Modify Network Properties

You can modify the properties of a network and its associated properties through the network tree explorer or through Entity Editor. See, Network Tree and Entity Editor.

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Multicarrier Creation for NCS 1010 Networks

 Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

You can now create a Multi-Carrier circuit for the NCS 1010 networks. You can add central wavelength and path to all the carriers in colorless configurations. You can export optical reports and Netconf XML files with Multi-Carrier Circuits information for device updates. Upgraded networks treat the unlocked Multi-Carrier Circuits as new circuits, allowing edits to the circuits. Create Multi-Carrier Circuits to achieve a 38-channel plan using NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C card.

Cisco ONP introduces two properties to create Multicarrier circuits in NCS 1010 networks.

  • No of Carriers: In this trail level property, enter the value to add the required number of carriers in a fiber path in the network.

  • MC Routing Order: In this site level property, choose CREATION or NO-OF-CARRIERS to create multiple carriers based on the Frequency Allocation Order.

Table 2. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

NCS 1010 New Hardware Support

 Cisco ONP Release 5.2

Cisco ONP now supports the new PIDs from the NCS 1000 family. This allows you to plan your NCS 1010 network while leveraging the LC connector interfaces of NCS 1010, NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C, and NCS1K14-CCMD-16-L line cards.

The new properties that support the new PIDs are:

  • NCS 1010 Line Card—Allows you to select a line card; these options are available:

    • Standard Faceplate-NCS1K-OLT-C, NCS1K-OLT-L, NCS1K-ILA-C, NCS1K-ILA-L, NCS1K-OLT-R-C, NCS1K-ILA-R-C, NCS1K-ILA-2R-C

    • Enhanced Faceplate- NCS1K-E-OLT-C, NCS1K-E-OLT-L, NCS1K-E-ILA-C, NCS1K-E-ILA-L, NCS1K-E-OLT-R-C, NCS1K-E-ILA-R-C, NCS1K-E-ILA-2R-C, NCS1K-E-ILA-R-C-2, NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C, NCS1K14-CCMD-16-L

  • Degree Priority—Allows the choice of LC and MPO ports for degree interconnection.

  • Direct LC Add/Drop—Allows to choose the number of LC ports for direct Add/Drop connection.

  • Add/Drop Connector—This circuit-level property allows you to choose a specific add/drop type for individual circuits. Available options — Direct OLT, OLT+BRK-8/16/24, OLT+CCMD-16

  • Colorless Add/Drop:

    Under MPO Connector Add/Drop, you can choose a breakout module.

    Under LC Connector Add/Drop, you can choose NCSK14-CCMD-16-C or NCSK14-CCMD-16-L.

Modify network properties

Table 3. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

New Bandwidth Properties

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

Cisco ONP introduces the Statistical Simulation Sigma, Statistical Simulation Margin Sigma, and OSNR Resolution Bandwidth properties in this release. When the ideal OSNR values calculated by Cisco ONP are not feasible to be used at the time of deployment, you can modify the values for these properties to customize OSNR margin, power margin, and G-OSNR values to fix the fiber span issues.

New Network Level Properties

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

Three new Network Level properties are introduced to enable you to customize the core operations of an NCS 2000 Network. These operations ran in the background in the earlier releases. The new properties available under Core Operations as check boxes are:

  • Enable LOGO Algorithm—It runs the Local Optimization Global Optimization (LOGO) algorithm to find the efficient output power setpoint for booster amplifiers. By default, this Enable LOGO Algorithm check box is enabled.

  • Log Enabled—It generates, and stores logs only for selected network topologies. This saves a lot of storage space compared to previous implementations in which logs were automatically generated and saved for all topologies.

  • Ignore Raman Span Checks—It ignores the analysis of Raman spans between ROADM sites. This is useful when designing nonstandard network topologies with more than two Raman amplifiers between ROADM sites. Selecting the check box prevents Cisco ONP from raising an error message when analyzing such topologies.

BOM Customization for the UCS-based SVO Server Application

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

From this release onwards, the BOM does not include any UCS-based SVO server information. It is expected that you add the server PID and quantities manually. Cisco ONP prompts you to add the server by displaying the message "UCS server is not billed in BoM, please add it as needed." in the Messages tab of the Elements tab.

Table 4. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Improved Optical Results

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

The new network-level properties introduced improve the accuracy of the optical results.

  • Ignore APC Penalty: When enabled, the APC penalty is not considered while calculating the OSNR and power margin.

  • SOL Optimized PSD: When enabled, an optimum PSD value is calculated by considering the SOL Span losses.

Also, Cisco ONP sets PSD and drop attenuation to specific values for the CCMD-16 LC card connected to the ports of the OLT-E-C, to achieve optimal RX power for the circuits.

Skip Routing Failures in NCS 2000 Network Analysis

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

A new Continue Analysis On Routing Failure check box is introduced to improve network analysis reliability for larger NCS 2000 networks. When a routing failure occurs, this enhancement moves the network to Partially Analysed mode, and move the network to Design or Upgrade mode to edit properties and correct routing.

After the analysis,

  • successful routing paths appear in the BOM and Optical Reports tabs.

  • failed routing paths are not listed in these tabs.

  • error messages for the individual routing failures appear in the Messages tab.

  • red cross marks appear next to the failed routing paths.

This approach prevents a single failure from failing the entire analysis, isolating specific issues to enhance troubleshooting.
Table 5. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

New Network Level Properties

Cisco ONP Release 5.2

New Network Level properties are introduced under Advanced Optical Settings for NCS 1010 network. You have the flexibility to define custom values for the following properties for the Raman span and validate the optical circuit feasibility.

  • Amplifier Gain Range

  • Connector Loss

  • Minimum OSNR Margin

  • Minimum Span Loss for Raman Amplifiers

  • Percentage of Fibers with Higher Aging Loss

  • Generate Cross-Connect

  • Maximum OSC Reach for NCS 1010Raman Amplifiers

  • Retain Auto Placed Raman Spans for Failure

  • Freq Allocation Order

  • Link Power Control

  • Gain Estimator

  • OTDR

Follow these steps to modify the properties of the network.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the network properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Alternatively, click the network name in the network tree, and click Show Advanced Properties displayed under the network tree.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Site tab.

Step 4

Click the network name, and modify the properties in the right pane. For the property descriptions, refer to:

Step 5

Click Update.

General network properties

This table describes various General properties under the Network properties.

Table 6. General properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Name

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the network name. You can modify the name.

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Quick Analysis

NCS 2000

This check box allows you to quickly analyze the network by using a less accurate algorithm.

The quick analysis option does not optimize the DCU and amplifier placement algorithm, resulting in an approximate BoM.

For an accurate BoM, uncheck the Quick Analysis check box.

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DWDM Interfaces

NCS 2000

Cisco ONP supports 100G and 200G transceivers as DWDM interfaces.

This option is applicable only for automatically created waves, when OTN services are present.

  • 100G: The entire network chooses the 100G wavelength for transmission.

  • 200G: The entire network chooses the 200G wavelength for transmission.

If you enable both 100G and 200G options, by default, the entire network chooses the 200G wavelength for transmission. If the 200G wavelength is not optically feasible, then it selects 100G automatically for transmission.

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Customer Name

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the customer name.

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—

Project

NCS 2000

Allows you to choose the project type.

  • ANSI

  • ETSI

ANSI networks do not allow you to define SDH (ETSI) service demands. ETSI networks do not allow you to define SONET (ANSI) service demands.

ANSI

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the type of the project, ANSI, or ETSI. You cannot edit it.

—

—

Measurement Unit

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

The unit of measurement of span length.

  • km

  • miles

km

Chassis Type

NCS 1010

Choose the type of chassis. The available options are:

Note

 

When you check the Enable Special Settings check box, NCS 1020 is selected as Chassis Type by default.

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1020

NCS 1010

NCS1014 Grouping

NCS 1010

This property groups all NCS1K14-CCMD-16 cards of a site in NCS1014 shelf.

—

—

NCS 1014

This property groups all the NCS 1000 transponder cards of a site in NCS1014 shelf.

—

—

A2A Mode

NCS 2000

Allows you to choose A2A (Any to Any) mode.

  • A2A_None

  • A2A_FAST

A2A_None

A2A Power Output

NCS 2000

The power output value is based on the chosen A2A mode.

—

—

A2A Demand Type

NCS 2000

The demand type is based on the chosen A2A mode.

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—

A2A Channel Type

NCS 2000

The type of channel. You can choose multiple types.

  • Contentionless: This property enables an N-degree ROADM node to accommodate N wavelengths of the same frequency from a single add or drop device.

  • Colorless: The colorless property enables tuning of channel wavelengths without changing the optical interface of the port.

  • Colored: The Colored property dedicates a separate port for each wavelength.

Contentionless

SSON

NCS 2000

Indicates whether the network is an SSON network.

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—

Use client Payg

NCS 2000

This check box to enables the Pay As You Grow feature on the client cards.

The PAYG feature provides a cost-effective solution for fewer wavelength requirements. A standard card is configured to work on maximum supported wavelengths, whereas a PAYG license comprises license restricted cards and a base license. So, instead of purchasing a standard card, you can purchase a PAYG license.

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Naming Convention Enabled

NCS 2000

(Display only.) By default, the Naming Convention Enabled option is enabled for the networks that are created in Cisco ONP, and you cannot edit it. By default, the sides are named from T, S, R, Q, P, O, N, M, L, K, J, I, H, G, F, E, and index, depending upon the used Scalable Upto parameter.

  • You can import a mpz network without naming convention enabled, but the Cascaded SMR option remains disabled.

  • You cannot edit the label name of the side.

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System Release properties

The table provides details about different System Release properties related to Network properties.

Table 7. System Release properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

NCS 1001

NCS 1001

Displays the system release of the NCS 1001 node in the network.

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—

NCS 1010

NCS 1010

Displays the system release of the NCS 1010 node in the network.

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—

NCS 4K

NCS 4000

Displays the system release of the NCS 4000 node in the network.

—

—

NCS 2K

NCS 2000

Displays the system release of the NCS 2000 node in the network.

—

—

NCS 1K (Available only on the SSON network)

NCS 1004

Displays the system release of the NCS 1004 node in the network.

—

—

Previous NCS 2K (Available only on the Release upgraded network)

NCS 2000

Displays the system release of the NCS 2000 node in the network, before the Release upgrade.

—

—

Previous NCS 1010 (Available only on the Release upgraded network)

NCS 1010

Displays the system release of the NCS 1010 node in the network, before the Release upgrade.

—

—

COSM

NCS 2000

Line Card is the only option. You cannot edit this property.

Note

 

In Release 25.1.1, only Line card option is available. For Release 12.x, both server and line options are available.

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Network Application Configuration properties

This table describes various Network Application Configuration properties.

Table 8. Network Application Configuration properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Install with COSM

NCS 1010

This check box enables you to see software license for COSM file for R7.11.1 networks.

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—

Use Coordinates Distance

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

This check box enables the use of x and y coordinates to calculate the fiber length.

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—

Raman-Tuner

NCS 1010

This check box enables the Raman tuner.

—

—

Spectrum Utilization

NCS 1010

Displays , the spectrum utilization. This field is non-editable.

—

Shortest Path First.

Band Type

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

The type of band.

  • C-Band

  • C+L Futuristic

  • C+L

Note

 

After creating a network, you can change the network band type if required.

C-Band

NCS 1010 Line Card

NCS 1010

The type of Line Card faceplate.

  • Standard Faceplate

  • Enhanced Faceplate

For R7.10.1 networks, Cisco ONP supports Enhanced NCS 1010 Line Cards. For R7.11.1 networks, Cisco ONP supports Enhanced NCS 1010 Line Cards and NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C/L cards.

Enhanced Faceplate

Routing Strategy

NCS 1010

The default routing priority for circuits based on minimum distance or minimum number of hops.

  • HOP

  • LENGTH

HOP

NCS1010 Line Card

NCS 1010

The line card variant that will be applied to all edge sides in the network.

  • Standard Faceplate

  • Enhanced Faceplate

Enhanced Faceplate

Max Auto Omni Allowed

NCS 1010

Based on the number that you enter, Cisco ONP will automatically generate up to that many Omni Edges and run the analysis. There is no need for manual creation by the user.

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0

Probe Channel

NCS 1014

The coherent probe pluggable to enable the probe functionality. The available options are:

  • DP01QSDD-ZT5-A1

  • None

Note

 

You can force the selected probe channel option at the network level only. The selected option applies to all the edges of all sites in the network and remains disabled at the edge and site levels.

DP01QSDD-ZT5-A1

OTDR Pluggable

NCS 1014

The pluggable to enable OTDR functionality.

  • ONS-QSFP-OTDR

  • None

Note

 

You can force the selected OTDR pluggable option at the network level only. The selected option applies to all the edges of all sites in the network and remains disabled at the edge and site levels.

ONS-QSFP-OTDR

Optical Algorithm Options properties

This table describes various Optical Algorithm Options propertiies .

Table 9. Optical Algorithm Options properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Stat Sim Sigma

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

The Statistical Simulation Sigma (Stat Sim Sigma) value is used in calculating the SOL G-OSNR, EOL G-OSNR, SOL Power, EOL Power, SOL OSNR margin, EOL OSNR margin, SOL Power margin, and EOL Power margin displayed in the Optical Results page. hoosing a lower value improves both OSNR and power margins.

You can edit this value in Design mode, and Upgrade mode (after unlocking the network). Analyze the network and check the Optical Results page to view the updated OSNR and Power values.

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

3

Stat Sim Margin Sigma

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

You can edit the Stat Sim Margin Sigma value in all modes (Design, Analyze (locked state), Upgrade, and Release Upgrade). To view the OSNR margin and power values that get updated based on the value you selected, reopen the Optical Results page.

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

3

Core Operations properties

This table describes various Core Operations properties.

Table 10. Core Operations properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Enable LOGO Algorithm

NCS 2000

This property is enabled by default. If you are using a non-SSON network, you can edit it; however, in an SSON network, it remains non-editable.

This algorithm enables the Cisco ONP to automatically find the optimal output power setpoint for booster amplifiers within a fiber span.

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—

Log Enabled

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

This check box enables generation and storage of network logs.

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—

Ignore Raman Span Checks

NCS 2000

When enabled, network analysis ignores Raman span checks.

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Traffic Algorithm Options property

This table describes the Traffic Algorithm Options under the network properties.

Table 11. Traffic Algorithm Options property

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Continue Analysis On Routing Failure

NCS 2000

This check box skips routing demand failures. Passed demands are listed in the Optical Reports tab, while failed demands are excluded.

Failed demands are marked with red crosses in the network tree, with error messages displayed in the Messages tab. If any demand fails, the network switches to Partial Analysis mode.

Note

 

If any non-routing issue is present in the network, then the design network will not move to the Partial Analysis mode

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Advanced Optical Settings properties

This table describes various Advanced Optical Settings properties.

Table 12. Advanced Optical Settings properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Enable Special Settings

NCS 1010

This check box enables these properties and sets their default values.

  • Amplifier Gain Range Margin

  • Connector Loss

  • Minimum OSNR Margin

  • Minimum Span loss for Raman Amplifiers

  • Percentage of Fibers with Higher Ageing Loss

  • Freq Allocation Order

  • MC Routing Order

  • Ignore APC Penalty

  • SOL optimized PSD

If you check the Enable Special Settings check box, these parameters are added to the Device Netconf XML file.

  • Slot reserve

  • Unused CCMD-16 ports shutdown

  • Span baseline-deviation

  • OTDR Thresholds

  • Dmux WSS slice attenuation

  • APC span-loss correction threshold

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—

Amplifier Gain Range Margin

NCS 1010

Enter the amplifier gain range margin.

—

3 dB

Connector Loss

NCS 1010

Enter the connector loss value.

0.25 - 0.5

0.5

Minimum OSNR Margin

NCS 1010

Enter the minimum OSNR margin required for the amplifier.

—

1 dB

Minimum Span Loss for Raman Amplifiers

NCS 1010

This is the minimum required span loss for fiber to be considered for Auto Raman placement.

—

27 dB

Percentage of Fibers with Higher Aging Loss

NCS 1010

When you click the field and a Fiber Sorting Settings window opens:

  • Percentage of Fibers with Higher Aging Loss

  • Ageing Loss for Top Fibers

  • Ageing Loss for Bottom Fibers

  • Percentage of Fibers with Higher Aging Loss: 40%

  • Ageing Loss for Top Fibers: 3 dB)

  • Ageing Loss for Bottom Fibers: 0.75 dB

Generate Cross-Connect

NCS 1010

Check this check box to add Cross connect details in the COSM XML

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—

Raman Amplification

NCS 1010

 The type of Raman amplification.

  • Auto

  • User Forced

User Forced

Maximum Auto Ramans

NCS 1010

The maximum number of Raman enabled links on an end-to-end circuit path.

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • All

5

Maximum OSC Reach for Raman Amplifiers

NCS 1010

The maximum span loss for which fiber can be considered for Auto Raman placement.

—

The default value is 33 dB.

Link Tuner

NCS 1010

 Choose how to enable the Link Tuner.

  • Automatic-Enabled

  • Force-Disabled

  • On-Request-Enabled

The default option is On-Request-Enabled, when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked, and the Automatic-Enabled check box is unchecked.

Ignore APC Penality

NCS 1010

By default, this check box remains checked, when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked.

Automatic Power Control (APC) penalty occurs due to the inherent error in regulating the set-point for power. This penalty is considered while calculating the OSNR and power margin. When this property is enabled, this penalty is ignored during the calculation and thus providing accurate optical results.

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Retain Auto Placed Raman Spans for Failure

NCS 1010

In general, automatically placed Raman will be retained only if the circuit becomes feasible with those Raman placements. Otherwise, it will be removed automatically. If you want to retain it, check this check box.

It is disabled by default.

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—

Raman Gain Auto Tuner

NCS 1010

Choose how to calibrate the Raman gain.

  • Automatic

  • Automatic-On-request

  • No-calibration

No-calibration

SOL Optimized PSD

NCS 1010

By default this check box remains checked, when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked. When enabled, an optimum PSD value is calculated by considering the SOL Span losses.

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—

Freq Allocation Order

NCS 1010

The Freq Allocation Order.

  • FROM-LOWER-FREQ

  • FROM-HIGHER-FREQ

FROM-HIGHER-FREQ

Link Power Control

NCS 1010

Choose how to enable the Link Power Control.

  • Automatic-Enabled

  • Force-Disabled

  • On-Request-Enabled

The default option is On-Request-Enabled , when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked, and Automatic-Enabled when the check box is unchecked.

Gain Estimator

NCS 1010

Allows you to choose how to enable the Gain Estimator.

  • Automatic-Enabled

  • Force-Disabled

  • On-Request-Enabled

The default option is On-Request-Enabled , when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked, and Automatic-Enabled when the check box is unchecked.

OTDR

NCS 1010

Enables or disables the OTDR. By default, this is enabled.

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MC Routing Order

NCS 1010

Routing order for the multicarriers.

  • CREATION: Based on the Freq Allocation Order chosen, the tool allocates frequency based on order carrier creation.

  • NO-OF-CARRIERS: Based on the Freq Allocation Order chosen, the tool allocates frequency to circuits based on the number of carriers.

CREATION

SSF Simulation

NCS 1010

This check box enables optical simulation using Split-Step Fourier(SSF) algorithms for better OSNR margins.

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—

LUT Version

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

  • For NCS 1010, the network analysis can be done with or without LUT. If you check Enable Special Settings check box, then LUT is enabled. You can set LUT to None. Otherwise, it will be non-LUT-based analysis.

  • For NCS 1014, the network analysis is always LUT-based analysis. Look-Up Table is non-editable. You cannot unselect LUT.

  • 1.1.4

  • 1.1.3

  • 1.1.3.1

  • None

1.1.3

Modify site properties

Table 13. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

M2 chassis support

 Cisco ONP Release 25.1.1

You can now select M2 Chassis as Chassis Type under the site properties for the NCS 2000 ROADM and OLA nodes in SSON and non-SSON networks. This is in addition to the M6 and M15 chassis that were supported previously.

M2 chassis is suitable for small sites where only two slots are sufficient to meet the networking requirements. It provides a compact and efficient solution for locations with limited space or lower capacity needs.

Table 14. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Layer-2 SMR Enhancement to Support Second and Third Port Extension

Cisco ONP Release 5.2

This enhancement allows you to extend the contentionless sides in a ROADM site, increasing the number of provisioned contentionless sides in the NCS 2000 networks. New contentionless sides increase the number of traffic channels in the NCS 2000 networks. The new Reserve Cascaded SMR Port property reserves more SMR ports to extend the Layer-2 contentionless sides in a ROADM site.

Table 15. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Shared SMR Port

Cisco ONP Release 4.2

You can enable the Colored Add/Drop property. This feature supports the use of contentionless and colored demands that are connected to the same port of an SMR card. With the Shared SMR Port enabled, you can create and validate the contentionless and colored configuration on a 16-degree SMR-20 node.

Use this procedure to modify the properties of the site.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the site properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, navigate to Sites > Site

Step 4

Choose the site and modify the properties in the next pane. For the property descriptions, refer to:

Step 5

Click Update.

General site properties

Table 16. General site properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Name

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the site name, either alphanumeric or numeric.

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—

Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of site.

  • ROADM

  • OLA

  • Traffic

  • Passthrough

Note

 

  • You can add a passthrough site as a place holder. You cannot add services or waves to this site and therefore cannot generate the report. Later, you can convert the passthrough site to a ROADM, OLA, or the Traffic site in the design mode.

  • OLA is an optical line amplifier site that is used only for amplification. You cannot add service or waves on this site.

The site type that you chose while designing.

NCS 1010

Choose the type of site.

  • ROADM

  • OLA

  • Traffic

  • Passthrough

ROADM

NCS 1001

Displays the type of site.

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—

MPO Cable

NCS 1010

Choose the type of MPO cable.

  • Auto

  • 16MPO-MPO

  • 24MPO-MPO

Auto

Node Type

NCS 2000

This field is noneditable.

FLEX NG-DWDM

FLEX NG-DWDM

Equipment Configuration

NCS 2000

Choose the configuration from the drop-down list. This option is available only for the Traffic site.

  • Large CO - NCS 4016

  • Small Site - NCS 4016

  • Small Site - NCS 4009

  • Large CO - NCS 4016

  • Small Site - NCS 4016

  • Small Site - NCS 4009

Large CO - NCS 4016

Traffic Type (only for Traffic site)

NCS 2000

Choose the traffic type.

  • 4K_1K_2K (for SSON)

  • 1K_2K (for SSON)

  • 4K_2K (non- SSON)

  • 4K_1K_2K (for SSON)

  • 4K_2K (non- SSON)

SSON

NCS 2000

Indicates whether the network is an SSON network.

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—

COSM

NCS 2000

This property is noneditable at site level. This property chooses COSM card as Server or Line card at the network level.

—

—

CLLI Code

NCS 1004

NCS 2000

NCS 4000

Enter a string holding the CLLI code.

—

—

Site Address

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the site address.

—

—

Evolved Mesh

NCS 2000

By default, this option is unchecked. When you enable this feature on the network, it is automatically enabled on the associated sites of the network.

—

 This option remains unchecked.

Status

NCS 2000

Displays the status of the network. It shows whether the network is Up or Down.

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—

Node Protection

NCS 2000

Choose the Node Protection.

  • Same shelf

  • Separated shelves

Same shelf

Mpo16Lc

NCS 2000

Displays the fan-out module.

 MF-MPO-16LC

The MPO-16 to 16-LC fan-out module is a double slot module with one MPO-16 connector (COM) and eight LC duplex connectors. The MPO-16 connector is compatible with the SMR20 FS EXP and 16-AD-CCO FS units.

MF-MPO-16LC
Mpo16ToMpo8

NCS 2000

Choose the required Mpo16 to Mpo8 converter.

  • MPO16ToMPO8Cable

  • MF-2MPO_ADP

MPO16ToMPO8Cable

MPO Cable

NCS 1010

Choose the required Mpo cable.

  • Auto

  • 16MPO-MPO

  • 24MPO-MPO

  • Auto

  • 16MPO-MPO

  • 24MPO-MPO

Auto
Cascaded SMR

NCS 2000

Enable this option to add Layer-2 contentionless sides.

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—

Reserve Cascaded SMR Port

NCS 2000

Note

 

This property becomes available when you enable Cascaded SMR for NCS 2000 networks from Release 11.1.x.

Choose the number of ports to reserve for the cascaded SMR.

  • 1, 2, and 3 if Scalable Upto Degree is 12 and 16.

  • 1 and 2 if Scalable Upto Degree is 8.

  • 1 if Scalable Upto Degree is 12 and 4.

 1

Flex Spectrum

NCS 2000

You cannot edit this option.

—

 This check-box remains checked for a newly created network.
Grooming Site

NCS 2000

NCS 4000

When you enable this option, it indicates that OTN traffic can be groomed at this site.

—

—

MR-MXP BreakOut Cable

NCS 2000

Check this check box to use the ONS-MPO-MPOLC-10 breakout cable to interconnect the client ports of the MR-MXP card with the NCS2K-MF-MPO-20LC passive module.

—

—

8X10G-FO

NCS 2000

Check this check box to use the NCS2K-MF-8X10G-FO passive module only for 10G on the client-side of the NCS2K-400G-XP card. By default, this passive module is enabled.

—

—

Band Type

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Choose the required band type for NCS 1010 R7.9.1.

  • C-Band

  • C+L futuristic

  • L-band

C-Band

NCS 1010 Line Card

NCS 1010

Choose whether the Line Card faceplate is Standard Faceplate or Enhanced Faceplate.

Note

 
If you assigned a Scalable Upto Degree value that is supported for both standard and enhance at the site level, then you can select Standard Faceplate in one side and Enhanced Faceplate in another side.

  • Enhanced Faceplate

  • Standard Faceplate

Enhanced Faceplate

C-Band properties

This table describes the descriptions of various C-Band properties under sites.
Table 17. C-band properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Structure

NCS 2000

Choose the type of the site.

 The available options for ROADM and Traffic sites are:

  • Multi-degree

  • Line

  • Terminal

For OLA and PASSTHROUGH, it is Line, and you cannot edit it.

Line
NCS 1010

Choose the type of the site.

The available options for ROADM sites are:

  • Multi-degree

  • Line

  • Terminal

For OLA and PASSTHROUGH, it is Line, and you cannot edit it.

Line

NCS 1001

Choose the type of the site.

  • Terminal

  • Terminal-Section

  • Terminal-Path

Terminal

NCS 1014

Choose the type of the site.

Terminal

Terminal

Functionality

NCS 2000

Displays the site functionality.

The functionalities available for each type of site are:

  • Optical Cross Connect (OXC) for ROADM and traffic site

  • Auto or Line Amplifier for OLA site, Cisco ONP downgrades OLA site to passthrough if OLA is not required.

  • Passthrough for passthrough site

—

—

NCS 1010

Displays the site functionality. ROADM is the default functionality for all site types.

—

—

NCS 1001

Displays site functionality.

—

—

Scalable up to Degree

NCS 2000

This parameter determines the maximum number of degrees, ducts, or line sides that can be supported by the site.

  • None

  • Auto

  • 4

  • 8

  • 12

  • 16

The network is scalable up to 16 degrees for ROADM and Traffic sites. Choose 2 to have a LINE ROADM site.

For OLA, the value is 2 and is noneditable.

4

NCS 1010

  • 7

  • 9

  • 15

  • 17

  • 23

  • 25

  • 31

If you choose Line Card Faceplate as Enhanced Faceplate, for NCS 1010 site, the available options are 3…15, 23, and 31.

7

Site Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of site.

The Site type is Line for the OLA site.

  • Auto

    When you choose Auto, the default option is SMR-20.

  • SMR-20

  • SMR-9

Auto

NCS 1010

For NCS 1010 site, the only option is OLT, and it is not editable.

—

—

NCS 1001

Displays the type of site, and it is noneditable.

—

—

L0 Platform

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the platform. For example, NCS 1010 , NCS 1001, or NCS 2000.

—

—

Shared SMR Port

NCS 2000

Check this check box to connect Contentionless unit 16-AD-CCOFS and Colored unit MD-48-ODD/Even to the same MPO port of SMR-20. When Shared SMR port is enabled, MD-48-ODD/EVEN unit connects to the specific side of SMR-20 through MPO-8LC and UPG-4 instead of directly connecting to SMR-20 through MPO-16LC.

Note

 
Shared SMR port becomes disabled, if

  • Degree Mesh Type property is PPMESH8-5AD

  • Or, Site Type property is SMR-9 and Scalable Upto Degree property is 8

—

—

Degree Mesh Type

NCS 2000

Choose the mesh type for the Flex NG-DWDM site.

  • DEG-5/UPG-4

  • PPMESH8-5AD

DEG-5/UPG-4

Degree Type

NCS 1010

Displays the type of degree. For example, BRK-8.

—

—

Pre Equip Degree

NCS 2000

This parameter determines the number of degrees to be considered for the site hardware placement on day 0.

  • None

  • Auto

  • 4

  • 8

  • 12

  • 16

None

If you choose None, only the sides that are present in the Cisco ONP GUI are shown. The values in the drop-down list are populated based on the value of Scalable Upto Degree parameter.

NCS 1010

For NCS 1010 site, the options available are Yes and No.

—

—

Layout properties

This table describes the descriptions of various layout properties under sites.
Table 18. Layout properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Chassis Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of chassis.

  • M2 Chassis

    M2 chassis does not support multichassis and multidegree system.

  • M6 Chassis

  • M15 Chassis

  • Auto

    M15 is the default option when you choose Auto.

The chassis type is supported for all the sites except the passthrough.

Auto

NCS 1010

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1020

NCS 1010

NCS1014 Grouping

NCS 1010

Enable this property to group all NCS1K14-CCMD-16 cards of a site in NCS1014 shelf.

—

—

NCS 1014

Enable this property to group all the NCS 1000 transponder cards of a site in NCS1014 shelf.

—

—

Power Supply

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

Choose the type of Power Supply.

  • Auto

  • AC Power

  • DC Power

Auto

UTS AC Power Cables

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

Choose the type of cables to be used for the AC power supply.

Cables are listed based on the country type and the Chassis type selected.

—

Chassis Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of chassis.

Note

 

Chassis type is not supported for the passthrough site.

Auto

NCS 1010

  • NCS1010

  • NCS1020

NCS1010

Power Supply

NCS 2000

Choose the type of Power Supply.

For an NCS 2000 site, the available options are based on the chassis type:

  • Auto for all types of chassis

  • AC Power, DC power for M15 and M2 chassis

  • AC Power, DC Power, AC2 Power, DC40 Power, and DC20 Power for M6 chassis

Auto

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

  • Auto

  • AC Power

  • DC Power

Auto

Controller Card

NCS 2000

Choose the type of the controller card.

Note

 

For NCS 1010, if you enable Advanced Optical Settings, Cisco ONP takes the default controller card as NCS1010-CNTRL-B-K9, else NCS1010-CNTRL-K9. However, you can still change the controller later.

For an NCS 2000 site, the default controller card is TNCS-2. The available options are based on the chassis type chosen. By default, controller cards that are supported by M15 chassis are listed.

  • Auto

  • TNC/TSC, TNC-E/TSC-E, TNCS, TNCS-0, TNCS-2, and TNCS-20 for M2 chassis

  • TNC/TSC, TNC-E/TSC-E, TNCS, TNCS-0, TNCS-2, and TNCS-20 for M6 chassis

  • TNCS, TNCS-0 TNCS-2, TNCS-20 for M15 chassis

Auto

NCS 1010

  • Auto

  • NCS1010-CNTRL-K9

  • NCS1010-CNTRL-B-K9

    NCS1010-CNTRL-B-K9 appears for networks from R7.11.1.

Auto

NCS 1001

 NCS1K-CNTLR2

NCS1K-CNTLR2

NCS 1014

  • NCS1K14-CNTLR-K9

  • NCS1K14-CNTLR-B-K9

NCS1K14-CNTLR-K9

Redundant Controller Card

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Choose whether to use a redundant controller card.

Note

 

When you select Chassis Type as NCS1020, you can force Redundant Controller Card to Yes.

—

—

Layout Template

NCS 2000

Choose the required layout template.

Note

 

After the chosen layout template is applied, all layout properties will be reset and disabled.

Note

 

After design analysis, if the applied layout template is not considered for card placement in the layout, check for the error message (non-critical) under the Elements > Messages tab. If you see a template-related error which indicates that there is a mismatch between the cards that are defined in the template and the cards that are created on the site, perform the following:

  • Export the template from the Layout page, and modify it as required.

  • Import the modified template using the Manage > Layout Template option.

  • Switch to Design mode and apply the template to the site using the Entity Editor.

  • Reanalyze the network to get the correct layout populated.

UTS AC Power Cables

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

Choose the type of cables to be used for the AC power supply.

Cables are listed based on the country type and the Chassis type selected.

—

Redundant Power Scheme

NCS 2000

Choose the redundant power scheme from the drop-down list to configure the number of working and protected power units for the chassis.

For an M6 chassis, the options available are Auto, Yes, and No.

For an NCS 2000 site, the options available are based on the chassis type. For M15 chassis, the options available are 1+0, 1+1, 2+0, 2+1, 3+0, 3+1, 2+2.

3+1 is the default redundancy power scheme for M15 DC chassis and 2+2 is the default redundancy power scheme for M15 AC chassis. For example, if you choose 3+1 redundant power scheme, there are 3 working power units and 1 protected power unit.

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

The options available are Auto, .

  • Auto

  • 1+0

  • 1+1

Auto

Raman Adapter Share

NCS 2000

This option is available only for the OLA site. This option indicates that MF-2LC-ADP can be shared with EDRA amplifiers and not with RAMAN amplifiers irrespective of the default selection.

—

By default, this check box remains checked.

ECU Type

NCS 2000

Choose the External Connection Unit (ECU) type from the drop-down list.

  • Auto

  • ECU—Has 12 USB 2.0 ports and supports IEEE1588v2 PTP, time-of-day (ToD), and pulse-per-second (PPS) inputs.

  • ECU-S—Similar to ECU except that it has eight USB 2.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports.

  • ECU60-S—Variant of ECU-S introduced for the NCS 2006 when the shelf is powered at –60VDC nominal input voltage.

ECU-S and ECU60-S are supported only for M6 chassis.

Auto

MF Unit

NCS 2000

Choose the mechanical frame for the passive optical modules from the drop-down list.

  • Auto

  • MF-6RU/MF-10RU

  • MF-1RU

  • The NCS2K-MF-1RU has four slots for the passive optical modules.

  • The NCS2K-MF-6RU supports up to 14 single-slot passive optical modules such as any combination of NCS2K-MF-DEG-5, CS2K-MF-UPG-4, or Connection Verification (CV) units.

  • The NCS2K-MF10-6RU supports up to 10 double-slot passive optical modules such as NCS2K-MF-MPO-16LC=.

Auto

NCS 1010

  • Auto

  • MF-4RU

  • MF-1RU

MF-1RU

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

MF-1RU

MF-1RU

Chassis Disaggregation

NCS 2000

If you check this check-box, ROADM, and transponder cards are placed in different chassis.

—

—

Cisco NMS properties

This table describes the descriptions of various Cisco NMS properties under sites.
Table 19. Cisco NMS properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

COSM Full License

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add High Availability (Feature and License), Connection Verification license, Flex Spectrum license, and OTDR license packaged in it.

—

—

COSM High Availability

NCS 2000

Choose the high availability options:

  • Auto: Based on analysis and default behavior.

  • Local HA: Both active and standby COSM cards are placed on the same node.

  • None: No COSM card present.

  • Only Active: No High Availability. Only Primary COSM card is added.

  • Geo HA: COSM cards are placed in two different sites located at different geographical locations, but adjacent to each other. See Rules and Behavior that are applicable for the selection.

—

—

Primary HA

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add the High Availability feature to the license package.

—

—

Connection Verification License

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add the Connection Verification feature to the license package. (This is applicable for the NCS 2000 networks until Release 12.3.1 )

—

—

SVO Flex Spectrum License

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add the Flex Spectrum feature to the COSM license package. For SSON networks, the Flex Spectrum license is enabled by default. (This is applicable for the NCS 2000 networks until Release 12.3.1 )

—

—

OTDR License

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add the OTDR feature to the license package. (This is applicable for the NCS 2000 networks until Release 12.3.1 )

—

—

Third party NMS properties

This table describes the descriptions of various Third party NMS properties under sites. (These are applicable for the NCS 2000 networks until Release 12.3.1 )
Table 20. Third party NMS properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

3rd party Full License

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add NBI (North Bound Interface), Alarm Correlation, Performance Monitoring, and Circuit Provisioning features to the license package.

—

—

NBI

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add the NBI feature to the license package.

—

—

Alarm Correlation

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add the Alarm Correlation feature to the license package.

—

—

Performance Monitoring

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add the Performance Monitoring feature to the license package.

—

—

Circuit Provisioning

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add the Circuit Provisioning feature to the license package.

—

—

Map properties

This table describes the descriptions of various map properties under sites.
Table 21. Map properties

Properties

Platform

Description

 Available options Default

X Coordinate

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

It represents the longitudinal location of the site. Longitude can be positive or negative (-180 to 180). Negative is west of Greenwich, and positive is eastward.

— —

Y Coordinate

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

It represents the latitudinal location of the site. Latitude can be positive or negative (- 90–90), north and south of the Equator.

— —

Position Lock

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Check this check box to lock the site position on the map.

 — —

Bill of materials properties

This table describes the descriptions of various layout properties under sites.
Table 22. Bill of materials properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

License Suite

NCS 1010

Choose whether the License Suite is Essential (RTU + SIA3) or Advanced (RTU + SIA3).

NCS 1014

The default option is RTU + SIA3. It is noneditable.

—

—

NCS1k Line card license

NCS 1010

Choose the License Suite.

  • Essential (RTU + SIA3)

  • Advanced (RTU + SIA3)

  • Essential (RTU + SIA5)

  • Advanced (RTU + SIA5)

Essential (RTU + SIA3)

Enable NCS

NCS 2000

This feature enables NCS features on all sites in the network.

—

—

Use PAYG

NCS 2000

The Pay As You Grow (PAYG) functionality significantly reduces the initial setup cost and enables the purchase of another wavelength capacity on a need basis.

PAYG enables port-based cost or licensing for SMR-9 and SMR-20 cards.

—

—

Connection Verification

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to:

  • Validate the correct optical interconnection between the optical cards inside a Flex ROADM.

  • Measure the insertion loss of the external passive path.

  • Validate the quality of the connections to the patch panel.

  • Check if the insertion loss is within the expected value.

The following cards support connection verification:

  • SMR20 FS CV

  • MF-DEG-5-CV

  • MF-MPO-16LC-CV

  • MF-UPG-4-CV

—

—

New FS-SMR PID

NCS 2000

You cannot edit this option. This option enables displaying of the new SMR-20 PID in the BOM page.

You can enable this option when you unlock an mpz network where SMR-20 is selected, during an upgrade or release upgrade.

—

This check-box remains checked for newly created network.

Enhanced face plate properties

This table describes the descriptions of various Enhanced face plate properties under sites.
Table 23. Enhanced face plate properties

Property

Platform

Description

Availabe options

Default

Degree Priority

NCS 1010

Choose the port type for interconnect degree priority.

Note

 
This field appears only when you select NCS 1010 Line Card as Enhanced Faceplate.

  • LC Ports

  • MPO Group

LC Ports

Add/Drop Shelf Type

NCS 1010

This property is noneditable and appears for networks from R7.11.1.

 — —

COSM properties

This table describes the descriptions of various COSM properties under sites.
Table 24.

Properties

Platform

Description

 Available options Default

Chassis License Flush Out

NCS 2000

Allows you to flush out the existing chassis license and purchase a new chassis license.

 — —

COSM Pluggables

NCS 2000

Choose the pluggable.

Note

 

The COSM pluggables are not applicable for UCS-based COSM network design.

  • Auto

  • ONS-SC +- 10G-SR

  • ONS-SC +-10G-LR

Auto

When you choose Auto, ONS_SC+-10G_SR is the default option.

Add contentionless side to a site

Contentionless functionality on a site refers to the contentionless add or drop ability of an N-degree ROADM node to accommodate N wavelengths of the same frequency from a single add or drop device. A ROADM is contentionless when the number of drop units equals the number of ROADM degrees.

Use the following procedure to add contentionless sides to a ROADM or traffic site.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network in which you want to add contentionless sides to a site.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

Click the site to which you want to add contentionless sides.

Step 4

Click the Add Contentionless Side icon.

Step 5

Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

The number of contentionless sides you can add to a site depends on the site type and the Scalable Upto Degree property.

If you want to add contentionless sides to

Then..

Layer-1 SMR site

Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

Layer-2 SMR-20 site

  • Check the Evolved Mesh check box.

  • Select Site Type as SMR-20 or Auto.

  • Check the Cascaded SMR check box.

  • Select Degree Mesh Type as DEG-5/UPG-4.

  • Click Update.

  • Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

    See Contentionless sides for Layer-1 SMR.

Extended Layer-2 SMR-20 site

  • Choose the Reserve Cascaded SMR Port value.

    Note

     

    The Reserve Cascaded SMR Port drop-down property is available for NCS 2000 networks from R11.1.x.

    Based on the N-degree and Layer-2 SMR, you can add more contentionless sides on each site for the extended layer-2 SMR, but this will reduce the number of Layer-1 contentionless sides.

  • Click Update.

  • Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

    See Contentionless sides for extended Layer-2 SMR.

Step 6

Click OK.

Contentionless sides for Layer-1 SMR

This table explains how many contentionless sides you can add to a site based on the site type, and the Scalable Upto Degree property.

Table 25. Contentionless sides for Layer-1 SMR

Site type

Scalable upto degree

Number of contentionless sides

SMR-20

4

16

SMR-20

8

12

SMR-20

12

8

SMR-20

16

4

SMR-20

Line

8

SMR-20

Terminal

8

SMR-9

4

5

SMR-9

8

1

Contentionless sides for extended Layer-2 SMR

This table shows how many contentionless sides you can add to each site for the extended layer-2 SMR site. The number depends on the N-degree and Layer-2 SMR configuration

Table 26. Contentionless Sides for extended Layer-2 SMR

Reserve cascaded SMR port

Site type

Scalable upto degree

No. of contentionless sides for Layer-1 side

No. of contentionless sides with 1st Port Layer-2

No. of contentionless sides with 2nd Port Layer-2

No. of contentionless sides with 3rd Port Layer-2

1

SMR-20

4

16

20

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

8

12

20

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

12

8

20

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

16

4

20

Not supported

Not supported

2

SMR-20

4

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

8

11

20

20

Not supported

SMR-20

12

7

20

20

Not supported

SMR-20

16

3

20

20

Not supported

3

SMR-20

4

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

8

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

12

6

20

20

20

SMR-20

16

2

20

20

20

Modify the number of contentionless side ports at a site

Follow these steps to modify the number of contentionless ports for a side in a ROADM site.

Before you begin
Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.
Procedure

Step 1

Open the network in which you want to modify the number of contentionless ports for a side in a site.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

Expand a ROADM site, and select a contentionless side.

The properties of the side are displayed in the right panel.

Step 4

From the Contentionless Ports drop-down list, select the required number of ports.

Click Update.

Modify contentionless side to a site in upgrade mode

Limitations

  • This feature supports networks running software release version 11.1.x or later.

  • NCS 2000 networks have the limitation of Passive units count up to 126. When you add the second and third L2 contentionless sides, the passive units count goes beyond the limit. In such cases, the tool allows the analysis and notifies the limitation through an error message, The passive units in this design (count) has exceeded the maximum supported passive units on the NE SW (126). Please review the design with Cisco before proceeding for deployment.

Follow these steps to modify contentionless sides to a ROADM or traffic site in upgrade mode.

Before you begin

Open the network, upgrade it, and set these site properties in the Entity Editor window.

  1. Enable Evolved Mesh.

  2. Set Site Type to SMR-20 or Auto.

  3. Enable Cascaded SMR.

  4. Set Degree Mesh Type to DEG-5/UPG-4.

  5. Set Scalable Upto Degree property to the appropriate value.

If these prerequisites are not met, you must unlock the site to modify the contentionless sides.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 2

Click the site where you want to modify the contentionless sides.

Step 3

Check the Cascaded SMR check box if not enabled already.

The Reserve Cascaded SMR Port drop-down appears.

Step 4

Choose the SMR port value in Reserve Cascaded SMR Port.

To reduce the Layer-2 SMR sides:

  1. Choose a lower value.

  2. Click Update.

    If SMR ports are available, the update becomes successful. Else, an error message appears. Perform the following actions:

    1. Unlock the site.

    2. Start over from Step 1.

To increase the Layer-2 SMR sides:

  1. Choose a higher value.

  2. Click Update.

    If SMR ports are available, the update is successful. Else, an error message appears. Perform these actions:

    1. Unlock the site.

    2. Delete the lowest contentionless side from the Layer-1 SMR site.

    3. Start over from Step 1.

Step 5

Click the site to which you want to add contentionless sides.

Step 6

Click the Add Contentionless Side icon.

Step 7

Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

The number of contentionless sides that can be added to a site depends on the type of site and the Scalable Upto Degree property.

Step 8

Click OK.

Add L-Band side to a site

Follow these steps to add L-Band sides to an NCS 1010 R7.9.1 site.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network in which you want to add the L-Band sides to a site.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

To add the L-Band sides:

  • Click the site to which you want to add the L-Band sides.

    Note

     

    If you add an L-Band side to a site, the corresponding attached sides on other sites also receive L-Band sides automatically.

  • Expand the site and click on a side to add L-Band to the selected side only.

Step 4

Click the Add L-Band icon.

The L-Band side appears under the required site or side.

Note

 

If ILA or pass-through sites are present in the APC domain, the end-to-end path in the L-band is enabled automatically.

Add omni-directional sides to a site

Table 27. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Omnidirectional Configuration Support for NCS 1010 Network

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

You can now include both colorless and colored omnidirectional configurations when designing an NCS 1010 network.

New Properties Added:

  • Add Omni-Directional icon (under Entity Editor): Use this icon to add the required number of omnidirectional sides.

  • Omni Variant (under Side Properties): Select the desired Add/Drop stage, such as Dual OLT or 4x4 COFS.

  • Max Auto Omni Allowed (under Network Properties): Cisco ONP automatically generates the omni edges based on the number entered.

This omnidirectional setup enhances the flexibility of the multidegree topology, allowing channels to be routed through any optical degree during a fiber cut without needing physical fiber reconnections.

The omnidirectional configuration allows you to add or drop traffic to any of the node directions in a multidegree topology. This configuration provides flexibility, enabling channels to be routed through any of the optical degrees during a fiber cut without needing to change the physical fiber connections.


Note

Omni edges are not supported on a Terminal site.

Follow these steps to add omnidirectional sides to an NCS 1010 site.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network in which you want to add omnidirectional sides to a site.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

Click the site to which you want to add omnidirectional sides.

Step 4

Click the Add Omni-Directional icon.

Step 5

Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of Omni Directional sides field.

The number of omnidirectional sides that can be added to a site depends on the Scalable Upto Degree property.

Step 6

Click OK.

The omnidirectional sides are created under the site and labeled as omni-1, and omni-2 and so on. A tag called Omni is added to the Omni side to indicate that it as an omnidirectional side.

To add L-band functionality to the side, click the Add L-Band icon.

Note

 

Cisco ONP will automatically generate up to the number of Omni Edges specified in the Max Auto Omni Allowed field under Network properties. Manual creation by the user is not required.

Modify Fiber Properties

Use this task to modify the properties of fiber.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface

Procedure

Step 1

In the network tree, expand Fiber, and select a fiber or click a fiber on the map. The selected fiber will be highlighted in orange.

You can view the basic properties of the fiber at the bottom of the network tree.

Step 2

Modify the following fiber properties as required.

Property Platform Description

General

Name

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

By default, the name of the fiber is based on the number of fibers between the source and destination sites. You can edit the name.

Source

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the source site name. This field is noneditable.

Destination

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the destination site name. This field is noneditable.

Bidirectional

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Indicates whether a standard single fiber is used to transmit the data in both directions.

Fiber Type

NCS 2000

Select the fiber type. Cisco ONP supports the following fibers, and the default fiber type is G652-SMF.

  • G652-SMF

  • G652-SMF-28E

  • True Wave Reach

  • True Wave RS

  • True-Wave Plus

  • True-Wave Minus

  • True-Wave Classic

  • Free-Light

  • Tera-Light

  • Metro-Core

  • ELEAF

  • NDSF

  • ALLWave

  • SMF-28 ULL

  • SMF28-Ultra

NCS 1010

Select the fiber type. Cisco ONP supports the following fibers, and the default fiber type is G652-SMF.

  • G652-SMF

  • G652-SMF-28E

  • True Wave Reach

  • True Wave RS

  • True-Wave Plus

  • True-Wave Minus

  • True-Wave Classic

  • Free-Light

  • Tera-Light

  • Metro-Core

  • ELEAF

  • NDSF

  • ALLWave

  • SMF-28 ULL

  • SMF28-Ultra

NCS 1001

  • G652-SMF

  • G652-SMF-28E

  • True Wave Reach

  • True Wave RS

  • Free-Light

  • Tera-Light

  • ELEAF

Length

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the span length of the fiber connecting a source and destination site. If necessary, change the span length manually.

  • The Cisco ONP tool automatically updates the fiber length to 1 km or 1 mile. If you change the fiber length, then the tool updates the same in the network tree and the map accordingly.

  • In the network tree pane, expand Fiber and select the fiber couple, A-Z and Z-A. The properties pane displays the fiber couple name, source side, destination side, its span length, loss, and, Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) value.

  • You can enter the different span length and loss values for the individual fibers in a fiber couple.

Network status

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the status of the network, whether the network is being deployed or not. If the network is not deployed, it shows the status as UNDISCOVERED.

Business status

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the status of the fiber in a business perspective view. If fiber is not deployed, it shows the status as FUTURE. This field is noneditable.

Measurement Units

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Choose the measurement unit (Km or Miles) for the fiber span. You can set the measurement unit only for the duct, but not for the fiber pair (couple) or fiber.

Ageing Loss [dB]

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the aging loss value for the fiber.

DCN Extension

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Check this check box to enable the default use of data connection network (DCN) extension on each span in the project. This setting implies that the optical service channel (OSC) channel is not used to connect the two nodes.

OSC FrameType

NCS 2000

Choose the OSC frame type. The options available are:

  • Auto

  • OC3 Frame

  • GE Frame

  • FE Frame

The default option is Auto. When set in Auto, Cisco ONP uses FE Frame as the preferred frame type.

Ageing Factor

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the number to fiber aging factor.

Physical

Length-Based Loss

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

The fiber loss value is automatically calculated based on length and loss coefficient, when you check this option.

Tot SOL Loss w/o connectors

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the start of life fiber loss value for each span, excluding the connector concentrated loss.

Raman Amplification

Raman Amplified

NCS 2000

Enable Raman Amplification on the ducts.

Note

 
When you enable Raman amplification for NCS 2000 system release 12.2, the side property Enable C+L Band S/C is automatically disabled and vice versa.

Step 3

Click Update.

Step 4

To modify the advanced properties of the fibers, click Show Advanced Properties, or choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 5

Click the FIBER tab in the Entity Editor window.

Step 6

Choose the fiber and modify the following properties in the right pane.

Property

Platform

Description

General

Ageing loss [dB]

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the aging loss value.

DCN Extension

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

 Enable the default use of data connection network (DCN) extension on each span in the network.

OSC Frame Type

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Choose the OSC frame type. The options available are Auto, OC3 Frame, Gigabit Ethernet Frame, and Fast Ethernet Frame. The default option is Auto. When set in Auto, Cisco ONP uses Fast Ethernet Frame as the preferred frame type.

Aging Factor

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the number to factor fiber aging. This factor is multiplied by the SOL total span loss without connectors.

Physical

Connector Loss A

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

 Connector Loss at Source Site [dB]

Connector Loss B

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

 Connector Loss at Destination Site [dB]

Factors

Loss Coefficient [dB/km]

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Loss is calculated based on the loss coefficient.

PMD Coefficient

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the PMD coefficient.

QD C-Band

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

 Displays the secondary order dispersion for C-band.

CD C-Band

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

 Displays the secondary order dispersion for L-band.

RD Factor

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

 Displays the random dispersion value.

Extended
Effective Mode Area

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the effective mode area [µm^2]

SRS tilt coefficient

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the Stimulated Raman Scattering tilt coefficient on the band.

DRBS coefficient

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the Rayleigh Scattering capture coefficient.

N2

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Nonlinear index of refraction [1e-16 cm^2/W]

LFBR

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Length of individual fibers for sigmaDSP [Km]

Totals

(The properties under Totals are noneditable)

Loss EOL

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the total loss EOL calculation.

Loss SOL

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the total loss SOL calculation.

CD C-Band

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the total chromatic dispersion for the C-band.

QD C-Band

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the secondary order dispersion for C-band.

RD

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the random dispersion value.

PMD

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) value.

Step 7

Click Update.

Modify Fiber Couple Properties

Use this task to modify properties of the fiber couple.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

In the network tree, expand Fiber, and drill down up to a fiber couple and click the fiber couple.

You can view the basic properties of the fiber couple at the bottom of the network tree.

Step 2

Modify the following fiber couple properties as required.

Property

Platform

 Description

General

Name

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

By default, fiber couple is named based on the fiber name followed by COUPLE-AZ or COUPLE-ZA. The sides that are connected by the fiber couple are indicated inside brackets. The name is noneditable.

Source Side

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the source side name. This field is noneditable.

Destination Side

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the destination side name. This field is noneditable.

Length

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Automatically displays the span length of the fiber connecting a source and destination side. Change the span length manually, if necessary.

You can enter the different span length and loss values for the individual fibers in a fiber couple.

Factors

Loss coefficient [dB]

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Enter the value of the SOL fiber loss per kilometer used to calculate the loss of each span in the network.

Totals

Loss SOL

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the total loss SOL calculation.

Loss EOL

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the total loss EOL calculation.

Physical

Tot SOL Loss w/o connectors

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Enter the start of life fiber loss value for each span, excluding the connector concentrated loss.

Step 3

Click Update.

Step 4

To modify advanced properties of the fiber couple, click Show Advanced Properties, or choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 5

Click the FIBER tab in the Entity Editor window.

Step 6

Choose the fiber and drill down to the fiber couple, and modify the following properties in the right pane.

Property

Platform

Description

Physical

Connector Loss A

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

 Connector Loss at Source Site [dB]

Connector Loss B

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

 Connector Loss at Destination Site [dB]

Factors

PMD coefficient

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

 Displays the PMD coefficient.

Totals

(The properties under Totals are noneditable)
PMD

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the PMD value.

Loss EOL

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the total loss EOL calculation.

Loss SOL

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the total loss SOL calculation.

CD C-Band

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the total chromatic dispersion for the C-band.

QD C-Band

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the secondary order dispersion for C-band.

RD

  • NCS 2000

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1001

Displays the random dispersion value.

Step 7

Click Update.

Modify Service Properties

Use this task to modify the properties of the service.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

In the network tree, expand Services and click a service.

You can view the basic properties of the service at the bottom of the network tree.

Step 2

Modify the following service properties as required.

Property

Platform

Description

General

Name

NCS 2000

By default, the service name is based on the source and destination sites and the number of services between them. You can edit the name.

For example, if there are two services between site 1 and site 2, the names of the services are Site-1-Site-2-1 and Site-1-Site-2-2, respectively.

Type

NCS 2000

Choose the types of service.

Protection

NCS 2000

Choose the protection type from the drop-down list. Options available are:

  • Unprotected

  • 1+1

  • Disjoint

  • S+NS

  • 1+R

  • 1+1+R

  • 1+1+R+R

For more information on protection types, see .

Source

NCS 2000

Displays the source site name.

Destination

NCS 2000

Displays the destination site name.

Step 3

Click Update.

Step 4

To modify advanced properties of the service, click Show Advanced Properties or choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 5

In the Entity Editor window, click the Service tab.

Step 6

Choose the service under the network tree, and modify the following properties in the right pane.

Property

Platform

Description

General

Tertiary Source

NCS 2000

From the drop-down list, select the possible site as a tertiary source.

Tertiary Destination

NCS 2000

From the drop-down list, select the possible site as a tertiary destination.

Tertiary source and tertiary destination are enabled only when you select the protection scheme as Unprotected Disjoint.

You can select either tertiary destination or both tertiary source and tertiary destination.

  • If you select only the tertiary destination, the demand is created between the source and destination and between the source and tertiary destination. These do not have common fibers in the path, which are disjoint.

  • If you select both tertiary source and tertiary destination, two unprotected demands are created between the source to destination, and tertiary source to tertiary destination. The demands are disjoint to each other.

Primary Path Forcing

Path

NCS 2000

Cisco ONP automatically selects the shortest path as working path and also allows you to force the path manually.

Fiber

NCS 2000

Primary path fiber is forcing path for working trail.

Regeneration Platform

NCS 2000

Displays the platform of the regeneration site

Regen Sites

NCS 2000

Choose the regeneration site.

Wavelength

NCS 2000

Click Edit to choose the wavelength. The default option is Auto.

ODU Timeslot

NCS 2000

Enter the ODU timeslot value.

Section Wavelength(s)

NCS 2000

Displays the selected Wavelength.

Src Channel Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of source channel. The available options are:

  • Auto—This is the default option. Auto option is the contentionless demand.

  • Contentionless

  • Colorless

  • Colored

Dst Channel Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of destination channel.

Secondary Path Forcing (Available only for (1+1)

Path

NCS 2000

Secondary path is the protected path when the primary path fails. This path is the second best path after the primary path.

Fiber

NCS 2000

Secondary path fiber is for protected service, forcing path for the protected trail.

Regeneration Platform

NCS 2000

Displays the platform of the regeneration site

Regen Sites

NCS 2000

Choose the regeneration site.

Wavelength

NCS 2000

Click Edit to choose the wavelength. The default option is Auto.

ODU Timeslot

NCS 2000

Enter the ODU timeslot value.

Section Wavelength(s)

NCS 2000

Displays the selected Wavelength.

Src Channel Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of source channel.

Dst Channel Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of destination channel.

Restoration 1 Path Forcing (Available for 1+R, 1+1+R, 1+1+R+R)

Path

NCS 2000

Cisco ONP automatically selects the first restoration path.

Fiber

NCS 2000

Choose the first restoration path fibers.

Restoration 2 Path Forcing (Available for 1+1+R+R)

Path

NCS 2000

Cisco ONP automatically selects the second restoration path.

Fiber

NCS 2000

Choose the second restoration path fibers.

NCS 1 K Domain

Client Type

NCS 2000

Displays the client type. By default, client type is OTU4.

Interface Type

NCS 2000

Displays the interface type. By default, interface type is BH.

Trunk Mode

NCS 2000

Choose whether the trunk mode is 200G or 300G. By default, Trunk Mode is 200G.

Note

 

Based on the selected trunk mode, Baud rates are filtered.

Baud Rate

NCS 2000

Choose whether the Baud rates mode as 60 or 69GBd.

Note

 

  • Ensure that you force both primary and secondary path fiber or channel for protected service. Also ensure that the wave type is same for both primary and secondary paths. While doing path forcing, make sure that you perform an end-to-end path forcing from the source to the destination. Analysis fails if the partial path is forced.

  • Force the wave path for the wave, which is tagged to the service.

  • In case of protection type: 1+1+R+R, 1+1+R, and 1+R, you can force a path in restoration path1 or restoration path2 Fiber that is forced in primary or secondary path Fiber.

Step 7

Click Update.

Modify service properties for NCS 1010

Table 28. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

L-Band support for 2.4TX transponder card in NCS 1010 network

Cisco ONP Release 25.1.1

In addition to the previously supported C-band, the NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9 transponder card now also supports the L-band under the Service and Trail properties for the NCS 1010 network.

The 2.4TX card's support for the L-band increases capacity and spectral efficiency by utilizing both the L-band and C-band. C-band and L-band circuits can now use the same cards with different trunks for propagation.

Table 29. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Transponder Support on NCS 1010 Network Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

You can now create optical services for the NCS 1010 network. You can include cards such as NCS1K14-2.4T-K9, NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9, and NCS1K4-QXP-K9 as native transponder instead of optical sources and check the feasibility of the network. You can generate the traffic report and BoM with the exact count of cards and pluggables based on the requirements, along with licensing details for the OLT card and the transponders.

From Release 24.3.1, you can add services between two NCS 1010 or NCS 1020 sites. Follow these steps to modify the properties of the service.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the NCS 1010 network where you want to modify the service properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Service tab.

Step 4

Choose the service under the network tree, and modify the properties in the right pane. See these references for the property descriptions.

Step 5

Click Update.

General service properties for NCS 1010 network

This table lists the general service properties applicable for the NCS 1010 network.

Table 30. General service properties for NCS 1010 network

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

General

Name

NCS 1010

Services are named Service-1, Service-2, and so on.

You can edit the name.

—

—

Type

NCS 1010

Choose the traffic type.

  • 100GE

  • 400GE

100GE

Protection

NCS 1010

Protection is not supported for the NCS 1010 network.

Unprotected

Unprotected

Source

NCS 1010

Displays the source site name.

—

—

Destination

NCS 1010

Displays the destination site name.

—

—

Encryption

NCS 1010

Check this check box to enable encryption on the service.

Encrypted and non-encrypted services will not be aggregated. They use separate trunks.

Note

 

Encryption is supported only for NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9 and NCS1K4-QXP-K9

—

—

Primary path service properties for NCS 1010 network

This table lists the primary path service properties applicable for the NCS 1010 network.

Table 31. Service properties for primary path in NCS 1010 network

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Path

NCS 1010

Displays the path of the service.

—

—

Fiber

NCS 1010

 Select the fiber. Displays the available fibers.

—

Regen Sites

NCS 1010

Select the regeneration site.

Displays the possible regeneration site.

—

Channel

NCS 1010

Choose whether to create a new circuit or use an existing circuit.

Note

 

When you select an existing circuit with the following conditions:

  • Traffic Type is set to Transponder Card under the circuit properties.

  • Trunk Mode and Baud Rate are already defined under the Trail properties

You will not be able to select Trunk Mode and Baud Rate under the Service properties. To edit these properties change the traffic type and change the Channel property to Auto or Create New.

  • Auto:he system automatically chooses whether to create a new circuit or use an existing one.

  • Create New: A new circuit is created, and no existing circuits are used.

  • Existing circuits (shows the names of the circuits that are already created): Select an existing circuit to use. To specify a particular circuit, choose one from the drop-down list.

Auto

Band Type

NCS 1010

Displays whether it is a C-band type or L-band type.

If you choose NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9 as the Card Type, you can select the band as C-band or L-band.

—

—

Section Wavelengths

NCS 1010

Choose the wavelength for the regen site that is selected.

Displays multiple fixed grid wavelengths

Auto

Trunk mode

NCS 1010

Choose the trunk mode of the line card.

For NCS1K14-2.4T-K9 and NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9, the trunk rate ranges from 400G to 1200G. For NCS1K4-QXP-K9, the trunk rate ranges from 100G to 400G.

Auto

Baud Rate

NCS 1010

Select the baud rate.

The baud rates that are suitable for the trunk rate chosen are displayed.

Auto

Wavelength

NCS 1010

Click Edit to choose the wavelength.

  • Auto

  • Fixed Grid(64 Chs)

Auto

Primary channel service properties for NCS 1010 network

This table lists the primary channel service properties applicable for the NCS 1010 network.

Table 32. Service properties for primary channel in NCS 1010 network

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Primary Channel Source

Card Type

NCS 1010

Select the card for the service.

  • Auto

  • NCS1K14-2.4T-K9

  • NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9

  • NCS1K4-QXP-K9

Auto

TXP Chassis

NCS 1010

Choose the transponder chassis for the service.

  • Auto

  • NCS 1014

  • NCS 1004—Supports only NCS1K4-QXP-K9

Auto

Modulation

NCS 1010

Displays the type of modulation.

—

—

Bundle Mode

NCS 1010

This property is enabled when you select the NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9 card. When enabled, routing is based on Muxponder mode and supports trunk modes of 600G or 1000G.

Note

 

Default value for trunk mode will be 600G when bundle mode is enabled.

—

—

Trunk Mode

NCS 1010

Select a trunk mode from the drop-down list.

The options for trunk mode changes based on the selected Card Type.

Auto

Sub Mode

NCS 1010

This field is applicable only for the NCS1K4-QXP-K9 card. Choose the required sub mode.

  • 1_E

  • 0_S

1_E

—

FEC

NCS 1010

Displays the type of FEC supported on the chosen card.

—

—

Src Add/Drop Type

NCS 1010

Select the Add/drop type.

  • Auto

  • Colored

  • Colorless

  • Omni-colored

  • Omni-colorless

Auto

Client Interface

NCS 1010

Choose the client pluggable for the selected card.

  • Auto

  • QDD-400G-FR4-S

  • QDD-400G-AOC1M

  • QDD-400G-DR4-S

  • QDD-400G-LR4-S

Auto

Client Port

NCS 1010

This property is enabled only when a trunk mode is selected. Choose the client port.

  • Auto

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

Auto

Trunk Type

NCS 1010

The trunk pluggables that are applicable for the selected card are displayed. Choose the required trunk pluggable.

—

—

Primary Channel Destination

Card Type

NCS 1010

Select the card for the service.

  • Auto

  • NCS1K14-2.4T-K9

  • NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9

  • NCS1K4-QXP-K9

Auto

TXP Chassis

NCS 1010

Select the transponder chassis for the service.

  • Auto

  • NCS 1014

  • NCS 1004—Supports only NCS1K4-QXP-K9

Auto

Modulation

NCS 1010

Displays the type of modulation.

—

—

Bundle Mode

NCS 1010

t

This property is enabled when the NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9 card is selected. When selected, routing will be based on Muxponder mode and supports Trunk modes 600G or 1000G.

Note

 

The default value for trunk mode is 600G when bundle mode is enabled.

—

—

Trunk Mode

NCS 1010

Select a trunk mode from the drop-down list.

he options for trunk mode change based on the selected card type.

Auto

Sub Mode

NCS 1010

This field is applicable only for the NCS1K4-QXP-K9 card. Choose the required sub mode.

  • 1_E

  • 0_S

1_E

FEC

NCS 1010

Displays the type of FEC supported on the chosen card.

—

—

Dst Add/Drop Type

NCS 1010

Select the Add/drop type.

  • Auto

  • Colored

  • Colorless

  • Omni-colored

  • Omni-colorless

Auto

Client Interface

NCS 1010

Select the client pluggable for the selected card.

  • Auto

  • QDD-400G-FR4-S

  • QDD-400G-AOC1M

  • QDD-400G-DR4-S

  • QDD-400G-LR4-S

Auto

Client Port

NCS 1010

This property is enabled only when a trunk mode is selected. Choose the client port.

—

—

Trunk Type

NCS 1010

The trunk options that are applicable for the selected card are displayed. Choose the required trunk pluggable.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables

Auto

Services aggregation

Table 33. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Services Aggregation

Cisco ONP Release 4.1

The services aggregation feature allows two or more services to share the same trunk port or channel. By default, the services are added to the DefaultGroup. You can export aggregation reports.

You can use services aggregation to allow multiple services to share the same connection point, such as a trunk port or channel. This ability to share is determined by the characteristics defined in their Service Group.

Specifically, when you add services to a 1K-2K-4K Traffic site within an SSON network, the system automatically creates a DefaultGroup under Services in the network tree. All the services you add are then automatically associated with DefaultGroup.

Create a new service group

Follow these steps to create a new service group.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to create a new service group.

Step 2

Click the Ellipsis icon on the right side of Services under the network tree and choose Create Service Group.

A new service group appears under Services.

Modify service group properties

Follow these steps to modify the properties of a service group.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the service group properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Services tab, and click a service group.

Step 4

Modify the service group properties as required.

See Service group properties.

Step 5

Click Update.

Service group properties

This table describes various service group properties.

Table 34. Service group properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

General

Name

NCS 2000

Displays the group name. Edit the name if needed.

—

By default, the service name is based on the source and destination sites and the number of services between them.

For example, if there are two services between site 1 and site 2, the name of the services are Site-1-Site-2-1 and Site-1-Site-2-2, respectively.

Demand Types

NCS 2000

Select the demand type. For default group all demand types are available, and you cannot edit them.

—

—

Default Group

NCS 2000

Indicates whether the service group is a default group or a user created group.

—

—

NCS 4 K

Exclusive LC Usage

NCS 4000

Indicates whether the services belonging to this group must have an exclusive Line Card (LC).

For example, when you check this check box, neither the Client LC nor the Trunk LC of the services belonging to this group can be shared by services belonging to any other groups.

—

—

Symmetric Aggregation

NCS 4000

Indicates whether this group allows aggregation of only symmetric services. Services are symmetric if they have same protection scheme. Following are the various protection schemes:

For Example, all “1+1” services are symmetrical.

If you check this check box, this service group allows aggregation of only symmetrical services.

For example, “Unprotected” can be aggregated only with “Unprotected”, “1+R” only with “1+R”, “1+1” only with “1+1”, and so on.

If this check box is unchecked, this service group allows aggregation of symmetrical and unsymmetrical services together.

For example, “Unprotected” can be aggregated with either “Unprotected”, “1+R”, “1+1” “1+1+R” or “1+1+R+R”.

See Rules for aggregating services.

—

—

NCS 1 K

Exclusive LC Usage

NCS 1004

Same as NCS 4 K.

—

—

Symmetric Aggregation

NCS 1004

Same as NCS 4 K.

—

—

Rules for aggregating services

These rules must be satisfied for any two services, whether symmetrical or non-symmetrical, to be aggregated:

  1. Both services must have identical source and destination points.

  2. The paths of the two services must align for the same path types.

    • Example for symmetric aggregation:

      When aggregating two "1+1" services, the working path of the first service must match the working path of the second service, and similarly, the protection paths of both services must also match.

    • Example for non-symmetric aggregation:

      When aggregating a "1+1" service with a "1+1+R" service, the working path and protection path of the first service must match the corresponding paths of the second service. However, the restoration path of the second service can differ.

  3. Both services must use the same wavelength for the same path types.

    • If the wavelength is set to "auto," it can be aggregated with either another "auto" wavelength or a fixed wavelength.

  4. Both services must have the same trunk mode configuration for the same path types.

  5. The regeneration sites for both services must align for the same path types.

  6. The demand type is not a constraint for aggregation, except when considering trunk capacity availability.

Associate a service with the newly created group

By default, the services are associated with the DefaultGroup. However, you can change the group.

Follow these steps to associate a service to the newly created group.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

In the network tree, click the service that you want to associate to a group.

You can view the properties of the network at the bottom of the network tree.

Step 2

Selct the group from the Service Group drop-down list.

Step 3

Click Update.

Note

 

For an LNI-imported network, all services are in the Default group by default. When you upgrade the LNI-imported network for the first time, you can move the services to other newly created Service Groups without unlocking them. For later upgrades, unlock the services before moving them between Service Groups. The Service Groups stay locked during upgrade mode unless you perform a complete network-level unlock.

Export aggregation reports

Follow these steps to export the service aggregation reports.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open an analyzed network to export the aggregation reports.

Step 2

Choose Export > Service Aggregation.

Step 3

Save the aggregation report as an Excel file to your local system.

Modify wave properties

Table 35. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
PSM Support on Non-SSON Network

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

The PSM-channel option is now available as a Protection Type under the Wave properties for NCS 2000 non-SSON networks. This option allows you to use PSM channel trunk protection with the PSM card during network design, in addition to existing client protection. You can verify the optical feasibility for both working and protection paths, providing all necessary parameters and connections for deployment.

Follow these steps to modify the properties of the wave.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the wave properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Services tab, and click a wave.

Step 4

Modify the wave properties as required.

See Wave properties.

Step 5

Click Update.

Wave properties

This table describes various wave properties.

Table 36. Wave properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

General

Label

NCS 2000

Displays the name of the wave.

—

By default, the wave is named based on the source and destination sites and the number of waves between them.

For example, if there are two waves defined between site 1 and site 2, the waves are named as Site-1-Site-2-1 and Site-1-Site-2-2, respectively.

Edit the name if needed.

Source Site

NCS 2000

Displays the source site name.

—

—

Destination Site

NCS 2000

Displays the destination site name.

—

—

Traffic Type

NCS 2000

Select the traffic type.

  • Optical Source

  • 100GE

  • 10GE LAN PHY

  • 40GE LAN PHY

  • Fiber Channel 10G

  • Fiber Channel 16G

  • Fiber Channel 8G

  • OC-192/STM-64

  • OTU2

  • OTU2e

  • OTU4

  • Pluggable Card

Optical Source

Protection Type

NCS 2000

Select the protection type.

  • Unprotected

  • Client 1+1

  • PSM-Channel

The PSM-channel option is available only for non-SSON networks. PSM-channel is not supported with the colorless Add/Drop MF-6AD-COFS.

When you select the PSM-Channel option, the Protection Switch Module (PSM) for the Cisco ONS15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) (15454-PSM card) is placed in the network to provide protection at the trunk level. The PSM card splits the traffic originated by transponder trunk across the working and protected TX ports.

For more information on protection types, see .

Unprotected

Forecast

NCS 2000

Check this check box to change a present wave to a forecast wave.

—

—

Encryption

NCS 2000

Check this check box to enable encryption.

—

—

Modify media channel properties

Follow these steps to modify properties of the media channel.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the media channel properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Services tab, and click a media channel.

Step 4

Modify the media channel properties as required.

See Media channel properties.

Step 5

Click Update.

Media channel properties

This table describes various media channel properties.

Table 37. Media channel properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

General

Label

NCS 2000

Displays the media channel name.

—

By default, the media channel is named based on the source and destination sites and the number of media channels between them.

For example, if there are two media channels between site 1 and site 2, they are named as Site-1-Site-2-1 and Site-1-Site-2-2, respectively.

Edit the name if required.

Source Site

NCS 2000

Displays the source site name.

—

—

Destination Site

NCS 2000

Displays the destination site name.

—

—

Traffic Type

NCS 2000

Select the traffic type.

  • Optical Source

  • 100GE

  • 10GE LAN PHY

  • 40GE LAN PHY

  • Fiber Channel 10G

  • Fiber Channel 16G

  • Fiber Channel 8G

  • OC-192/STM-64

  • OTU2

  • OTU2e

  • OTU4

  • Pluggable Card

Optical Source

Protection Type

NCS 2000

Select the protection type.

For more information on protection types, see .

For Client 1+1, ensure that the sites have contentionless sides for the analysis to be successful. By default, Cisco ONP finds both span and node disjoint path for Client1+1 protected waves, but allows you to force span and node disjoint path.

  • Unprotected

  • Client 1+1

Unprotected

Forecast

NCS 2000

Check this check box to change a present wave to a forecast wave.

—

—

Encryption

NCS 2000

Check this check box to enable encryption.

—

—

Modify circuit properties

Follow these steps to modify the properties of the circuit in an NCS 1010 network.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the circuit properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Services tab, and click a circuit.

Step 4

Modify the circuit properties as required.

See Circuit properties.

Step 5

Click Update.

Circuit properties

This table describes various circuit properties.

Table 38. Circuit properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

General

Label

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the name of the circuit.

—

By default, the circuit is named based on the source and destination sites and the number of circuits between them. \

For example, if there are two circuits defined between site 1 and site 2, the circuits are named as Site-1-Site-2-1 and Site-1-Site-2-2 respectively.

Edit the name if required.

Source Site

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the name of the source site.

—

—

Destination Site

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the name of the destination site.

—

—

Traffic Type

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Select the traffic type.

  • Optical Source

  • Pluggable Card

  • Transponder Card

Optical Source

Protection Type

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Select the protection type.

Currently, we support only Unprotected.

Unprotected

Forecast

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Check this check box to change a present circuit to a forecast wave.

—

—

Encryption

NCS 1010

The Encryption property is enabled when you select Line card as the Traffic Type.

—

—

Modify trail properties

Table 39. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Bright ZR+ Pluggable Support

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

The Bright ZR+ pluggable can now be included in the network design by choosing them as Card Type or Client Interface under the Trail properties. This selection is available for all types of sites. The Bright ZR+ pluggable has high transmit optical power up to 0dBm, high transmit OSNR, and high-density QSFP-DD form factor.

Table 40. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Multilayer Nodes Enhancements

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

You can now choose from the full array of supported Card Types and Client Interfaces under the Trail properties option for the multilayer nodes. Previously, only a limited set of cards were available for selection. With this enhancement, you can design diverse networks leveraging the unique functionalities of all types of cards.

Follow these steps to modify the properties of the trail.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the trail properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Services tab.

Step 4

Expand Waves, Media Channels or Circuits.

Step 5

Navigate to the required trail and click it.

Step 6

Modify the trail properties as required. See

Step 7

Click Update.

General trail properties

This table describes various general trail properties.

Table 41. General trail properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Label

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the name of the trail.

—

—

Path of Wave

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Select a fiber.

—

—

Regen Sites

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select the regeneration site.

—

—

Source Site

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the source site name.

—

—

Destination Site

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the destination site name.

—

—

Wavelength

NCS 2000 (Non-SSON)

Click Edit to choose the wavelength.

—

Auto

Central Wavelength [nm]

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Click Edit to select the central wavelength.

Multiple C-band and L-band wavelengths are listed.

Note

 

If you select L-Band as Band Type, the L-band wavelength options appear along with C-band wavelengths for NCS 1010 R7.9.1.

Auto

Multicarrier

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Indicates whether the transmission is a multicarrier transmission.

—

—

Trunk Mode

NCS 2000

The trunk mode can be edited only when you choose 400G-XP-LC as Card Type.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables

Auto

NCS 1010

 The trunk mode can be edited only when the Traffic Type is set to Line card under the circuit properties.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables

Auto

NCS 1001

Trunk mode is noneditable.

—

—

Number Of Carrier(s)

NCS 1010

Enter the to add the required number of carriers to the channel.

2-16

Note

 

If you select Colorless or Omni-Colorless as Add/Drop Type and Auto or OLT/LC/AddDrop as Add/Drop Connector, this property becomes editable.

Note

 

When you enable bundle mode in line circuit, this value is 2 and non-editable.

1

Baud Rate

NCS 1010

Select the baud rate that is suitable for the selected trunk rate.

—

—

Filtering Penality

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Displays the value of the penalties that are caused by the different filter types (OADM, and ROADM).

—

—

OSNR Forward [dB]

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the forward optical signal to noise ratio.

—

—

OSNR Reverse [dB]

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the reverse optical signal to noise ratio.

—

—

Band Type

NCS 1010

Select the required band type for the circuit.

Note

 

When you select L-Band as Band Type, then the Add/Drop Type field automatically selects Colorless and becomes disabled.

  • Auto

  • L-band

  • C-band

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable. C-Band is the default option.

C-band

OTN trail properties

This table lists and defines OTN trail properties.

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

OTN (non-SSON)

—

—

ODUTimeslot

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the Optical Data Unit timeslot.

—

—

SRLGs

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the SRLGs associated with the trail.

—

—

OTN Hops

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the number of OTN hops.

—

—

Quantity

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the number of OTN services on the trail.

—

—

Source and destination trail properties

This table lists and defines various source and destination trail properties.

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Source

Card Type

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select the card used in the source site.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

From Release 5.1, Bright ZR+ pluggables are supported for all the types of sites. Also, there are no limitations on the type of cards that can be chosen for the multilayer nodes.

Note

 

  • Non-SSON

    • Colored and colorless—Baud rates less than 42 are supported and listed.

    • Contentionless—Mean power less than –4.4 is supported and listed.

  • SSON

    • Colored—Baud rates less than 65 are supported and listed.

    • Colorless—All interfaces supported and listed.

    • Contentionless—Mean power less than –4.4 are supported and listed.

Mean power = (ochData.txRange.max + ochData.txRange.min)/2

If contentionless is selected for the source channel type, the QDD interfaces are not supported.

200G-SD-FEC

NCS 1001

Select a card type from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

NCS1004_QPSK_SP_16QAM_200G_27%SDFEC_60GBd

Client Interface

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select a pluggable from the drop-down list.

The pluggables suitable for the chosen card type are displayed.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables for more information on the list of supported pluggables.

From Release 5.1, Bright ZR+ pluggables are supported for all the types of sites. Also, there are no limitations on the type of cards that can be chosen for the multilayer nodes.

The pluggable FR-1(QSFP-100G-FR-S) is supported on the client ports of the 400G-XP LC starting from NCS 2000 Release 11.1.0.

The pluggable ERL (QSFP-100G-ERL-S) is supported on the client ports of the 400G-XP LC with 100G traffic type starting from NCS 2000 Release 11.1.3.

Note

 

When you export the NCS 2000 R11.1.3 network, the Cisco ONP exports the NCS 2000 R11.1.0 report. You must edit the exported report for R11.1.3.

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

—

Auto

Add/Drop Type

NCS 2000

Select the type of Add/Drop.

The available options are:

  • Auto

  • Colorless

  • Colored

Auto

NCS 1010

Select the type of Add/Drop.

The available options are:

  • Auto

  • Colorless

  • Colored

  • Omni-Colorless

  • Omni-Colored

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable. Colored is the default option.

—

Colored

Add/Drop Connector

NCS 1010

Note

 

This property appears when you select Add/Drop Type as Colorless.

Select the type of Add/Drop Connector.

The available options are:

  • Auto—Auto is OLT/LC/AddDrop.

  • OLT/LC/Add/Drop—Combination of OLT LC ports and CCMD-16 LC ports

  • OLT/LC—Direct OLT LC ports

  • OLT/MPO/Add/Drop—Combination of OLT LC ports and break out units such as BRK-8, BRK-16, BRK-24 MPO ports

Note

 

This property is applicable only for Enhanced NCS 1010 line cards from R7.11.1.

Auto

Modulation

NCS 1010

Displays the type of modulation.

—

—

Bundle Mode

NCS 1010

This property is enabled when the NCS1k14-2.4T-X-K9 card is selected. When selected, the routing is based on Muxponder mode and supports Trunk modes 600G or 1000G.

—

—

Sub Mode

NCS 1010

This field is applicable only for the NCS1K4-QXP-K9 card. Select the required sub mode.

The available options are:

  • 1_E

  • 0_S

1_E

FEC

NCS 1010

Displays the type of FEC supported on the chosen card.

The available options are:

  • OFEC

  • CFEC

OFEC

Trunk Type

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select the trunk type from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

—

Auto

Contentionless Side

NCS 2000

Select the contentionless side from the drop-down list.

Displays the available contentionless sides.

Auto

Launch Power

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter a launch power value. D

—

Auto

Destination

Card Type

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

The destination card type is auto populated based on the source card type chosen.

—

—

NCS 1001

Select the card type from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

NCS1004_QPSK_SP_16QAM_200G_27%SDFEC_60GBd

Client Interface

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select a pluggable from the drop-down list. The pluggables suitable for the chosen card type are displayed.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

—

Auto

Trunk Type

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select the trunk type from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

—

Auto

Add/Drop Type

NCS 2000

Select the type of the Add/Drop.

The available options are:

  • Auto

  • Contentionless

  • Colorless

  • Colored

Auto

NCS 1010

Select the type of the Add/Drop.

The available options are:

  • Auto

  • Colorless

  • Colored

  • Omni-Colorless

  • Omni-Colored

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

—

Colored

Add/Drop Connector

NCS 1010

Note

 

This property appears when you select Add/Drop Type as Colorless.

Select the type of Add/Drop Connector.

Note

 

This property is applicable only for Enhanced NCS 1010 line cards.

The available options are:

  • Auto—Auto is OLT/LC/AddDrop.

  • OLT/LC/Add/Drop—Combination of OLT LC ports and CCMD-16 LC ports

  • OLT/LC—Direct OLT LC ports

  • OLT/MPO/Add/Drop—Combination of OLT LC ports and break out units such as BRK-8, BRK-16, BRK-24 MPO ports

Auto

Modulation

NCS 1010

Displays the type of modulation.

—

—

Bundle Mode

NCS 1010

This property is enabled when the NCS1k14-2.4T-X-K9 card is selected. When selected, the routing is based on Muxponder mode and supports Trunk modes 600G or 1000G.

—

—

Sub Mode

NCS 1010

This field is applicable only for the NCS1K4-QXP-K9 card. Select the required sub mode.

The available options are:

  • 1_E

  • 0_S

1_E

FEC

NCS 1010

Displays the type of FEC supported on the chosen card.

—

—

Trunk Type

NCS 1010

Select the trunk pluggable.

From R25.1.1, new pluggables are supported on the NCS1K4-QXP-K9 card.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables

Auto

Contentionless Side

NCS 2000

Select the contentionless side from the drop-down list.

Displays the available contentionless sides.

Auto

Launch Power

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter a launch power value.

—

Auto
Value
     

Modify section properties

Follow these steps to modify properties of the section.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the section properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Services tab.

Step 4

Expand Waves, Media Channels or Circuits.

Step 5

Navigate to a trail and select a section within the trail.

Step 6

Modify the section properties.

The section and the trail have the same properties. See these references for descriptions of the properties.

Step 7

Click Update.

Modify Side Properties

Table 42. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Colorless Add/Drop Configuration with SMR-9 Card

 Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

In addition to the SMR-20 card, the colorless Add/Drop configuration can now be added to both SSON and non-SSON networks using the SMR-9 card, providing more flexibility to use the available SMR-9 ports for add/drop functionality.

Table 43. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

NCS2K-RMN-CTP-C+L support

 Cisco ONP Release 5.0

Cisco ONP now supports the passive module, NCS2K-RMN-CTP-C+L (C- and L-band counterpropagating Raman amplifier), starting from the NCS 2000 system release 12.3.1 for SSON and non-SSON networks.

Table 44. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Support for NCS2K-MF-CL-SC (C and L-band combiner and splitter)

Cisco ONP Release 4.2

Cisco ONP supports the passive module, NCS2K-MF-CL-SC (C and L-band combiner and splitter), starting from the NCS 2000 system release 12.2 for SSON and non-SSON networks. This feature enables combining C and L band wavelengths.

Use this task to modify the properties of a side in a site.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

In the network tree, Choose Sites > Site > Site domain > Side.

Step 2

To modify the side properties, perform the following steps:

  1. Click Show Advanced Properties.

  2. In the right pane of the Entity Editor window, modify the following properties of the side.

    Note

     

    You cannot edit the properties of the Pass through site side.

    Options

    Platform

    Description

    General

    Label

    NCS 2000

    NCS 1010

    NCS 1001

    Displays the label of the side.

    Editable for NCS 1001.

    Note

     

    For L-band nodes, the suffix L is added to the side label.

    Type

    NCS 2000

    NCS 1010

    NCS 1001

    Displays the type of the side. You cannot edit this property.

    Omni Variant

    NCS 1010

    Select the type of omnidirectional add/drop stage. The available options are:

    • Dual OLT (the default option)

    • 4x4 COFS (supports only C-band Omni colorless)

      You can choose 4x4 COFS only if the Structure under the Sites properties is Line.

    Note

     

    In a site, all Omni edges must have the same Omni Variant. Changing the Omni Variant for one edge updates the variant for all edges.

    Omni Directional Ports

    NCS 1010

    Enter the number of omnidirectional ports.

    It is applicable only for the 4x4COFS Omni variant. The available values range from 1 through 4, with a default value of 4.

    Node Address

    NCS 1010

    NCS 1001

    Enter the node address

    MPO Cable

    NCS 1010

    Choose the MPO cable. The available options are:

    • Auto

    • 16MPO-MPO

    • 24MPO-MPO

    Colorless Ports (Displayed for Line side)

    NCS 2000

    Enter the number of colorless ports.

    From Release 24.3.1, this property is enabled for the SMR-9 card.

    Contentionless Ports (Displayed for Contentionless side)

    NCS 2000

    Choose the number of contentionless ports.

    Enable C+L Band S/C (Displayed for Line side type)

    NCS 2000

    Cisco ONP supports the following passive modules:

    • NCS2K-MF-CL-SC (C and L-band combiner and splitter), starting from the NCS 2000 system release 12.2 for SSON and non-SSON networks. Check this check box to enable the NCS2K-MF-CL-SC card. This card is supported for ROADM, OLA, and traffic nodes, but not on the passthrough node.

      Note

       

      When you enable this option on a side:

      • It is automatically enabled on the side that is connected to the selected side through a fiber.

      • The fiber property Raman Amplified is automatically disabled, and the opposite way.

      • This card introduces a certain amount of attenuation and insertion loss that is reflected in the ANS parameters.

      The NCS2K-MF-CL-SC module does not appear in the layout.

    • NCS2K-RMN-CTP-C+L (C- and L-band counterpropagating Raman amplifier), starting from the NCS 2000 system release 12.3 for SSON and non-SSON networks. Check this check box to enable the NCS2K-RMN-CTP-C+L card.

      Note

       

      When you enable this option on a side:

      • If you enable the fiber property Raman Amplified, then the NCS2K-RMN-CTP-C+L card is automatically forced.

      • If you disable the fiber property Raman Amplified, then the NCS2K-MF-CL- SC card is automatically forced.

      • Fiber property Raman Amplified is automatically disabled for NCS 2000 system release 12.2.

      The NCS2K-RMN-CTP-C+L module appears in the layout.

    Band Type

    NCS 1010

    NCS 1001

    Choose the required band type.

    The available options are:

    • C-Band

    • C+L Futuristic

    NCS 1010 Line Card

    NCS 1010

    Choose whether the Line Card faceplate is Standard Faceplate or Enhanced Faceplate.

    Note

     
    If you assigned a Scalable Upto Degree value that is supported for both standard and enhance at the site level, then you can select Standard Faceplate in one side and Enhanced Faceplate in another side.

    Probe Channel

    NCS 1014

    The Probe channel pluggable option that you selected at the network level applies to all the edges of all sites in the network. This field is noneditable.

    OTDR Pluggable

    NCS 1014

    The OTDR pluggable option that you selected at the network level applies to all the edges of all sites in the network. This field is noneditable.

    OSC Pluggable

    NCS 1001

    Choose the type of OSC pluggable. The available options are:

    • CWDM-SFP-1510

    • CWDM-SFP-1610

    • ONS-SC-Z3-1510

    • ONS-SC-Z3-1610

    • ONS-SE-155-1510

    NCS 1014

    Choose the type of OSC pluggable. The available option is:

    • ONS-SC-PTP-1510

    Bill of Material

    License Suite

    NCS 1010

    Choose whether the License Suite is Essential (RTU +SIA3) or Advanced (RTU +SIA3).

    NCS 1014

    The default option is RTU + SIA3. It is noneditable.

    Layout

    Power Supply

    NCS 1010

    NCS 1001

    Choose the type of Power Supply. The available options are Auto, AC Power, and DC Power.

    The default option is Auto.

    With the Auto option, the default power supply is selected as DC Power.

    Chassis Type

    NCS 1010

    Choose the type of chassis. The available options are:

    • NCS 1010

    • NCS 1020

    NCS1014 Grouping

    NCS 1014

    This check box is enabled by default. If you enabled NCS 1014 grouping at the site level, then this check box becomes noneditable.

    Controller Card

    NCS 1010

    Choose the type of the controller card. The available options are:

    • Auto

    • NCS1010-CNTRL-K9

    • NCS1010-CNTRL-B-K9

    NCS 1001

    NCS1K-CNTLR2 is default.

    Redundant Controller Card

    NCS 1010

    NCS 1001

    Displays the redundant controller card, if any. Else displays No.

    UTS AC Power Cables

    NCS 1010

    NCS 1001

    Choose the type of cables to be used for the AC power supply. You can choose the cables when the Power Supply is set as AC Power or DC Power.

    Redundant Power Scheme

    NCS 1010

    NCS 1001

    Choose the redundant power scheme from the drop-down list to configure the number of working and protected power units for the chassis. The available options are Auto, 1+0, and 1+1.

    MF Unit

    NCS 1010

    NCS 1001

    Choose the mechanical frame for the passive optical modules from the drop-down list. The options available are Auto, MF-1RU, and MF-4RU.

    Enhanced Face Plate Options

    Degree Priority

    NCS 1010

    Choose the port type for interconnect degree priority. The available options are:

    • LC Ports

    • MPO Group

    The default option is LC Ports.

    Note

     
    This field appears only when you select NCS 1010 Line Card as Enhanced Faceplate.

    Direct LC Add/Drop

    NCS 1010

    Choose the number of LC ports to reserve for Direct Add/Drop connection. The range of values is 0–14. This property appears for networks from R7.10.1.

    The chosen option will not be used for Degree Connection.

  3. Click Update.

Modify C-Band Amplifier Properties

Table 45. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Manual Editing of Raman COP values

Cisco ONP Release 4.1

This feature allows you to edit the crosstalk values of the Raman COP amplifier in the SSON network, starting from NCS 2000 Release 11.1.

Table 46. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Inline Amplifier

Cisco ONP Release 4.2

The Inline Amplifier option allows you to enable an inline amplifier in the network. You can simulate the optical feasibility of the network with and without an inline amplifier. Based on the colorless or colored add/drop type selected and the QSFP-DD pluggable status, a default inline amplifier is enabled for the network.

Use this task to modify the properties of a c-band amplifier in a site.


Note

Make sure that SMR card is forced on the site before you update the c-band amplifier properties.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface

Procedure

Step 1

In the network tree, choose Sites > Site > Site domain > Side > C-Band.

Step 2

To modify the amplifier properties, perform the following steps:

  1. Click C-Band Amplifier.

    You can view the properties of the C-Band Amplifier at the bottom of the network tree. For more information, see Supported Amplifiers.

  2. Modify the following properties of the amplifier:

    You can also modify the properties by choosing the C-Band Amplifier under Network > Entity Editor.

    Options

    Platform

    Description

    General

    PSD Shape

    NCS 1010

    Enter a Power Spectral Density (PSD) value.

    Dual Band PSD Shape

    NCS 1010

    Enter Central PSD and Tilt values.

    Raman COP Tilt

    NCS 2000

    The default value is Auto. You can enter a value.

    Pre Tilt

    NCS 2000

    NCS 1010

    The default value is Auto. You can enter a value.

    Raman Tilt

    NCS 2000

    NCS 1010

    The default value is Auto. You can enter a value.

    Booster Tilt

    NCS 2000

    NCS 1010

    The default value is Auto. You can enter a value.

    Inline Amplifier

    NCS 2000

    Choose whether inline amplifier can be forced. The available options are:

    • Yes―EDFA17 or EDFA35 amplifier is chosen as the default amplifier when you choose colored add/drop module MD-64-C or colorless add/drop MF-6AD-CFS, respectively. See Modify Add/Drop multiplexer properties.

    • No―No amplifier can be forced.

    • Auto

      • EDFA17 amplifier is chosen as the default amplifier when any one of the demands aggregated in MD-64-C has low launch power optical resource or QSFP-DD pluggable is forced.

      • EDFA35 amplifier is chosen as the default amplifier when any one of the demands aggregated in MF-6AD-CFS has low launch power optical resource or QSFP-DD pluggable is forced.

    Note

     

    When you configure MF-6AD-CFS+EDFA35 in an SSON or non-SSON network, the optical results show system error for the demands of the same or different types. This error affects the what-if analysis. Hence we recommend choosing the appropriate channel and client attenuators so that the inline amplifier works at the proper gain range.

    You can view the amplifier added in the IPC, BOM, and Layout tabs, after the successful analysis.

    Note

     

    • When you add a QDD demand while upgrading a network where the Inline Amplifier property is set as no, the inline amplifier can be included in the network only if you unlock the side and set the Inline amplifier property as Auto or Yes.

    • Default colorless configuration does not require inline amplifier.

    • When there are no demands passing through the colored or colorless Add/Drop device, the forced Inline amplifier is not placed.

    From Fiber

    Pre Amp

    NCS 2000

    Choose a preamplifier from the drop-down list. The default value is Auto. To enable this field for ROADM and Traffic nodes, you must choose SMR-9 or SMR-20 from the Site Type drop-down list under the Site properties.

    If you choose SMR-9, the available options are:

    • SMR9-FS-EDFA17-PRE

    • SMR9-FS-EDFA24-PRE

    • SMR9-FS-EDFA24-PRE

    If you choose SMR-20, the available options are:

    • SMR20-FS-EDFA17-PRE

    • SMR20-FS-EDFA24-PRE

    For the OLA site, the available options are:

    • EDFA35-35-PRE

    • EDFA35-24-PRE

    • OPT -EDFA-17

    • OPT -EDFA-24

    NCS 1010

    The options available for NCS 1010 are:

    • Auto

    • Normal

    • Extended

    NCS 1001

    The options available for NCS 1001 are:

    • Auto

    • NCS1001-PRE-1

    • NCS1001-PRE-2

    NCS 1014

    The Pre Amplifier value is decided based on the launch power of the optical source.

    The default option is Auto. It is noneditable.

    Pre PSD

    NCS 1014

    The Pre PSD value is picked from LUT.

    The default option is Auto. It is noneditable.

    Output Power

    NCS 2000

    NCS 1001

    The default value is Auto. You can enter a value.

    Attenuator In

    NCS 2000

    This field is enabled only when you choose a preamplifier. Choose an attenuator from the drop-down list. The available options are:

    • ATT-LC-2

    • ATT-LC-3

    • ATT-LC-5

    • ATT-LC-7

    • ATT-LC-10

    • ATT-LC-12

    • ATT-LC-15

    • ATT-LC-18

    Attenuator Out

    NCS 2000

    This field is enabled only when you choose a preamplifier. Choose an attenuator from the drop-down list. The available options are:

    • ATT-LC-2

    • ATT-LC-3

    • ATT-LC-5

    • ATT-LC-7

    • ATT-LC-10

    • ATT-LC-12

    • ATT-LC-15

    • ATT-LC-18

    To Fiber

    Booster

    NCS 2000

    The default value is Auto. To enable this field for ROADM and Traffic nodes, you must choose SMR-9 or SMR-20 from the Site Type drop-down list under the Site properties.

    If you choose SMR-20, the default booster is 20SMR-FS-BST.

    If you choose SMR-9, default booster is SMR9-FS-EDFA-BST.

    For the OLA node, the available options are:

    • EDFA35-35-BST

    • EDFA35-24-BST

    • OPT -EDFA-17

    • OPT -EDFA-24

    NCS 1010

    For NCS 1010, it is OLT-C-EDFA-Bst

    NCS 1001

    The option available for NCS 1001 is:

    • NCS1001-BST

    First Booster

    NCS 1014

    The options available are:

    • Normal

    • Extended

    Second Booster

    NCS 1014

    The default option is Auto. It is noneditable.

    Second Booster PSD

    NCS 1014

    The Pre PSD value is picked from LUT.

    The default option is Auto. It is noneditable.

    Output Power

    NCS 2000

    NCS 1001

    The default value is Auto. You can enter a value.

    Attenuator In

    NCS 2000

    This field is enabled only when you choose a booster. Choose an attenuator from the drop-down list. The available options are:

    • ATT-LC-2

    • ATT-LC-3

    • ATT-LC-5

    • ATT-LC-7

    • ATT-LC-10

    • ATT-LC-12

    • ATT-LC-15

    • ATT-LC-18

    Attenuator Out

    NCS 2000

    This field is enabled only when you choose a booster. Choose an attenuator from the drop-down list. The available options are:

    • ATT-LC-2

    • ATT-LC-3

    • ATT-LC-5

    • ATT-LC-7

    • ATT-LC-10

    • ATT-LC-12

    • ATT-LC-15

    • ATT-LC-18

    Raman Amplification

    Raman Amp

    NCS 2000

    Choose the Raman amplifier from the drop-down list.

    Note

     

    To force the RAMAN amplifier on NCS 2000 node, you must enable RAMAN amplified on the fiber, else the Raman Amp is disabled, and network analysis fails.

    Note

     

    When you enable the fiber property Raman amplified and the side property Enable C+L Band S/C for NCS 2000 node, Raman Amp is automatically forced as RAMAN-C+L.

    The available options for NCS 2000 ROADM and Traffic sites are:

    • RAMAN-CTP

    • RAMAN-COP-CTP

      Raman Amp can be forced only between two nodes.

    The available options for the OLA site are:

    • EDRA1-26

    • EDRA1-35

    • EDRA2-26

    • EDRA2-35

    • RAMAN-CTP

    NCS 1010

    The available options for NCS 1010 ROADM site are:

    • Auto

    • None

    • Raman

    Note

     

    For NCS 1010 network, when Raman is forced on one side, Raman is automatically forced on all connected sides (APC Domain). If there are passthrough nodes connected, Raman will be automatically enabled on both sides of the passthrough nodes.

    Raman CTP Gain

    NCS 2000

    Enter a value.

    Raman COP Gain

    NCS 2000

    Enter a value. This field is enabled only when you choose RAMAN-COP-CTP.

    Raman Gain

    NCS 1010

    Displays the Raman gain.

    Static Data

    NCS 2000

    By default, this option is disabled. Enable it to edit the crosstalk values of the Raman COP amplifier.

    Note

     

    Static data is supported from Release 11.1 for SSON network.

    Linear XT Avg

    NCS 2000

    Edit the value of average linear crosstalk.

    Linear XT Six

    NCS 2000

    Edit the value average linear crosstalk sigma.

    NonLinear XT Avg

    NCS 2000

    Edit the value of average nonlinear crosstalk.

    NonLinear XT Sig

    NCS 2000

    Edit the value of average nonlinear crosstalk sigma.

    Note

     

    Raman crosstalk values are present in the ANS file under logoparameters section.

  3. Click Update.

Modify L-Band Amplifier Properties

Use this task to modify the properties of an L-band amplifier in a site.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the L-band properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Alternatively, click the network name in the network tree, and click Show Advanced Properties displayed under the network tree.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Site tab.

Step 4

Choose Sites > Site > Site domain > Side > L-Band.

Step 5

Click L-Band Amplifier to modify the properties.

See L-band properties.

Step 6

Click Update.

L-band properties

This table describes various L-band properties.

Table 47. L-band properties

Options

Platform

Description

General

PSD Shape

NCS 1010

Enter a Power Spectral Density (PSD) value.

—

—

Dual Band PSD Shape

NCS 1010

Enter Central PSD and Tilt values.

—

—

Pre Tilt

NCS 1010

Enter a value.

—

Auto

Raman Tilt

NCS 1010

Enter a value.

—

Auto

Booster Tilt

NCS 1010

Enter a value.

—

Auto

From Fiber

Pre Amp

NCS 1010

Choose the pre amplifier

  • Normal

  • Extended

To Fiber

Booster

NCS 1010

Displays the Booster amplifier.

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OLT-L-EDFA-Bst

Modify Add/Drop multiplexer properties

Table 48. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

User-Defined Colorless Ports Distribution for CCMD Card in NCS 1010 Network

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

The new property, Colorless Port Distribution is introduced under the Add/Drop Multiplexer properties. This property allows you to select the number of CCMD cards to connect to the LC ports of the enhanced OLT and determine the number of channels for each chosen CCMD card. It provides the flexibility to choose the desired number of CCMD cards and distribute the colorless ports across them.

Table 49. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Modify Properties of Add/Drop Multiplexer and Demultiplexer

Cisco ONP Release 4.2

You can create and validate network designs by choosing colored and colorless add/drop multiplexers and demultiplexers, and interlever under C-Band > Add/Drop. The following options are supported in this release:

Type of Add/Drop Options Network Supported
Colorless

  • Direct SMR

  • MF-6AD-CFS

  • SSON

  • Non-SSON
Colored

  • MD-64-C

  • MD-48-ODD

  • MD-48-EVEN

  • MD-48-ODD + MD-48-EVEN

  • SSON

  • Non-SSON

Interlever

  • MpoCable

  • MD-48-CM

  • Non-SSON
Use this procedure to modify the properties of the add/drop multiplexer in a site.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the Add/Drop multiplexer properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, navigate to Sites > Site > Site domain > Side > C-Band

Step 4

Click Add/Drop and modify the properties in the next pane. For the property descriptions, refer to:

Step 5

Click Update.

General Add/Drop multiplexer properties

This table describes the general properties of the Add/Drop multiplexers.
Table 50. General Add/Drop multiplexer properties

Options

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Colored Add/Drop

NCS 2000

Choose the colored add/drop multiplexer and demultiplexer.

To mix 16-AD-CCOFS and MD-48-ODD/EVEN on the same MPO port of SMR-20 and connect MD-48-ODD/EVEN to SMR-20 via MPO-8LC and UPG-4, enable the Shared SMR port and select the required colored Add/Drop.

  • MD-64-C: Passive optical multiplexer and demultiplexer module (for SSON network)

  • None

  • Auto

Cisco ONP adds some options automatically based on the colored demands created and the wavelengths you configure in the non-SSON network. These options include:

  • MD-48-ODD

  • MD-48-EVEN

  • MD-48-ODD + MD-48-EVEN

Auto

NCS 1010

Choose the colored add/drop multiplexer and demultiplexer for NCS 1010.

  • Auto

  • None

  • MD-32-EVEN

  • MD-32-ODD

  • MD-32- ODD+MD-32-EVEN

Auto

NCS 1001

Choose the colored add/drop multiplexer and demultiplexer for NCS 1001.

Note

 

Choose an Add/Drop type with a Baud rate that matches the Optical Source Baud rates.

  • Auto

  • MD-64

  • MD-32-EVEN

    Note

     

    In pre-R2511 networks, MD-32-EVEN refers to N1K-MD-32E-C patch panel. In R2511 networks, NCS1K-MD-32E-CE replaces N1K-MD-32E-C. For pre-R2511 networks with MD-32E-C add/drop option, you need to reset the add/drop option to Auto and then to MD-32-EVEN and reanalyze the network to add the new MD-32E-CE PID.

  • MD-48-EVEN

  • MD-48-ODD

  • MD-48-ODD+MD-48-EVEN

  • FLD-4 (10 variants)

Auto

NCS 1014

Choose the colored add/drop multiplexer and demultiplexer for NCS 1014.

  • Auto

  • NCS1K-MD-32O-CE

  • NCS1K-MD-32E-CE

  • MD-32-ODD+MD-32-EVEN— Combination of both MD-32-CE add/drop panels.

Auto

Colorless Add/Drop

NCS 2000

Choose the colorless add/drop multiplexer and demultiplexer for NCS 2000.

  • Auto

  • Direct SMR: SMR-20 and SMR-9 cards that are directly connected to the colorless channels through MF-MPO-16-LC and MF-MPO-8-LC respectively.

  • MF-6AD-CFS: 6 Port Add/Drop Module (supported only for ROADM starting from NCS 2000 system release 11.0, and traffic site).

    Note

     

    If you choose MF-6AD-CFS for a side, choose the same for other sides of the site.

Auto

NCS 1010

Choose the colored add/drop multiplexer and demultiplexer for NCS 1010.

Note

 

QDD optical sources are not supported (both as optical source and pluggable) with colorless BRK-8, BRK-16, or BRK-24 configurations.

  • Auto

  • None

  • BRK-8

  • BRK-16

  • BRK-24

Auto

Interlever Type

NCS 2000

Choose the interlever type from the drop-down list.

Note

 

Interlever Type property is visible and editable only for Line sides of Multi-Degree nodes having Site Type property as SMR-9 and Scalable Upto Degree property as 8 under the C-Band tab at the Site level.

  • Auto

  • MpoCable

  • MD-48-CM

Auto

MPO connector properties

This table describes the properties of MPO connectors that are used in Add/Drop multiplexers.
Table 51. MPO connector Add/Drop properties

Options

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Colorless Add/Drop

NCS 1010

Note

 

MPO Connector Add/Drop appears for networks from R7.10.1.

Note

 

You cannot use QDD optical sources (as either an optical source or pluggable) with colorless BRK-8, BRK-16, or BRK-24 configurations.

  • Auto

  • None

  • BRK-8

  • BRK-16

  • BRK-24

Auto

Colorless Ports

NCS 1010

Enter the number of colorless ports.

Note

 

For the R7.10.1 network, you can assign a maximum of 48 colorless ports. The assigned ports are applicable to the MPO ports.

For the R7.11.1 network, you can assign a maximum of 128 colorless ports.

—

0

If you keep the default value, Cisco ONP automatically calculates the number of colorless ports based on the number of circuits you added and colorless add/drop units you have configured.

LC connector properties

This table describes the properties of LC connectors that are used in Add/Drop multiplexers.
Table 52. LC connector Add/Drop properties

Options

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Colorless Add/Drop

NCS 1010

Note

 

LC Connector Add/Drop appears for networks from R7.11.1.

  • Auto

  • None

  • NCS1K14-CCMD-16C

Auto

Colorless Ports

NCS 1010

Enter the number of colorless ports.

Note

 

For the R7.10.1 network, you can assign a maximum of 48 colorless ports. The assigned ports are applicable for the LC ports.

For the R7.11.1 network, you can assign a maximum of 128 colorless ports.

—

0

If you keep the default value, Cisco ONP automatically calculates the number of colorless ports based on the number of circuits you added and colorless add/drop units you have configured.

Colorless Ports Distribution

NCS 1010

  • Click the field to open the Colorless Ports Distribution pop-up window.

  • Choose the NCS1K14-CCMD-16C for each of the LC ports, A/D 4 to A/D 17.

  • Select the number of ports for each CCMD card, ensuring the total does not exceed 128.

  • Click Submit.

When allocating LC ports, consider these priorities:

  1. Degree connection

  2. Direct LC ports

You can allocate CCMD cards only to LC ports that remain after other allocations.

If the Degree Priority under Site Properties is set to LC Ports, the number of CCMD cards that can be forced on the line side edges depends on the number of degrees (including omni and line degrees, depending on the scalable degree) and the Direct LC ports.

This is explained in this formula:

Maximum number of CCMDs Allowed = 14 - (scalableUptoDegree - 1) - Direct LC add/drops - Number of Omni Edges

The number of ports that you have selected is displayed in the field.

When the Enable Special Settings under the Network properties is enabled, and if the Colorless Ports Distribution has not been set previously, the property defaults to 16, 16, 0. In this case, three LC ports are already used for CCMD card.

Note

 

For omnidirectional sides, you can select the CCMD card for every LC port.

After successful analysis of the network, you can view the port distribution under the Layout > Node Diagram tab.

Currently, this property is supported only for the enhanced plate.

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Modify L-Band Add/Drop multiplexer properties

Use this procedure to modify the properties of the Add/Drop multiplexer in a site.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the L-band Add/Drop multiplexer properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, navigate to Sites > Site > Site domain > Side > L-Band.

Step 4

Click Add/Drop and modify the properties in the next pane. Refer to L-band Add/Drop multiplexer properties for property descriptions.

L-band Add/Drop multiplexer properties

This table describes the properties of L-band Add/Drop multiplexers.
Table 53. L-band Add/Drop multiplexers properties

Options

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

General

Colorless Add/Drop

NCS 1010

Note

 

Only L-band optical sources are supported. Pluggables are not supported in L-band networks.

  • Auto

  • None

  • BRK-8

  • BRK-16

  • BRK-24

Auto

MPO Connector Add/Drop

Colorless Add/Drop

NCS 1010

Note

 

MPO Connector Add/Drop appears for networks from R7.10.1.

Note

 

QDD optical sources are not supported (both as optical source and pluggable) with colorless BRK-8, BRK-16, or BRK-24 configurations.

  • Auto

  • None

  • BRK-8

  • BRK-16

  • BRK-24

Auto

Colorless Ports

NCS 1010

Enter the number of colorless ports.

—

0

If you keep the default value, Cisco ONP automatically calculates the number of colorless ports based on the number of circuits you added and colorless add/drop units you have configured.

Note

 

For the R7.10.1 network, you can assign a maximum of 48 colorless ports. The assigned ports are applicable for a combination of LC and MPO ports.

For the R7.11.1 network, you can assign a maximum of 128 colorless ports.

LC Connector Add/Drop

Colorless Add/Drop

NCS 1010

Note

 

LC Connector Add/Drop appears for networks from R7.11.1.

  • Auto

  • None

  • NCS1K14-CCMD-16L

Auto

Colorless Ports

NCS 1010

Enter the number of colorless ports.

—

Note

 

For the R7.10.1 network, you can assign a maximum of 48 colorless ports. The assigned ports are applicable for a combination of LC and MPO ports.

For the R7.11.1 network, you can assign a maximum of 128 colorless ports.

Colorless Ports Distribution

NCS 1010

  • Click the field to open the Colorless Ports Distribution pop-up window.

  • Choose the NCS1K14-CCMD-16C for each of the LC ports, A/D 4 to A/D 17.

  • Select the number of ports for each CCMD card, ensuring the total does not exceed 128.

  • Click Submit.

When allocating LC ports, consider these priorities:

  1. Degree connection

  2. Direct LC ports

You can allocate CCMD cards only to LC ports that remain after other allocations.

If the Degree Priority under Site Properties is set to LC Ports, the number of CCMD cards that can be selectd on the line side edges depends on the number of degrees (including omni and line degrees, depending on the scalable degree) and the Direct LC ports.

This is explained in this formula:

Maximum number of CCMDs Allowed = 14 - (scalableUptoDegree - 1) - Direct LC add/drops - Number of Omni Edges

The number of ports that you have selected is displayed in the field.

When the Enable Special Settings under the Network properties is enabled, and if the Colorless Ports Distribution has not been set previously, the property defaults to 16, 16, 0. In this case, three LC ports are already used for CCMD card.

Note

 

For omnidirectional sides, you can select the CCMD card for every LC port.

After successful analysis of the network, you can view the port distribution under the Layout > Node Diagram tab.

This property is supported only for the enhanced plate.

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Modify client properties

Use this task to modify the properties of a client-side attenuator in a site.

Before you begin

Table 54. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Channel Attenuators

Cisco ONP Release 4.2

You can set up channel attenuators for QSFP-DD demands. You can choose different channel attenuators based on the specific configuration and check for the optical feasibility of the channel.

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to modify the client properties.

Step 2

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Alternatively, click the network name in the network tree, and click Show Advanced Properties displayed under the network tree.

Step 3

In the Entity Editor window, click the Site tab.

Step 4

Choose Sites > Site > Site domain > Side > Clients > Channel-Attenuators.

Step 5

In the right pane of the Entity Editor window, modify properties of the client-side attenuator.

See Client properties for the descriptions.

Step 6

Click Update.

Client properties

This table describes various System Release properties under the Network properties.

Properties

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

General

Wavelength

NCS 2000

This column displays the selected wavelength.

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New Wavelength - Auto

NCS 2000

Click Edit to select a Flex Grid or Fixed Grid wavelength.

Note

 

Select Fixed Grid (64-Chs) for SSON network with NCS1K-MD-64-C card.

Note

 

NCS1K-MD-64-C card has First Channel limitation for Colored sites. First Channel (196.1 THz) in Fixed Grid (64-Chs) wavelength supports only Terminal Add/Drop sites and not ROADM sites.

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RX-Attenuator

NCS 2000

Choose an RX-Attenuator from the drop-down list.

Note

 

You must select a wavelength to edit this field.

  • Auto

  • None

  • ATT-LC-2

  • ATT-LC-3

  • ATT-LC-5

  • ATT-LC-7

  • ATT-LC-10

  • ATT-LC-12

  • ATT-LC-15

  • ATT-LC-18

Auto

TX-Attenuator

NCS 2000

Choose a TX-Attenuator from the drop-down list.

Note

 

You must select a wavelength to edit this field.

  • Auto

  • None

  • ATT-LC-2

  • ATT-LC-3

  • ATT-LC-5

  • ATT-LC-7

  • ATT-LC-10

  • ATT-LC-12

  • ATT-LC-15

  • ATT-LC-18

Auto

New Wavelength

NCS 1001

Click Add to select a wavelength.

Sort the Network Elements

You can sort the sites, services, fibers, waves, and SRLG in ascending or descending order. This feature is useful for huge networks, making it quick to locate the required site, fiber, wave, or SRLG names.

Follow these steps to sort the network elements in the network tree.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to sort the network elements.

Step 2

Click the Ellipsis icon available in the right side of the network element in the network tree, such as Sites, and choose Ascending or Descending.

The network elements are sorted based on the alphabets, numbers, and, alphanumeric.

Regeneration support

Signal degradation in optical networks

As the fiber length increases in an optical network, unavoidable issues such as attenuation and dispersion lead to signal loss and power degradation. These problems can significantly affect the network's performance over long distances, necessitating the need for regenerators to maintain efficient signal transmission.

Role of regenerators

To address signal degradation, regenerators are used at specific points in the network to recover and strengthen optical signals. They achieve this through Optical-Electrical-Optical (OEO) conversion, which involves:

  • Converting the weak optical signal into an electrical signal.

  • Cleaning and amplifying the electrical signal.

  • Converting the restored signal back into an optical format, known as Optical-Electrical-Optical (OEO) conversion.

Cisco ONP and regeneration sites

Cisco ONP supports the establishment of regeneration sites within optical networks. These sites are essential in maintaining signal integrity over long distances by utilizing regenerators to enhance the network's overall performance.


Note

A regenerator site can only be a ROADM site.

Create a regeneration site

Table 55. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Wavelength Forcing at the Section Level

Cisco ONP Release 4.1

This feature enables you to assign distinct wavelengths to various sections of the Regen sites

Follow these steps to create a regeneration site in the network.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the network where you want to create a regeneration site.

Step 2

In the network tree, expand Waves, select a wave and drill down to its trail.

Note

 

If the network is an SSON network or an NCS 1010 network, you see Media Channels or Circuits respectively. instead of waves. Expand Media Channels or Circuits , and drill down to its trail.

Step 3

Click the trail to view its properties.

Step 4

From the Regen Sites drop-down list, select a regeneration site.

Note

 

If you select a fiber from the Path of Wave drop-down list, you cannot select any regeneration site to force a path. Similarly, if you select a regeneration site, you cannot force a path for the wave. However, if you want to force a fiber, select the fiber from the Path of Wave drop-down list available under the section properties.

Step 5

If required, select the wavelength of each section in the properties for non-SSON network.

Note

 

For the SSON network, you can select the wavelength only at the trial level.

Step 6

Click Update.

Whenever a regeneration site is created, a new section is added along with the existing section under the trail. Regeneration can be performed using any two cards back-to-back or with a dedicated regenerator card.

Step 7

Click Analyze to analyze the network.

After analysis, if you click trail or section in the network tree, the map highlights the trail in orange color and the section in green color.

Note

 

You can assign different wavelengths for different sections. The Wavelength property under trail is denoted as "*", when different wavelengths are assigned for different sections.

You can also add a regeneration site when you are designing a new network or upgrading a network.

Multidegree ROADM

In multidegree ROADM, sites have two or more sides and face two or more fibers spans. You can select the degree of a node from the Cisco ONP GUI. The values are 2, 4, 8, 12, and 16 for Evolved Mesh (EV) ON and OFF scenarios. The default value is 4. Degrees 5, 9, and 13 are not supported. EV flag is editable.

Prerequisites for Cascaded SMR

  • The Structure field under C Band in the Entity Editor must be Multidegree.

  • The Site Type field under C Band in the Entity Editor must be SMR-20.

  • The Evolved Mesh check box under General in the Entity Editor must be checked.

  • The Degree Mesh Type field under C Band in the Entity Editor must be Auto or DEG-5/UPG-4.

  • The Mpo16TOMpo8 field under General in the Entity Editor must be MPO16To2MPO8 cable.

  • By default, the Cascaded SMR check box is unchecked, but you can edit in the design mode as a site property. Check the Cascaded SMR check box for contentionless side creation. L2 SMR is supported for both SSON and Non-SSON networks.

  • You can edit the Cascaded SMR check box when Evolved Mesh is ON and the SMR-20 card is selected. You can create Layer 2 SMR sides only after you check the Cascaded SMR check box.

  • You can create contentionless sides manually and force the contentionless ports. The default value is 16 for the contentionless ports. The range of values is 0–16.

Limitations

  • Supports only contentionless add/drop demands.

  • Supports Layer-2 SMR for SMR-20 card only.