Cisco Optical Automation Solution Workflow, IOS XR Release 26.1.1

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Cisco Optical Automation Solution Workflow, IOS XR Release 26.1.1

Plan Your Network with Cisco Optical Network Planner

Describes how to plan an optical network with Cisco Optical Network Planner, including prerequisites, topology design, network analysis, Netconf file generation, and troubleshooting.


Network planning is the stage where Cisco Optical Network Planner is used to model the optical topology, validate design feasibility, and prepare the setup data required for site activation.

Cisco Optical Network Planner enables users to model and test Optical Transport Network (OTN) and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optical networks in a graphical environment.

  • Cisco Optical Network Planner is used to design and validate networks for the NCS 1000 and NCS 2000 series platforms.

  • The tool generates the Bill of Materials (BoM) based on the modeled network.

  • Cisco Optical Network Planner provides detailed network information, including rack views, cabling reports, optical reports, traffic matrices, and optical setup files used for bringing up the Cisco Optical Site Manager network.