OTN Cross-connect support on 400G-XP-LC Cards

The 400G-XP-LC card supports a new OTN cross-connect (OTNXC) operating mode. This mode allows ODU2e switching between client to trunk ports or trunk to trunk ports within a single 400G-XP-LC card for 100G and 200G trunk rates. Only the 10GE client payloads are supported. Each 10GE is mapped to an ODU2e channel. Each 10G client port of the 400G-XP-LC card consists of only one ODU2e and each OTU4C2 ( 200G) trunk port of the 400G-XP-LC card consists of 20 ODU2es. Client-to-trunk cross-connections can be protected or unprotected. Single card cross-connects or end-to-end cross-connects can be created in an OTN ring.

• Scan performances are improved using specific scan parameters targeted on the characteristics of the fiber plant such as span length, reflection contributions, and major events.

• OTDR identifies the Fiber End as a fiber termination event along with reflection or loss event.

• Automode scan is enhanced with the composite trace.

• Fast Span Trace is displayed to the user for quick reference before the composite trace.

• OTDR module can perform Optical Return Loss (ORL) measurement.

• Any ongoing scan operation can be cancelled.

• A progress bar is provided to the user for each scan in the sector that displays the percentage of execution of the entire scan operation.

• It is possible to activate automatic scan on ORL value exceeding the provisioned threshold.

• The insertion loss due to amplifier cards and patchcords is displayed in the OTDR provisioning panel.

• New OTDR alarms and conditions are introduced to provide more information about the OTDR functionality.

• Prevention of WSON circuit creation is extended for new OTDR alarms and conditions.

• CTC panes for OTDR provisioning are redesigned for better user experience.

400G- XP LC card can be configured as a regenerator. The regeneration functionality is available only on the trunk ports. The two trunk ports must have the same rate to achieve regeneration. Regen mode is not supported on the client ports.

400G-XP LC card supports the Protection Switching Module (PSM). The switch time for all 10G payloads is less than 50 ms. The switch time for 100G trunk rate is higher than the 200G.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• 400G-XP-LC

The OPT-EDFA-35 card is a C-band, DWDM EDFA amplifiers/preamplifiers with +23dBm output power. The card includes two identical amplification sections to serve two fiber directions simultaneously. The OPT-EDFA-35 card is bidirectional and has an operative optical gain range up to 24 dB and 35 dB.

The GE_XP, 10GE_XP, GE_XPE,10GE_XPE, MXP_MR_10DME_C, and OPT-RAMP-CE cards are supported on the Cisco NCS 2015 chassis.

Y-cable support for 200G-CK-LC and 10x10G-LC cards

Y-cable protection is supported when the 200G-CK-LC card is configured in TXP-100G operating mode and the 100G client CPAK ports are provisioned with 100GE payload. This configuration uses the CPAK-100G-LR4 pluggable.

Y-cable protection is supported when the 10x10G-LC card is configured in MXP-10x10G operating mode with 200G-CK-LC card and the 10x10G-LC card is provisioned with 10GE, OC-192/STM-64 payloads. This configuration uses the ONS-SC+-10G-LR and ONS-SC+-10G-SR pluggables.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• Key Features of 100G-LC-C, 100G-ME-C, 100G-CK-C, 100ME-CKC, 10x10G-LC, 200G-CK-LC, CFP-LC, and MR-MXP Cards

SSON

SSON allows the user to provide more than 96 channels in a span. The SSON feature is enabled using a specific package.

The supported SSON circuits are:

• Media Channel

• Media Channel Group

• Carrier

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

2X10GE+2X40GE payload is supported in MXP-100G operating mode which comprises of 200G-CK-LC and MR-MXP cards. This payload is supported only when the sub OpMode in MR-MXP card is OPM_2x40G_2x10G.

OTU4 payload is supported in MXP-CK-100G operating mode which comprises of 200G-CK-LC and MR-MXP cards. This payload is supported only when the sub OpMode in MR-MXP card is OPM_100G.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• MR-MXP Card

The MR-MXP card supports the generation of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and installation of Locally Significant Certificates (LSCs) that can be used to authenticate the peer card connection.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

Support of 400G-XP-LC cards on Cisco NCS 2002

One 400G-XP-LC card can be installed in the Cisco NCS2002 DC chassis that is powered by NCS2002-DC or NCS2002-DC-E.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

Support for OTU4 traffic on 400G-XP-LC Cards

This payload is supported only on the ONS-QSFP28-LR4 pluggable. The payload can be provisioned for the OPM_100G slice mode for any trunk configuration.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

Standardize Wavelength Identification using THz

You can view the frequency of light information in nanometer and also its bandwidth information in THz along with the frequency information.

In Configuring Management of FIPS and CC Mode Enabled NE, there is a change in Chrome browser settings and Firefox browser settings.

Interoperability with 400G-XP-LC card

This line card is interoperable with the NC55-6X200-DWDM-S card supported on NCS 5500 and the NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 Card supported on NCS 4000.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

400G-XP-LC card enhancements

• Support for 16G-Fiber Channel and OTU2 payloads

• Support for trunk PM parameters-Second Order PMD (SOPMD) and Polarization Depended Loss (PDL).

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

Two enhancements have been introduced to recover the node without traffic loss.

• When provisioning database loss occurs, the BAD-DB-DETECTED and NODE-FACTORY-MODE critical alarms are raised at the node level.

• When system database loss occurs on the active or standby control card, an INVALID SYSDB alarm is raised on the control card.

Steps to clear the alarms have been documented.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

(Only on NCS 2006 and NCS 2015) When a TNC/TNC-E/TSC/TSC-E/TNCS/TNCS-O node controller connects to the same switch where an NCS 2006 or NCS 2015 node controller exists, both the node controllers raise the critical Duplicate Node Controller (DUP-NC) alarm. The subtending shelves of both the node controllers raise the Shelf Communication Failure (SHELF-COMM-FAIL) alarm. Both the node controllers and their subtending shelves shut down their ports on ASIC towards the MSM ports in ECU. However, the traffic is not affected.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Control Card and Node Configuration Guide

• Duplicate Node Controller

OC192/STM64 and OTU2 client payloads are supported on the MR-MXP card in MXP-200G, MXP-10x10G-100G, MXP-CK-100G, and MXP-100G operating modes. OC192/STM64 and OTU2 client payloads are supported only when the sub OpMode is OPM_10x10G on the MR-MXP card.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• MR-MXP Card

The following cards are supported in NCS 2015.

• 40-SMR1-C

• 40-SMR2-C

The following cards are supported in Flex NCS node.

• OTU2_XP

• GE_XP

• 10GE_XP

• MXP_MR_2.5G

• MXP_2.5G_10E

• MXP_MR_10DME_C

• TXP-MR-10E

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Control Card and Node Configuration Guide

• Cards Supported in Cisco NCS Software

The 200G-CK LC can be configured to interoperate with other vendor devices. The Interop Mode option is available on the full PID, NCS2K-200G-CK, and on the licenced PID, NCS2K-200G-CK-LIC, when licence L-NCS2K-DQPSK-LH= is active.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• Multivendor Interoperability

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• Operating Mode

The WSE card supports the generation of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and installation of Locally Significant Certificates (LSCs) that can be used to authenticate the peer card connection.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• The OTDR scan starts automatically after the LOS alarm is raised and cleared.

• The default value for the automatic OTDR scan to begin is 3 minutes.

• Location [km] in the Reflection table or the Insertion Loss table is enhanced with the Accuracy (km) details.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

Manage the Node

400G-XP-LC card

The 400G-XP-LC card is a tunable DWDM trunk card that simplifies the integration and transport of 10 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services into enterprises and service provider optical networks. The card is a double- slot unit that provides 400 Gbps of client and 400 Gbps of trunk capacity. The card supports six QSFP+ based client ports that can be equipped with 4x 10 Gbps optics and four QSFP28 or QSFP+ based client ports that can be equipped with 100 Gbps QSFP28 and 4x 10 Gbps QSFP+ optics. The card is capable of aggregating client traffic to either of the two 200 Gbps coherent CFP2 trunk ports.

The 400G-XP-LC card is supported only on Cisco NCS 2006 and Cisco NCS 2015 platforms.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

400G-XP-LC card

Passive Optical Modules

NCS 2006 ECU60-S

NCS 2006 ECU60-S is a new type of ECU-S introduced for the NCS 2006 when the shelf is powered at   –60 VDC nominal input voltage. This module has eight USB 2.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports.

New MPO Cables

Installing Cisco NCS 2000 Series Passive Optical Modules

Synchronous Ethernet

Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) provides synchronized timing to multiple remote network elements (NEs) without using an external circuit for timing. SyncE provides the required synchronization at the physical level and uses the Ethernet Synchronization Message Channel (ESMC) to enable traceability of the best clock source. SyncE clocks are compatible with the clocks used in the SONET or SDH synchronization network.

SyncE is supported on TNCS and TNCS-O controller cards. You must enable ESMC on an OSC port to configure it as a clock source.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Control Card and Node Configuration Guide

OTDR Enhancements

• Two types of OTDR scans are available for TNCS-O cards: hybrid scan and fast scan.

  When you start a fast scan on a TX or an RX port, an OTDR_FAST_SCAN_IN PROGRESS_TX or an OTDR_FAST_SCAN_IN PROGRESS_RX alarm is raised. Fast scan shuts down the OSC channel.

  When you start a hybrid scan on a TX or an RX port, an OTDR_HYBRID_SCAN_IN_PROGRESS_TX or an OTDR_HYBRID_SCAN_IN_PROGRESS_RX alarm is raised. Hybrid scan does not shut down the OSC channel and takes more time to complete.

• New OTDR alarms are introduced to provide more information about the OTDR events. Select an event to view its details as a graph or in a tabular format.

• CTC logs the data of a maximum of 32 historical OTDR scans. The history is maintained for OTDR scans in the same zone and direction. The values of the back reflection and insertion loss are listed for each scan along with the date and timestamp.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• NTP-G355 Provisioning OTDR for TNCS-O Cards

Manage the Node

• NTP-G357 Perform OTDR Scan and OTDR Event Scan

Connection Verification Enhancements

• View and troubleshoot patch cords that have an excess insertion loss higher than the threshold value.

• View the originating and destination slots for the connection verification along with the patch cords in the cable view and front panel view of the card.

• If there is at least one patch cord highlighted in yellow and no patch cords highlighted in orange on a node, an IPC-VERIFICATION-DEGRADE alarm is raised on the node.

• If there is at least one patch cord highlighted in orange on the node, an IPC-VERIFICATION-FAIL alarm is raised on the node.

• When the insertion loss is greater than the insertion loss degrade threshold and less than the insertion loss fail threshold, the value of the insertion loss verification of the patch cord is degrade. The corresponding row of the patch cord in the Connection Verification pane is highlighted in yellow.

• When the insertion loss is greater than the insertion loss fail threshold, the value of the insertion loss verification of the patch cord is fail. The corresponding row of the patch cord in the Connection Verification pane is highlighted in orange.

• Connectivity verification is displayed only for an MPO cable and not for each of the patch cords in it.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• Supported Cards
• Running the Connection Verification

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• Node Reference
• NTP-G356 Verify the Connections in Optical Cables

MR-MXP Enhancements

The MR-MXP card supports the following enhancements:

• Payload authentication can be enabled on the MR-MXP card to validate the integrity of the received payloads.

• Payload authentication error thresholds can be set on the MR-MXP card.

• MR-MXP-K9 and MR-MXP-K9= PIDs of MR-MXP card are introduced and are referred as Encryption as an appliance PIDs. The card authentication and payload encryption are enabled by default and cannot be disabled for these PIDs.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• MR-MXP Card

• NTP-G340 Provisioning Encryption on the WSE and MR-MXP Cards

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Licensing Configuration Guide

LMP Wizard Enhancements

Link Management Protocol (LMP) link can be created between the DWDM node and non DWDM node using a wizard in CTC.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• DLP-G800 Create an LMP Link Using CTC

• DLP-G801 Configure Local UNI Using CTC

Software Enhancements

Several software enhancements are introduced in Release 10.6.1.

• Reroute enhancements

• Retuning wavelengths of existing circuits

• Changing the channel frequency measurement units to THz or GHz

• Fast restoration of circuits

• CTC displays the historical ethernet statistics that are retrieved from the ethernet controllers on the router.

• Support of 40-SMR1-C cards in a split ROADM configuration

• When a fault occurs on the working path of a FAPs ring, all the SVLANs, whose protection is set, are moved to the protection path of the FAPS ring. Up to 1024 SVLANs can be protected or a range of SVLANs can be protected.

• 200G-CK-LC card supports additional configurations in the MXP_200G and MXP_CK_100G operating modes.

• As part of the CTC GUI enhancement, the cells which have been recently updated by the user are highlighted.

• NTP-G353 Creating GMPLS Circuits Using the Fast Circuit Mode

• DLP-G732 Editing a GMPLS Circuit

• NTP-G359 Changing the Channel Frequency Measurement Unit

• NTP-G135 Editing Network Element Defaults

• NTP-G345 Viewing Ethernet Statistical PM Counts

• Split ROADM Nodes

• DLP-G381 Provisioning Layer 2 Protection Settings

• 200G-CK-LC

Security Enhancements

• RADIUS authentication is supported for security super user, security user, and root user.

• Security policy can be changed for the security level that you want to provision: Retrieve, Maintenance, Provisioning, Superuser, Security user, Security super user, or ROOT15 user.

• RSA-based authentication is supported for dynamic challenge response security feature.

• Node reauthentication is supported in CTC for Cisco NCS 2000 and Cisco CRS nodes.

• Text string in the Shared Secret field is masked and the shared secret serves as a password between a RADIUS client and RADIUS server.

• Manage the Node

• Connect the PC and Log into the GUI

System Mode Change

LMP Protocol Extension for Trunk Ports

With LMP extension for trunk ports, traffic is directed to the NCS 4000 series router from the trunk ports of the NCS 2000 series router.

ROADM Configurations

New layer-2 A/D extensions for ROADM

GMPLS enhancements

Repair Circuits

When some nodes change their network IP, WSON is not able to restore the correct state of the involved circuits. The Repair Circuits feature enables the user to fix circuits that WSON is not able to automatically repair.

CTC Cell Highlight

Highlights the recent changes made by the user.

CTC Enhancements, Operations and Shortcuts

Cisco NCS 2015 AC Shelf Assembly

The Cisco NCS 2015 AC shelf assembly has 18 vertical slots numbered 1 to 18. While slot 2 to slot 16 is for line cards that provide 10 to 100 Gbps interconnections, slot 1 and slot 17 is for the TNCS or TNCS-O cards (timing and control cards). Slot 18 is for the external connection unit (ECU). The NCS 2015 AC shelf is powered by AC power modules with 1+0, 1+1, 2+0, and 2+2 redundancy. The NCS 2015 AC shelf contains backup flash memory that supports the database (DB) and image backup in the single mode operation. The LCD unit is integrated with the fan tray assembly. The fiber or cable guide used in the NCS 2015 AC shelf provides improved fiber management. The air in the NCS 2015 AC shelf is drawn in through a two-inch air inlet at the bottom of the shelf, and expelled at the top-rear. A single NCS 2015 AC shelf supports both ANSI and ETSI standards.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

Node Alias

A node alias (up to 128 characters) can be configured for a node. It shows as a tool tip in the Network Map and Explorer Tree of the CTC.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Control Card and Node Configuration Guide

• NTP-G24 Setting Up Name, Date, Time, and Contact Information

PSM Cards

PSM cards support automatic bi-directional traffic reversion.

SNMP support is added for PSM Cards to retrieve the port status.

PSM cards support automatic Optical Multiplex Section (OMS) protection when provisioned with Transponder (TXP) and Muxponder (MXP) cards.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• PSM Bidirectional Switching
• Automatic PSM Reversion
• Key Features

SMR20 FS CV Cards

The SMR20 FS CV cards are tunable over 96 channels in the C-band, at 50-GHz spacing on the ITU-T grid. The cards provide flex spectrum capability, which allows the flexibility to allocate the channel bandwidth and to increase the network scalability. The cards support up to 20 directions for each ROADM node and can be installed in any service slots in the chassis. The SMR20 FS CV cards provide the connection verification capability using a connectivity check signal. The correctness and the quality of the interconnections (determined by measuring the insertion loss of the external passive path) can be validated with the connection verification feature in the cards.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS and SMR20 FS Cards
• Connection Verification
• Connection Verification Pre-Requisites
• Supported Cards
• Running the Connection Verification

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• Node Reference
• NTP-G356 Verify the Connections in Optical Cables

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• DLP-G325 Changing Optical Amplifier Line Settings
• DLP-G326 Changing Optical Amplifier Threshold Settings
• DLP-G406 Changing Card Optical Channel Parameters for 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Cards
• DLP-G407 Changing the Optical Channel Thresholds for 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Cards
• DLP-G408 Changing Optical Line Parameters for 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Cards
• DLP-G409 Changing the Optical Line Thresholds for 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Cards
• DLP-G772 Viewing Wavelength Power for 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Card
• DLP-G773 Creating a Flex Spectrum or ITU Circuit for 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Card
• DLP-G140 View Power Statistics for Optical Amplifier, 40-SMR1-C, 40-SMR2-C,17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, and SMR20 FS Cards
• DLP-G141 View Optical Power Statistics for 32MUX-O, 32WSS, 32WSS-L, 32DMX-O,32DMX, 32DMX-L, 40-WSS-C, 40-WSS-CE, 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, SMR20 FS, SMR20 FS CV, 40-MUX-C, 40-DMX-C, and 40-DMX-CE Cards

TNCS-O Cards

The TNCS-O cards are provisioned as active and standby cards in the Cisco NCS 2006 or NCS 2015 shelves. On the NCS 2015 shelf, the TNCS-O cards can be installed in slots 1 and 17. On the NCS 2006 shelf, the cards can be installed in slot 1 and 8. If the active TNCS-O card fails, system traffic switches to the redundant TNCS-O card. The TNCS-O cards support only Fast Ethernet (FE) and wavelength of 1518 nm in OSC transmissions.

A TNCS-O card has an optical module that provides Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) measurement capability and standard Optical Service Channel (OSC) transmission on two ports. OTDR capability lets you monitor variations in scan values and thresholds and measure the distance and magnitude of defects like insertion loss and reflection loss on a fiber span across different measurement ranges.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Control Card and Node Configuration Guide

• TNCS-O Cards

• NTP-G313 Installing and Configuring the TNC, TNCE, TSC, TSCE, or TNCS Card

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• NTP-G355 Provisioning OTDR for TNCS-O Cards

Manage the Node

• NTP-G357 Perform OTDR Scan and OTDR Event Scan

Passive Shelves

In both units, a plastic transparent door can be installed in front of the unit for fiber and cable management.

Installing the Cisco NCS 2000 Series Passive Optical Modules

Passive Optical Modules

The connection verification passive modules are 5-degree mesh connection verification module with MPO-8 loopback caps (NCS2K-MF-DEG-5-CV=), 4-degree upgrade connection verification module with MPO-8 loopback caps (NCS2K-MF-UPG-4-CV=), MPO-16 to 16-LC fan-out connection verification module with LC loopback caps (NCS2K-MF-M16LC-CV=), and MPO-24 to 20-LC fan-out module (NCS2K-MF-MPO-20LC=).

The connection verification modules are shipped with loopback caps and provide connection verification capability when interconnected with the SMR20 FS CV card.

Installing the Cisco NCS 2000 Series Passive Optical Modules

• Components of Cisco NCS Series Passive Optical Modules

MR-MXP Enhancements

The MR-MXP card supports the following enhancements:

• Supports 100G operating modes - MXP-100G, TXP-100G, and 100G_B2B.

• Provides encryption capability at the optical layer.

• Supports feature-based licensing to support high speed and low speed encryption.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• MR-MXP Card

• Operating Modes for MR-MXP Card

• NTP-G340 Provisioning Encryption on the WSE and MR-MXP Cards

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Licensing Configuration Guide

Squelch Hold Off Timer

The Squelch hold off timer can be configured for TXP_MR_10E, 40E-MXP-C, OTU2_XP, 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100ME-CK-C, CFP-LC, 10x10G-LC, and MR-MXP cards for 10GE and 100GE client payloads in TXP and MXP operating modes.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• DLP-G714 Changing the Card Line Settings

• DLP-G217 Changing the 10G Multirate Transponder Line Settings

• DLP-G218 Changing the 10G or 40G Multirate Transponder Line Section Trace Settings

• DLP-G666 Changing the 40G Muxponder Line Settings

Power Redundancy

The power redundancy mode of an NCS 2015 chassis can be configured using CTC or TL1 commands. The AC power modules support 1+0, 1+1, 2+0, and 2+2 redundancy. The DC power modules support 1+0, 1+1, 2+0, 2+1, 2+2, 3+0, and 3+1 redundancy.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide, Release 10.x.x.

• Power Redundancy

• Power Redundancy Mode While Upgrading from Release 10.5

• NTP-G358 Configuring a Power Redundancy Mode

NCS 2006 ECU-S

The NCS 2006 ECU-S is a new type of ECU introduced for the NCS 2006. It has 2 USB 3.0 connections and 8 USB 2.0 connections. The Fiber Shuffle (NCS2K-MF-6RU) or the MPO-fan-out unit (NCS2K-MF10-6RU) can be connected to the NCS 2006 ECU-S using the USB 3.0 port.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

Split ROADM Nodes

The Split ROADM feature is enhanced to support chassis replacement in post-split nodes.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• Node Reference

MSM support

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

Unnumbered Interface (UNI) Support

The UNI is the service control interface between the transport network and client equipment. It is used to utilize the supported network services. It eliminates the need of managing IP addresses to identify the interfaces.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide, Release 10.x.x.

• Unnumbered Interface (UNI) Support
• DLP-G789 Enable RSVP on an Interface
• DLP-G790 Create a Static LMP Connection
• DLP-G791 Creating the WSON UNI-C Circuit

Zoom In/Out of Graphs

The ROADM flex spectrum cards support zoom in or zoom out functionality on the graphs displayed in CTC.

Manage the Node

• DLP-G785 Zoom In/​Out with Graphs

Cisco NCS 2015 DC Shelf Assembly

The Cisco NCS 2015 DC shelf assembly has 18 vertical slots numbered 1 to 18. While slot 2 to slot 16 is for line cards that provide 10 to 100 Gbps interconnections, slot 1 and slot 17 is for the TNCS cards (timing and control cards). Slot 18 is for the external connection unit (ECU). The NCS 2015 system can be powered by redundant DC power modules. The NCS 2015 system contains backup flash memory that supports the database (DB) and image backup in the single mode operation. The LCD unit is integrated with the fan tray assembly. The fiber or cable guide used in the NCS 2015 shelf provides improved fiber management. The air in the NCS 2015 chassis is drawn in through a two-inch air inlet at the bottom of the chassis, and expelled at the top-rear. A single NCS 2015 DC shelf assembly supports both ANSI and ETSI standards.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

TNCS Card

The TNCS cards can be provisioned as active and standby cards in the NCS 2015 shelf. The TNCS cards serve as the processor card for the node. The TNCS cards can be installed in slots 1 and 17 on the NCS 2015 shelf. If the active TNCS card fails, system traffic switches to the redundant TNCS card.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Control Card and Node Configuration Guide

• TNCS Card

• NTP-G313 Installing and Configuring the TNC, TNCE, TSC, TSCE, or TNCS Card

17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS and SMR20 FS Cards

The 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, and SMR20 FS cards are tunable over 96 channels in the C-band, at 50-GHz spacing on the ITU-T grid. The card provides the flex spectrum capability, which allows the user the flexibility to allocate the channel bandwidth, to increase the network scalability. The 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, and 34 SMR9 FS cards support up to 9 directions for each ROADM node. The SMR20 FS card supports up to 20 directions for each ROADM node. The cards support count based licensing and can be installed in any service slots in the chassis.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS and SMR20 FS Cards

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• Node Reference

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• DLP-G325 Changing Optical Amplifier Line Settings
• DLP-G326 Changing Optical Amplifier Threshold Settings
• DLP-G406 Changing Card Optical Channel Parameters for 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Cards
• DLP-G407 Changing the Optical Channel Thresholds for 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Cards
• DLP-G408 Changing Optical Line Parameters for 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Cards
• DLP-G409 Changing the Optical Line Thresholds for 40-WXC-C, 80-WXC-C, 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Cards
• DLP-G772 Viewing Wavelength Power for 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Card
• DLP-G773 Creating a Flex Spectrum or ITU Circuit for 16-WXC-FS, 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, or SMR20 FS Card
• DLP-G140 View Power Statistics for Optical Amplifier, 40-SMR1-C, 40-SMR2-C,17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, and SMR20 FS Cards

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Licensing Configuration Guide

• 17 SMR9 FS, 24 SMR9 FS, 34 SMR9 FS, and SMR20 FS Cards

12-AD-FS and 16-AD-FS Cards

The 12-AD-FS card is an add/drop card that provides contentionless, colorless, omnidirectional, and flex spectrum capability on 4 channels over 4 directions. The 16-AD-FS card provides contentionless, colorless, omnidirectional, and flex spectrum capability on 16 channels over more than 4 directions using upgrade ports. The cards can be installed in any service slots in the Cisco NCS 2006 and NCS 2015 chassis.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• 12-AD-FS Card
• 16-AD-FS Card

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• DLP-G414 Changing Optical Line Settings for Multiplexer and Demultiplexer Cards
• DLP-G415 Changing Optical Line Threshold Settings for Multiplexer and Demultiplexer Cards
• DLP-G781 Switching the Channels for 12-AD-FS and 16-AD-FS Cards
• DLP-G479 View Optical Power Statistics for the PSM, 12-AD-FS, and 16-AD-FS Cards

Passive Optical Modules

A new generation of passive optical modules can be used to accommodate the ROADM nodes built with the SMR FS and AD-FS cards. Two types of modules are available: interconnection modules, and add/drop modules. The modules are MF-MPO-16LC, MF-2MPO-ADP, MF-16AE-CFS, MF-10AD-CFS, and PPMESH8-5AD. The SMR FS and AD-FS cards can be interconnected by the MF-MPO-16LC, MF-2MPO-ADP, and the PPMESH8-5AD modules. The MF-16AE-CFS and MF-10AD-CFS are only used as passive add/drop modules in TDM networks.

Installing the Cisco NCS 2000 Series Passive Optical Modules

• Components of Cisco NCS Series Passive Optical Modules

Splitter protection on 10x10G-LC card

Splitter protection can be implemented on the 10x10G-LC card in the TXPP-10G mode. The 10x10G-LC card supports up to two splitter protection groups with one client and two trunk ports.

WSON Full LOGO support

The linear impairments in full coherent networks follow the full Local Optimization Global Optimization (LOGO) model that is applicable to 100G full coherent networks. This enables circuit selection and path validation during routing process. The linear impairment is calculated directly form the source node.

OCHCC circuit creation using WSON

All the transponder and muxponder cards support OCHCC circuit creation using WSON except AR-MXP and AR-XPE cards. OCHCC circuits can be configured on the AR-XP card only in the TXP-MR, TXPP-MR, MXP-MR-S, and MXPP-MR-S operating modes.

7% HD-FEC support on 100GS-CK-LC and 200G-CK-LC

The 100GS-CK-LC and 200G-CK-LC cards support Hard Decision FEC (HD-FEC) encoding with 7% overhead

• 100GS-CK-LC and 200G-CK-LC Cards
• FEC Modes for 100G-LC-C, CFP-LC, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-LC, and 200G-CK-LC Cards

Interoperability with NCS 4000

The 100GS-CK-LC and 200G-CK-LC cards in MXP-10X10G operating mode allows 10GE and OC-192 clients (multiplexed on 100G trunk) to interoperate with Cisco NCS 4000 platform.

• 100GS-CK-LC and 200G-CK-LC Cards
• Key Features

User Login Credentials

The user name in CTC can be up to 40 characters (up to 39 characters for TACACS and RADIUS authentication).

MR-MXP Cards

The MXP-MR card is a mixed rate 10G and 40G client muxponder that is supported on the Cisco ONS 15454 M2 and Cisco ONS 15454 M6 platforms. The card is equipped with one CPAK port, two SFP ports, and two QSFP+ ports. The card can interoperate with 100GS-CK-LC, 200G-CK-LC, and 10x10G-LC cards through an ONS 15454 M6, ONS 15454 M2 backplane.

The MR-MXP card provides the following features:

• Supports 200G operating modes such as MXP_10x10G_100G, MXP_CK_100G, and MXP_200G.

• Supports sub OpModes such as OPM_10x10G and OPM_100G on the card client ports.

• Aggregation of 10x10G clients payloads. The aggregated payloads are then forwarded to a 200G companion trunk card.

• Termination point for a 100G client payload on the CPAK port.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• MR-MXP Card
• NTP-G236 Modifying the 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100G-ME-C, 100ME-CKC, 10x10G-LC, , 200G-CK-LC, CFP-LC, WSE, or MR-MXP Card Line Settings and PM Parameter Thresholds

200G-CK-LC and 200G-CK-LIC Cards

The 200G-CK-LC and 200G-CK-LIC cards transport 100 or 200 gigabits per second across metro, regional, long-haul, and ultra-long-haul DWDM optical networks. The 200G-CK-LIC is the licensed card version of the 200G-CK-LC card.

The 200G-CK-LC card provides the following benefits:

• Supports 200G operating modes such as MXP_10x10G_100G, MXP_CK_100G, and MXP_200G.

• Allows choosing 16 QAM and QPSK as the modulation formats at the line side.

• Provides Standard G-FEC (Reed-Solomon), Soft Decision FEC (SD-FEC) encoding with 20% overhead.

• Provides Nyquist filtering for best performance and optimal band usage.

• Supports feature-based licensing.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• 100G-LC-C, 100G-ME-C, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-LC, 100ME-CKC, and 200G-CK-LC Cards
• NTP-G236 Modifying the 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100G-ME-C, 100ME-CKC, 10x10G-LC, 100GS-CK-LC, , 200G-CK-LC, CFP-LC, WSE, or MR-MXP Card Line Settings and PM Parameter Thresholds
• DLP-L71 Provisioning the Frequency on the 100GS-CK-LC and 200G-CK-LC Cards

100GS-CK-LC Card Enhancements

The 100GS-CK-LC card supports 200G operating modes such as MXP_10x10G_100G, MXP_CK_100G, and MXP_200G.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• Operating Modes for 100G-LC-C, 100G-ME-C, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-LC, 200G-CK-LC, and 100ME-CKC Cards

Licensing

The 200G-CK-LIC card supports feature-based licensing. The 200G-CK-LIC is the licensed card version of the 200G-CK-LC card. The base functionality is enabled in the licensed card version. Additional features are provided through specific feature licenses.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Licensing Configuration Guide

• 200G-CK-LC Card

Optical SMU

An Optical software maintenance upgrade (SMU) is a patch that is provided to the customer to fix an emergency situation, such as network failure or traffic loss. The user can download and activate a patch on the node(s) through CTC.

VTXP Enhancements

• Pseudo Random Binary Sequence (PRBS) generation is supported on VTXP.

• PM statistics for the CRS PLIM interface can be viewed in a tabular format in CTC.

• Trail trace identifier (TTI) is supported on VTXP. It is possible to individually manage the Source Access Point Identifer (SAPI), Destination Access Point Identifer (DAPI), and User Operator Data fields.

NFV Enhancements

• In the Network Functional View (NFV), all the panes with the exception of the Overview pane are iconised or hidden. The panes are visible on request.

• Fast circuit creation of protected and unprotected circuits is supported.

• The pre-route option allows the WSON to detect the probable path of the circuit.

Software Enhancements

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• NTP-G354 Enabling Cooling Profile Using CTC

100GS-CK-LC Card

The 100GS-CK-LC card is a tunable DWDM trunk card that simplifies the integration and transport of the 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services on the enterprise or service provider optical networks.

The 100GS-CK-LC card provides the following benefits:

• Allows choosing 100G QPSK as the modulation format at the line side.

• Provides 20% SD (Soft Decision) FEC encoding and Nyquist filtering for best performance and optimal band usage.

• Supports gridless tunability.

• Allows client access either through the local 100G CPAK interface or through backplane lines that allow interconnection with an adjacent 10x10G-LC card.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

• 100G-LC-C, 100G-ME-C, 100G-CK-C, 100GS-CK-LC, and 100ME-CKC Cards
• NTP-G236 Modifying the 100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-C, 100G-ME-C, 100ME-CKC, 10x10G-LC, 100GS-CK-LC, CFP-LC, or WSE Card Line Settings and PM Parameter Thresholds

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• DLP-L71 Provisioning the Frequency on the 100GS-CK-LC Card

Split ROADM Nodes

The split ROADM node feature allows the ROADM node to have separate Network Elements (NEs) for each line side leading to the separation of different ROADM degrees. When a node split is configured, each line side is treated as a separate NE. The whole NE manageability is not lost in case of failure. The legacy ROADM configurations can be migrated to split ROADM configurations using CTC and CTP.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• Node Reference

Software Enhancements

Several software enhancements are introduced in Release 10.1.0.1.

FLD-OSC

The FLD-OSC is a passive unit used to combine the optical service channel (OSC) wavelengths to form the DWDM aggregated signal, or split the OSC wavelengths from the DWDM aggregated signal. The passive unit occupies a single slot in the rack mounting bracket. The passive unit is introduced due to the end-of-sale of the OSC-CSM card in the MSTP platform.

OSC Combiner/​Splitter Module

VTXP Enhancements

The user can provision an OCH CC circuit using the Network Functional View (NFV between the MSTP transponder or muxponder client interface and the router PLIM interface ( 10G and 100G ethernet controller). The OCHTrail circuit type is no longer directly supported between the router interfaces and the MSTP ones; it is indirectly created by the creation of the OCH CC circuit.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• DLP-G705 Provisioning GMPLS Optical Channel Client Connections

• Source and Destination Port Configuration

CTC Enhancements

• CTC displays the circuit constraints of the circuit in the graphical view of the Circuit Maintenance perspective of the NFV. The user can also modify the circuit constraints of the circuit being edited in the NFV. These modified circuit constraints are applied after resignalling of the circuit (automatic circuit restoration or manual reroute).

• CTC displays the link direction in the circuit map for Link Management Protocol (LMP) links between the router PLIM interface and the OCH ports on the MSTP node. This is also applicable to the internal patchcords between the trunk interface and the OCH ports of the MSTP node.

• CTC allows tuning of the router PLIM interface by specifying the channel ID, frequency or the wavelength.

• CTC displays the ethernet statistics that are retrieved from the ethernet controllers on the router. The information is displayed in a tabular format.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• GMPLS Path Constraints

• DLP-G732 Editing a GMPLS Circuit

• DLP-G337 Configuring Provisioning Parameters for an Interface on the Cisco CRS-1 Router

WSON Enhancements

The user can configure optical validation threshold values for the protected GMPLS circuits.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

DLP-G705 Provisioning GMPLS Optical Channel Client Connections

Non-continuous Loopback Support on 100G Cards

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Line Card Configuration Guide

Key Features of 100G-LC-C, 100G-ME-C, 100G-CK-C, 100ME-CKC, 10x10G-LC, 100GS-CK-LC, and CFP-LC Cards

New ROADM Configurations

Four new A/D ROADM configurations are supported for 48 channel 100 GHz systems.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

ROADM Node

• The user can regenerate a circuit that is created from UNI interface or VTXP.
• The user can configure the expected circuit wavelength for VTXP using CTC.
• The user can create a GMPLS UNI circuit when VTXP UNI is enabled in CTC.
• The user can either specify a mandatory or preferred wavelength for routing while creating the GMPLS circuit using CTC.
• The user can upgrade an existing GMPLS circuit from the legacy signaling to the new signaling that supports the LOGO (Local Optimization Global Optimization) and regeneration features on the GMPLS circuit.

Cisco NCS 2000 Series Network Configuration Guide

• WSON Full Coherent Networks Control Plane
• DLP-G346 Provisioning Optical Channel Client Connections
• DLP-G395 Creating an Optical Channel Trail
• DLP-G707 Upgrading a Non-GMPLS Circuit to a GMPLS Circuit
• DLP-G708 Creating a GMPLS Optical Channel Trail
• DLP-G733 Configuring GMPLS UNI