Modify circuit properties

Updated: March 10, 2026

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Teaches you how to modify circuit properties. Follow these detailed step-by-step instructions carefully to ensure the specific configuration is applied correctly and securely within your network.

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

Before you begin

Procedure

Open the network where you want to modify the circuit properties.
Choose Network > Entity Editor.
In the Entity Editor window, click the Services tab, and click a circuit.
Modify the circuit properties as required.

See Circuit properties.
Click Update.

Circuit properties

This table describes various circuit properties.

Table 1. 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.	—	—

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