Cisco Optical Network Planner Configuration Guide, Releases 26.x.x

Menu bar options and functions

Updated: March 9, 2026

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Overview

File

Network

Export

Import

Manage

Logs

System Logs
Component Logs

Job Monitor

Control Panel

Preferences

Help

Overview

Lists all menu bar options in the Cisco ONP GUI and provides a description for each.

This table lists all options available in your Cisco ONP GUI menu bar.

Table 1. Menu options and descriptions
Options	Description
File	Performs common file operations such as New, Open, Open Shared, Save, Save As, Share, and Delete
Network	Opens Entity Editor, analyzes the network, and converts non-SSON to SSON networks
Export	Exports reports of CPZ, sites, fibers, SRLGs, services, waves, media channels, optical results, service aggregation, BOM, and messages. Export allows you to download Excel and LNI templates
Import	Imports CPZ, Excel, LNI, and MPZ to design a network in Cisco ONP
Manage	Manages Layout Templates and Optical Sources
Logs	Displays log events initiated during a specific period, such as user login, user logout, password change, and LNI - start, failed, and completed
Job Monitor	Monitors background tasks
Control Panel	Manages users, user groups, user roles, permissions, system configuration, and dictionary
Preferences	Changes the default map view and personalizes the color code for spectrum utilization
Help	Displays the Cisco ONP version
Last Login	Shows the last date and time you logged in to Cisco ONP including the last login IP details
Username	Displays the name of the user who has currently logged in to Cisco ONP

File

The File menu includes common file options such as New, Open, and Delete.


Options	Description
New	Creates a new network. By default, NCS 1010 is created. To create NCS 2000 networks, change L0 Network Platform to NCS2000. You can check the SSON Network check box and select System Release for NCS 2K to create an SSON network.
Open	Opens a saved network. The network name in blue-colored font indicates that the network is in the Design mode, and the network name in green-colored font indicates that the network is in the Analyze mode. Note If you view a blank screen when you open a network, refresh the browser, or log in to Cisco ONP again.
Open Shared	Opens a shared network.
Save	Saves a network.
Save As	Saves the network with a new name.
Share	Shares a network or networks.
Delete	Deletes a network or networks.

Network

The Network menu includes options such as Entity Editor, Analyze, and SSON Convert in the design mode. It includes options such as Entity Editor, Design, Upgrade, and Enter Plan Mode in the Analyze mode.


Options	Description
Entity Editor	Use this option to edit various properties of an element in the network
Analyze	Analyzes the network after completing the design
SSON Convert	Converts a Non-SSON network to an SSON network
Design	Switches from Analyze mode to Design, Upgrade, or Release Upgrade mode
Upgrade	Upgrades an existing network that is in the Analyze mode
Release Upgrade	Upgrades the NCS 2K or NCS 1010 System Release of a network
Enter Plan Mode	Switches to the Plan mode
Exit Plan Mode	Exits the plan mode
Enter Link Rate Tuner Mode	Enters the link rate tuner mode
Open Tuner Input	Opens the tuner input table to add parameters for custom optical sources
Run Tuner	Runs the tuner input options to provide custom optical source results.
Start New	Starts fresh tuner analysis
Open Tuner Result	Opens the already analyzed tuner results
Exit Link Rate Tuner Mode	Exits the link rate tuner mode
Restore	Restores failed fibers and nodes
Open Failure Report	Expands the Failure Report from the bottom of the Map. Data is populated after Restore.
Open Feasibility Report	Expands the Feasibility Report from the bottom of the Map. The report displays the data regarding Auto Regen Suggestions for channel feasibility.

Export

The Export menu includes options to export reports of Sites, Fibers, Services, SRLG, Waves, Messages, and BOM.


Options	Description
CPZ	Export the .cpz design file of a network into your local system.
Sites	Exports site details such as x and y coordinates, grooming site flag, CLLI code, site address, site type, and site name.
Fibers	Exports fiber details such as length, loss to fiber, source and destination site, source and destination edge. From Release 24.3.1, the exported fiber details contains the Raman information.
Services	Exports service details such as name, type, path, quantity, and protection.
SRLGs	Exports details about created SRLGs.
Waves (Available for non-SSON network)	Exports wave details such as Label, Source and Destination sites, Card Type, Wavelength, Utilization, Source port, Destination port, Demands, OTN Hops, OSNR, OSNRMarginEOL, StatusEOL, Excluded Channels, and Path of Wave.
Media Channels (Available for SSON network)	Exports media channel details such as Media Channel Label, Media Carrier Label, Source and Destination sites, Card Type, Wavelength, Utilization, Source port, Destination port, Demands, OTN Hops, OSNR, OSNRMarginEOL, StatusEOL, Excluded Channels, and Path of Media channel.
Circuits (Available for NCS1010 network)	Exports circuits details such as Circuit Label, Carrier Label, Source and Destination sites, Card Type, Traffic Type, Wavelength, Utilization, Source port, Destination port, Demands, OTN Hops, OSNR, OSNRMarginEOL, StatusEOL, Excluded Circuits, and Path of Circuit.
Messages	Shows the complete log of the analysis, including critical errors.
Excel	Download sample Excel file that can be used as a reference for creating networks using the Import Excel feature.
LNI Template	Download sample LNI file that can be used as a reference for creating networks using the Import feature.
Optical Source Template	Download sample Optical Source Excel file that can be used as a reference for creating User Defined/custom Optical Source using the Manage > Optical Sources feature.
BOM	Exports details about pricing and quantity of the network equipment
Failure Groups	This option is available only in the plan mode. You can add failed fibers to a failure group.
Failure Report	This option is available only in the plan mode. It shows the failed fibers, total channels, failed channels, restored channels, and fiber hotzones.
Optical Results	Exports details such as protection type, SOL, EOL, source, and destination
Device Configuration	Exports the Device Netconf XML file and COSM Netconf file.

Import

The Import menu imports an Excel file, a CPZ file, or an MPZ file.


Options	Description
CPZ	Imports the .cpz network design files that are exported from another Cisco ONP instance
Excel	Imports an Excel file containing all the design parameters
Live	Imports a live deployed network by retrieving configurations of the nodes, provided in the LNI input Excel sheet
MPZ	Imports the .mpz network design files from CTP to Cisco ONP, to avoid recreating the networks that are already created in CTP

Manage

You can manage layout templates and optical sources.


Options	Description
Layout Templates	Imports reusable templates to design layout configurations for a network
Optical Sources	Imports an optical source from your local system
Look Up Table	Displays the optical feasability values for the gain ranges of each EDFA cards.

Logs

System Logs

The System Logs option allows an admin user, or user with USER MANAGEMENT, and NETWORK MANAGEMENT permissions to view at logs the events that are initiated during a specific time interval. Examples of events are user login, user logout, password change, Live Network Import (LNI)-start, failed, completed and analysis-start, and failed.

The SYSTEM LOGS page includes the following fields:


Field	Description
Time Stamp	Provides the date and time of the specific event
Event Type	Shows the type of event, which includes user login, user logout, password change, and so on
Description	Describes the event, which includes user login success, user logout success, and so on
Username	Shows the user who has initiated specific events
Event Source	Shows the IP address of the device from where the event is initiated

Events that are captured in the System Logs are:


Event	Description
SIGNUP	New user sign-up for Cisco ONP
LOGIN	User log in to Cisco ONP
USER STATE CHANGE	User state change from Active to Inactive and the converse
USER ROLE CHANGE	User role change, such as admin to planner, and so on
LOGOUT	User log out from Cisco ONP
USER DELETION	Deletion of a particular user
UNAUTHORIZED	User enters invalid login credentials
LNI_START	Successful initiation of Live Network Import
LNI_COMPLETE	Successful completion of live import of a network
LNI_CANCEL	Cancellation of Live Network Import
CONC_IMPORT_COMPLETE	Successful completion of live import of a network from Cisco ONC
ANALYZE_LNI_START	Analysis of LNI network started successfully
ANALYZE_LNI_END	Analysis of LNI network completed successfully
ANALYZE START	Starting of the network analysis
ANALYZE END	Completion of the network analysis
ANALYZE CANCEL	Cancellation of the network analysis
UPGRADE NETWORK	Entering the Upgrade mode
PLAN_INIT	Entering the Plan mode
PLAN_END	Exiting the Plan mode
PLAN_REROUTE	Checking for alternate paths to restore failed media channels or waves
PLAN_PROGRESS	Restoration of failed media channels or waves in progress
RELEASE_UPGRADE_NETWORK	Upgrading the system release of the network is in progress.

Component Logs

The Component Logs option allows you to access logs for multiple critical components such as cnp Backend (BE), ODE, GENE, and PCE, directly through the user interface. This streamlines the process, eliminating the need for server access and manual file navigation. This enhancement simplifies log management, aiding in performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and system insights.

The Component Logs page includes the fields:


Field	Description
Time Stamp	Provides the date and time of the specific event
Logs	Describes the events for the selected component
Component	Provides list of critical components to choose from. The available components are: BE ODE GENE PCE
Search	Locates specific log entries based in the entered value
Pages	Allows you to navigate through logs page by page

Job Monitor

The Job Monitor menu checks and manages tasks running in the background.

You can access this menu if you have ADMIN, NETWORK_MANAGEMENT, or NETWORK_PLANNING role.

The JOB MONITOR page has the following options:


Options	Description
Refresh	Refreshes the display information.
Filter	Applies one or more of the following filter options: Task Type: Filters the display information based on the task type. Select Start Date: Filters the display information based on the start date of the task. Select End Date: Filters the display information based on the end date of the task. Username: Filters the display information based on the username.
Created Date	The date on which the task is started by the user.
User Name	Name of the user who initiated the job.
Network Name	Name of the network on which the task is running.
Task Type	The type of background task: Valid values are ANALYZE and EPNM_IMPORT.
Messages	The current state of the task.
Cancel	Enables you to cancel or stop an ongoing background task: The Admin can cancel any of the running background tasks. Other valid users can cancel only their own tasks. If you want to cancel your ongoing network analysis, you can open Cisco ONP at the browser in incognito mode, or contact the Admin. After a task is cancelled, it gets removed from the job monitor. You can check the status of a cancelled task from System logs page. Click Logs to open the System logs page.
Clear all Completed Tasks	Removes all the completed tasks from the Job Monitor page.

Control Panel

Apart from designing, analyzing, and creating BOM for a network, a user with admin rights can activate, manage, and delete users and their roles.

To navigate to the control panel page, click Control Panel.

The admin or any user with USER_MANAGEMENT role can lock, unlock an individual user account, and manually expire the individual user password. For more information, see Manage Users and Roles.

Preferences

This menu contains the General Settings option to customize Cisco ONP settings such as the default map view and spectrum utilization percentage.


Field	Description
General Settings	Allows choosing the default map view and applying color codes for spectrum usage percentage Default Map: Choose the Detailed or Minimal map from the drop-down list. Spectrum Utilization Percentage: Click and drag to change the color code to indicate spectrum usage.

Help

This menu provides information about the Cisco ONP version.


Field	Description
About	Provides the Cisco ONP version.

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