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Configure an NCS 1001 network for colored functionality

Updated: March 9, 2026

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Overview

Configure colored functionality in an NCS 1001 optical network by specifying demand channels and adding NCS 1000 Add/Drop.

This procedure guides you through the process of configuring colored functionality in an NCS 1001 optical network.

Before you begin

Log in to the Cisco ONP web interface as a user with the admin role.
Note

Deployment of more than two OLA nodes between two Terminal Sites is not supported.

Procedure

1.

Create a network design. See Manually design a network using Cisco ONP .
2.

Set the channel type for the demands:

  1. In the Entity Editor window, click the Services tab.

  2. Click the trail under the circuit and set the Src Add/Drop Type property as Colored.

  3. Click Update.
3.

Under the C-Band properties, choose MD-32-EVEN, FLD-4, MD-48-ODD, MD-48-EVEN, MD-48-ODD+MD-48-EVEN, or MD-64 as the Colored Add/Drop.
4.

Click Update.
5.

Analyze the network by choosing Network > Analyze.

The layout and BOM display the added colored Add/Drop unit.