- Preface
- Chapter 1, Install the Cisco ONS 15310-MA
- Chapter 2, Connect the PC and Log Into the GUI
- Chapter 3, Turn Up a Node
- Chapter 4, Turn Up a Network
- Chapter 5, Create Circuits and VT Tunnels
- Chapter 6, Monitor Performance
- Chapter 7, Manage Circuits
- Chapter 8, Manage Alarms
- Chapter 9, Change Port Settings
- Chapter 10, Change Node Settings
- Chapter 11, Upgrade Cards and Spans
- Chapter 12, Convert Network Configurations
- Chapter 13, Add and Remove Nodes
- Chapter 14, Maintain the Node
- Chapter 15, Power Down the Node
- Chapter 16, DLPs H1 to H99
- Chapter 17, DLPs H100 to H199
- Chapter 18, DLPs H200 to H299
- Appendix A, CTC Information and Shortcuts
Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Procedure Guide, Release 9.1 and Release 9.2
- Updated:
- October 31, 2013
Chapter: Chapter 5, Create Circuits and VT Tunnels
- Before You Begin
- NTP-H36 Verify Network Turn-Up
- NTP-H37 Create an Automatically Routed E1 Circuit
- NTP-H38 Create a Manually Routed E1 Circuit
- NTP-H39 Create a Unidirectional E1 Circuit with Multiple Drops
- NTP-H40 Create an Automatically Routed DS-3 or E3 Circuit
- NTP-H41 Create a Manually Routed DS-3 or E3 Circuit
- NTP-H42 Create a Unidirectional DS-3 or E3 Circuit with Multiple Drops
- NTP-H46 Test Electrical Circuits
- NTP-H43 Create an Automatically Routed VC Low-order Path Tunnel
- NTP-H44 Create a Manually Routed VC Low-order Path Tunnel
- NTP-H45 Create a VC Low-order Path Aggregation Point
- NTP-H47 Create an Automatically Routed Optical Circuit
- NTP-H48 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit
- NTP-H49 Create a Unidirectional Optical Circuit with Multiple Drops
- NTP-H50 Test Optical Circuits
- NTP-H51 Create an Automatically Routed VCAT Circuit
- NTP-H52 Create a Manually Routed VCAT Circuit
- NTP-H55 Create Overhead Circuits
- NTP-H140 Create a Server Trail
- NTP-H179 Create an Overlay Ring Circuit
- NTP-C186 Manually Create a CCAT or VCAT Circuit on the CE-MR-10 Card
- NTP-H188 Create an Ethernet Drop and Continue Circuit
Create Circuits and VC Low-order Path Tunnels
This chapter explains how to create Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH electrical circuits, Virtual Container (VC) tunnels, optical circuits, and Ethernet circuits. For additional information about ONS 15310-MA SDH circuits, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
Before You Begin
Before performing any of the following procedures, investigate all alarms and clear any trouble conditions. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Troubleshooting Guide as necessary.
This section lists the chapter procedures (NTPs). Turn to a procedure for applicable tasks (DLPs).
1. 
H36 Verify Network Turn-Up—Complete this procedure before you create any circuits.
2. H37 Create an Automatically Routed E1 Circuit—Complete as needed.
3. H38 Create a Manually Routed E1 Circuit—Complete as needed.
4. H39 Create a Unidirectional E1 Circuit with Multiple Drops—Complete as needed.
5. H40 Create an Automatically Routed DS-3 or E3 Circuit—Complete as needed.
6. H41 Create a Manually Routed DS-3 or E3 Circuit—Complete as needed.
7. H42 Create a Unidirectional DS-3 or E3 Circuit with Multiple Drops—Complete as needed.
8. H46 Test Electrical Circuits—Complete this procedure after you create an electrical circuit.
9. H43 Create an Automatically Routed VC Low-order Path Tunnel—Complete as needed.
10. H44 Create a Manually Routed VC Low-order Path Tunnel—Complete as needed.
11. H45 Create a VC Low-order Path Aggregation Point—Complete as needed.
12. H47 Create an Automatically Routed Optical Circuit—Complete as needed.
13. H48 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit—Complete as needed.
14. H49 Create a Unidirectional Optical Circuit with Multiple Drops—Complete as needed.
15. H50 Test Optical Circuits—Complete this procedure after you create an optical circuit.
16. H51 Create an Automatically Routed VCAT Circuit—Complete as needed.
17. H52 Create a Manually Routed VCAT Circuit—Complete as needed.
18. H55 Create Overhead Circuits—Complete as needed to create data communications channel (DCC) tunnels, IP-encapsulated tunnels, and user data channel (UDC) circuits.
19. H140 Create a Server Trail—Complete as needed.
20. H179 Create an Overlay Ring Circuit—Complete as needed.
Table 5-1 defines ONS 15310-MA SDH circuit creation terms and options.
Table 5-2 shows the circuit source and destination options for ONS 15310-MA SDH VC low-order path circuits.
Table 5-3 shows the circuit source and destination options for ONS 15310-MA SDH VC high-order path circuits.
NTP-H36 Verify Network Turn-Up
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View. Wait for all the nodes that are part of the network to appear on the network map. (Large networks might take several minutes to display all the nodes.)
Note If this is the first time your computer has connected to this ONS network, the node icons will be stacked on the left side of the graphic area, possibly out of view. Use the scroll bar below the network map to display the icons. To separate the icons, drag and drop an icon to a new location. Repeat until all the nodes are visible on the graphic area.
Step 3 Verify node accessibility. In the network view, all node icons must be either green, yellow, orange, or red.
If all network nodes do not appear after a few minutes, or if a node icon is gray with "Unknown" under it, do not continue. Look at the Net box in the lower right corner of the window. If it is gray, log in again, making sure not to check the Disable Network check box in the CTC Login dialog box. If problems persist, see Chapter 4 "Turn Up a Network" to review the network turn-up procedure appropriate for your network topology, or refer to the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Troubleshooting Guide.
Step 4 Verify DCC connectivity. All nodes must be connected by green lines. If lines are missing or gray in color, do not continue. See Chapter 4 "Turn Up a Network" and follow the network turn-up procedure appropriate for your network topology. Verify that all nodes have DCC connectivity before continuing.
Step 5 Click the Alarms tab and click Synchronize.
a. Verify that the alarm filter is not on. See the "DLP-H88 Disable Alarm Filtering" task as necessary.
b. Verify that no unexplained alarms appear on the network. If alarms are present, investigate and resolve them before continuing. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Troubleshooting Guide if necessary.
Step 6 From the View menu, choose Go to Home View. Verify that the node is provisioned according to your site or engineering plan:
a. View the cards on the shelf map. Verify that the cards appear in the specified slots.
b. Click the Provisioning > General tabs. Verify that the node name, contacts, date, time, and Network Time Protocol/Simple Network Time Protocol (NTP/SNTP) server IP address (if used) are correctly provisioned. If needed, make corrections using the "NTP-H78 Change Node Management Information" procedure.
c. Click the Network tab. Verify that the IP address, subnet mask, default router, SOCKS proxy server, and gateway settings are correctly provisioned. If not, make corrections using the "NTP-H79 Change CTC Network Access" procedure.
d. Click the Protection tab. Verify that protection groups are created as specified in your site plan. If the protection groups are not created, complete the H142 Create Protection Groups for ONS 15310-MA SDH.
e. Click the Security tab. Verify that the users and access levels are provisioned as specified. If not, see the "NTP-H19 Create Users and Assign Security" procedure to correct the information.
f. If Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used, click the SNMP tab and verify the trap and destination information. If the information is not correct, see the "NTP-H84 Change SNMP Settings" procedure to correct the information.
g. Click the Comm Channels tab. Verify that Section DCCs (RS-DCCs) or Line DCCs (MS-DCCs) were created on the applicable STM-M ports. If DCCs were not created, see Chapter 4 "Turn Up a Network" and complete the turn-up procedure appropriate for your network topology.
h. Click the Timing tab. Verify that timing is provisioned as specified. If not, use the "NTP-H82 Change Node Timing" procedure to make the changes.
i. Click the Alarm Profiles tab. If you provisioned optional alarm profiles, verify that the alarms are provisioned as specified. If not, see the "NTP-H60 Create, Download, and Assign Alarm Severity Profiles" procedure to change the information.
j. Verify that the network element (NE) defaults file listed in the status area of the node view window is correct. Refer to the "Network Element Defaults" appendix in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual document for more information about NE defaults.
Step 7 Repeat Step 6 for each node in the network.
Step 8 As appropriate, complete the circuit creation procedure listed in the "Before You Begin" section.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H37 Create an Automatically Routed E1 Circuit
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the circuit source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path or VC low-order path. VC high-order path or VC low-order path cross-connects will carry the E1 circuit across the ONS network.
•Number of Circuits—Enter the number of E1 circuits that you want to create. The default is 1. If you are creating multiple circuits with the same slot and sequential port numbers, you can use autoranging to create the circuits automatically.
•Auto-ranged—This check box is automatically selected if you enter more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field. Autoranging creates identical (same source and destination), sequential circuits automatically. Uncheck this check box if you do not want CTC to create sequential circuits automatically.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes (Figure 5-1):
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters, (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, choose VC4. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, Size displays VC12 and VC3.
•Bidirectional—Leave the default unchanged (checked) for this circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•Diagnostic—Leave unchecked.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the In-Service and Normal (unlocked-enabled) service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the Out-of-Service and Management, Disabled (locked-enabled,disabled) service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the Out-of-Service and Autonomous, Automatic In-Service (unlocked-disabled,automaticInService) service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the Out-of-Service and Management, Maintenance (locked-enabled,maintenance) service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
Note If VC low-order path circuit source and destination ports are in an unlocked-disabled,automaticInService; locked-enabled,maintenance; or unlocked-enabled service state, VC low-order path circuits in unlocked-disabled,automaticInService change to unlocked-enabled even if a physical signal is not present.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed on protected drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards and ports as source and destination choices.
Figure 5-1 Setting Circuit Attributes for a E1 Circuit
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task. Otherwise, continue with the next step.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Complete the "DLP-H58 Provision a E1 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 11 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, click Route Automatically. Two options are available; choose either, both, or none based on your preferences.
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Check this check box if you want to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the CTC-generated circuit route.
Including nodes and spans for a circuit ensures that those nodes and spans are in the working path of the circuit (but not the protect path). Excluding nodes and spans ensures that the nodes and spans are not in the working or protect path of the circuit.
•Review Route Before Creation—Check this check box if you want to review and edit the circuit route before the circuit is created.
Step 12 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 13. CTC creates a fully protected circuit route based on the path diversity option you choose. Fully protected paths might or might not have path protection path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to path protection path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 15.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within path protection portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the path protection portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for path protection portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 14 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection dual-ring interconnect (DRI), check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box.
Step 15 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans in Step 11, complete the following substeps. If not, continue with Step 17.
a. Click Next.
b. In the Circuit Route Constraints area, click a node or span on the circuit map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the circuit. Click Exclude to exclude the node or span from the circuit. The order in which you choose included nodes and spans is the order in which the circuit will be routed. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Step c for each node or span you want to include or exclude.
e. Review the circuit route. To change the circuit routing order, choose a node from the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Nodes Links lists and click the Up or Down buttons to change the circuit routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
Step 16 If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, skip this step and continue with Step 17. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, click Next and complete the "DLP-H59 Provision VC high-order path and VC Low-order Path Grooming Nodes" task.
Step 17 If you selected Review Route Before Creation in Step 11, complete the following substeps. If not, continue with Step 18.
a. Click Next.
b. Review the circuit route. To add or delete a circuit span, choose a node on the circuit route. Blue arrows show the circuit route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
c. If the provisioned circuit does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change the circuit information. If the circuit needs to be routed to a different path, see the "NTP-H38 Create a Manually Routed E1 Circuit" procedure.
Step 18 Click Finish. One of the following results occurs, depending on the circuit properties you chose in the Circuit Creation dialog box:
•If you entered 1 in the Number of Circuits field, CTC creates the circuit.
•If you entered more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field and selected Auto-ranged, CTC automatically creates the number of circuits entered in the Number of Circuits field. If autoranging cannot complete all the circuits, for example, because sequential ports are unavailable at the source or destination, a dialog box appears. Set the new source or destination for the remaining circuits, then click Finish to continue autoranging. After completing the circuits, the Circuits window appears.
•If you entered more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field and did not choose Auto-ranged, the Circuit Creation dialog box appears for you to create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps 5 through 17 for each additional circuit. After completing the circuits, the Circuits window appears.
Step 19 In the Circuits window, verify that the new circuits appear in the circuits list.
Step 20 Complete the "NTP-H46 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H38 Create a Manually Routed E1 Circuit
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the circuit source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3. CTC assigns a circuit name automatically based on circuit type, node name, and sequence number.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path or VC low-order path. VC high-order path or VC low-order path cross-connects will carry the E1 circuit across the ONS network.
•Number of Circuits—Enter the number of E1 circuits that you want to create. The default is 1.
•Auto-ranged—Applies to automatically routed circuits only. If you entered more than 1 in Number of Circuits, uncheck this check box. (The check box is unavailable if only one circuit is entered in Number of Circuits.)
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes (Figure 5-1):
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, choose VC3. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, Size displays VC-12 and cannot be changed.
•Bidirectional—Leave the default unchanged (checked) for this circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
Note If VC low-order path circuit source and destination ports are in an unlocked-disabled,automaticInService; locked-enabled,maintenance; or unlocked-enabled service state, VC low-order path circuits in unlocked-disabled,automaticInService change to unlocked-enabled even if a physical signal is not present.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed on protected drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards and ports as source and destination choices.
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task. Otherwise, continue with the next step.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Complete the "DLP-H58 Provision a E1 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 11 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, uncheck Route Automatically.
Step 12 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 13. Fully protected paths might or might not have path protection path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to path protection path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 16.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, choose a Node-Diverse Path option:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the path protection portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the path protection portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for path protection portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 14 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection DRI, check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box.
Step 15 If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, skip this step and continue with Step 16. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, click Next and complete the "DLP-H59 Provision VC high-order path and VC Low-order Path Grooming Nodes" task.
Step 16 Click Next. In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear for you to route the circuit. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 17 Complete the "DLP-H60 Provision a E1, DS-3, or E3 Circuit Route" task for the E1 circuit that you are creating.
Step 18 Click Finish.
CTC compares your manually provisioned circuit route with the specified path diversity option you chose in Step 13. If the path does not meet the specified path diversity requirement, CTC displays an error message and allows you to change the circuit path.
Step 19 If you entered more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field, the Circuit Creation dialog box appears for you to create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps 5 through 18 for each additional circuit.
Step 20 When all the circuits are created, the main Circuits window appears. Verify that the circuits you created are correct.
Step 21 Complete the "NTP-H46 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H39 Create a Unidirectional E1 Circuit with Multiple Drops
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the circuit source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path or VC low-order path.
•Number of Circuits—Leave the default (1) unchanged.
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable when the Number of Circuits field is 1.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, choose VC3. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, Size displays VC-12 and cannot be changed.
•Bidirectional—Uncheck for this circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this check box is checked, you cannot assign a name to the circuit. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•Diagnostic—Leave the default (unchecked) unchanged.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
Note If VC low-order path circuit source and destination ports are in an unlocked-disabled,automaticInService; locked-enabled,maintenance; or unlocked-enabled service state, VC low-order path circuits in unlocked-disabled,automaticInService change to unlocked-enabled even if a physical signal is not present.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected ports as source and destination choices.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Complete the "DLP-H58 Provision a E1 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 10 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, uncheck Route Automatically. When Route Automatically is not checked, the Using Required Nodes/Spans and Review Route Before Circuit Creation check boxes are unavailable.
Step 11 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 12. Fully protected paths might or might not have path protection path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to path protection path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 14.
Step 12 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 11 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the path protection portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the path protection portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for path protection portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 11 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection DRI, check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box.
Step 14 If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, skip this step and continue with Step 15. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, click Next and complete the "DLP-H59 Provision VC high-order path and VC Low-order Path Grooming Nodes" task.
Step 15 Click Next. In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear for you to route the circuit manually. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 16 Complete the "DLP-H60 Provision a E1, DS-3, or E3 Circuit Route" task for the E1 circuit that you are creating.
Step 17 Click Finish. CTC completes the circuit. The Circuits window appears.
Step 18 In the Circuits window, click the circuit that you want to route to multiple drops. The Delete, Edit, and Search buttons become active.
Step 19 Click Edit (or double-click the circuit row). The Edit Circuit window appears with the General tab selected.
All nodes in the DCC network appear on the network map. Circuit source and destination information appears under the source and destination nodes. To display a detailed view of the circuit, click Show Detailed Map. To rearrange a node icon, select the node, press Ctrl, then drag and drop the icon to the new location.
Step 20 In the Edit Circuit dialog box, click the Drops tab. A list of existing drops appears.
Step 21 Click Create.
Step 22 In the Define New Drop dialog box, create the new drop:
a. Node—Choose the target node for the circuit drop.
b. Slot—Choose the target card and slot.
c. Port, VC high-order path, VC low-order path, or E1—Choose the port, VC high-order path, VC low-order path, or E1 from the Port, VC high-order path, VC low-order path, or E1 drop-down lists. The card selected in Step b determines the fields that appear. See Table 5-1 for a list of options.
d. The routing preferences for the new drop will match those of the original circuit. If the original circuit was routed on a protected path, you can change the nodal diversity options: Nodal Diversity Required, Nodal Diversity Desired, or Link Diversity Only. See Step 12 for option descriptions.
e. If you want to change the circuit state, choose the circuit state from the Target Circuit State drop-down list. The state chosen applies to the entire circuit.
f. Check Apply to drop ports if you want to apply the state chosen in the Target Circuit State to the circuit source and destination drops.
g. Click Finish. The new drop appears in the Drops list.
Step 23 If you need to create additional drops for the circuit, repeat Steps 21 and 22 to create the additional drops.
Step 24 Click Close. The Circuits window appears.
Step 25 Verify that the new drops appear in the Destination column for the circuit you edited. If they do not appear repeat Steps 5 through 24, making sure all options are provisioned correctly.
Step 26 Complete the "NTP-H46 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H40 Create an Automatically Routed DS-3 or E3 Circuit
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the circuit source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path (both DS-3 and E3) or VC low-order path (E3 only).
•Number of Circuits—Enter the number of DS-3 or E3 circuits that you want to create. The default is 1. If you are creating multiple circuits with sequential source and destination ports, you can use autoranging to create the circuits automatically.
•Auto-ranged—This check box is automatically selected if you enter more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field. Leave selected if you are creating multiple DS-3 or E3 circuits with the same source and destination and you want CTC to create the circuits automatically. Uncheck this check box if you do not want CTC to create sequential circuits automatically.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, choose VC3. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, Size displays VC-12 and cannot be changed.
•Bidirectional—Leave the default (checked) for this circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•Diagnostic—Leave the default (unchecked).
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed on protected drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards and ports as source and destination choices.
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Complete the "DLP-H61 Provision a DS-3 or E3 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 11 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, choose Route Automatically. Two options are available; choose either, both, or none based on your preferences:
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Check this check box to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the CTC-generated circuit route.
Including nodes and spans for a circuit ensures that those nodes and spans are in the working path of the circuit (but not the protect path). Excluding nodes and spans ensures that the nodes and spans are not in the working or protect path of the circuit.
•Review Route Before Creation—Check this check box to review and edit the circuit route before the circuit is created.
Step 12 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 13. CTC creates a fully protected circuit route based on the path diversity option you choose. Fully protected paths might or might not have path protection path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to path protection path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 15.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within path protection portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the path protection portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for path protection portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 14 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection DRI, check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box.
Step 15 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans in Step 11, complete the following substeps; otherwise, continue with Step 17:
a. Click Next.
b. In the Circuit Route Constraints area, click a node or span on the circuit map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the circuit. Click Exclude to exclude the node or span from the circuit. The order in which you choose included nodes and spans determines the circuit sequence. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Step c for each node or span you want to include or exclude.
e. Review the circuit route. To change the circuit routing order, choose a node from the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Nodes Links lists, then click the Up or Down buttons to change the circuit routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
Note If a node or span stays gray, that node or span is required.
Step 16 If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, skip this step and continue with Step 17. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, click Next and complete the "DLP-H59 Provision VC high-order path and VC Low-order Path Grooming Nodes" task.
Step 17 If you selected Review Route Before Creation in Step 11, complete the following substeps; otherwise, continue with Step 18.
a. Click Next.
b. Review the circuit route. To add or delete a circuit span, choose a node on the circuit route. Blue arrows show the circuit route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
c. If the provisioned circuit does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change the circuit information. If the circuit needs to be routed to a different path, see the "NTP-H41 Create a Manually Routed DS-3 or E3 Circuit" procedure.
Step 18 Click Finish. One of the following actions occurs based on the circuit properties you selected:
•If you entered 1 in the Number of Circuits field, CTC creates the circuit.
•If you entered more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field and chose Auto-ranged, CTC automatically creates the number of circuits entered in the Number of Circuits field. If autoranging cannot complete all the circuits, for example, because sequential ports are unavailable at the source or destination, a dialog box appears. Set the new source or destination for the remaining circuits, then click Finish to continue autoranging. After completing the circuits, the Circuits window appears.
•If you entered more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field and did not choose Auto-ranged, the Circuit Creation dialog box appears for you to create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps 5 through 17 for each additional circuit. After completing the circuits, the Circuits window appears.
Step 19 In the Circuits window, verify that the circuits you just created appear in the circuits list.
Step 20 Complete the "NTP-H46 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H41 Create a Manually Routed DS-3 or E3 Circuit
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the circuit source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path (both DS-3 and E3) or VC low-order path (E3 only).
•Number of Circuits—Enter the number of DS-3 or E3 circuits that you want to create. The default is 1.
•Auto-ranged—Applies to automatically routed circuits only. If you entered more than 1 in Number of Circuits, uncheck this check box. (The check box is unavailable if only one circuit is entered in Number of Circuits.)
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave this field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, choose VC3. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, Size displays VC-12 and cannot be changed.
•Bidirectional—Leave the default (checked).
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•Diagnostic—Leave the default (unchecked).
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Complete the "DLP-H61 Provision a DS-3 or E3 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 11 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, uncheck Route Automatically.
Step 12 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 13. Fully protected paths might or might not have path protection path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to path protection path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 15.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the path protection portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the path protection portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for path protection portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 14 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection DRI, check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box.
Step 15 If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, skip this step and continue with Step 16. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, click Next and complete the "DLP-H59 Provision VC high-order path and VC Low-order Path Grooming Nodes" task.
Step 16 Click Next. In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear for you to route the circuit manually. The green arrows pointing from the selected node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 17 Complete the "DLP-H60 Provision a E1, DS-3, or E3 Circuit Route" task for the DS-3 or E3 circuit that you are creating.
Step 18 Click Finish.
Step 19 If you entered more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field, the Circuit Creation dialog box appears for you to create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps 5 through 17 for each additional circuit.
Step 20 When all the circuits are created, the main Circuits window appears. Verify that the circuits you created appear in the window.
Step 21 Complete the "NTP-H46 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H42 Create a Unidirectional DS-3 or E3 Circuit with Multiple Drops
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the circuit source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path (both DS-3 and E3) or VC low-order path (E3 only).
•Number of Circuits—Leave the default unchanged (1).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable when the Number of Circuits is 1.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, choose VC3. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, Size displays VC-12 and cannot be changed.
•Bidirectional—Uncheck for this circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•Diagnostic—Leave the default (unchecked).
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Complete the "DLP-H61 Provision a DS-3 or E3 Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 11 Uncheck Route Automatically. When Route Automatically is not checked, Using Required Nodes/Spans and Review Route Before Circuit Creation are unavailable.
Step 12 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 13. Fully protected paths might or might not have path protection path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to path protection path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 15.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the path protection portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the path protection portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for path protection portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 14 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection DRI, check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box.
Step 15 If you are creating a VC high-order path circuit, skip this step and continue with Step 16. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, click Next and complete the "DLP-H59 Provision VC high-order path and VC Low-order Path Grooming Nodes" task.
Step 16 Click Next. In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear for you to route the circuit manually. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 17 Complete the "DLP-H60 Provision a E1, DS-3, or E3 Circuit Route" task for the DS-3 or E3 you are creating.
Step 18 Click Finish. After completing the circuit, the Circuits window appears.
Step 19 In the Circuits window, click the circuit that you want to route to multiple drops. The Delete, Edit, and Search radio buttons become active.
Step 20 Click Edit. The Edit Circuit window appears with the General tab selected. All nodes in the DCC network appear on the network map. Circuit source and destination information appears under the source and destination nodes. To display a detailed view of the circuit, click Show Detailed Map. You can rearrange the node icons by selecting the node with the left mouse button while simultaneously pressing Ctrl then dragging the icon to the new location.
Step 21 In the Edit Circuit dialog box, click the Drops tab. A list of existing drops appears.
Step 22 Click Create.
Step 23 In the Define New Drop dialog box, define the new drop:
a. Node—Choose the target node for the circuit drop.
b. Slot—Choose the target card and slot.
c. Port, VC high-order path—Choose the port and/or VC high-order path from the Port and VC high-order path drop-down lists. The card selected in Step b determines whether port, VC high-order path, or both lists display. See Table 5-1 for a list of options.
d. VC low-order path—If applicable, choose the VC low-order path from the VC low-order path drop-down list.
e. The routing preferences for the new drop will match those of the original circuit. If the original circuit was routed on a protected path, you can change the nodal diversity options: Nodal Diversity Required, Nodal Diversity Desired, or Link Diversity Only. See Step 13 for option descriptions.
f. If you want to change the circuit state, choose the circuit state from the Target Circuit State drop-down list. The state chosen applies to the entire circuit.
g. Check Apply to drop ports if you want to apply the state chosen in the Target Circuit State to the circuit source and destination drops.
h. Click Finish. The new drop appears in the Drops list.
Step 24 If you need to create additional drops for the circuit, repeat Steps 22 and 23 to create the additional drops.
Step 25 Click Close. The Circuits window appears.
Step 26 Verify that the new drops appear in the Destination column for the circuit you edited. If they do not appear, repeat this procedure, making sure all options are provisioned correctly.
Step 27 Complete the "NTP-H46 Test Electrical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H46 Test Electrical Circuits
Purpose |
This procedure tests E1, DS-3, and E3 circuits. |
Tools/Equipment |
A test set and all appropriate cables |
Prerequisite Procedures |
This procedure assumes you completed a facility loopback tests on the fibers and cables from the source and destination nodes to the DSX and that you created a circuit using one of the following procedures: H37 Create an Automatically Routed E1 Circuit H38 Create a Manually Routed E1 Circuit H39 Create a Unidirectional E1 Circuit with Multiple Drops H40 Create an Automatically Routed DS-3 or E3 Circuit H41 Create a Manually Routed DS-3 or E3 Circuit H42 Create a Unidirectional DS-3 or E3 Circuit with Multiple Drops |
Required/As Needed |
As needed |
Onsite/Remote |
Onsite |
Security Level |
Provisioning or higher |
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you created the circuits. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab.
Step 4 Complete the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task to set the circuit and circuit ports to the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. Note the original state because you will change it back at the end of the procedure.
Step 5 Set the source and destination E1 port line length:
a. In network view, double-click the source node.
b. Double-click the circuit source card and click the Provisioning > Line tabs.
c. From the circuit source port Line Length drop-down list, choose the line length for the distance (in feet) between the DSX (if used) or circuit termination point and the source node.
d. Click Apply.
e. From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
f. Repeat Steps a through e for the destination port line length.
Step 6 Attach loopback cables to the circuit destination card:
a. Verify the integrity of the loopback cable by looping the test set transmit (Tx) connector to the test set receive (Rx) connector. If the test set does not run error-free, check the cable for damage and check the test set to make sure it is set up correctly before going to Step b.
b. Attach the loopback cable to the port you are testing. Connect the Tx connector to the Rx connector of the port being tested.
Step 7 Attach loopback cables to the circuit source node:
a. Test the loopback cable by connecting one end to the test set Tx port and the other end to the test set Rx port. If the test set does not run error-free, check the cable for damage and check the test set to make sure it is set up correctly.
b. Attach the loopback cable to the port you are testing. Connect the test set to the circuit source port. Connect the Tx port of the test set to the circuit Rx port, and the test set Rx port to the circuit Tx port.
Step 8 Configure the test set for the card that is the source of the circuit you are testing:
•E1—If you are testing an unmultiplexed E1, you must have a DSX-1 panel or use the high-density E1 interface through the LFH-96 connector. Set the test set for E1. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
•DS-3/E3—If you are testing a clear channel DS-3 or E3, you must have a direct DS-3/E3 interface into the node through the broadband electrical (BBE) ports on the CTX card. Set the test set for clear channel DS-3. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
Step 9 Verify that the test set displays a clean signal. If a clean signal does not appear, repeat Steps 2 through 8 to make sure the test set and cabling is configured correctly.
Step 10 Inject errors from the test set. Verify that the errors display at the source and destination nodes.
Step 11 Clear the performance monitoring (PM) counts for the ports that you tested. See the "DLP-H95 Clear Selected PM Counts" task for instructions.
Step 12 Complete the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task to set the circuit and circuit ports to their original service state.
Step 13 As needed, complete the "DLP-H55 Path Protection Switching Test" task.
Step 14 Perform a bit error rate test (BERT) for 12 hours or follow your site requirements for length of time. For information about configuring your test set for BERT, see your test set user guide.
Step 15 After the BERT is complete, print the results or save them to a disk for future reference. For information about printing or saving test results, see your test set user guide.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H43 Create an Automatically Routed VC Low-order Path Tunnel
Note VC low-order path tunnels allow VC low-order path circuits to pass through intermediary ONS nodes without consuming VC low-order path matrix resources on the 15310E-CTX-K9 card. VC low-order path tunnels can carry 28 VC-12 circuits. In general, creating VC low-order path tunnels is a good idea if you are creating many VC low-order path circuits from the same source and destination. VC low path Tunnel can carry 21 VC12 circuits. Refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual for more information.
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the tunnel source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, choose VC low-order path Tunnel from the Circuit Type list.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the VC low-order path tunnel. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the tunnel.
•Size—Unavailable for VC low-order path tunnels.
•Bidirectional—Unavailable for VC low-order path tunnels.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, disabled—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
Note A VC low-order path tunnel automatically transitions into the unlocked service state after a VC low-order path circuit is created.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Unavailable for VC low-order path tunnels.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 In the Circuit Source area, choose the node where the VC low-order path tunnel will originate from the Node drop-down list.
Step 10 Click Next.
Step 11 In the Circuit Destination area, choose the node where the VC low-order path tunnel will terminate from the Node drop-down list.
Step 12 Click Next.
Step 13 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, choose Route Automatically. Two options are available; choose either, both, or none based on your preferences.
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Check this check box to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the CTC-generated tunnel route.
Including nodes and spans for a circuit ensures that those nodes and spans are in the working path of the circuit (but not the protect path). Excluding nodes and spans ensures that the nodes and spans are not in the working or protect path of the circuit.
•Review Route Before Creation—Check this check box to review and edit the VC low-order path tunnel route before the circuit is created.
Step 14 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans in Step 13:
a. Click Next.
b. In the Circuit Route Constraints area, click a span on the VC low-order path tunnel map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the VC low-order path tunnel. Click Exclude to exclude the node or span from the VC low-order path tunnel. The order in which you choose included nodes and spans sets the VC low-order path tunnel sequence. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Step c for each node or span you want to include or exclude.
e. Review the VC low-order path tunnel route. To change the tunnel routing order, choose a node in the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Nodes Links lists, then click the Up or Down buttons to change the tunnel routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
Step 15 If you selected Review Route Before Creation in Step 13:
a. Click Next.
b. Review the tunnel route. To add or delete a tunnel span, choose a node on the tunnel route. Blue arrows show the tunnel route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
c. If the provisioned tunnel does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change tunnel information.
Step 16 Click Finish. The Circuits window appears.
Step 17 Verify that the tunnel you just created appears in the circuits list. VC low-order path tunnels are identified by VC low-order pathT in the Type column.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H44 Create a Manually Routed VC Low-order Path Tunnel
Note VC low-order path tunnels allow VC low-order path circuits to pass through intermediary ONS nodes without consuming VC low-order path matrix resources on the 15310E-CTX-K9 card. VC low-order path tunnels can carry 28 VC-12 circuits. In general, creating VC low-order path tunnels is a good idea if you are creating many VC low-order path circuits from the same source and destination. VC low path Tunnel can carry 21 VC12 circuits. Refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual for more information.
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the tunnel source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, choose VC low-order path Tunnel from the Circuit Type list.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the VC low-order path tunnel. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the tunnel.
•Size—Unavailable for VC low-order path tunnels.
•Bidirectional—Unavailable for VC low-order path tunnels.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, disabled—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
Note A VC low-order path tunnel automatically transitions into the unlocked service state after a VC low-order path circuit is created.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 In the Circuit Source area, choose the node where the VC low-order path tunnel will originate from the Node drop-down list.
Step 10 Click Next.
Step 11 In the Circuit Destination area, choose the node where the VC low-order path tunnel will terminate from the Node drop-down list.
Step 12 Click Next.
Step 13 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, uncheck Route Automatically.
Step 14 Click Next. In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear for you to route the tunnel. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the tunnel.
Step 15 Complete the "DLP-H62 Provision a VC Low-order Path Tunnel Route" task for the tunnel you are creating. The Circuits window appears.
Step 16 Verify that the tunnel you just created appears in the circuits list. VC low-order path tunnels are identified by VC low-order path in the Type column.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H45 Create a VC Low-order Path Aggregation Point
Note The maximum number of VAPs that you can create depends on the node protection topology and number of VC-12 circuits that terminate on the node. Assuming no other VC-12 circuits terminate at the node, the maximum number of VAPs that can terminate at one node is ten for the ONS 15310-MA SDH.
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the tunnel source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, choose VC low-order path Aggregation Point from the Circuit Type list.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the VC low-order path aggregation point. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the VAP.
•Size—(Display only) Displays VC4.
•Bidirectional—(Display only) The check box is checked.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, disabled—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
Note A VAP automatically transitions into the unlocked service state after a VC low-order path circuit is created.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Uncheck this check box.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 In the Circuit Source area, choose the source node, slot, port, and VC high-order path for the VAP. The VAP source is where the E1 (VC-12) circuits will be aggregated into a single VC high-order path. The VAP destination is where the E1 circuits originate.
a. From the Node drop-down list, choose the node where the VAP will originate.
b. From the Slot drop-down list, choose the slot containing the STM-M port where the VAP will originate.
c. From the Port drop-down list, choose the desired port.
d. From the VC high-order path drop-down list, choose the source VC high-order path.
Step 10 Click Next.
Step 11 In the Circuit Destination area, choose the node where the VC low-order path circuits aggregated by the VAP will terminate from the Node drop-down list.
Step 12 Click Next.
Step 13 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, choose Route Automatically. Two options are available; choose either, both, or none based on your preferences.
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Check this check box to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the VAP route.
Including nodes and spans for a circuit ensures that those nodes and spans are in the working path of the circuit (but not the protect path). Excluding nodes and spans ensures that the nodes and spans are not in the working or protect path of the circuit.
•Review Route Before Creation—Check this check box to review and edit the VAP route before the circuit is created.
Step 14 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans in Step 13, complete the following steps:
a. Click Next.
b. In the Circuit Route Constraints area, click a span on the VAP map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the VAP. Click Exclude to exclude the node or span from the VAP. The sequence in which you choose the nodes and spans sets the VAP sequence. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Step c for each node or span you want to include or exclude.
e. Review the VAP route. To change the tunnel routing order, choose a node in the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Nodes Links lists, then click the Up or Down buttons to change the tunnel routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
Step 15 If you selected Review Route Before Creation in Step 13, complete the following steps:
a. Click Next.
b. Review the tunnel route. To add or delete a tunnel span, choose a node on the tunnel route. Blue arrows show the tunnel route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
c. If the provisioned tunnel does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change tunnel information.
Step 16 Click Finish. The Circuits window appears.
Step 17 Verify that the VAP you just created appears in the circuits list. VAPs are identified in the Type column. The VAP tunnel automatically transitions into the unlocked-enabled service state.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H47 Create an Automatically Routed Optical Circuit
Purpose |
This procedure creates an automatically routed optical circuit. |
Tools/Equipment |
None |
Prerequisite Procedures |
H130 Manage Pluggable Port Modules (as needed) |
Required/As Needed |
As needed |
Onsite/Remote |
Onsite or remote |
Security Level |
Provisioning or higher |
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the circuit source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 Complete the following as necessary (you can provision Ethernet or packet-over-SDH (POS) ports before or after the VC high-order path circuit is created):
•To provision Ethernet ports for CE-100T-8 or CE-MR-6 circuits, complete the "DLP-H190 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card Ethernet Ports" task.
•To provision POS ports for CE-100T-8 or CE-MR-6 circuits, complete the "DLP-H191 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card POS Ports" task.
Step 4 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 5 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path or VC low-order path.
•Number of Circuits—Enter the number of optical circuits that you want to create. The default is 1. If you are creating multiple circuits with the same source and destination, you can use autoranging to create the circuits automatically.
•Auto-ranged—This check box is automatically checked when you enter more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field. Leave checked if you are creating multiple optical circuits with the same source and destination and you want CTC to create the circuits automatically. Uncheck this check box if you do not want CTC to create the circuits automatically.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—Choose the optical circuit size. If you are creating an VC high-order path circuit, the choices are VC3, VC4, VC4-2c, VC4-3c, or VC4-4c. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, the Size displays VC-12. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Leave the default (checked) for this circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, disabled—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protected drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Complete the "DLP-H63 Provision an STM-M Circuit Source and Destination" task for the optical circuit that you are creating.
Step 11 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, choose Route Automatically. Two options are available; choose either, both, or none based on your preferences.
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Check this check box to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the CTC-generated circuit route.
Including nodes and spans for a circuit ensures that those nodes and spans are in the working path of the circuit (but not the protect path). Excluding nodes and spans ensures that the nodes and spans are not in the working or protect path of the circuit.
•Review Route Before Creation—Check this check box to review and edit the circuit route before the circuit is created.
Step 12 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 13. CTC creates a fully protected circuit route based on the path diversity option you choose. Fully protected paths might or might not have path protection path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to path protection path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 15.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within path protection portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the path protection portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for path protection portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 14 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection DRI, check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box.
Step 15 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans in Step 11, complete the following substeps. If not, continue with Step 17:
a. Click Next.
b. In the Circuit Route Constraints area, click a node or span on the circuit map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the circuit, or click Exclude to exclude the node or span from the circuit. The order in which you choose included nodes and spans is the order in which the circuit will be routed. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Step c for each node or span you want to include or exclude.
e. Review the circuit route. To change the circuit routing order, choose a node in the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Nodes Links lists, then click the Up or Down buttons to change the circuit routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
Step 16 If you are creating an VC high-order path circuit, skip this step and continue with Step 17. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, click Next and complete the "DLP-H59 Provision VC high-order path and VC Low-order Path Grooming Nodes" task.
Step 17 If you selected Review Route Before Creation in Step 11, complete the following substeps; otherwise, continue with Step 18:
a. Click Next.
b. Review the circuit route. To add or delete a circuit span, choose a node on the circuit route. Blue arrows show the circuit route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
c. If the provisioned circuit does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change the circuit information. If the circuit needs to be routed to a different path, see the "NTP-H48 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit" procedure to assign the circuit route yourself.
Step 18 Click Finish. One of the following results occurs, based on the circuit properties you provisioned in the Circuit Creation dialog box:
•If you entered 1 in the Number of Circuits field, CTC creates the circuit.
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of Circuits and chose Auto-ranged, CTC automatically creates the number of circuits entered in Number of Circuits. If autoranging cannot complete all the circuits, for example, because sequential ports are unavailable on the source or destination, a dialog box appears. Set the new source or destination for the remaining circuits, then click Finish to continue autoranging. After completing the circuits, the Circuits window appears.
•If you entered more than 1 in Number of Circuits and did not choose Auto-ranged, the Circuit Creation dialog box appears for you to create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps 7 through 17 for each additional circuit. After completing the circuits, the Circuits window appears.
Step 19 In the Circuits window, verify that the circuits you created appear in the circuits list.
Step 20 Complete the "NTP-H50 Test Optical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H48 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit
Purpose |
This procedure creates a manually routed optical circuit. |
Tools/Equipment |
None |
Prerequisite Procedures |
H130 Manage Pluggable Port Modules (as needed) |
Required/As Needed |
As needed |
Onsite/Remote |
Onsite or remote |
Security Level |
Provisioning or higher |
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the tunnel source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 Complete the following as necessary (you can provision Ethernet or POS ports before or after the VC high-order path circuit is created):
•To provision Ethernet ports for CE-100T-8 or CE-MR-6 circuits, complete the "DLP-H190 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card Ethernet Ports" task.
•To provision POS ports for CE-100T-8 or CE-MR-6 circuits, complete the "DLP-H191 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card POS Ports" task.
Step 4 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path or VC low-order path.
•Number of Circuits—Enter the number of optical circuits that you want to create. The default is 1.
•Auto-ranged—Applies to automatically routed circuits only. If you entered more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field, uncheck this box. (The box is unavailable if only one circuit is entered in Number of Circuits.)
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—Choose the optical circuit size. If you are creating an VC high-order path circuit, the choices are VC4, VC4-2c, VC4-3c, or VC4-4c. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, Size displays VC-12. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Leave the default (checked) for this circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Complete the "DLP-H63 Provision an STM-M Circuit Source and Destination" task for the optical circuit that you are creating.
Step 11 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, uncheck Route Automatically.
Step 12 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 13.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 15.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the path protection portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the path protection portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for path protection portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 14 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection DRI, check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box.
Step 15 If you are creating an VC high-order path circuit, skip this step and continue with Step 16. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, click Next and complete the "DLP-H59 Provision VC high-order path and VC Low-order Path Grooming Nodes" task.
Step 16 Click Next. In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear for you to route the circuit manually.
Step 17 Complete the "DLP-H64 Provision an STM-M Circuit Route" task.
Step 18 Click Finish. If the path does not meet the specified path diversity requirement, CTC displays an error message and allows you to change the circuit path. If you entered more than 1 in Number of Circuits, the Circuit Creation dialog box appears after the circuit is created for you to create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps 5 through 17 for each additional circuit.
Step 19 When all the circuits are created, the main Circuits window appears. Verify that the circuits you created appear in the window.
Step 20 Complete the "NTP-H50 Test Optical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H49 Create a Unidirectional Optical Circuit with Multiple Drops
Purpose |
This procedure creates a unidirectional optical circuit with multiple traffic drops (circuit destinations). |
Tools/Equipment |
None |
Prerequisite Procedures |
H130 Manage Pluggable Port Modules (as needed) |
Required/As Needed |
As needed |
Onsite/Remote |
Onsite or remote |
Security Level |
Provisioning or higher |
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the tunnel source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path or VC low-order path.
•Number of Circuits—Leave the default unchanged (1).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable when the Number of Circuits field is 1.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—Choose the circuit size. If you are creating an VC high-order path circuit, the choices are VC3, VC4, VC4-2c, VC4-3c, or VC4-4c. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, Size displays VC-12. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Uncheck this check box for this circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•Diagnostic—Leave the default (unchecked).
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 8 If the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Complete the "DLP-H63 Provision an STM-M Circuit Source and Destination" task for the circuit that you are creating.
Step 11 Uncheck Route Automatically. When Route Automatically is not checked, Using Required Nodes/Spans and Review Route Before Circuit Creation are unavailable.
Step 12 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 13. Fully protected paths might or might not have path protection path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to path protection path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 15.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the path protection portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the path protection portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for path protection portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node-diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Note For manually routed circuits, CTC checks your manually provisioned path against the path diversity option you choose. If the path does not meet the path diversity requirement that is specified, CTC displays an error message.
Step 14 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on a path protection DRI, check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box.
Step 15 If you are creating an VC high-order path circuit, skip this step and continue with Step 16. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, click Next and complete the "DLP-H59 Provision VC high-order path and VC Low-order Path Grooming Nodes" task.
Step 16 Click Next. In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear for you to route the circuit manually. The green arrows pointing from the selected node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 17 Complete the "DLP-H64 Provision an STM-M Circuit Route" task.
Step 18 Click Finish. After completing the circuit, the Circuits window appears.
Step 19 In the Circuits window, click the circuit that you want to route to multiple drops. The Delete, Edit, and Search buttons become active.
Step 20 Click Edit. The Edit Circuit window appears with the General tab selected. All nodes in the DCC network appear on the network. Circuit source and destination information appears under the source and destination nodes. To display a detailed view of the circuit, click Show Detailed Map. You can rearrange the node icons by selecting the node with the left mouse button, pressing Ctrl and dragging the icon to the new location.
Step 21 In the Edit Circuit dialog box, click the Drops tab. A list of existing drops appears.
Step 22 Click Create.
Step 23 In the Define New Drop dialog box, define the new drop:
a. Node—Choose the target node for the circuit drop.
b. Slot—Choose the target card and slot.
c. Port, VC high-order path—Choose the port and/or VC high-order path from the Port and VC high-order path drop-down lists. The choice in these menus depends on the card selected in Step b. See Table 5-1 for a list of options.
d. The routing preferences for the new drop will match those of the original circuit. If the original circuit was routed on a protected path, you can change the nodal diversity options: Nodal Diversity Required, Nodal Diversity Desired, or Link Diversity Only. See Step 13 for options descriptions.
e. Click OK. The new drop appears in the Drops list.
Step 24 If you need to create additional drops on the circuit, repeat Steps 21 through 23.
Step 25 Click Close. The Circuits window appears.
Step 26 Verify that the new drops appear in the Destination column for the circuit you edited. If they do not appear, repeat Steps 5 through 25 making sure all options are provisioned correctly.
Step 27 Complete the "NTP-H50 Test Optical Circuits" procedure. Skip this step if you built a test circuit.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H50 Test Optical Circuits
Purpose |
This procedure tests an optical circuit. |
Tools/Equipment |
Test set capable of optical speeds, appropriate fibers, and attenuators |
Prerequisite Procedures |
This procedure assumes you completed facility loopback tests to test the fibers and cables from the source and destination ONS 15310-MAs to the fiber distribution panel or the DSX and one of following circuit procedures: H47 Create an Automatically Routed Optical Circuit H48 Create a Manually Routed Optical Circuit H49 Create a Unidirectional Optical Circuit with Multiple Drops |
Required/As Needed |
Required |
Onsite/Remote |
Onsite |
Security Level |
Provisioning or higher |
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you created the circuits. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Circuits tab.
Step 4 Complete the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task to set the circuit and circuit ports to the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. Note the original state because you will change it back at the end of the procedure.
Step 5 Set up the patch cable at the destination node:
a. Test the patch cable by connecting one end to the test set Tx port and the other end to the test set Rx port. If the test set does not run error-free, check the cable for damage and check the test set to make sure it is set up correctly.
b. Install the loopback cable on the port you are testing. Connect the Tx connector to the Rx connector of the port being tested.
Step 6 Set up the loopback cable at the source node:
a. Test the loopback cable by connecting one end to the test set Tx port and the other end to the test set Rx port. If the test set does not run error-free, check the cable for damage and check the test set to make sure it is set up correctly.
b. At the source node, attach the loopback cable to the port you are testing. Connect the test set to the circuit source port. Connect the Tx port of the test set to the circuit Rx port, and the test set Rx port to the circuit Tx port.
Step 7 Configure the test set for the source port:
•STM1 ports—You will test either an STM1c or a multiplexed STM1. If you are testing an STM1c, configure the test set for an STM1c. If you are testing a multiplexed STM1, configure the test set for a multiplexed STM1 and choose the DS-3 and/or E1 you will test. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
•STM4 ports—You will test either an STM4c or a multiplexed STM4. If you are testing an STM4c, configure the test set for an STM4c. If you are testing a multiplexed STM4, configure the test set for a multiplexed STM4 and choose the DS-3 and/or E1 you will test. For information about configuring your test set, consult your test set user guide.
Step 8 Verify that the test set displays a clean signal. If a clean signal does not appear, repeat Steps 2 through 7 to make sure that you have configured the test set and cabling correctly.
Step 9 Inject errors from the test set. Verify that the errors display at the source and destination nodes.
Step 10 Clear the PM counts for the ports that you tested. See the "DLP-H95 Clear Selected PM Counts" task for instructions.
Step 11 Complete the "DLP-H55 Path Protection Switching Test" task.
Step 12 Perform a BERT for 12 hours or a duration dictated by local testing custom. For information about configuring your test set for BERT, see your test set user guide.
Step 13 After the BERT is complete, print the results or save them to a disk for future reference. For information about printing or saving test results see your test set user guide.
Step 14 Complete the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task to return the circuit and circuit ports to their original service state.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H51 Create an Automatically Routed VCAT Circuit
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at the node where you will create the VCAT circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 Complete the following as necessary (you can provision Ethernet or POS ports before or after the VCAT circuit is created):
•To provision Ethernet ports for CE-100T-8 or CE-MR-6 circuits, complete the "DLP-H190 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card Ethernet Ports" task.
•To provision POS ports for CE-100T-8 or CE-MR-6 circuits, complete the "DLP-H191 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card POS Ports" task.
•To provision a VCAT circuit that traverses through a third-party network, complete the "NTP-H140 Create a Server Trail" procedure.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, choose VC_HO_Path_Circuit or VC_LO_Path_Circuit or any other circuit type from the Circuit Type drop-down list.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Displays the circuit type you chose in Step 5. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Checked is the default. You cannot change it.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the member cross-connects in a VCAT circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the member cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the member cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the member cross-connects in the Out-of-Service and Autonomous, Automatic In-Service (unlocked-disabled,automaticInService) service state. When the connections receive a valid signal, the cross-connect service states automatically change to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the member cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. This service state does not interrupt traffic flow and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit, but suppresses alarms and conditions. Use the locked, maintenance administrative state for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; OOS; or Automatic In Service when testing is complete.
–locked, outOfGroup—(LCAS only) Puts VCAT member cross-connects in the Out-of-Service and Management, Out-of-Group (locked-enabled,outOfGroup) service state. This administrative state is used to put a member circuit out of the group and to stop sending traffic. locked-enabled,outOfGroup applies only to the cross-connects on an end node where VCAT resides. The cross-connects on intermediate nodes are in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the unlocked administrative state to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Symmetric—Checked is the default. You cannot change it.
•Member size—Choose the member size. For information about the member size supported for each card, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Num. of members—Choose the number of members. For information about the number of members supported for each card, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
Note When creating open-ended VCAT circuits the number of members must be the same on each side of the virtual concatenated group (VCG). The configuration with different number of members on each side of circuit is not supported. This is applicable to circuits created on CE-Series and ML-Series cards.
•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. For CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 cards, you can add or delete members after creating a VCAT circuit with no protection. During the time it takes to add or delete members (from seconds to minutes), the entire VCAT circuit will be unable to carry traffic. For ML-100T-8 cards, you cannot add or delete members if the protection mode is None.
–SW-LCAS—(Software Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme [LCAS]) Allows the VCAT circuit to adapt to member failures and keep traffic flowing after failures at a reduced bandwidth. Sw-LCAS provides interoperability with the ONS 15454 ML-Series cards. Sw-LCAS uses legacy SDH failure indicators like AIS-P and RDI-P to detect member failure. You cannot add or delete members from a VCAT circuit with Sw-LCAS protection.
Note While deleting SW-LCAS circuit members change the administrative state of the members to Locked,disabled. This is applicable to circuits created on CE-Series and ML-Series cards.
–LCAS—Sets the VCAT circuit to use LCAS. With LCAS, you can add or delete members without interrupting the operation of noninvolved members, and if a member fails, LCAS temporarily removes the failed member from the VCAT circuit. The remaining members carry the traffic until the failure clears.
Note Cisco recommends using LCAS mode for CE-100T-8 and ML-100T-8 cards that do not need to interoperate with the ONS 15454 ML-Series cards.
Note For the CE-MR-10 card, before you create a VCAT circuit in the LCAS protection mode, it is recommended that you move all members of the VCAT circuit being created to Locked,OutOfGroup service state and then move them to Unlocked state.
Note While deleting HW-LCAS circuit members change the administrative state of the members to Locked, OutOfGroup. This is applicable to circuits created on CE-Series and ML-Series cards.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Complete the "DLP-H65 Provision a VCAT Circuit Source and Destination" task for the VCAT circuit that you are creating.
Step 10 In the VCAT Circuit Routing Preferences area, check Route Automatically. Two options are available; choose either, both, or none based on your preferences.
•Using Required Nodes/Spans—Check this check box to specify nodes and spans to include or exclude in the CTC-generated circuit route.
Including nodes and spans for a circuit ensures that those nodes and spans are in the working path of the circuit (but not the protect path). Excluding nodes and spans ensures that the nodes and spans are not in the working or protect path of the circuit.
•Review Route Before Creation—Check this check box to review and edit the circuit route before the circuit is created.
Step 11 Choose one of the following routing types:
•Common Routing—Routes the members on the same fiber.
•Split Routing—Allows the individual members to be routed on different fibers or each member to have different routing constraints. Split routing is required when creating circuits over a path protection configuration.
Step 12 If you want to set preferences for individual members, complete the following in the Member Preferences area. To set identical preferences for all members, skip this step and continue with Step 13.
•Number—Choose a number from the drop-down list to identify the member.
•Name—Type a unique name to identify the member. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Protection—Choose the member protection type:
–Fully Protected—Routes the circuit on a protected path.
–Unprotected—Creates an unprotected circuit.
–PCA—(Future use) Routes the member on a bidirectional line switched ring (MS-SPRing) protection channel.
Note Although ONS 15310-MA SDH does not support MS-SPRing, you can route an LCAS VCAT circuit over a MS-SPRing network of ONS 15600s or ONS 15454s.
–DRI—(Split routing only) Routes the member on a DRI circuit.
•Node-Diverse Path—(Split routing only) Available for each member when Fully Protected is chosen.
Step 13 To set preferences for all members, complete the following in the Set Preferences for All Members area:
•Protection—Choose the member protection type:
–Fully Protected—Routes the circuit on a protected path.
–Unprotected—Creates an unprotected circuit.
–PCA—(Future use) Routes the member on a MS-SPRing protection channel.
–DRI—(Split routing only) Routes the member on a DRI circuit.
•Node-Diverse Path—(Split routing only) Available when Fully Protected is chosen.
Step 14 Click Next. If you chose Fully Protected, click OK in the confirmation dialog box to continue. If not, continue with Step 15.
Step 15 If you selected Using Required Nodes/Spans in Step 10, complete the following substeps. If not, continue with Step 16:
a. In the Circuit Route Constraints area, choose the member that you want to route from the Route Member number drop-down list.
b. Click a node or span on the circuit map.
c. Click Include to include the node or span in the circuit, or click Exclude to exclude the node or span from the circuit. The order in which you choose included nodes and spans is the order in which the circuit is routed. Click spans twice to change the circuit direction.
d. Repeat Steps b and c for each node or span you want to include or exclude.
e. Review the circuit route. To change the circuit routing order, choose a node in the Required Nodes/Lines or Excluded Nodes Links lists, then click the Up or Down buttons to change the circuit routing order. Click Remove to remove a node or span.
f. Repeat Steps a through e for each member.
Step 16 If you selected Review Route Before Creation in Step 10, complete the following substeps; otherwise, continue with Step 17:
a. In the Route Review/Edit area, choose the member that you want to route from the Route Member number drop-down list.
b. Click a node or span on the circuit map.
c. Review the circuit route. To add or delete a circuit span, choose a node on the circuit route. Blue arrows show the circuit route. Green arrows indicate spans that you can add. Click a span arrowhead, then click Include to include the span or Remove to remove the span.
d. If the provisioned circuit does not reflect the routing and configuration you want, click Back to verify and change the circuit information. If the circuit needs to be routed to a different path, see the "NTP-H52 Create a Manually Routed VCAT Circuit" procedure to assign the circuit route yourself.
e. Repeat Steps a through d for each member.
Step 17 Click Finish. The Circuits window appears.
Note Depending on the complexity of the network and number of members, the VCAT circuit creation process might take several minutes.
Step 18 In the Circuits window, verify that the circuits you created appear in the circuits list.
Step 19 As needed, complete the "DLP-H190 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card Ethernet Ports" task and/or the "DLP-H191 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card POS Ports" task.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H52 Create a Manually Routed VCAT Circuit
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at the node where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the tunnel source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 Complete the following as necessary (you can provision Ethernet or POS ports before or after the VCAT circuit is created):
•To provision Ethernet ports for CE-100T-8 or CE-MR-6 circuits, complete the "DLP-H190 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card Ethernet Ports" task.
•To provision POS ports for CE-100T-8 or CE-MR-6 circuits, complete the "DLP-H191 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card POS Ports" task.
•To provision a VCAT circuit that traverses through a third-party network, complete the "NTP-H140 Create a Server Trail" procedure.
Step 4 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, choose VC_HO_Path_Circuit or VC_LO_Path_Circuit or any other circuit type from the Circuit Type drop-down list.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Displays the circuit type you chose in Step 5. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Checked is the default. You cannot change it.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the member cross-connects in a VCAT circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the member cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the member cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the member cross-connects in the Out-of-Service and Autonomous, Automatic In-Service (unlocked-disabled,automaticInService) service state. When the connections receive a valid signal, the cross-connect service states automatically change to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the member cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. This service state does not interrupt traffic flow and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit, but suppresses alarms and conditions. Use the locked, maintenance administrative state for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; OOS; or Automatic In Service when testing is complete.
–locked, outOfGroup—(LCAS only) Puts VCAT member cross-connects in the Out-of-Service and Management, Out-of-Group (locked-enabled,outOfGroup) service state. This administrative state is used to put a member circuit out of the group and to stop sending traffic. locked-enabled,outOfGroup applies only to the cross-connects on an end node where VCAT resides. The cross-connects on intermediate nodes are in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the unlocked administrative state to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
•Symmetric—Checked is the default. You cannot change it.
•Member size—Choose the member size. For information about the member size supported for each card, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Num. of members—Choose the number of members from the drop-down list. For information about the number of members supported for each card, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
Note When creating open-ended VCAT circuits the number of members must be the same on each side of the virtual concatenated group (VCG). The configuration with different number of members on each side of circuit is not supported. This is applicable to circuits created on CE-Series and ML-Series cards.
•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. For CE-100T-8 or CE-MR-6, you can add or delete members after creating a VCAT circuit with no protection. During the time it takes to add or delete members (from seconds to minutes), the entire VCAT circuit will be unable to carry traffic. For ML-100T-8 cards, you cannot add or delete members if the protection mode is None.
–SW-LCAS—Allows the VCAT circuit to adapt to member failures and keep traffic flowing after failures at a reduced bandwidth. Sw-LCAS provides interoperability with the ONS 15454 ML-Series cards. Sw-LCAS uses legacy SDH failure indicators like AIS-P and RDI-P to detect member failure. You cannot add or delete members from a VCAT circuit with Sw-LCAS protection.
Note While deleting SW-LCAS circuit members change the administrative state of the members to Locked,disabled. This is applicable to circuits created on CE-Series and ML-Series cards.
–LCAS—Sets the VCAT circuit to use LCAS. With LCAS, you can add or delete members without interrupting the operation of noninvolved members, and if a member fails, LCAS temporarily removes the failed member from the VCAT circuit. The remaining members carry the traffic until the failure clears.
Note Cisco recommends using LCAS for CE-100T-8 and ML-100T-8 cards that do not need to interoperate with the ONS 15454 ML-Series cards.
Note For CE-MR-6 card, before you create a VCAT circuit in the LCAS protection mode, it is recommended that you move all members of the VCAT circuit being created to Locked,OutOfGroup service state and then move them to Unlocked state.
Note While deleting HW-LCAS circuit members change the administrative state of the members to Locked, OutOfGroup. This is applicable to circuits created on CE-Series and ML-Series cards.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Complete the "DLP-H65 Provision a VCAT Circuit Source and Destination" task for the VCAT circuit that you are creating.
Step 10 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, uncheck Route Automatically.
Step 11 Choose one of the following routing types:
•Common Routing—Routes the members on the same fiber.
•Split Routing—Allows the individual members to be routed on different fibers or each member to have different routing constraints. Split routing is required when creating circuits over a path protection configuration.
Step 12 If you want to set preferences for individual members, complete the following in the Member Preferences area. To set identical preferences for all members, skip this step and continue with Step 13.
•Number—Choose a number from the drop-down list to identify the member.
•Name—Type a unique name to identify the member. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Protection—Choose the member protection type:
–Fully Protected—Routes the circuit on a protected path.
–Unprotected—Creates an unprotected circuit.
–PCA—(Future use) Routes the member on a MS-SPRing protection channel.
Note Although ONS 15310-MAs do not support MS-SPRing, you can route an LCAS VCAT circuit over a MS-SPRing network of ONS 15600s or ONS 15454s.
–DRI—(Split routing only) Routes the member on a DRI circuit.
•Node-Diverse Path—(Split routing only) Available for each member when Fully Protected is chosen.
Step 13 To set preferences for all members, complete the following in the Set Preferences for All Members area:
•Protection—Choose the member protection type:
–Fully Protected—Routes the circuit on a protected path.
–Unprotected—Creates an unprotected circuit.
–PCA—(Future use) Routes the member on a MS-SPRing protection channel.
–DRI—(Split routing only) Routes the member on a DRI circuit.
•Node-Diverse Path—(Split routing only) Available when Fully Protected is chosen.
Step 14 Click Next. If you chose Fully Protected, click OK to continue. If not, continue with the next step.
Step 15 In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear so you can route the circuit manually.
Step 16 Complete the "DLP-H66 Provision a VCAT Circuit Route" task.
Step 17 Click Finish. If the path does not meet the specified path diversity requirement, CTC displays an error message and allows you to change the circuit path.
Note Depending on the complexity of the network and number of members, the VCAT circuit creation process might take several minutes.
Step 18 When all the circuits are created, the main Circuits window appears. Verify that the circuits you created appear in the window.
Step 19 As needed, complete the "DLP-H190 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card Ethernet Ports" task and/or the "DLP-H191 Provision CE-100T-8 and CE-MR-6 Card POS Ports" task.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H55 Create Overhead Circuits
Note The ONS 15310-MA SDH support pass-through orderwire circuits if the source and destination are on ONS 15454 node optical ports. For more information, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide.
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the overhead circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 As needed, complete the "DLP-H67 Create a DCC Tunnel" task.
Step 4 As needed, complete the "DLP-H68 Create a User Data Channel Circuit" task.
Step 5 As needed, complete the "DLP-H228 Provision Orderwire" task.
Step 6 As needed, complete the "DLP-H69 Create an IP-Encapsulated Tunnel" task.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H140 Create a Server Trail
Note You cannot create server trails on ports with DCC links.
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at the node where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 3 Click the Provisioning > Server Trails tabs.
Step 4 Click Create.
Step 5 In the Server Trail Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Type—Choose VC_HO_PATH_CIRCUIT or VC_LO_PATH_CIRCUIT.
•Size—Depending on the type selected, choose the server trail size. For VC_HO_PATH_CIRCUIT, choose VC4-2c, VC4-3c, VC4-4c, VC4-6c, VC4-8c, VC4-12c, VC4-16c, VC4-64c, or VC4. For VC_LO_PATH_CIRCUIT, choose VC3, VC12, or VC11.
•Protection Type—Choose one of the following protection types: Preemptible, Unprotected, or Fully Protected. The server trail protection sets the protection type for any circuit that traverses it.
–Preemptible— PCA circuits will use server trails with the Preemptible attribute.
–Unprotected—In Unprotected Server Trail, CTC assumes that the circuits going out from that specific port will not be protected by provider network and will look for a secondary path from source to destination if you are creating a protected circuit.
–Fully Protected—In Fully Protected Server Trail, CTC assumes that the circuits going out from that specific port will be protected by provider network and will not look for a secondary path from source to destination.
•Number of Trails—Enter the number of server trails. Number of trails determine the number of circuits that can be created on server trail. You can create a maximum of 3744 server trails on a node. You can create multiple server trails from the same port. This is determined by how many circuits of a particular server trail size can be supported on the port (for example, you can create one VC4 server trail from one STM-1 port or 3 VC3 and 63 VC12 server trails from one STM-1 port).
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 In the Source area, complete the following:
a. From the Node drop-down list, choose the node where the source will originate.
b. From the Slot drop-down list, choose the slot containing the card where the server trail originates. (If a card's capacity is fully utilized, the card does not appear in the list.)
c. Depending on the card selected, choose the destination port and/or VC3, VC4, VC11, or VC12 from the Port and VC3, VC4, VC11, or VC12 lists. The Port list is only available if the card has multiple ports. VC3, VC4, VC11, or VC12 do not appear if they are already in use by other circuits.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 In the Destination area, complete the following:
a. From the Node drop-down list, choose the destination node.
b. From the Slot drop-down list, choose the slot containing the card where the server trail will terminate (destination card). (If a card's capacity is fully utilized, the card does not appear in the list.)
c. Depending on the card selected, choose the destination port and/or VC3, VC4, VC11, or VC12 from the Port and VC3, VC4, VC11, or VC12 lists. The Port list is only available if the card has multiple ports. VC3, VC4, VC11, or VC12 do not appear if they are already in use by other circuits.
Step 10 Click Finish.
Note When Server Trails are created on an IPv4 or IPv6 node and the IP address of the node changes, complete the "DLP-H296 Repair Server Trails" task to repair the Server Trails.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H179 Create an Overlay Ring Circuit
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at a node on the network where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 If you want to assign a name to the tunnel source and destination ports before you create the circuit, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If not, continue with Step 3.
Step 3 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 4 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, complete the following fields:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC high-order path or VC low-order path.
•Number of Circuits—Enter the number of circuits that you want to create. The default is 1.
•Auto-ranged—This box is automatically selected if you enter more than 1 in the Number of Circuits field. Uncheck the box if you want to create multiple circuits at one go. For example, if you specify the number of circuits as 3, the Circuit Creation dialog box appears after the first circuit is created so you can create the remaining circuits.
Note If specify the number of circuits as more than 1 and if the auto-ranged check box is selected, the Route Automatically check box in the Circuit Routing Preferences area is automatically checked; this prevents you from creating an overlay ring circuit.
Step 5 Click Next.
Step 6 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—Choose the optical circuit size. If you are creating an VC high-order path circuit, the choices are VC3, VC4, VC4-2c, VC4-3c, or VC4-4c. If you are creating a VC low-order path circuit, Size displays VC-12. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Leave the default (checked) for this circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. Also, VC low-order path tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•Diagnostic—Leave the default (unchecked).
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the cross-connects in a circuit:
–unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-enabled service state.
–locked, outOfGroup—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Automatic In Service—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to unlocked-enabled.
–locked, maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use locked, maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to unlocked; Automatic In Service; or locked, outOfGroup when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the administrative state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports managed into the unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the port service state transitions to unlocked-disabled,FLT.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ports that are in 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 7 If the circuit will be routed on a path protection configuration, complete the "DLP-H57 Provision Path Protection Selectors During Circuit Creation" task.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Complete the "DLP-H63 Provision an STM-M Circuit Source and Destination" task for the optical circuit that you are creating.
Step 10 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, uncheck Route Automatically to enable the Overlay Ring check box.
Step 11 To set the circuit path protection, complete one of the following:
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck the Fully Protected Path check box.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 12.
Step 12 Check the Overlay Ring check box.
Step 13 Click Next. In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear for you to route the circuit manually. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Note During manual routing, while creating an overlay ring circuit, you can create loops. Creating loops allows you to return to the same node more than once while selecting the spans.
Step 14 Complete the "DLP-H64 Provision an STM-M Circuit Route" task.
Step 15 Click Finish. If you entered more than 1 in Number of Circuits, the Circuit Creation dialog box appears after the circuit is created for you to create the remaining circuits. Repeat Steps 4 through 15 for each additional circuit.
Step 16 When all the circuits are created, the main Circuits window appears. Verify that the circuits you created appear in the window.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-C186 Manually Create a CCAT or VCAT Circuit on the CE-MR-10 Card
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" task at the node where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 In the node view, double-click the CE-MR-10 card.
Step 3 Click the Circuits > Circuits tabs.
Step 4 Click Create.
Step 5 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, choose STS-V or VT-V from the Circuit Type drop-down list.
Step 6 Click Next.
Step 7 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Type—Displays the circuit type you chose in Step 5. You cannot change it.
•Bidirectional—Checked is the default. You cannot change it.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all of the member cross-connects in a VCAT circuit:
–IS—Puts the member cross-connects in the IS-NR service state.
–OOS,DSBLD—Puts the member cross-connects in the OOS-MA,DSBLD service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–IS,AINS—Puts the member cross-connects in the Out-of-Service and Autonomous, Automatic In-Service (OOS-AU,AINS) service state. When the connections receive a valid signal, the cross-connect service states automatically change to IS-NR.
–OOS,MT—Puts the member cross-connects in the OOS-MA,MT service state. This service state does not interrupt traffic flow and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit, but suppresses alarms and conditions. Use the OOS,MT administrative state for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to IS; OOS; or IS,AINS when testing is complete.
–OOS,OOG—(LCAS only) Puts VCAT member cross-connects in the Out-of-Service and Management, Out-of-Group (OOS-MA,OOG) service state. This administrative state is used to put a member circuit out of the group and to stop sending traffic. OOS-MA,OOG applies only to the cross-connects on an end node where VCAT resides. The cross-connects on intermediate nodes are in the OOS-MA,MT service state.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box to apply the IS administrative state to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the administrative state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth or, if the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit is the first circuit to use the port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the administrative state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the service state of the source and destination ports.
•Symmetric—Checked is the default. You cannot change it.
•Member size—Choose the member size. For information about the member size supported for each card, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Num. of members—Choose the number of members from the drop-down list. For information about the number of members supported for each card, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Mode—Choose the protection mode for the CCAT/VCAT circuit:
–None—Provides no protection. A failure on one member causes the entire VCAT circuit to fail. For CE-MR-10 card, you can add or delete members after creating a VCAT circuit with no protection. During the time it takes to add or delete members (from seconds to minutes), the entire VCAT circuit will be unable to carry traffic.
–SW-LCAS—Allows the CCAT/VCAT circuit to adapt to member failures and keep traffic flowing after failures at a reduced bandwidth. SW-LCAS provides interoperability with the ONS 15454 ML-Series cards. Sw-LCAS uses legacy SONET failure indicators like AIS-P and RDI-P to detect member failure. You cannot add or delete members from a CCAT/VCAT circuit with Sw-LCAS protection.
–LCAS—Sets the CCAT/VCAT circuit to use LCAS. With LCAS, you can add or delete members without interrupting the operation of noninvolved members, and if a member fails, LCAS temporarily removes the failed member from the VCAT circuit. The remaining members carry the traffic until the failure clears.
Note For CE-MR-10 card, before you create a CCAT/VCAT circuit with LCAS protection mode, it is recommended that you put all members of the CCAT/VCAT circuit being created in OOS-OOG service state and later move them to IS state.
Step 8 Click Next.
Step 9 Complete the "DLP-H65 Provision a VCAT Circuit Source and Destination" task for the VCAT circuit that you are creating.
Step 10 In the Circuit Routing Preferences area, uncheck Route Automatically.
Step 11 Choose one of the following routing types:
•Common Routing—Routes the members on the same fiber.
•Split Routing—Allows the individual members to be routed on different fibers or each member to have different routing constraints. Split routing is required when creating circuits over a path protection configuration.
Step 12 If you want to set preferences for individual members, complete the following in the Member Preferences area. To set identical preferences for all members, skip this step and continue with Step 13.
•Number—Choose a number from the drop-down list to identify the member.
•Name—Type a unique name to identify the member. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Protection—Choose the member protection type:
–Fully Protected—Routes the circuit on a protected path.
–Unprotected—Creates an unprotected circuit.
–PCA—(Future use) Routes the member on a BLSR protection channel.
Note Although ONS 15310-CLs and ONS 15310-MAs do not support BLSR, you can route an LCAS VCAT circuit over a BLSR network of ONS 15600s or ONS 15454s.
–DRI—(Split routing only) Routes the member on a DRI circuit.
•Node-Diverse Path—(Split routing only) Available for each member when Fully Protected is chosen.
Step 13 To set preferences for all members, complete the following in the Set Preferences for All Members area:
•Protection—Choose the member protection type:
–Fully Protected—Routes the circuit on a protected path.
–Unprotected—Creates an unprotected circuit.
–PCA—(Future use) Routes the member on a BLSR protection channel.
–DRI—(Split routing only) Routes the member on a DRI circuit.
•Node-Diverse Path—(Split routing only) Available when Fully Protected is chosen.
Step 14 Click Next. If you chose Fully Protected, click OK to continue. If not, continue with the next step.
Step 15 In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear so you can route the circuit manually.
Step 16 Complete the "DLP-H66 Provision a VCAT Circuit Route" task.
Step 17 Click Finish. If the path does not meet the specified path diversity requirement, CTC displays an error message and allows you to change the circuit path.
Note Depending on the complexity of the network and number of members, the CCAT/VCAT circuit creation process might take several minutes.
Step 18 When all the circuits are created, the main Circuits window appears. Verify that the circuits you created appear in the window.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-H188 Create an Ethernet Drop and Continue Circuit
Step 1 Complete the "DLP-H29 Log into CTC" taskat the node where you will create the circuit. If you are already logged in, continue with Step 2.
Step 2 To assign a name to the circuit source and destination ports, complete the "DLP-H56 Assign a Name to a Port" task. If you want CTC to assign a name automatically based on circuit type, node name, and sequence number, continue with Step 4.
Step 3 To provision the CE-MR-10 card, complete the "NTP-H154 Install the Ethernet Cards" task.
Step 4 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 5 Click the Circuits tab, then click Create.
Step 6 In the Circuit Creation dialog box, choose the following:
•Circuit Type—Choose VC_LO_PATH_CIRCUIT.
•Number of Circuits—Enter the number of circuits that you want to create. The default is 1. Leave the default unchanged (1).
•Auto-ranged—Unavailable when the Number of Circuits field is 1.
Step 7 Click Next.
Step 8 Define the circuit attributes:
•Name—Assign a name to the circuit. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters, (including spaces). Circuit names should be 44 characters or less if you want the ability to create monitor circuits. If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.
•Size—Choose VC3.
•Bidirectional—Uncheck this to create a unidirectional circuit.
•Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this check box if you want to create one or more cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If you check this check box, low-order tunnels and Ethergroup sources and destinations are unavailable.
•State—Choose the administrative state to apply to all cross-connects in a circuit:
–Unlocked—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the Unlocked-enabled service state.
–Locked,disabled—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the Locked-enabled,disabled service state. Traffic is not passed on the circuit.
–Unlocked,automaticInService—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the Unlocked-disabled,automaticInService service state and suppresses alarms and conditions. When the connections receive a valid signal, the service state automatically changes to Unlocked-enabled.
–Locked,maintenance—Puts the circuit cross-connects in the Locked-enabled,maintenance service state. The maintenance state does not interrupt traffic flow; it suppresses alarms and conditions and allows loopbacks to be performed on the circuit. Use Locked,maintenance for circuit testing or to suppress circuit alarms temporarily. Change the administrative state to Unlocked; Unlocked,automaticInService; or Locked,disabled when testing is complete. See the "DLP-H111 Change a Circuit Service State" task.
For additional information about circuit service states, refer to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15310-MA SDH Reference Manual.
•Apply to drop ports—Check this check box if you want to apply the state chosen in the State field to the circuit source and destination ports. CTC applies the circuit state to the ports only if the circuit bandwidth is the same as the port bandwidth. If the port bandwidth is larger than the circuit, the circuit must be the first circuit to use the drop port. If not, a Warning dialog box shows the ports where the circuit state could not be applied. If the check box is unchecked, CTC does not change the state of the source and destination ports.
Note If ports in Unlocked administrative state are not receiving signals, loss of signal alarms are generated and the service state of ports change to Unlocked-disabled,failed.
•Protected Drops—Check this check box if you want the circuit routed to protect drops only, that is, to ONS 15454 SDH cards that are in 1:1, 1:N, or 1+1 protection. If you check this check box, CTC displays only protected cards as source and destination choices.
Step 9 Click Next.
Step 10 Complete the "DLP-H63 Provision an STM-M Circuit Source and Destination" task.
Step 11 Uncheck Route Automatically. When Route Automatically is not selected, the Using Required Nodes/Spans and Review Route Before Circuit Creation check boxes are unavailable.
Step 12 Set the circuit path protection:
•To route the circuit on a protected path, leave Fully Protected Path checked and continue with Step 13. Fully protected paths might or might not have SNCP path segments (with primary and alternate paths), and the path diversity options apply only to SNCP path segments, if any exist.
•To create an unprotected circuit, uncheck Fully Protected Path and continue with Step 14.
Step 13 If you selected Fully Protected Path in Step 12 and the circuit will be routed on an SNCP, choose one of the following:
•Nodal Diversity Required—Ensures that the primary and alternate paths within the SNCP ring portions of the complete circuit path are nodally diverse.
•Nodal Diversity Desired—Specifies that node diversity is preferred, but if node diversity is not possible, CTC creates fiber-diverse paths for the SNCP ring portion of the complete circuit path.
•Link Diversity Only—Specifies that only fiber-diverse primary and alternate paths for SNCP ring portions of the complete circuit path are needed. The paths might be node diverse, but CTC does not check for node diversity.
Step 14 Click Next. In the Route Review and Edit area, node icons appear so you can route the circuit manually. The circuit source node is selected. Green arrows pointing from the source node to other network nodes indicate spans that are available for routing the circuit.
Step 15 Select the spans and click Add Span.
Step 16 Click Finish. The Circuits window appears.
Step 17 In the Circuits window, click the circuit that you want to route to multiple drops. The Delete, Edit, and Search buttons become active.
Step 18 Click Edit (or double-click the circuit row). The Edit Circuit window appears with the General tab selected.
All nodes in the DCC network appear on the network. Circuit source and destination information appears under the source and destination nodes. To see a detailed view of the circuit, click Show Detailed Map. To rearrange a node icon, select the node, press Ctrl, then drag and drop the icon to the new location.
Step 19 In the Edit Circuit dialog box, click the Drops tab. A list of existing drops appears.
Step 20 Click Create.
Step 21 In the Define New Drop dialog box, create the new drop:
a. Node—Choose the target node for the circuit drop.
b. Slot—Choose the target card and slot.
c. Port, VC4, or VC3—Choose the Port, VC4, or VC3 from the Port, VC4, or VC3 drop-down lists. The card selected in Step b determines the fields that appear. See Table 5-3for a list of options.
d. The routing preferences for the new drop match those of the original circuit. However, you can modify the following:
•If the original circuit was routed on a protected SNCP path, you can change the nodal diversity options: Nodal Diversity Required, Nodal Diversity Desired, or Link Diversity Only. See Step 13 for descriptions.
•If the original circuit was not routed on a protected path, the Protection Channel Access option is available. See Step 12 for a description of the Protection Channel Access option.
e. Click OK. The new drop appears in the Drops list.
Step 22 If you need to create additional drops for the circuit, repeat Step 21a through e to create the additional drops.
Step 23 Choose Close. The Circuits window appears.
Step 24 Verify that the new drops appear in the Destination column for the circuit that you edited. If they do not appear, repeat Step 21a through e, making sure that all options are provisioned correctly.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
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