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Configure an NCS 1010 network for colored functionality

Updated: March 10, 2026

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Overview

Configure colored functionality in an NCS 1010 optical network by specifying demand channels and adding NCS 1000 Add/Drop units.

Use this procedure to configure the colored functionality in an NCS 1010 network.

Before you begin

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

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 Channel Type property as Colored.

  3. Click Update.
3.

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

Click Update.
5.

Analyze the network by choosing Network > Analyze.

The colored Add/Drop unit appears in the layout and the BOM.