Step 1
| From the View menu, choose
Go to Network
View.
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Step 2
| Click the
Alarms tab.
- Verify that the alarm filter
is not on. Complete the
“DLP-G128 Disable Alarm
Filtering”
task as necessary.
- Verify that no equipment
alarms appear indicating equipment failure or other hardware problems.
(Equipment alarms are indicated by an EQPT in the Alarms tab Cond column.) If
equipment failure alarms appear, investigate and resolve them before
continuing.
Refer the
Cisco NCS 2000 Series Troubleshooting Guide
for procedures.
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Step 3
| Insert a full C-band tunable
transponder into an available slot for the node that you want to test.
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Step 4
| Plug a 15-dB LC attenuator to
the TX port of the transponder.
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Step 5
| Complete the
“DLP-G432
Setting the Transponder Wavelength” to tune the transponder to a
wavelength yyyy.yy that is not used in any of the sides already carrying
traffic (or 1530.33 nm if it is a new installation).
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Step 6
| Complete the
“DLP-G433
Recordinging Transponder Optical Power”.
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Step 7
| Disconnect the optical power
meter from the TX port of the transponder card.
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Step 8
| Make the following
connections:
- Connect the transponder card
output port (with the 15-dB attenuator) to the COM-RX port of the 40-WXC-C card
on Side A.
- Connect the optical power
meter to the COM-TX port of the 40-WXC-C card on Side A.
- Connect, using the LC-LC
adapter, the patchcord from the COM-TX port with the patchcord from the COM-RX
port of the Side B 40-WXC-C card.
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Step 9
| In node view (single-shelf
mode) or multishelf view (multishelf mode), click the
tabs. Complete the following:
- Record the values of the
following parameters:
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the preamplifier on Side A
-
Power on the COM-RX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side A
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side A
-
Power Fail Low Th on the
COM-RX port of the preamplifier on Side A
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the preamplifier on Side B
-
Power on the COM-RX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side B
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side B
-
Power Fail Low Th on the
COM-RX port of the preamplifier on Side B
- Change the values of the
parameters as follows:
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the preamplifier on Side A =
1 dBm
-
Power on the COM-RX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side A = –15 dBm
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side A =
–15 dBm
-
Power Fail Low Th on the
COM-RX port of the preamplifier on Side A = –30 dBm
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the preamplifier on Side B = 1 dBm
-
Power on the COM-RX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side B =
–15 dBm
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side B = –15 dBm
-
Power Fail Low Th on the
COM-RX port of the preamplifier on Side B = –30 dBm
- Click
Apply.
- In node view (single-shelf
mode) or multishelf view (multishelf mode), click the
tabs. Click
Launch ANS.
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Step 10
| Display card view for the
OPT-AMP-17 card on Side A and click the
tabs. From the Working Card Mode
drop-down list, verify that OPT-PRE appears and if not, choose it. Click
Apply. Repeat for Side B.
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Step 11
| Display card view for the
transponder card and click the
tabs. Choose
IS (ANSI) or
Unlocked(ETSI)
from the Admin State drop-down list and click
Apply.
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Step 12
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C card of Side A and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs. Record the Power
value of the COM-RX port.
- Verify that the COM-RX
value matches the transponder card optical power meter value recorded in
Step 6 (+\– 1 dB).
- Click the
tabs and record the CRX -> EXP insertion
loss.
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the EXP-TX port.
- Verify that the EXP-TX port
power value = (COM-RX port power value in Step
a) - (EXP-TX Power
value in Step
d) (+\– 1 dB).
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Step 13
| In card view, display the
OPT-AMP-17 card for Side A and complete the
“DLP-G434
Recording the OPT-AMP-17-C Power Value”.
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Step 14
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C card for Side B and complete the following:
- Complete the
“DLP-G435
Setting the 40-WXC-C OCHNC Parameters”. Set the Input Port on the
tabs to 1.
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-TX port.
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-RX port.
- Verify that the COM-RX
Power value matches the COM-TX port Power value in b (+\– 1 dB).
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the EXP-TX port.
- Click the
tabs and record the CRX -> EXP
insertion loss value.
- Verify that the EXP-TX port
power value = (COM-RX port power value) - (CRX -> EXP insertion loss value)
(+\– 1 dB)
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Step 15
| In card view, display the
OPT-AMP-17 card for Side B and complete the
“DLP-G434
Recording the OPT-AMP-17-C Power Value” task.
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Step 16
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C for Side A and complete the
“DLP-G435
Setting the 40-WXC-C OCHNC Parameters” task. Set the Input Port on the
tabs to 2.
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Step 17
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C for Side C and complete the
“DLP-G435
Setting the 40-WXC-C OCHNC Parameters” task. Set the Input Port on the
tabs to 1.
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Step 18
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C for Side D and complete the
“DLP-G435
Setting the 40-WXC-C OCHNC Parameters” task. Set the Input Port on the
tabs to 1.
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Step 19
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C for Side A and click the tabs. In the Return Value COM-TX
on selected Wavelength area, click
Refresh and
then
Delete. Repeat
for Sides B, C, and D of the 40-WXC-C card.
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Step 20
| Display card view for the
transponder card and choose
OOS,DSBLD
(ANSI) or
Locked,disabled
(ETSI) from the Admin State drop-down list.
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Step 21
| Disconnect the patchcord in
the COM-TX port from the patchcord in the COM-RX port of Side B of the 40-WXC-C
card.
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Step 22
| Connect, using the LC-LC
adapter, the patchcord from the COM-TX port with the patchcord in the COM-RX
port for Side A of the 40-WXC-C card.
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Step 23
| Complete the
“DLP-G432
Setting the Transponder Wavelength” task to tune the transponder to the
wavelength set in
Step 5.
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Step 24
| Connect the transponder
card output port (with the 15-dB attenuator) to the COM-RX port of the 40-WXC-C
card on Side B.
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Step 25
| Display card view for the
transponder card. Click the
tabs, and choose
IS (ANSI) or
Unlocked
(ETSI) from the Admin State drop-down list.
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Step 26
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C card for Side A and complete the
“DLP-G435
Setting the 40-WXC-C OCHNC Parameters” task. Set the Input Port on the
tabs to 2.
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Step 27
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C for Side B and complete the
“DLP-G435
Setting the 40-WXC-C OCHNC Parameters” task. Set the Input Port on the
tabs to 1.
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Step 28
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C for Side C and complete the
“DLP-G435
Setting the 40-WXC-C OCHNC Parameters” task. Set the Input Port on the
tabs to 2.
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Step 29
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C for Side D and complete the
“DLP-G435
Setting the 40-WXC-C OCHNC Parameters” task. Set the Input Port on the
tabs to 2.
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Step 30
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C for Side B and click the tabs. In the Return Value COM-TX
on selected Wavelength area, click
Refresh and
then
Delete. Repeat
for Sides A, C, and D of the 40-WXC-C card.
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Step 31
| Display the card view for
the transponder card. Click the
tabs, and choose
OOS,DSBLD
(ANSI) or
Locked,disabled
(ETSI) from the Admin State drop-down list.
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Step 32
| In node view (single-shelf
mode) or multishelf view (multishelf mode), click the
tabs. Restore the values recorded in
Step 9a for
the following parameters:
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the preamplifier on Side A
-
Power on the COM-RX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side A
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side A
-
Power Fail Low Th on the
COM-RX port of the preamplifier on Side A
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the preamplifier on Side B
-
Power on the COM-RX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side B
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side B
-
Power Fail Low Th on the
COM-RX port of the preamplifier on Side B
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Step 33
| In node view (single-shelf
mode) or multishelf view (multishelf mode), click the
tabs. Click
Launch ANS.
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Step 34
| Disconnect the patchcord in
the COM-TX port from the patchcord in the COM-RX port of Side A of the 40-WXC-C
card.
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Step 35
| Make the following
connections:
- Connect the transponder
output port (with the 15-dB attenuator) to the LINE-RX port of the booster
amplifier of Side C.
- Connect the optical power
meter to the LINE-TX port of the booster amplifier of Side C.
- Connect the client TX of
lambda yyyy.yy to the client RX of lambda yyyy.yy on the Side C patch panel.
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Step 36
| In node view (single-shelf
mode) or multishelf view (multishelf mode), click the
tabs and complete the following:
- Record the actual values of
the following parameters:
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the preamplifier on Side X
-
Power on the COM-RX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side X
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side X
-
Power on the LINE-TX port
of the booster amplifier on Side X
- Set the values of the
parameters as follows:
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the preamplifier on Side X =
8 dBm
-
Power on the COM-RX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side X =
8 dBm
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side X =
–18 dBm
-
Power on the LINE-TX port
of the booster amplifier on Side X =
–8 dBm
- Click
Apply.
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Step 37
| In node view (single-shelf
mode) or multishelf view (multishelf mode), click the
tabs. Click
Launch ANS.
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Step 38
| In card view, display the
40-DMX-C card for Side C and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs and record the VOA
Attenuation Ref. value y.
- Set the VOA Attenuation
Calib. to
–y.
- Choose
OOS,MT (ANSI) or Locked,maintenance
(ETSI) from the Admin State drop-down list.
- Click Apply.
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Step 39
| In card view, display the
40-MUX-C card for Side C and click the
tabs. Choose
OOS,MT (ANSI)
or
Locked,maintenance (ETSI) from the Admin State drop-down list and
click
Apply.
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Step 40
| In card view, display the
booster amplifier card for Side C. Click the
tabs and record the LINE-RX ->
COM TX insertion loss.
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Step 41
| Display the transponder
card in card view and click the
tabs. Choose
IS (ANSI) or
Unlocked (ETSI)
from the Admin State drop-down list and click
Apply.
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Step 42
| In card view, display the
booster amplifier card for Side C and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-TX port.
- Verify the COM-TX Power
value = (Optical power meter value) – (LINE RX -> COM TX insertion loss
value in
Step 40) (+\– 1 dB).
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Step 43
| In card view, display the
preamplifier card for Side C and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-RX port.
- Verify that the COM-RX
Power value matches the COM-TX port Power value in
Step 42a
(+\– 1 dB).
- Click the
tabs and record the Total
Output Power value of the COM-TX port.
- Verify that the COM-TX
Total Output Power value is 8 dBm (+\– 1 dB).
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Step 44
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C card for Side C and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-RX port.
- Verify that the COM-RX
power value matches the Total Output Power value of the COM-TX port value in
Step 43c (+\– 1
dB).
- Click the
tabs and record the CRX -> EXP
insertion loss.
- Record the CRX -> DROP
insertion loss.
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the EXP-TX port.
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the DROP-TX port.
- Verify that the EXP-TX
Power value in Step
e = (COM-RX value in
Step
a) - (CRX -> EXP
value in Step
c) (+\– 1 dB).
- Verify that the DROP-TX
value in Step
f = (COM-RX value in
Step
a) - (CRX -> DROP
value in Step
d) (+\– 1 dB).
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Step 45
| In card view, display the
40-DMX-C card for Side C and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-RX port.
- Verify that the COM-RX port
Power value in Step
a matches the COM-TX
port Power value in
Step 44b (+\– 1
dB).
- Click the
tabs and record the 1RX -> yTX
insertion loss (where y is the channel number associated with yyyy.yy
wavelength).
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the CHAN-TX port associated with yyyy.yy wavelength.
- Verify that the CHAN-TX
Power value = (COM-RX Power value in Step
a) - (1RX -> yTX
insertion loss value in Step c) (+\– 1 dB).
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Step 46
| In card view, display the
40-MUX-C card for Side C and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the CHAN-RX port associated with yyyy.yy wavelength.
- Verify that the CHAN-RX
value matches the CHAN-TX Power value in
Step 45d (+\–
1.5 dB).
- Click the
tabs and record the yRX -> 1TX
insertion loss (where y is the channel number associated with yyyy.yy
wavelength).
- In the
tabs, record the Power
value of the COM-TX port.
- Verify that the COM-TX
Power value = (CHAN-RX Power value in Step
a) – (yRX -> 1TX
insertion loss value in Step c) (+\– 1 dB).
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Step 47
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C card for Side C, and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs, and set the
available parameters as follows:
-
Target Power (dBm) =
–18.0
Note
|
The target power is not set
if the power value is higher than the channel power that is allocated and
equalized.
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-
Input port =
9 (ADD-RX)
-
VOA Attenuation (dB) =
13
-
Wavelength = yyyy.yy (value
set in
Step 5)
- Click
Apply.
- Click the
tabs. In the Return Value COM-TX
on selected Wavelength area, click Refresh and verify that the Actual Power
(dBm) is –18 +\– 0.5 dB.
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-TX port.
- Verify that the COM-TX
Power value matches the Actual Power value in Step
c (+\– 1 dB).
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Step 48
| In card view, display the
booster amplifier card for Side C, and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-RX port.
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the LINE-TX port.
- Verify that the LINE-TX
value matches the Side C Tx Amplifier Ch Power recorded in
Step 36a (+\– 1
dB).
- Record the optical power
meter value.
- Verify that the optical
power meter value matches the LINE-TX Power value in Step
b (+\– 1 dB).
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Step 49
| In card view, display the
40-WXC-C card for Side C, and click the
tabs. In the Return Value COM-TX on selected
Wavelength area, click
Refresh and then
Delete.
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Step 50
| Display Side A of the
40-WXC-C card in card view, and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs, and set the
available parameters as follows:
-
Target Power (dBm) =
–18.0
Note
|
The target power is not set
if the power value is higher than the channel power that is allocated and
equalized.
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-
Input port =
3 (EXP-RX)
-
VOA Attenuation (dB) =
13
-
Wavelength = yyyy.yy (value
set in
Step 5)
- Click
Apply.
- In the Return Value COM-TX
on selected Wavelength area, click Refresh and verify that the Actual Power
(dBm) is –18 +\– 0.5 dB.
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-TX port.
- Verify that the value of
the COM-TX port matches the Actual Power value in Step
c (+\– 1 dB).
- Click the
tabs. In the Return Value COM-TX
on selected Wavelength area, click
Refresh and then
Delete.
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Step 51
| Repeat
Step 50 for the
40-WXC-C card of Side B.
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Step 52
| Repeat
Step 50 for the
40-WXC-C card of Side D.
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Step 53
| Display card view for the
transponder card and choose
OOS,DSBLD
(ANSI) or
Locked,disabled
(ETSI) from the Admin State drop-down list.
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Step 54
| Connect the transponder
output port (with the 15-dB attenuator) to the Line RX port of the booster
amplifier of Side D.
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Step 55
| Complete the
“DLP-G432
Setting the Transponder Wavelength” task to tune the transponder to the
next odd wavelength after yyyy.yy nm.
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Step 56
| Disconnect the patchcord
between the client TX of lambda yyyy.yy from the client RX of lambda yyyy.yy on
the Side C patch panel. Use this patchcord to connect the client TX of lambda
yyyy.yy to the client RX of lambda yyyy.yy on the Side D patch panel. Note that
yyyy.yy was recorded in
Step 5.
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Step 57
| Repeat Steps
36 to
50 for Side D.
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Step 58
| Display Side A of the
40-WXC-C card in card view, and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs, and set the available parameters as
follows:
-
Target Power (dBm) =
–18.0
Note
|
The target power is not set
if the power value is higher than the channel power that is allocated and
equalized.
|
-
Input port =
4 (EXP-RX)
-
VOA Attenuation (dB) =
13
-
Wavelength = yyyy.yy (value
set in
Step 5)
- Click
Apply.
- In the Return Value COM-TX
on selected Wavelength area, click
Refresh and verify that the Actual Power (dBm) is
–18 +\– 0.5 dB.
- Click the
tabs and record the Power
value of the COM-TX port.
- Verify that the value of
the COM-TX port matches the Actual Power value in Step
c (+\– 1 dB).
- Click the
tabs. In the Return Value COM-TX on selected
Wavelength area, click
Refresh and then
Delete.
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Step 59
| Repeat
Step 58 for the
40-WXC-C card of Side B.
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Step 60
| Repeat
Step 58 for the
40-WXC-C card of Side C.
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Step 61
| Disconnect the optical
power meter from the LINE-TX port of the booster amplifier of Side D.
|
Step 62
| Disconnect the transponder
output port (with the 15-dB attenuator) from the LINE-RX port of the booster
amplifier of the Side x.
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Step 63
| In card view, display the
40-DMX-C card for Side C, and complete the following:
- Click the
tabs.
- Choose
IS,AINS (ANSI) or
Unlocked,automaticInService (ETSI) from the Admin
State drop-down list.
- Set the VOA Attenuation
Calib to 0 (zero).
- Click
Apply.
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Step 64
| In card view, display the
40-MUX-C card for Side C and click the
tabs. Choose
IS,AINS (ANSI) or
Unlocked,automaticInService (ETSI) from the Admin
State drop-down list and click
Apply.
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Step 65
| Repeat Steps
63 and
64 for Side D.
|
Step 66
| In node view (single-shelf
mode) or multishelf view (multishelf mode), click the
tabs and restore the
values recorded in
Step 36a for
the following parameters for Sides C and D:
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the preamplifier on Side X
-
Power on the COM-RX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side X
-
Power on the COM-TX port of
the 40-WXC-C card on Side X
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Step 67
| In node view (single-shelf
mode) or multishelf view (multishelf mode), click the
tabs. Click
Launch ANS.
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Step 68
| Restore the connections to
the MMU cards of the four sides using the patchcords tested in this procedure:
- Connect the patchcord from
the COM-TX port of the 40-WXC-C card on Side A to the EXP-A-RX port of the MMU
in the lowest slot of the upgraded ROADM node.
- Connect the patchcord from
the COM-RX port of the 40-WXC-C card on Side A to the EXP-A-TX port of the MMU
in the lowest slot of the upgraded ROADM node.
- Connect the patchcord from
the COM-TX port of the 40-WXC-C card on Side B to the EXP-A-RX port of the MMU
in the highest slot of the upgraded ROADM node.
- Connect the patchcord from
the COM-RX port of the 40-WXC-C card on Side B to the EXP-A-TX port of the MMU
in the highest slot of the upgraded ROADM node.
Stop. You have completed
this procedure.
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