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

Modify Flexgrid properties

Updated: March 9, 2026

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Overview

Teaches you how to modify Flexgrid 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 optical subnet.

Before you begin

Procedure

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

In the network tree, choose Subnet > OpticalSubnet and select the required Flexgrid.

Click the optical subnet name, and modify the properties.

This table describes various general properties of an optical subnet.

Table 1. General properties of an optical subnet
Property	Platform	Description
Name	NCS 2000 NCS 1010	Name of the optical subnet
Ð¡Band Rules	NCS 2000 NCS 1010	Same as the name of the optical subnet
Spectral Density	NCS 2000 NCS 1010	Spectral Density of the optical subnet
Max Number Of Channels	NCS 2000 NCS 1010	Displays based on network demand.
Fiber links	NCS 2000 NCS 1010	Available fibers in the networks
Current subnet	NCS 2000 NCS 1010	Check box for the current subnet
Band Type	NCS 2000 NCS 1010	Displays the band type for the subnet
Auto	NCS 2000 NCS 1010	Check box to enable Basic Auto SD selection for the optical subnet.

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