more information on the color definitions.

Note You can set/edit the optical validation values for the main and the restoration path from the Create/Edit DWDM circuit window.

Table 7-4 Color Definition Descriptions
Color	Definition
Green	Indicates that the channel failure risk is 0%.
Yellow	Indicates that the channel failure risk is between 0% and 16%.
Orange	Indicates that the channel failure risk is between 16% and 50%.
Red	Indicates that the channel failure risk is greater that 50%. The channel failure is at great risk if the risk percentage is between 50 and 70.

Channel Power Offset—Set or edit the upstream and downstream power offset of the channel. Options are:

– Upstream (dBm)—Sets the value of offset in dBm, negative or positive, that the COM_TX of the card uses on its PerChannelPower default value. Upstream applies to the card in the outgoing path of the circuit.

– Downstream (dBm)—Sets the value of offset in dBm, negative or positive, that the COM_TX of the card uses on its PerChannelPower default value. Downstream applies to the card in the outgoing path of the circuit.

Step 14 In the Wavelength pane, enter the following:

Working—Working check box is selected when circuit is not protected, when circuit is protected the wavelength settings can be configured for working and protected paths. Wavelength band can be selected from the drop down list.

Specific wavelength and wavelength can be selected from the drop down list.

Protected—specified the slot, port, STS (if applicable), and VT (if applicable) of the protect path.

The units are determined as follows:

wavelength (nm)
frequency (GHz)

Step 15 Expand the Path Constraints pane and enter the following:

ME/Link—contains NEs and links included in the current wizard selection context. Network Elements and links names can be typed by the user or are automatically retrieved by the system by pressing the CTRL+SPACE key combination. NE displayed (CTRL+SPACE). Network Element and links can be added to include list in path constraints pressing the + key and can be added to exclude list by pressing - key.

You can select OMS links from the ME/Link field.

Include—Include and exclude list can be modified (- key on the left side). Click Include to include the selected node in the route. The node appears in the Included Nodes list. You can modify the order of the include constraints by selecting from the list using the drag and drop functionality.
Exclude—Click Exclude to exclude the selected node from the route. The node appears in the Excluded Nodes list.

When the circuit is protected the constraints can be applied to both working and protected circuit paths.

Interaction with the network map (when circuit wizard is started from the map):

Link can be included or excluded to the working and protected path with the following actions:

– mouse right click

– the key combination highlighted in the menu

The following constraints are highlighted in the following colors:

– Links and network elements added to exclude path are highlighted in red color

– the working constraints are highlighted in green color.

Click Preroute to preroute a circuit. Click Create to create a new dwdm circuit. Click Clear to clear the entered details.

Note Preroute option is available only when all the attributes of a circuit are set to 10.6 node and can be opened only from the network map. Preroute functionality is not applicable for protected circuits.

Prerouting a DWDM Circuit

After a DWDM circuit is prerouted, the WSON circuit preview is highlighted in the network map. Available options in the DWDM window after preroute:

Activate
Reroute
Clear

Once the WSON preroute is available, you can include a link from the ME/Link drop-down to enable the Activate button.

Click Activate to activate a circuit.

Creating SONET/SDH Circuits

Use the Circuit Creation to set the circuit type for the circuit you create.

Table 7-5 describes the various types of circuits that can be created. The type of circuit that you can create depends on the NEs that you select as the source and destination.

Table 7-5 Circuit Types That Can Be Created Using the Create Circuit Wizard
Task	Description	See
Create an STS (including Ethernet), VT, VT tunnel, or VT aggregation circuit	—	Creating an STS (Including Ethernet), STS-V, VT, VT-V, VT Tunnel, or VT Aggregation Circuit
Create a VCAT circuit	You can create regular or open-ended VCAT circuits (STS-v, VT-v, VC_HO_PATH_VCAT_CIRCUIT, or VC_LO_PATH_VCAT_CIRCUIT).	Creating a Regular or Open-Ended VCAT Circuit
Create a VC_HO_path circuit	You can create unidirectional or bidirectional, revertive or nonrevertive, high-order path circuits.	Creating a VC_HO_Path_Circuit
Create a VC_LO_path circuit	You can create unidirectional or bidirectional, revertive or nonrevertive, low-order path circuits.	Creating a VC_LO_Path_Circuit
Create a VC low path tunnel connection	—	Creating a VC_LO_Path_Tunnel
Create a VC low path aggregation connection	—	Creating a VC_LO_Path_Aggregation Circuit
Create a monitor circuit	Use the Circuit table to create new circuits from the Prime Optical database and the associated cross-connections between NEs.	Creating a Monitor Circuit—CTC-Based NEs
Create a unidirectional drop circuit	Use the Create Drop wizard to create a new protected or unprotected unidirectional circuit drop.	Creating a Unidirectional Drop Circuit—CTC-Based NEs
Create a G1000-4 circuit	Provision G1000-4 point-to-point circuits and Ethernet manual cross-connects.	Creating G1000-4 Circuits
Create an E-series circuit	Create these configurations and Ethernet manual cross-connects.	Creating E-Series Circuits
Create a BLSR DRI or MS-SPRing DRI circuit	—	Creating a BLSR DRI or MS-SPRing DRI Circuit Automatically Creating a BLSR DRI or MS-SPRing DRI Circuit Manually

Note Low-order (LO) circuit options are not available for LO_VCAT circuits. Routing a LO_VCAT circuit, by selecting LO routing options to create a LAP/VC tunnel automatically, is not supported. If the LAP/VC tunnel already exists, and bandwidth is available, the LAP/VC tunnel is used to route LO_VCAT circuits.

Note When you create a low-order circuit and choose to create a tunnel automatically (by selecting the VT Tunnel on Transit Nodes option), the alias for the tunnel circuit will be the same as that provided for the low-order circuit. When you create multiple low-order circuits, the alias for the tunnel will be the same as the alias of the first low-order circuit.

Table 7-6 describes the fields in the Create Circuit wizard for optical devices.

Table 7-6 Field Descriptions for the Create Circuit Wizard—Optical Devices
Field	Description
Navigation Pane
The navigation pane on the left side of the Create Circuit wizard tells you where you are in the process of creating the circuit. The list of tasks shown initially is the default list of all possible tasks. As you move through the circuit creation, you are taken to the appropriate task. You can use the navigation pane to jump quickly from one task to the next, or to an already visited task. Using the navigation pane is faster than using the Back and Next buttons, because you can jump over multiple panes in one step versus clicking Back or Next and moving through the panes sequentially. Tip As you proceed through the wizard, the panes you have visited are highlighted in white and identified by a number. Panes that are not applicable to the current circuit creation sequence are shown in strikethrough italics. Tip Click the Maximize button to expand the Create Circuit wizard. After you expand the Create Circuit wizard, the Maximize button changes to the Reset Size button. Click the Reset Size button to reduce the Create Circuit wizard to its original size.
Type
Type	Select the type of circuit to create from the Type field. Note The circuit type selected is displayed (dimmed) in other panes in the Create Circuit wizard. To change the circuit type you must return to the Type pane and make a new selection. SONET and SDH circuits have different types. For SONET circuits, values are: STS (including Ethernet circuits) STS-v VT VT Aggregation VT Tunnel VT-v For SDH circuits, values are: VC_HO_PATH_CIRCUIT VC_HO_PATH_VCAT_CIRCUIT VC_LO_PATH_AGGREGATION VC_LO_PATH_CIRCUIT VC_LO_PATH_TUNNEL VC_LO_PATH_VCAT_CIRCUIT Note The available circuit types are based on the types selected for the user during user creation.
Number of Circuits	Enter the number of circuits that you want to create.
Auto-Ranged	If you are creating multiple circuits with the same slot and sequential port numbers, you can use Auto-Ranged to create the circuits automatically. The Auto-Ranged check box is checked automatically for multiple circuits.
For VC3 Port Grouping Only	(For SDH tunnel circuits only) Check this check box to create VC low-order path tunnels for port grouping. Using these circuits, VC4 tunnels can transport VC3 signal rates. Three ports form a port group. For example, in one E3 or one DS3i card, there are four port groups: Ports 1–3 = PG1, ports 4–6 = PG2, ports 7–9 = PG3, and ports 10–12 = PG4.
Attributes (fields depend on the circuit type)
Circuit
Name	Enter a unique name for the new circuit. The circuit name is a free-format string, up to 80 ASCII characters. In earlier Prime Optical releases, the maximum circuit length was 48 ASCII characters. For VCAT circuits, the maximum circuit name length is 44 ASCII characters. If you leave the field blank, Prime Optical assigns a default name to the circuit. Note This field is mandatory if the GMPLS (for OCHxx circuits only) check box is checked. If you enter a character that is not supported by a specific router, a warning dialog box appears before you proceed to the Source tab.
Circuit Alias	Enter a unique alias name for the new circuit. The alias name can contain alphanumeric characters. International character sets are also supported.
Description	Enter a description for the new circuit, up to 256 ASCII characters.
Type	Display only . Indicates the type of circuit that you selected in the Type pane. Note To change the circuit type you must return to the Type pane and make a new selection.
Size Group	Choose a size for the group that you want to provision. The following options are available: SONET SDH Ethernet FC/FICON Data/Storage Video Other
Size	Specify the size of the circuit. SONET circuit sizes are VT 1.5, VT2, STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-18c, STS-24c, STS-36c, STS-48c, STS-96c, and STS-192c. SDH circuit sizes are VC11, VC12, VC3, VC4, VC4-2c, VC4-3c, VC4-4c, VC4-6c, VC4-8c, VC4-12c, VC4-16c, VC4-32c, and VC4-64c. If OCHNC is selected in Type, the OCHNC circuit size is Equipment Not Specific. OCHCC circuit sizes are STM1, STM4, STM16, STM64, OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192, 10GE, 1GE, 10GFC, 4GFC, 2GFC, 1GFC, 4GFiCon, 2GFiCon, 1GFiCon, ESCON, ETR-CLO, ISC-PEER, ISC3-PEER-1G, ISC-PEER-2G, ISC-COMPACT, HDVT, SD1/D1, DV6000, or Pass Through. For supported circuit sizes on Ethernet cards, see the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual . For single-card EtherSwitch, only STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, and STS-12c apply. For multicard EtherSwitch, only STS-1, STS-3c, and STS-6c apply. FC/FICON circuit sizes are 10GFC, 4GFC, 2GFC, 1GFC, 4GFiCon, 2GFiCon, and 1GFiCon. Data/Storage circuit sizes are ESCON, ETR-CLO, ISC-PEER, ISC3-PEER-1G, ISC-PEER-2G, ISC-COMPACT, ISC-CHANNEL1, and InfiniBand. Video circuit sizes are HVDT, SD1/D1, DV6000, and DVB-ASI. Note The available circuit sizes are based on the size limitation imposed on the user during user creation.
Band	(OCHNC circuits only) Choose the band that you want to provision.
Channel Group	Choose the channel group that you want to provision.
Bidirectional	Check this check box to create a two-way circuit; uncheck it to create a one-way circuit.
State	Select an administrative state for the new circuit. SONET and SDH circuits have different values. For SONET circuits, values are: IS (In Service)—The circuit is in service and able to carry traffic. IS AINS (In Service–Auto In Service)—Alarm reporting is suppressed, but the circuit is able to carry traffic. OOS DSBLD (Out of Service–Disabled)—The circuit is out of service and unable to carry traffic. OOS_MT (Out of Service–Maintenance)—The circuit is in maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. For SDH circuits, corresponding values are: Unlocked Unlocked,autoInService Locked,disabled Locked,maintenance
Apply to Source/Destination Ports, If Allowed	Check this check box to apply the selected state to the source and destination ports.
Trunk Filtering (available for OCHCC circuit type only)
G.709 OTN	Disables or enables the G.709 OTN feature. Check this check box to filter the list of circuits to display only G.709 OTN-compatible circuits.
FEC	Disables or enables forward error correction. OTN must be enabled before you can enable FEC.
SF BER	Allows you to enter the signal fail bit error rate.
SD BER	Allows you to select the signal degrade bit error rate.
Mapping	The card can perform multiplexing per ITU-T G.709. The ODUk (client SONET/SDH payload) can be mapped to the Optical Channel (OTUk) either asynchronously (asynch mapping) or synchronously (synch mapping) with this setting.
Proactive Protection Attributes
Proactive Protection	Allows you to enable or disable the proactive protection that informs the CRS-1 routers of incoming Forward Error Correction (FEC) errors. By default, proactive protection is disabled.
Trigger Threshold	The maximum BER above which the Fast Re Route (FRR) is triggered. The default value for Enhanced FEC (EFEC) and FEC is 1E-3.
Revert Threshold	The BER value below which the FRR indication is switched off. The default value for EFEC and FEC is 1E-4. Note The revert threshold value cannot be higher than the trigger threshold value.
Trigger Window	The time period for which the BER value is monitored to check whether it is higher than the trigger threshold. If the BER value is higher than the trigger threshold, an FRR request is triggered. The default value for EFEC and FEC is 30 ms. The valid trigger window range is from 1 to 10000.
Revert Window	The time period for which the BER value is monitored to check whether it is less than the revert threshold. If the BER value is below the revert threshold, the FRR indication given to the routers is removed. The default value for EFEC and FEC is 2000 ms. The valid revert window range is from 1 to 10000.
Protection
Protected	If checked, protection is enabled for OCHNC circuits. Note The protected OCHNC must be bidirectional; the Bidirectional check box in the Circuit area must be checked. If the Use OCHNC Direction check box is checked, the Protected check box is dimmed.
Customer Information
Customer ID	Optional text field that displays the customer ID of the circuit. The customer ID can contain 0 to 256 alphanumeric and special characters.
Service ID	Optional text field that displays the service ID of the selected circuit. The service ID can contain 0 to 256 alphanumeric and special characters.
VCAT
Symmetric	Display only . Provisions the same number of members in both directions. For STS VCAT circuits, this check box is checked by default. Members use the same set of time slots but in opposite directions.
Open VCAT	Check this check box to create an open-ended VCAT circuit. Note You cannot use open-ended VCAT circuits to create L2 topologies.
Member Size	Select a size for each VCAT member.
Number of Members	Specify the number of members to be configured for the VCAT circuit.
Mode	Choose the protection mode for the VCAT circuit: None—Provides no protection. A failure on one member causes the entire VCAT circuit to fail. SW-LCAS—Allows the VCAT circuit to adapt to member failures and keep traffic flowing after failures at a reduced bandwidth. LCAS—Uses a signaling protocol where the members in a virtual concatenation group (VCG) can be dynamically changed without interrupting the operation of uninvolved members. If implemented correctly, there are no errors. LCAS allows the source and destination nodes of a VCG to signal to each other so that the addition or deletion of a member from the VCG can be synchronized without errors.
Protection
Protected	Check this check box to specify that circuit endpoints have to be selected only from cards that have embedded splitter-type protection.
Protected Drops (Non-Ethernet)	Specify whether protected drops are indicated. If selected, this option restricts the set of displayed source or destination termination points to those in 1:1, 1:n, or 1+1 protection groups.
Provision Working Go and Return on Primary Path	Check this check box to provision SNCP/UPSR protection routes in a Go and Return fashion as detailed in ITU-T G.841, to avoid too long a delay on another direction of traffic. This feature applies only to bidirectional UPSR/SNCP circuits. Unidirectional UPSR/SNCP circuits are not affected and the shortest path to the destination is always used as the working path.
Revertive	Specify whether traffic is reverted back to its original path when the conditions that diverted the circuit to the protect path are repaired. If you do not choose Revertive, traffic remains on the protect path.
Reversion Time	Specify the amount of time (in minutes) after which traffic reverts back to the original working path when conditions that caused the switch are cleared. The range is from 0.5 to 12.0 minutes. The Cisco default is 5 minutes.
SF Threshold (for SONET circuits only)	Set the UPSR path-level signal failure (SF) threshold. Note This field is visible only for point-to-point topologies.
SD Threshold (for SONET circuits only)	Set the UPSR path-level signal degrade (SD) threshold. Note This field is visible only for point-to-point topologies.
Switch on PDI-P (for SONET circuits only)	Specify whether traffic should switch based on a received STS payload defect indication. Note This field is visible only for point-to-point topologies.
Source (fields depend on the NE selected and the circuit type)
Use Secondary Source	(For DRI, open UPSR, and open-ended SNCP circuits) Check this check box to define a secondary source. Then, specify the slot, port, STS, DS-1, or VT for the secondary source. Note The Use Secondary Source check box is disabled when OCH-NC is selected as the circuit type.
NE ID	Choose from the list of available NE IDs to specify the source NE ID.
Subnetwork ID	Display only . Displays the ID of the subnetwork associated with the circuit source.
Slot	Specify the source slot (only for SONET/SDH circuits).
Port	Specify the source port (only for SONET/SDH circuits).
STS	(For SONET circuits) Specify the source STS.
VT	(For SONET circuits) Specify the source VT.
DS1	(For SONET circuits) Specify the source DS-1.
VC4	(For SDH circuits) Specify the source VC4.
VC3	(For SDH circuits) Specify the source VC3.
VC11	(For SDH circuits) Specify the source VC11.
VC12	(For SDH circuits) Specify the source VC12.
TUG3	(For SDH circuits) Specify the source TUG3.
TUG2	(For SDH circuits) Specify the source TUG2.
Destination (fields depend on the NE selected and the circuit type)
Use Secondary Destination	(For DRI, open UPSR, and open-ended SNCP circuits) Check this check box to define a secondary destination. Then, specify the slot, port, STS, DS-1, or VT for the secondary destination. Note The Use Secondary Destination check box is disabled when OCH-NC is selected as the circuit type.
NE ID	Choose from the list of available TPs to specify the destination TP.
Subnetwork ID	Display only . Displays the ID of the subnetwork associated with the circuit destination.
Slot	(For SONET and SDH circuits) Specify the destination slot.
Port	(For SONET and SDH circuits) Specify the destination port.
STS	(For SONET circuits) Specify the destination STS.
VT	(For SONET circuits) Specify the destination VT.
DS1	(For SONET circuits) Specify the destination DS-1.
VC4	(For SDH circuits) Specify the destination VC4.
VC3	(For SDH circuits) Specify the destination VC3.
VC11	(For SDH circuits) Specify the destination VC11.
VC12	(For SDH circuits) Specify the destination VC12.
TUG3	(For SDH circuits) Specify the destination TUG3.
TUG2	(For SDH circuits) Specify the destination TUG2.
OCHxx Options
OCHxx Options
G.709 OTN	Disable or enable the G.709 OTN feature. Check this check box to filter the list of circuits to display only G.709 OTN-compatible circuits.
FEC	Disable or enable forward error correction. G.709 OTN must be enabled before you can enable FEC.
SD BER	Set the signal degrade bit error rate.
Mapping	The card can perform multiplexing per ITU-T G.709. The ODUk (client SONET/SDH payload) can be mapped to the optical channel (OTUk) either asynchronously (asynch mapping) or synchronously (synch mapping) with this setting.
Revert/Reversion Time	(For protected circuits) Select the splitter-type protection.
Members Destination (available only for open-ended VCAT circuits)
Autoranged	Check this check box if you want to specify only the first member destination, and Prime Optical will automatically choose the remaining destinations. (Note that you will lose previous selections if you switch to Autoranged.) When Autoranged is enabled, available consecutive endpoints are returned, starting from the endpoint that you selected. The destination endpoints can be on different ports only if the source endpoint supports split routing. If you want to specify all of the destinations, leave the Autoranged check box unchecked.
VCAT Member Number	Select the member number to create.
Use Secondary Destination	Check this check box if you want to create a secondary destination. Then, specify the NE ID, subnetwork ID, slot, port, STS, VC, and VT for the primary and secondary destinations. Note The Use Secondary Destination check box is dimmed if the source endpoint does not support split routing.
NE ID	Choose from the list of available NE IDs to specify the destination NE ID (and secondary NE ID, if applicable).
Subnetwork ID	Display only . Displays the ID of the subnetwork associated with the circuit destination (and secondary subnetwork ID, if applicable).
Slot	Specify the destination slot (and secondary slot, if applicable).
Port	Specify the destination port (and secondary port, if applicable).
STS	Specify the destination STS (and secondary STS, if applicable).
VC	Specify the destination VC (and secondary VC, if applicable).
VT	Specify the destination VT (and secondary VT, if applicable).
Add Destination button	Click this button to save the selected endpoint for the member number shown in the VCAT Member Number list box. Note An error message warns you if duplicate endpoints are selected.
Show Destinations button	Click this button to launch a table that shows all of the open-ended VCAT primary and secondary destinations by VCAT member number.
Routing Preferences
Route Automatically	Enable or disable automatic route selection. If enabled, Prime Optical automatically determines the route for the circuit. Alternatively, you can disable automatic route selection and manually route the circuit where you specify all the intermediate hops on a hop-by-hop basis (up to 64 hops per circuit). You can manually route the circuit using either one of the following views: Graphical—Provides a map view that displays the nodes and links you can use to create the circuits. You can select the nodes and links that you need for your circuit from the map view. Graphical Enhanced—Provides an enhanced map view that includes top-level and detailed views. Top-level view types are subnetworks or groups to which the nodes belong. Each subnetwork or group view type contains a detailed view that displays the nodes and links that belong to the specific subnetwork or group. From the detailed view, you can select the nodes and links that you need for creating the circuit. Textual—Provides a text view that lists the nodes and links you can use to create the circuits. Note If the source and destination of the circuit are on the same node, automatic routing is enabled.
Using Required Nodes/Links	(Available only if Route Automatically is checked) If checked, Prime Optical automatically routes the circuit through the required nodes and/or links. There are several ways you can specify the required nodes and links. Choose one of the following: Graphical Graphical Enhanced Textual
Review Route Before Creation	(Available only if Route Automatically is checked) Check this check box to review the route before it is created. You can review the route in one of the following ways: Graphical Graphical Enhanced
VT-DS3 Mapped Conversion	(Available only if Route Automatically is checked) If checked, you can route the circuit using the DS3XM12 card. Not applicable for data cards (ML-series and CE-100T-8 cards). VT-DS3 mapped conversion is for VAP circuits and is automatically selected while creating a VAP circuit using a DS3 port.
Time Slot Restriction	If checked, you can enter an STS/VC4 value (to be used end-to-end) that Prime Optical will use to automatically determine the route for the circuit. Circuit creation fails if the same STS/VC4 is not available end-to-end. If circuit creation fails, you can try again using different values. The valid range is from 1 to 192 for SONET, or from 1 to 64 for SDH networks. Note Time Slot Restriction is not available for OCHCC and OCHNC circuit types. Note For VCAT circuits, you must enter multiple STS/VC4 values in the Time Slot Restriction field, in the Member Preferences table. The STS/VC4 values you enter in the Time Slot Restriction field cannot be identical, or circuit creation will fail with an error message.
Common Fiber Routing	(For VCAT circuits) Click this radio button to route each member circuit on the same fiber.
Split Routing	(For VCAT circuits) Click this radio button to route member circuits on separate paths.
Member Preferences	(For VCAT circuits) Specify the following information for member circuits: Number—Enter a number between 1 and 256 to identify the member. Name—Enter a unique name to identify the member. The name can contain up to 48 alphanumeric characters, including spaces. Protection—Specify the member circuit protection type (Fully Protected, PCA, DRI, or Unprotected). Node Diverse—Specify the node diversity for each member circuit: – Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths are node-diverse. – Desired—Prime Optical attempts node diversity. If node diversity is impossible, Prime Optical uses primary and alternate paths that are link-diverse. – Don’t Care: Link Diverse Only—Prime Optical creates primary and alternate paths that are link-diverse. The paths might be node-diverse, but Prime Optical does not check for node diversity. Set Protection for All—Allows you to choose the same protection type for all members. Set Node Diversity for All—Allows you to specify the same node diversity for all members.
Fully Protected Path	If selected, Prime Optical ensures that the circuit is fully protected. You can provision the circuit in a UPSR DRI topology by checking the Dual Ring Interconnect check box. Alternatively, if the circuit must pass across unprotected links, Prime Optical creates a primary and alternate circuit route (virtual UPSR) based on the following node diversity specifications: Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths of the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are node-diverse. Desired—Prime Optical attempts node diversity. If node diversity is impossible, Prime Optical uses primary and alternate paths that are link-diverse for the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path. Don’t Care: Link Diverse Only—Prime Optical creates primary and alternate paths that are link-diverse for the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path. The paths might be node-diverse, but Prime Optical does not check for node diversity.
Protection Channel Access	To route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel, if available, uncheck the Fully Protected Path check box, and check the Protection Channel Access check box.
Dual Ring Interconnect	If you selected Fully Protected Path and the circuit will be routed on a DRI, check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box. Note For DRI and iDRI manually created circuits, you must double-click the DRI span for it to become DRI. A single-click does not enable the DRI span.
Diverse Shared Risk Link Group (SRLG)	If checked, fully protected circuits are routed through working and protected links that do not share risk groups.
Overlay Ring	Check this check box if your configuration uses multiple cross-connections per node, and you want to provision the circuit across multiple rings. An overlay ring circuit traverses at least one node more than once and results in multiple cross-connections per node, per circuit. An overlay ring circuit can be protected or unprotected. Note that Prime Optical does not support a configuration where the source or destination node requires multiple cross-connections.
Conversion Route Constraints (available only if VT-DS3 Mapped Conversion is checked)
NE ID	Choose from the list of available NE IDs to specify the source NE ID.
Subnetwork ID	Display only . Displays the ID of the subnetwork associated with the circuit source.
Slot	Specify the source slot that contains the DS3XM12 card.
DS3 Mapped STS	Choose Circuit Source or Circuit Dest .
VT/VC LO Circuit Options (available only for VT and VC LO path circuits)
VT/VC LO Tunnel on Transit Nodes	This option is available if the VT or VC circuit passes through a node that does not have a low-order tunnel, or if an existing low-order tunnel is full. Low-order tunnels allow VT/VC circuits to pass through NEs without consuming low-order cross-connect card resources. In general, creating tunnels is a good idea if you are creating many low-order circuits from the same source and destination. Note For VCAT circuits, the VC LO Tunnel on Transit Nodes check box is disabled if you selected Split Routing as the routing preference and you specified any route constraints in the Route Constraints pane.
VT Aggregation Point (VAP)/VC LO Aggregation Point (LAP)	(For SONET) This option is available if you are creating a VT1.5 circuit to a DS-1, EC-1, DS3XM-6; or an OC-N port on a BLSR, 1+1, or Unprotected node. A VAP allows VT1.5 circuits to be routed through a node using one STS connection on the cross-connect card matrix rather than multiple connections on the VT1.5 matrix. (For SDH) This option is available if you are creating a VC12 circuit to an STM-N port for handoff to non-SDH networks or equipment, such as an IOF, switch, or DACS. A LAP allows low-order circuits to be routed through a node using one VC4 connection on the cross-connect card high-order matrix rather than multiple connections on the low-order matrix.
Circuit Source is STS/VC4 Grooming Node	Creates the VAP or LAP on the VT or VC circuit source node. This option is available only if the VT circuit originates on a DS-1, EC-1, DS3XM-6, or OC-N card, or if the VC circuit originates on an STM-N card.
Circuit Destination is STS/VC4 Grooming Node	Creates the VAP or LAP on the VT or VC circuit destination node. This option is available only if the VT circuit terminates on a DS-1, EC-1, DS3XM-6, or OC-N card, or if the VC circuit terminates on an STM-N card.
None	Choose this option if you do not want to create a low-order tunnel or a VAP/LAP. This is the only available option if Prime Optical cannot create a low-order tunnel or VAP/LAP.
VLAN Selection (available only for Ethernet cards or EtherGroups)
VLANs	Choose from the list of available VLANs to associate an existing VLAN to the circuit. If the Circuit VLANs list is empty, Prime Optical assigns the default VLAN. To create a new VLAN, click the New VLAN button. Enter a unique VLAN name and ID. The VLAN ID must be an integer greater than 1 but less than 4093. Click OK ; then, click OK in the Successfully created VLAN confirmation dialog box. The new VLAN appears in the list of VLANs. The list is ordered alphanumerically by VLAN name, where numbers precede letters and uppercase letters precede lowercase ones. Note Gigabit Ethernet G-series, ML-series, and E-series cards that are configured in port ML-series mode do not support VLAN assignment.
Enable Spanning Tree	Check this check box to enable spanning tree protection for the circuit. This option is disabled for intranode and multicard Ethernet circuits.
VT/VC LO Grooming Node Selection
Map view	Allows you to tag a node in the map view as a VT or VC LO grooming node. By clicking a node icon, the node is automatically tagged as a VT or VC LO grooming node.
Manual Provisioning (available if the Route Automatically check box is unchecked and the Graphical or Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected)
VCAT Member Number	(For VCAT circuits) Use the drop-down list to choose route constraints for each member circuit.
Map view	Displays the NEs that are available in the subnetwork for circuit creation. Map view also indicates the source and destination NEs (and secondary source and destination NEs, if applicable) selected for circuit creation. The map view is used to manually route the circuit from the source to the destination specified by the addition of the links selected. When you position your mouse cursor over a link, the tooltip displays ring information. Use the right-click menu options to navigate within the map view: Find Node—Opens the Find Node dialog box, which lists all of the nodes displayed in the map view. Choose a node from the drop-down list and click OK . The selection context in the map view changes to show the selected node highlighted in the visible map area. Zoom In—Allows you to zoom in on an object in the map view. Zoom Out—Allows you to zoom out on the map view. Reset Zoom—Resets the current zoom level to the default. Add—Allows you to add the selected span. Right-click a link and choose Add in the right-click menu. The selected link is added to the Include list with the default STS or VC4 value. The Add option applies to manual provisioning across all circuit types.
Operation in progress	(Available if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Shows the percentage of the operation that is complete during the calculation of the graphic objects.
Selected view type	(Available if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Select one of the following top-level view types: Subnetwork—Allows you to view the subnetwork(s) to which the NEs belong. This is the default view type. Group—Allows you to view the group(s) to which the NEs belong.
Current view	(Display only and available if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Displays the detailed view type that you selected.
Available view	(Available if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Allows you to select a detailed view type.
Top view button	(Available if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Click this button to change the top-level view type at any time.
Available Spans	Select a link on the map view (related to the selected node) and its corresponding details are displayed in the Available Spans pane. Click Add to move the spans to the Selected Spans field. The newly added link appears in blue on the map view.
Selected Spans	Select one or more spans and click Remove to remove them from the Selected Spans field. The removed link appears in green to indicate its unselected state. Note To specify a DRI link, double-click the link on the map. The map view displays the link as bidirectional.
Links/Nodes tab	Select the links/nodes in the graphic to populate the selected node field.
BLSR DRI Nodes or MS-SPRing DRI Nodes tab	(For BLSR DRI or MS-SPRing DRI circuits) Click the Add button to open the BLSR/MS-SPRing DRI dialog box, which allows you to provide primary and secondary pairs for traditional and nontraditional DRI circuits. Also specify ring and path options for the first and second rings. Click Remove to remove a DRI node from the list.
Manual Provisioning (available if the Route Automatically check box is unchecked and the Textual radio button is selected)
Src NE ID	Displays the circuit source NE.
Dest NE ID	Displays the circuit destination NE.
Current NE ID	Displays the currently selected NE.
Adj NE ID	Displays all the NEs that are adjacent to the currently selected NE.
Available Links	Lists all links between the currently selected and adjacent NEs. Choose a link from the drop-down list.
Available Spans	After you choose a link from the Available Links drop-down list, its corresponding details are displayed in the Available Spans pane. Click Add to move the spans to the Selected Spans field.
Selected Spans	Select one or more spans and click Remove to remove them from the Selected Spans field.
Next Hop	Click Next Hop to specify the next intermediate hop.
Reset	Click Reset to reset all hop information to the default values.
Alternate Route	Click Alternate Route to specify hop information for the alternate circuit route.
Route Constraints (applicable only if the Using Required Nodes/Links check box is checked)
VCAT Member Number	(For VCAT circuits) Use the drop-down list to choose route constraints for each member circuit.
Map view	Displays the NEs that are available in the subnetwork for circuit creation. This pane also indicates the source and destination NEs (and secondary source and destination NEs, if applicable) selected for circuit creation. The map view is used for the inclusion and exclusion of links or nodes during the specification of route constraints. The included nodes are shown in blue and the excluded links are shown in magenta. Use the right-click menu options to navigate within the map view: Find Node—Opens the Find Node dialog box, which lists all of the nodes displayed in the map view. Choose a node from the drop-down list and click OK . The selection context in the map view changes to show the selected node highlighted in the visible map area. Zoom In—Allows you to zoom in on an object in the map view. Zoom Out—Allows you to zoom out on the map view. Reset Zoom—Resets the current zoom level to the default. Exclude All Nodes—Allows you to exclude all nodes associated with the source and destination nodes. This reduces the time required to calculate the best route. The excluded nodes are dimmed, and are listed in the Excluded Links/Nodes pane. All nodes that are not listed in the Excluded Links/Nodes pane are accounted for while calculating the best route. To include a node again for a route-constraint calculation, choose the link from the list and click Remove . If you are using the Graphical Enhanced view, to exclude a node while calculating the route constraints, select the node and click Exclude . The excluded nodes are dimmed, and are listed in the Excluded Links/Nodes pane. To include a node again for a route-constraint calculation, choose the link from the list and click Remove . Right-click a link or link bundle and choose Expand or Collapse from the shortcut menu. If you choose Collapse , the links are hidden and the link bundle is displayed. If you choose Expand , the link bundle is hidden and the links are displayed. The color of the link bundle represents the link selection status, which has the following order of priority (from highest to lowest): Magenta—The link bundle contains at least one excluded link. Blue—The link bundle contains at least one selected link. White—The link bundle contains at least one selecting link. Green—All links in the link bundle are selectable. Red—The link bundle contains at least one unselectable link. The link bundle tooltip reports the number of links in the bundle and the name of each link. The background color of each link name in the tooltip represents the link selection status.
Src NE ID	(For textual manual provisioning) Displays the circuit source NE.
Dest NE ID	(For textual manual provisioning) Displays the circuit destination NE.
Nodes	(For textual manual provisioning) Select Nodes if you want to add nodes to your circuit route.
Links	(For textual manual provisioning) Select Links if you want to add links to your circuit route.
Current NE ID	(For textual manual provisioning) Displays the currently selected NE.
Adj NE ID	(For textual manual provisioning) Displays all the NEs that are adjacent to the currently selected NE.
Available Links	(For textual manual provisioning) Lists all links between the currently selected and adjacent NEs. Choose a link from the drop-down list.
Select Nodes	(For textual manual provisioning) Lists all nodes related to the currently selected NE. Choose a node from the list.
Selected Node/Link	Displays the currently selected NE or link.
Included Links/Nodes	Displays the list of links or nodes that are included in the route. All links and nodes listed in this pane are considered while calculating route constraints.
Excluded Links/Nodes	Displays the list of links or nodes that are excluded from the route. To remove the links and nodes from the list (to include the nodes to calculate route constraints), select the node and click Remove .
Review Route (applicable only if the Review Route before creation check box is checked)
VCAT Member Number	(For VCAT circuits) Use the drop-down list to view the route chosen for each member circuit.
Map view	Displays the NEs that are available in the subnetwork for circuit creation. This pane also indicates the source and destination NEs (and secondary source and destination NEs, if applicable) selected for circuit creation. The map view is used for the inclusion and exclusion of links or nodes during the specification of route constraints. The included nodes are shown in blue and the excluded links are shown in magenta. Use the right-click menu options to navigate within the map view: Find Node—Opens the Find Node dialog box, which lists all of the nodes displayed in the map view. Choose a node from the drop-down list and click OK . The selection context in the map view changes to show the selected node highlighted in the visible map area. Zoom In—Allows you to zoom in on an object in the map view. Zoom Out—Allows you to zoom out on the map view. Reset Zoom—Resets the current zoom level to the default.
Review Route	Displays the NEs that are available in the subnetwork for circuit creation. This pane also indicates the source and destination NEs (and secondary source and destination NEs, if applicable) selected for circuit creation. The map view displays information about the spans selected during autorouting in the subnetwork. The selected spans are shown in blue. When you select a span, its corresponding details are displayed in the Selected Span pane. The circuit summary displays the total hops and the cost for working and protect paths for the routed circuit.
Source NE ID	Displays the ID of the NE selected as the source node.
Destination NE ID	Displays the ID of the NE selected as the destination node.
Included Spans	If you enabled automatic route selection in the Routing Preferences pane, Prime Optical automatically selects spans to route the circuit. This field lists all the spans that the Prime Optical server selected automatically.
Selected Span	Displays detailed information about the span selected in the Included Spans list.
Add and Remove buttons	You can review and modify the automatic route that is selected for circuit creation. Click Add to change the automatically selected route by adding a route to the Selected Spans list. Click Remove to remove a route from the list. This functionality is similar to manual routing, except that the route from the source to the destination is preselected. Note You can modify the review route only for the following circuit types: STS_CIRCUIT, VT_CIRCUIT, VT_TUNNEL, VT_AGGREGATION, STS_VCAT_CIRCUIT, VT_VCAT_CIRCUIT, VC_HO_PATH_CIRCUIT, VC_LO_PATH_CIRCUIT, VC_LO_PATH_TUNNEL, VC_LO_PATH_AGGREGATION, VC_HO_VCAT_CIRCUIT, and VC_LO_VCAT_CIRCUIT.
Circuit Summary
Circuit Summary	Summarizes the selections you made in the wizard panes. To change the circuit summary, click Back and change your selection(s).

Creating an STS (Including Ethernet), STS-V, VT, VT-V, VT Tunnel, or VT Aggregation Circuit

Step 1 Select a node for which to create a circuit, and open the Create Circuit wizard. For an explanation of wizard launch points, see Table 7-3.

Step 2 In the Type pane, choose STS (including Ethernet circuits), STS-v, VT, VT-v, VT Tunnel, or VT Aggregation. (Choose STS for ML-series circuits. For ONS 15454, choose STS for circuits starting and ending at a fiber channel [FCMR] card). In the Number of Circuits field, enter the number of circuits you want to create. The Cisco default is 1. If you enter a number higher than 1, you can use autoranging to create the additional circuits automatically. You can create only one circuit for the following circuit types:

ML-series
VT-v
STS-v
VT aggregation
VT tunnel

Step 3 Click Next .

Step 4 In the Attributes pane, enter the following information; then, click Next :

Name—Enter a unique name for the new circuit. The circuit name is a free-format string of up to 48 ASCII characters. If you leave the field blank, Prime Optical assigns a default name to the circuit.
Circuit Alias—Enter a unique alias name for the new circuit. The alias name can contain alphanumeric characters. International character sets are also supported.
Description—Enter a circuit description of up to 256 characters.
Size (STS circuits only)—Specify STS-1, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-24c, STS-48c, STS-96c, or STS-192c. The valid size for circuits involving the DS3i card is STS-3c. Valid sizes for circuits involving the FC_MR-4 card are STS-1, STS-3c, STS-24c, and STS-48c.

For a single-card EtherSwitch, only STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, and STS-12c apply. For a multicard EtherSwitch, only STS-1, STS-3c, and STS-6c apply.

Valid circuit sizes for an ML-series circuit are STS-1, STS-3c, STS6c, STS-9c, STS-12c, STS-24c, and STS-96c.

Bidirectional—Check this check box to create a two-way circuit; uncheck it to create a one-way circuit. (For STS and VT circuits only; E-series circuits, G-series circuits, ML-series circuits, VAP circuits, and VT tunnels are bidirectional.)
State—Choose an administrative state to apply to the circuit:

– IS—The circuit is in service.

– OOS—The circuit is out of service. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.

– OOS–AINS—The circuit is out of service until it receives a valid signal, at which time the circuit state automatically changes to in service.

– OOS–MT—The circuit is in maintenance state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit.

Apply to source/destination ports—Check this check box to apply the selected state in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. Uncheck this check box for ML-series circuits.
Protected Drops (Non-Ethernet)—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed on protected drops only. If selected, this option restricts the set of displayed source or destination termination points to those in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection groups. Uncheck this check box for ML-series circuits.
Provision working go and return on primary path (bidirectional UPSR/SNCP protection only)—Check this check box to provision the working path to go or return to the primary path.

Note Prime Optical currently provisions unidirectional SNCP/UPSR circuits following the GR-1400 standard. For bidirectional SNCP/UPSR circuits, you can check the Provision working go and return on primary path check box to route the working and protect paths in one direction following the ITU-T G.841 standard. Unidirectional UPSR/SNCP circuits are not affected by this new routing, and the shortest path is always used as the working path.

Path Selectors (UPSR protection only)—If the circuit will be routed on a UPSR, set the UPSR path selectors as follows:

– Revertive—Check this check box if you want traffic to revert to the working path when the conditions that diverted it to the protect path are repaired. If you do not choose Revertive, traffic remains on the protect path.

– Reversion Time—If Revertive is checked, specify the amount of time (in minutes) after which traffic reverts back to the original working path when the conditions that caused the switch are cleared.

– SF Threshold (for STS circuits only)—Set the UPSR path-level SF bit error rate (BER) threshold. This field is visible only for point-to-point topologies.

– SD Threshold (for STS circuits only)—Set the UPSR path-level SD BER threshold. This field is visible only for point-to-point topologies.

– Switch on PDI-P (for STS circuits only)—Specify whether or not traffic should switch based on a received STS payload defect indication. This field is visible only for point-to-point topologies.

(Optional) Specify the customer information:

– Customer ID—Identify the end user of the circuit.

– Service ID—Enter the service ID of the circuit.

Step 5 In the Source pane, enter the following information; then, click Next :

NE ID—Choose from the list of available TPs to specify the source TP.
Source—Specify the source slot, port, STS, DS1-14, and VT.
Use Secondary Source—Check this check box to create a secondary source. Then, specify the NE ID, slot, port, STS, DS1-14, and VT for the secondary source.

Note The secondary source is applied to open-ended UPSR and DRI.

Step 6 In the Destination pane, enter the following information; then, click Next :

NE ID—Choose from the list of available TPs to specify the destination TP.
Destination—Specify the destination slot, port, STS, DS1-14, and VT.
Use Secondary Destination—Check this check box to create a secondary destination. Then, specify the slot, port, STS, DS1-14, and VT for the secondary destination.

Note The secondary destination is applied to open-ended UPSR and DRI.

Step 7 In the VLAN Selection pane (available only if an E-series Ethernet card or EtherGroup is chosen as the source or destination slot), do the following; then, click Next :

a. Choose from the list of available VLANs to associate an existing VLAN to the circuit. If the Circuit VLANs list is empty, Prime Optical assigns the default VLAN.

Note Gigabit Ethernet G-series, ML-series, and E-series cards that are configured in Port Mapped mode do not support VLAN assignment.

b. To create a new VLAN, click the New VLAN button. Enter a unique VLAN name and ID. The VLAN ID must be an integer greater than 1 but less than 4093. Click OK ; then, click OK in the Successfully created VLAN confirmation dialog box. The new VLAN appears in the list of VLANs. The list is arranged alphanumerically by VLAN name, where numbers precede letters and uppercase letters precede lowercase ones.

c. Check the Enable Spanning Tree check box to enable spanning tree protection for the circuit. This option is disabled for intranode and multicard Ethernet circuits.

Step 8 In the Routing Preferences pane, do the following; then, click Next .

a. Route Automatically—Enable or disable automatic route selection. If enabled, Prime Optical automatically determines the route for the circuit. If the source and destination of the circuit are on the same node, automatic routing is enabled. If disabled, you can specify the spans associated with the circuit. You can manually provision the circuit using one of the following views:

Graphical
Graphical Enhanced
Textual

b. Using Required Nodes/Links—(Available only if Route Automatically is checked) Check this check box to let Prime Optical automatically route the circuit through the required nodes and/or links. You can specify the required nodes and links using one of the following views:

Graphical
Graphical Enhanced
Textual

c. Review Route Before Creation—(Available only if Route Automatically is checked) Check this check box to review the route before it is created. You can review the route using one of the following views:

Graphical
Graphical Enhanced

d. VT-DS3 Mapped Conversion—(Available only if Route Automatically is checked) If checked, you can route the circuit using the DS3XM12 card. Not applicable for data cards (ML-series and CE-100T-8 cards). VT-DS3 mapped conversion is for VAP circuits and is automatically selected while creating a VAP circuit using a DS3 port.

e. Time Slot Restriction—If checked, you can enter an STS/VC4 value (to be used end-to-end) that Prime Optical uses to automatically determine the route for the circuit. Circuit creation fails if the same STS/VC4 is not available end-to-end. If circuit creation fails, you can try again using different values. The valid range is from 1 to 192 for SONET, or from 1 to 64 for SDH networks.

Note For VCAT circuits, you must enter multiple STS/VC4 values in the Time Slot Restriction field, in the Member Preferences table. The STS/VC4 values you enter in the Time Slot Restriction field cannot be identical or circuit creation will fail with an error message.

f. Fully Protected Path—If not selected, choose Protection Channel Access to route the circuit on a BLSR protection channel.

g. Fully Protected Path—If selected, Prime Optical ensures that the circuit is fully protected. You can provision the circuit in a UPSR DRI topology by checking Dual Ring Interconnect . Alternatively, if the circuit must pass across unprotected links, Prime Optical creates a primary and alternate circuit route (virtual UPSR) based on the following node diversity specifications:

Required—Prime Optical ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path are node-diverse.
Desired—Prime Optical attempts node diversity. If node diversity is impossible, Prime Optical uses primary and alternate paths that are link-diverse for the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path.
Don’t Care: Link Diverse Only—Prime Optical creates primary and alternate paths that are link-diverse for the UPSR portions of the complete circuit path. The paths might be node-diverse, but Prime Optical does not check for node diversity.
Dual Ring Interconnect—If selected, the other node specifications (Required, Desired, and Don’t Care: Link Diverse Only) are disabled.

h. Overlay Ring—( For STS high-order circuits only ) Check this check box if your configuration uses multiple cross-connections per node, and you want to provision the circuit across multiple rings. An overlay ring circuit traverses at least one node more than once and results in multiple cross-connections per node, per circuit. An overlay ring circuit can be protected or unprotected. Note that Prime Optical does not support a configuration where the source or destination node requires multiple cross-connections.

Step 9 In the VT Options pane (available only if you are creating a VT circuit and automatic routing is selected), choose one of the following radio buttons; then, click Next :

VT Tunnel on Transit Nodes
VAP
None

Step 10 If you created a VAP, in the VT Grooming pane, select the following:

STS Grooming Node
VT Grooming Node

Step 11 In the Manual Provisioning pane (available when Route Automatically is unchecked and the Graphical or Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected), do the following; then, click Next:

a. (Applicable if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Select one of the following top-level view types from the Selected View Type list:

Subnetwork—Allows you to view the subnetwork(s) to which the NEs belong. This is the default view type.
Group—Allows you to view the group(s) to which the NEs belong.

The Current View field is set to Top.

b. (Applicable if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Select a detailed view type from the Available Views list, or right-click a subnetwork or group and choose View. The Current View field is set to the detailed view type that you selected.

In a complex network, it might take several minutes or longer to calculate and display the graphic objects in the map view. The progress bar at the top of the map tracks the percentage of completion while the map is updated.

c. Use the map view to manually route the circuit from the source to the destination specified by the addition of the links selected. Use the right-click menu options to navigate within the map view:

Find Node—Opens the Find Node dialog box, which lists all of the nodes displayed in the map view. Choose a node from the drop-down list and click OK . The selection context in the map view changes to show the selected node highlighted in the visible map area.
Zoom In—Allows you to zoom in on an object in the map view.
Zoom Out—Allows you to zoom out on the map view.
Reset Zoom—Resets the current zoom level to the default.
Add—Allows you to add the selected span. Right-click a link and choose Add in the right-click menu. The selected link is added to the Available Spans list with the default STS or VC4 value. The Add option applies to manual provisioning across all circuit types.

d. Select a link on the map view (related to the selected node) and its corresponding details are displayed in the Available Spans pane. Click Add to move the spans to the Selected Spans field. The newly added link appears in blue on the map view.

e. Select one or more spans and click Remove to remove them from the Selected Spans field. The removed link appears in green to indicate its unselected state.

Note To specify a DRI link, double-click the link on the map. The map view displays the link as bidirectional.

f. (For BLSR DRI or MS-SPRing DRI circuits) In the BLSR DRI Nodes or MS-SPRing DRI Nodes tab, click the Add button to open the BLSR/MS-SPRing DRI dialog box, which allows you to provide primary and secondary pairs for traditional and nontraditional DRI circuits. Also specify ring and path options for the first and second rings. Click Remove to remove a DRI node from the list.

Note If the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected and you want to change the top-level view type at any time, click Top View. The map view reverts to the default Subnetwork view type.

Step 12 In the Manual Provisioning pane (available when Route Automatically is unchecked and the Textual radio button is selected), do the following; then, click Next:

a. Specify the following:

Src NE ID— Display only . Displays the circuit source NE.
Dest NE ID— Display only . Displays the circuit destination NE.
Current NE ID— Display only . Displays the currently selected NE.
Adj NE ID— Display only . Displays all the NEs that are adjacent to the currently selected NE.
Available Links—Lists all links between the currently selected and adjacent NEs. Choose a link from the drop-down list.
Available Spans—After you choose a link from the Available Links drop-down list, its corresponding details are displayed in the Available Spans pane. Click Add to move the spans to the Selected Spans field.
Selected Spans—Select one or more spans and click Remove to remove them from the Selected Spans field.

b. Click Next Hop to specify the next intermediate hop; then, repeat substep a .

c. Click Reset to reset all hop information to the default values.

d. Click Alternate Route to specify hop information for the alternate circuit route.

Step 13 In the Route Constraints pane (available when Route Automatically and Using Required Nodes/Links are enabled and the Graphical or Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected), a graphical representation of the circuit is displayed, including source and destination nodes. Specify the nodes or links to include in the circuit route. Complete the following substeps:

a. (Applicable if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Select one of the following top-level view types from the Selected View Type list:

Subnetwork—Allows you to view the subnetwork(s) to which the NEs belong. This is the default view type.
Group—Allows you to view the group(s) to which the NEs belong.

The Current View field is set to Top.

c. In the circuit display, select the node or link. The NE ID or link ID is displayed in the Selected Node/Link field.

d. Click Include to include the selected node or link in the route. The node or link appears in the Included Links/Nodes list.

e. Click Exclude to exclude the selected node or link from the route. The node or link appears in the Excluded Links/Nodes list.

f. Click Remove to remove the selected node or link from the Included Links/Nodes or Excluded Links/Nodes lists.

g. Click Up or Down to set the sequence of the nodes and spans included in the circuit.

h. Repeat substeps c to g for each node or link that you want to include in the circuit route.

i. Click Finish , or, if Review Route Before Creation is checked in the Routing Preferences pane, click Next .

Note If the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected and you want to change the top-level view type at any time, click Top View. The map view reverts to the default Subnetwork view type.

Step 14 In the Route Constraints pane (available when Route Automatically and Using Required Nodes/Links are enabled and the Textual radio button is selected), specify the nodes or links to include in each hop of the circuit route. Complete the following substeps:

a. Select Nodes in the Select Nodes/Links area if you want to add nodes to your circuit route; then, specify the node information in the Select Nodes area.

b. Select Links in the Select Nodes/Links area if you want to add links to your circuit route; then, specify the link information in the Select Links area.

c. Click Add to add a BLSR-DRI or MS-SPring-DRI to the circuit route.

d. Click Include to include the selected node or link in the route. The node or link appears in the Included Links/Nodes list.

e. Click Exclude to exclude the selected node or link from the route. The node or link appears in the Excluded Links/Nodes list.

f. Click Remove to remove the selected node or link from the Included Links/Nodes or Excluded Links/Nodes lists.

g. Click Up or Down to set the sequence of the nodes and spans included in the circuit.

h. Repeat these substeps for each node or link that you want to include in the circuit route.

i. Click Finish , or, if Review Route Before Creation is checked in the Routing Preferences pane, click Next .

Step 15 In the Review Route pane (available only if Review Route Before Creation is checked), do the following:

a. In the circuit display, review the ID of the source and destination NEs.

b. Included Spans—Because automatic route selection is enabled in the Routing Preferences pane, Prime Optical automatically selects spans to route the circuit. This field lists all the spans that the Prime Optical server selected automatically.

c. Selected Span—Displays the following information about the span selected in the Included Spans list:

From—Span source
To—Span destination
Source STS—STS value
VT—VT time slot

Note If you selected VT as the circuit type in the Attributes pane, choose Review Route Before Creation in the Routing Preferences pane, and selected VT Tunnel on Transit Nodes in the VT Options pane, the VT tunnel is created regardless of whether or not you are finished provisioning the circuit. Even if you click the Back button in the Review Route pane and change the VT circuit options, the newly created VT tunnel will not be deleted.

d. (Optional) You can review and modify the automatic route that is selected for circuit creation. Click Add to change the automatically selected route by adding a route to the Selected Spans list. Click Remove to remove a route from the list.

e. Click Finish .

Step 16 In the message box, click OK .

Caution It takes several seconds to create a circuit. During that interval, if a new circuit is added with the same name, both circuits might be identified as duplicates. Therefore, be careful not to add a duplicate circuit during the creation of the first circuit.

Creating a Regular or Open-Ended VCAT Circuit

This section describes how to create regular and open-ended VCAT circuits (STS-v, VT-v, VC_HO_PATH_VCAT_CIRCUIT, or VC_LO_PATH_VCAT_CIRCUIT).

Prime Optical supports open-ended VCAT circuits that originate on Ethernet or ML-series cards. The destination can be OC-n or STM-n cards. You can route open-ended VCAT circuits to or from any of the cards or ports where VCAT circuits originate or terminate. Compared to a standard VCAT circuit, an open-ended VCAT circuit has only one VCG.

VCAT and open-ended VCAT circuits are supported on the following cards:

CE-100T-8—Supported on ONS 15454 SONET NEs
CE-MR-6—Supported on ONS 15310 MA SONET and ONS 15310 MA SDH NEs
CE-MR-10—Supported on ONS 15454 SONET and ONS 15454 SDH NEs
E100-WAN-8, GigE-WAN-2, STM-1-1-8-LC—Regular VCAT circuits are supported on ONS 15305 CTC NEs

Note Open-ended VCAT circuits are not supported on ONS 15305 CTC NEs.

FCMR—Supported on ONS 15454 SONET and ONS 15454 SDH NEs
ML1000, ML100T, ML-MR-10—Supported on ONS 15454 SONET and ONS 15454 SDH NEs
ML-100T-8—Supported on ONS 15310 CL, ONS 15310 MA SONET, and ONS 15310 MA SDH NEs

Note Each card supports a different number of members. You can create only bidirectional, revertive/nonrevertive, high-order/low-order path circuits. Prime Optical can route the circuits automatically, or you can route them manually. Also, all members can be routed through a single fiber, or you can specify a split-fiber routing preference. You must choose a destination for each member.

Complete the following steps to create a VCAT or open-ended VCAT circuit:

Step 1 Select a node for which to create a circuit, and open the Create Circuit wizard. For an explanation of wizard launch points, see Table 7-3.

Step 2 In the Type pane, select STS-v, VT-v, VC_HO_PATH_VCAT_CIRCUIT, or VC_LO_PATH_VCAT_CIRCUIT.

For SDH nodes:

LO_VCAT circuits from an ONS 15454 SDH CE-100T-8 card to a 15305 E-100 card, and a CE-MR-10 card to another CE-MR-10, ML-series, G1000, or OCn card are supported for VCAT circuits
LO_VCAT (VC3) circuits between a GigE-WAN-2 and ML1000 card (number of members = 2), and between a GigE-WAN-2 card and CE-100T-8 card (number of members = 1) are supported for VCAT circuits

Step 3 In the Number of Circuits field, enter the number of circuits you want to create. The Cisco default is 1. If you enter a number higher than 1, you can use autoranging to create the additional circuits automatically.

Note You can create only one VCAT circuit at a time.

Step 4 In the Attributes pane, enter the following information; then, click Next :

Name—Enter a unique name for the new circuit. For VCAT circuits, the circuit name is a free-format string, up to 44 ASCII characters. If you leave the field blank, Prime Optical assigns a default name to the circuit.
Circuit Alias—Enter a unique alias name for the new circuit. The alias name can contain alphanumeric characters. International character sets are also supported.
Description—Enter a circuit description of up to 256 characters.
Type—Displays the circuit type.
Bidirectional—In this release, only bidirectional VCAT circuits are supported.
State—Specify IS, OOS_DSBLD, OOS_MT, IS_AINS, or OOS_OOG (Out of Service–Out of Group).
Apply to source/destination ports—Check this check box to apply the selected state to the source and destination ports.
Symmetric— Display only.
Open VCAT—Check this check box to create an open-ended VCAT circuit. You cannot use open-ended VCAT circuits to create L2 topologies.
Member Size—Select the size of the member for the VCAT circuit. This is the unit for VCAT circuit size.
Number of Members—Select the number of members (for the member size previously selected). Different cards support different numbers of members with different sizes.
Mode—Select the LCAS mode (None, Sw-LCAS, or LCAS) for the VCAT circuit. If you select a mode other than None, only the cards supporting the LCAS mode selected are listed for the source and destination selection.
Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protected drops only; that is, to cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection.
Provision working go and return on primary path (bidirectional UPSR/SNCP protection only)—Check this check box to provision the working path to go and return to the primary path.
Path Selectors—If the circuit will be routed on an SNCP node, set the defaults as follows:

– Revertive—Check this check box if you want traffic to revert to the working path when the conditions that diverted it to the protect path are repaired. If Revertive is not chosen, traffic remains on the protect path.

– Reversion time—If Revertive is checked, set the reversion time. This is the amount of time that elapses before the traffic reverts to the working path. Traffic can revert when conditions causing the switch are cleared. (The Cisco default reversion time is 5 minutes.)

– SF threshold—Choose from 1 E-3, 1 E-4, or 1 E-5.

– SD threshold—Choose from 1 E-5, 1 E-6, 1 E-7, 1 E-8, or 1 E-9.

– Switch on PDI-P—Not applicable.

Customer ID (optional)—Identify the end user of the circuit.
Service ID (optional)—Enter the service ID of the circuit.

Note The customer ID and service ID for the VCAT circuit are applied to all member circuits.

Step 5 In the Source pane, set the circuit source. The options displayed depend on the circuit type, the circuit properties selected in the Attributes pane, and the cards installed on the node. Enter the following information; then, click Next :

NE ID—Choose from the list of available TPs to specify the source TP.
Source—Specify the following:

– Source slot.

– Port.

– Member—Available only if the source slot is a CE-MR-10 card in Manual mode. Click Edit Members to add or remove member CTP(s) of the source TP. In the Member Selection dialog box, you can use the Add button to move the CTP(s) to the Selected CTPs list, use the Remove button to move the CTP(s) to the Available CTPs list, or click Up or Down to reorder the Selected CTPs list. Click OK to close the Member Selection dialog box.

Step 6 In the Destination pane (available for regular VCAT circuits), set the circuit destination. The options displayed depend on the circuit type, the circuit properties selected in the Attributes pane, and the cards installed on the node. Enter the following information; then, click Next :

NE ID—Choose from the list of available TPs to specify the destination TP.
Source—Specify the following:

– Destination slot.

– Port.

Step 7 In the Members Destination pane (available for open-ended VCAT circuits), do the following; then, click Next :

a. Specify the destinations:

To specify only the first member destination, check the Autoranged check box; Prime Optical will automatically choose the remaining destinations. (Note that you will lose previous selections if you switch to Autoranged.) When Autoranged is enabled, available consecutive endpoints are returned, starting from the endpoint that you selected. The destination endpoints can be on different ports only if the source endpoint supports split routing.
To specify all of the destinations, leave the Autoranged check box unchecked.

b. In the VCAT Member Number list box, select the member number to create.

c. If you want to create a secondary destination, check the Use Secondary Destination check box. Then, specify the NE ID, subnetwork ID, slot, port, STS, VC, and VT for the primary and secondary destinations.

Note The Use Secondary Destination check box is dimmed if the source endpoint does not support split routing.

d. Click the Add Destination button to save the selected endpoint for the member number shown in the VCAT Member Number list box.

e. Click the Show Destinations button to launch a table that shows all of the open-ended VCAT primary and secondary destinations by VCAT member number.

Step 8 In the Routing Preferences pane, do the following; then, click Next :

Graphical
Graphical Enhanced
Textual

Graphical
Graphical Enhanced
Textual

Graphical
Graphical Enhanced

d. Time Slot Restriction—If checked, you can enter an STS/VC4 value (to be used end-to-end) that Prime Optical uses to automatically determine the route for the circuit. Circuit creation fails if the same STS/VC4 is not available end-to-end. If circuit creation fails, you can try again using different values. The valid range is from 1 to 192 for SONET, or from 1 to 64 for SDH networks.

Note For VCAT circuits, you must enter multiple STS/VC4 values in the Member Preferences table > Time Slot Restriction field. The STS/VC4 values that you enter in the Time Slot Restriction field cannot be identical, or circuit creation will fail with an error message.

e. Select the routing preference for VCAT members. If all members are to be routed on a single fiber, choose Common Fiber Routing . If members are to be routed through different fibers in case one fiber does not have sufficient bandwidth, choose Split Routing .

f. Specify the following member preferences:

Number—Select the member number, a unique number from 1 to 256.
Name—Edit the name for the member circuit. By default, VCAT-NAME_Default MemberNumber is the member name, where VCAT-NAME is the parent VCAT circuit name being created.
Protection—Select the protection mechanism for member circuits:

– Fully Protected—To route the circuit on a protected path, choose Fully Protected (default). A fully protected circuit route is created based on the diversity option you choose. Fully protected paths might or might not have UPSR/SNCP path segments with primary and alternate paths. The path diversity options apply only to UPSR/SNCP path segments, if any exist.

– Unprotected—To create an unprotected circuit, choose Unprotected .

– PCA—To route the circuit on a PCA route, choose PCA. PCA circuits are unprotected. Once you enable PCA, a label reading PCA will appear on the link.

– DRI—To configure dual ring interconnect protection on a VCAT circuit, choose DRI . All VCAT members must share the same DRI protection type. You cannot assign DRI protection when textual manual provisioning is enabled.

Node Diversity—Select node diversity for each member circuit.
Diverse SRLG—Select True if fully protected circuits will be routed through working or protected links that do not share risk groups.

g. If you selected Fully Protected Path, choose one of the following options:

Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the extended UPSR/SNCP mesh network portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred; however, if node diversity is not possible, link-diverse paths are created for the extended UPSR/SNCP mesh network portion of the complete circuit path.
Link Diverse Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for extended UPSR/SNCP mesh network portions of the complete circuit path are needed.
N/A (Not Applicable)—Prime Optical does not support Dual Ring Interconnect.

Note Node diversity can be set for each member when Fully Protected is selected and Split Fiber Routing is selected.

Step 9 In the Manual Provisioning pane (available when Route Automatically is unchecked and the Graphical or Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected), do the following; then, click Next:

a. (Applicable if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Select one of the following top-level view types from the Selected View Type list:

Subnetwork—Allows you to view the subnetwork(s) to which the NEs belong. This is the default view type.
Group—Allows you to view the group(s) to which the NEs belong.

The Current View field is set to Top.

c. Use the map view to manually route the circuit from the source to the destination specified by the addition of the links selected. Use the right-click menu options to navigate within the map view:

Find Node—Opens the Find Node dialog box, which lists all of the nodes displayed in the map view. Choose a node from the drop-down list and click OK . The selection context in the map view changes to show the selected node highlighted in the visible map area.
Zoom In—Allows you to zoom in on an object in the map view.
Zoom Out—Allows you to zoom out on the map view.
Reset Zoom—Resets the current zoom level to the default.
Add—Allows you to add the selected span. Right-click a link and choose Add in the right-click menu. The selected link is added to the Available Spans list. The Add option applies to manual provisioning across all circuit types.

d. In the VCAT Member Number list box, select the member for which the route is to be selected.

e. In the circuit display, select the span to use for the next hop.

f. In the Available Spans area, complete the following information:

From—Displays the source of the span
To—Displays the destination of the span

g. Click Add . The span is added to the Selected Spans list.

h. Repeat substeps d to f for each intermediate NE until the destination NE is reached.

i. Repeat substeps c to g for each member until all members are routed.

j. To delete a span from the Selected Spans area, select a span from the Selected Spans list and click Remove .

Note To specify a DRI link, double-click the link on the map. The map view displays the link as bidirectional.

k. (For BLSR DRI or MS-SPRing DRI circuits) In the BLSR DRI Nodes or MS-SPRing DRI Nodes tab, click the Add button to open the BLSR/MS-SPRing DRI dialog box, which allows you to provide primary and secondary pairs for traditional and nontraditional DRI circuits. Also specify ring and path options for the first and second rings. Click Remove to remove a DRI node from the list.

Note If the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected and you want to change the top-level view type at any time, click Top View. The map view reverts to the default Subnetwork view type.

Step 10 In the Manual Provisioning pane (available when Route Automatically is unchecked and the Textual radio button is selected), do the following; then, click Next:

a. Specify the following:

Src NE ID— Display only .
Dest NE ID— Display only .
Current NE ID— Display only .
Adj NE ID— Display only .
Available Links—Lists all links between the currently selected and adjacent NEs. Choose a link from the drop-down list.
Available Spans—After you choose a link from the Available Links drop-down list, its corresponding details are displayed in the Available Spans pane. Click Add to move the spans to the Selected Spans field.
Selected Spans—Select one or more spans and click Remove to remove them from the Selected Spans field.

b. Click Next Hop to specify the next intermediate hop; then, repeat substep a .

c. Click Reset to reset all hop information to the default values.

d. Click Alternate Route to specify hop information for the alternate circuit route.

Step 11 In the Route Constraints pane (available when Route Automatically and Using Required Nodes/Links are enabled and the Graphical or Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected), a graphical representation of the circuit is displayed, including source and destination nodes. Select the member from the Member list box at the top of the pane. For common fiber routing, there is no Member list box, because constraints are applied to all the members. In split fiber routing, you can select different constraints for different members by selecting a member and then selecting spans or NEs to be included or excluded for routing the circuit. Specify the nodes or links to include in the circuit route. Complete the following substeps:

a. (Applicable if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Select one of the following top-level view types from the Selected View Type list:

Subnetwork—Allows you to view the subnetwork(s) to which the NEs belong. This is the default view type.
Group—Allows you to view the group(s) to which the NEs belong.

The Current View field is set to Top .

c. In the VCAT Member Number list box, select the member for which constraints are to be selected.

d. In the circuit display, select the node or link. The NE ID or link ID is displayed in the Selected Node/Link field.

e. Click Include to include the selected node or link in the route. The node or link appears in the Included Links/Nodes list.

f. Click Exclude to exclude the selected node or link from the route. The node or link appears in the Excluded Links/Nodes list.

g. Click Remove to remove the selected node or link from the Included Links/Nodes or Excluded Links/Nodes lists.

h. Click Up or Down to set the sequence of the nodes and spans included in the circuit.

i. Repeat substeps d to h for each node or link that you want to include in the circuit route.

j. (Optional) Repeat substeps c to i for each member.

k. Click Finish , or, if Review Route Before Creation is checked in the Routing Preferences pane, click Next .

Note If the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected and you want to change the top-level view type at any time, click Top View. The map view reverts to the default Subnetwork view type.

Step 12 In the Route Constraints pane (available when Route Automatically and Using Required Nodes/Links are enabled and the Textual radio button is selected), specify the nodes or links to include in each hop of the circuit route. Complete the following substeps:

a. Select Nodes in the Select Nodes/Links area if you want to add nodes to your circuit route; then, specify the node information in the Select Nodes area.

b. Select Links in the Select Nodes/Links area if you want to add links to your circuit route; then, specify the link information in the Select Links area.

c. Click Add to add a BLSR-DRI or MS-SPring-DRI to the circuit route.

d. Click Include to include the selected node or link in the route. The node or link appears in the Included Links/Nodes list.

e. Click Exclude to exclude the selected node or link from the route. The node or link appears in the Excluded Links/Nodes list.

f. Click Remove to remove the selected node or link from the Included Links/Nodes or Excluded Links/Nodes lists.

g. Click Up or Down to set the sequence of the nodes and spans included in the circuit.

h. Repeat substeps a to e for each node or link that you want to include in the circuit route.

i. Click Finish , or, if Review Route Before Creation is checked in the Routing Preferences pane, click Next .

Step 13 In the Review Route pane (available only if Review Route Before Creation is checked), do the following:

Note Member routing information is displayed when a particular member is selected from the list box.

a. In the VCAT Member Number list box, select the member.

b. In the circuit display, review the ID of the source and destination NEs.

c. Included Spans—Because automatic route selection is enabled in the Routing Preferences pane, Prime Optical automatically selects spans to route the circuit. This field lists all the spans that the Prime Optical server selected automatically.

d. Selected Span—Review the span information.

e. (Optional) You can review and modify the automatic route that is selected for circuit creation. Click Add to change the automatically selected route by adding a route to the Selected Spans list. Click Remove to remove a route from the list.

f. Click Finish .

Step 14 In the message box, click OK . The VCAT or open-ended VCAT circuit is displayed in the Circuit Table .

Creating a VC_HO_Path_Circuit

The E1-N-14 card, STM-N cards, and Ethernet cards all use high-order path circuits. You can create unidirectional or bidirectional, revertive or nonrevertive, high-order path circuits. Prime Optical can route the circuits automatically, or you can route them manually. The E3-12 and DS3i-N-12 cards use VC low-order path tunnels.

Step 1 Select a node for which to create a circuit, and open the Create Circuit wizard. For an explanation of wizard launch points, see Table 7-3.

Step 2 In the Type pane, choose VC_HO_Path_Circuit . The circuit type determines the provisioning options that are displayed. In the Number of Circuits field, enter the number of circuits you want to create. The Cisco default is 1. If you enter a number higher than 1, you can use autoranging to create the additional circuits automatically.

Step 3 Click Next .

Step 4 In the Attributes pane, enter the following information; then, click Next :

Name—Enter a unique name for the new circuit. The circuit name is a free-format string of up to 48 ASCII characters. If you leave the field blank, Prime Optical assigns a default name to the circuit.
Circuit Alias—Enter a unique alias name for the new circuit. The alias name can contain alphanumeric characters. International character sets are also supported.
Description—Enter a circuit description of up to 256 characters.
Size—Select the circuit size. VC high-order path circuits can be VC4, VC4-2c, VC4-3c, VC4-4c, VC4-8c, VC4-16c, or VC4-64c for optical cards and for some Ethernet cards (depending on the card type). Of the Ethernet cards, only the G-1000 can use VC4-3c, VC4-8c, and VC4-16c. The “c” indicates concatenated VC4s.
Bidirectional—Check this check box to create a two-way circuit; uncheck it to create a one-way circuit.
State—Specify the circuit state. Options vary depending on the type of circuit selected.
Apply to source/destination ports—Check this check box to apply the selected state to the source and destination ports.
Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protected drops only; that is, to cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection.
Provision working go and return on primary path (bidirectional UPSR/SNCP protection only)—Check this check box to provision the working path to go and return to the primary path.

Path Selectors (SNCP Protection Only)—If the circuit will be routed on an SNCP node, set the defaults as follows:

– Reversion time—If Revertive is checked, set the reversion time. This is the amount of time that elapses before the traffic reverts to the working path. Traffic can revert when conditions causing the switch are cleared. (The Cisco default reversion time is 5 minutes.)

– SF threshold—Choose from 1 E-3, 1 E-4, or 1 E-5.

– SD threshold—Choose from 1 E-5, 1 E-6, 1 E-7, 1 E-8, or 1 E-9.

– Switch on PDI-P—Not applicable.

Customer ID (optional)—Identify the end user of the circuit.
Service ID (optional)—Enter the service ID of the circuit.

Step 5 In the Source pane, set the circuit source. The options displayed depend on the circuit type, the circuit properties selected in the Attributes pane, and the cards installed in the node. Click Use Secondary Source if you want to create an SNCP bridge/selector circuit entry point in a multivendor SNCP.

Step 6 Click Next .

Step 7 In the Destination pane, set the circuit destination. The options displayed depend on the circuit type, the circuit properties selected in the Attributes pane, and the cards installed in the node. Click Use Secondary Destination if you want to create a circuit destination point for unidirectional/bidirectional circuits.

Step 8 Click Next .

Step 9 In the Routing Preferences pane, do the following; then, click Next :

Graphical
Graphical Enhanced
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Graphical
Graphical Enhanced
Textual

Graphical
Graphical Enhanced

e. Set the circuit path protection as follows:

To route the circuit on a protected path, leave the Fully Protected Path check box checked (default) and proceed to the next substep. A fully protected circuit route is created based on the path diversity option you choose. Fully protected paths might or might not have SNCP path segments with primary and alternate paths. The path diversity options apply only to SNCP path segments, if any exist.
To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck the Fully Protected Path check box and go to Step 10.
To route the circuit on an MS-SPRing protection channel, uncheck Fully Protected Path , check Protection Channel Access , and go to Step 10.

f. If you selected Fully Protected Path , choose one of the following options:

Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the extended SNCP mesh network portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred; however, if node diversity is not possible, link-diverse paths are created for the extended SNCP mesh network portion of the complete circuit path.
Don’t Care: Link Diverse Only—Specifies that only link-diverse primary and alternate paths for extended SNCP mesh network portions of the complete circuit path are needed.
Dual Ring Interconnect—Provisions the circuit in a DRI topology. If selected, the other node specifications (Required, Desired, and Don’t Care: Link Diverse Only) are disabled.
Diverse Shared Risk Link Group—If checked, fully protected circuits are routed through working and protected links that do not share risk groups.

g. Overlay Ring—Check this check box if your configuration uses multiple cross-connections per node, and you want to provision the circuit across multiple rings. An overlay ring circuit traverses at least one node more than once and results in multiple cross-connections per node, per circuit. An overlay ring circuit can be protected or unprotected. Note that Prime Optical does not support a configuration where the source or destination node requires multiple cross-connections.

Step 10 In the Manual Provisioning pane (available when Route Automatically is unchecked and the Graphical or Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected), do the following; then, click Next:

a. (Applicable if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Select one of the following top-level view types from the Selected View Type list:

Subnetwork—Allows you to view the subnetwork(s) to which the NEs belong. This is the default view type.
Group—Allows you to view the group(s) to which the NEs belong.

The Current View field is set to Top .

c. Use the map view to manually route the circuit from the source to the destination specified by the addition of the links selected. Use the right-click menu options to navigate within the map view:

Find Node—Opens the Find Node dialog box, which lists all of the nodes displayed in the map view. Choose a node from the drop-down list and click OK . The selection context in the map view changes to show the selected node highlighted in the visible map area.
Zoom In—Allows you to zoom in on an object in the map view.
Zoom Out—Allows you to zoom out on the map view.
Reset Zoom—Resets the current zoom level to the default.
Add—Allows you to add the selected span. Right-click a link and choose Add in the right-click menu. The selected link is added to the Available Spans list. The Add option applies to manual provisioning across all circuit types.

d. In the VCAT Member Number list box, select the member for which the route is to be selected.

e. In the circuit display, select the span to use for the next hop.

f. In the Available Spans area, complete the following information:

From—Displays the source of the span
To—Displays the destination of the span

g. Click Add . The span is added to the Selected Spans list.

h. Repeat substeps d to f for each intermediate NE until the destination NE is reached.

i. Repeat substeps c to g for each member until all members are routed.

j. To delete a span from the Selected Spans area, select a span from the Selected Spans list and click Remove .

Note To specify a DRI link, double-click the link on the map. The map view displays the link as bidirectional.

l. (For BLSR DRI or MS-SPRing DRI circuits) In the BLSR DRI Nodes or MS-SPRing DRI Nodes tab, click the Add button to open the BLSR/MS-SPRing DRI dialog box, which allows you to provide primary and secondary pairs for traditional and nontraditional DRI circuits. Also specify ring and path options for the first and second rings. Click Remove to remove a DRI node from the list.

Note If the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected and you want to change the top-level view type at any time, click Top View. The map view reverts to the default Subnetwork view type.

Step 11 In the Manual Provisioning pane (available when Route Automatically is unchecked and the Textual radio button is selected), do the following; then, click Next:

a. Specify the following:

Src NE ID— Display only .
Dest NE ID— Display only .
Current NE ID— Display only .
Adj NE ID— Display only .
Available Links—Lists all links between the currently selected and adjacent NEs. Choose a link from the drop-down list.
Available Spans—After you choose a link from the Available Links drop-down list, its corresponding details are displayed in the Available Spans pane. Click Add to move the spans to the Selected Spans field.
Selected Spans—Select one or more spans and click Remove to remove them from the Selected Spans field.

b. Click Next Hop to specify the next intermediate hop; then, repeat substep a .

c. Click Reset to reset all hop information to the default values.

d. Click Alternate Route to specify hop information for the alternate circuit route.

Step 12 In the Route Constraints pane (available when Route Automatically and Using Required Nodes/Links are enabled and the Graphical or Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected), a graphical representation of the circuit is displayed, including source and destination nodes. Specify the spans that will route to the circuit. Prime Optical starts at the source node. The next NE associated with each span is also displayed. Complete the following substeps:

a. (Applicable if the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected) Select one of the following top-level view types from the Selected View Type list:

Subnetwork—Allows you to view the subnetwork(s) to which the NEs belong. This is the default view type.
Group—Allows you to view the group(s) to which the NEs belong.

The Current View field is set to Top .

c. In the circuit display, select the node or link. The NE ID or link ID is displayed in the Selected Node/Link field.

d. Click Include to include the selected node or link in the route. The node or link appears in the Included Links/Nodes list.

e. Click Exclude to exclude the selected node or link from the route. The node or link appears in the Excluded Links/Nodes list.

f. Click Remove to remove the selected node or link from the Included Links/Nodes or Excluded Links/Nodes lists.

g. Click Up or Down to set the sequence of the nodes and spans included in the circuit.

h. Repeat substeps c to g for each node or link that you want to include in the circuit route.

i. (Optional) Repeat substeps c to h for each intermediate NE until the destination NE is reached.

j. Click Finish , or, if Review Route Before Creation is checked in the Routing Preferences pane, click Next .

Note If the Graphical Enhanced radio button is selected and you want to change the top-level view type at any time, click Top View. The map view reverts to the default Subnetwork view type.

Step 13 In the Route Constraints pane (available when Route Automatically and Using Required Nodes/Links are enabled and the Textual radio button is selected), specify the nodes or links to include in each hop of the circuit route. Complete the following substeps: