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Teaches you how to modify network properties. Update the network configuration properties to accommodate deployment, licensing, simulation, and advanced optical requirements.

Update the network configuration properties to accommodate deployment, licensing, simulation, and advanced optical requirements.

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

CONC licenses support

Cisco ONP Release 26.1.1

Two new network-level properties, CONC License Package and CONC Term Preference, have been introduced to the Network application configuration category. Depending on the selected properties, the following licenses may be included in the BOM: CONC RTM ESS SM, CONC RTM SPC SM, CONC RTM API SM, CONC RTM ESS LG, CONC RTM SPC LG, and CONC RTM API LG. This feature allows you to identify and order the necessary COSM and CONC licenses for your comprehensive Optical Automation Software (OAS) solution based on the network configuration.

Cisco ONP BoM based on license offer structure

Cisco ONP Release 26.1.1

Cisco ONP introduces a network-level Licensing Model option within the Bill of Materials category. You can select between Smart Licensed and Perpetual licensing models for your deployment. This feature is available on the NCS 1010, NCS 1014, NCS 1001, NCS 2000 4K-1K-2K SSON networks.

The generated BoM will accurately represent the hardware, software, and licenses that can be ordered for the chosen Authorize-to-Order (ATO) bundle. This enhancement ensures that the BoM aligns with your specific licensing needs, allowing for flexible and precise license selection within Cisco ONP. Consequently, order accuracy and compliance with Cisco’s licensing models are enhanced, offering greater flexibility and transparency when configuring solutions in Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW).

NCS1K14-FAN-P progrmmable fan for NCS 1014

Cisco ONP Release 26.1.1

The new NCS1K14-FAN-P programmable fan reduces power use and improves cooling efficiency by adjusting its speed to match the card load in the NCS 1014 chassis. It increases speed automatically when the chassis drives higher bandwidth or thermal demand, keeping airflow aligned with power requirements. Choose the programmable fan from the new NCS1014 Chassis Fan field at the network level.

Table 2. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

New Bandwidth Properties

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

Cisco ONP introduces the Statistical Simulation Sigma, Statistical Simulation Margin Sigma, and OSNR Resolution Bandwidth properties in this release. When the ideal OSNR values calculated by Cisco ONP are not feasible to be used at the time of deployment, you can modify the values for these properties to customize OSNR margin, power margin, and G-OSNR values to fix the fiber span issues.

New Network Level Properties

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

Three new Network Level properties are introduced to enable you to customize the core operations of an NCS 2000 Network. These operations ran in the background in the earlier releases. The new properties available under Core Operations as check boxes are:

  • Enable LOGO Algorithm—It runs the Local Optimization Global Optimization (LOGO) algorithm to find the efficient output power setpoint for booster amplifiers. By default, this Enable LOGO Algorithm check box is enabled.

  • Log Enabled—It generates, and stores logs only for selected network topologies. This saves a lot of storage space compared to previous implementations in which logs were automatically generated and saved for all topologies.

  • Ignore Raman Span Checks—It ignores the analysis of Raman spans between ROADM sites. This is useful when designing nonstandard network topologies with more than two Raman amplifiers between ROADM sites. Selecting the check box prevents Cisco ONP from raising an error message when analyzing such topologies.

BOM Customization for the UCS-based SVO Server Application

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

From this release onwards, the BOM does not include any UCS-based SVO server information. It is expected that you add the server PID and quantities manually. Cisco ONP prompts you to add the server by displaying the message "UCS server is not billed in BoM, please add it as needed." in the Messages tab of the Elements tab.

Table 3. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Improved Optical Results

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

The new network-level properties introduced improve the accuracy of the optical results.

  • Ignore APC Penalty: When enabled, the APC penalty is not considered while calculating the OSNR and power margin.

  • SOL Optimized PSD: When enabled, an optimum PSD value is calculated by considering the SOL Span losses.

Also, Cisco ONP sets PSD and drop attenuation to specific values for the CCMD-16 LC card connected to the ports of the OLT-E-C, to achieve optimal RX power for the circuits.

Skip Routing Failures in NCS 2000 Network Analysis

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

A new Continue Analysis On Routing Failure check box is introduced to improve network analysis reliability for larger NCS 2000 networks. When a routing failure occurs, this enhancement moves the network to Partially Analysed mode, and move the network to Design or Upgrade mode to edit properties and correct routing.

After the analysis,

  • successful routing paths appear in the BOM and Optical Reports tabs.

  • failed routing paths are not listed in these tabs.

  • error messages for the individual routing failures appear in the Messages tab.

  • red cross marks appear next to the failed routing paths.

This approach prevents a single failure from failing the entire analysis, isolating specific issues to enhance troubleshooting.

Table 4. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

New Network Level Properties

Cisco ONP Release 5.2

New Network Level properties are introduced under Advanced Optical Settings for NCS 1010 network. You have the flexibility to define custom values for the following properties for the Raman span and validate the optical circuit feasibility.

  • Amplifier Gain Range

  • Connector Loss

  • Minimum OSNR Margin

  • Minimum Span Loss for Raman Amplifiers

  • Percentage of Fibers with Higher Aging Loss

  • Generate Cross-Connect

  • Maximum OSC Reach for NCS 1010Raman Amplifiers

  • Retain Auto Placed Raman Spans for Failure

  • Freq Allocation Order

  • Link Power Control

  • Gain Estimator

  • OTDR

Follow these steps to modify the properties of the network.

Procedure

1.

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

2.

Choose Network > Entity Editor.

Alternatively, click the network name in the network tree, and click Show Advanced Properties displayed under the network tree.
3.

In the Entity Editor window, click the Site tab.

4.

Click the network name, and modify the properties in the right pane. For the property descriptions, refer to:

5.

Click Update.


General properties of a network

This table describes various general properties of a network.

Table 5. General properties of a network

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Name

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

Displays the network name. You can modify the name.

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Quick Analysis

NCS 2000

This check box allows you to quickly analyze the network by using a less accurate algorithm.

The quick analysis option does not optimize the DCU and amplifier placement algorithm, resulting in an approximate BoM.

For an accurate BoM, uncheck the Quick Analysis check box.

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DWDM Interfaces

NCS 2000

Cisco ONP supports 100G and 200G transceivers as DWDM interfaces.

This option is applicable only for automatically created waves, when OTN services are present.

  • 100G: The entire network chooses the 100G wavelength for transmission.

  • 200G: The entire network chooses the 200G wavelength for transmission.

If you enable both 100G and 200G options, by default, the entire network chooses the 200G wavelength for transmission. If the 200G wavelength is not optically feasible, then it selects 100G automatically for transmission.

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Customer Name

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

Enter the customer name.

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Profile

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

Select the user-defined profile.

Default

List of profiles already created.

Default

Project

NCS 2000

Allows you to choose the project type.

  • ANSI

  • ETSI

ANSI networks do not allow you to define SDH (ETSI) service demands. ETSI networks do not allow you to define SONET (ANSI) service demands.

ANSI

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

Displays the type of the project, ANSI, or ETSI. You cannot edit it.

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Measurement Unit

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

The unit of measurement of span length.

  • km

  • miles

km

Chassis Type

NCS 1010

Choose the type of chassis. The available options are:

Note

When you check the Enable Special Settings check box, NCS 1020 is selected as Chassis Type by default.

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1020

NCS 1010

NCS1014 Grouping

NCS 1010

This property groups all NCS1K14-CCMD-16 cards of a site in NCS1014 shelf.

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NCS 1014

This property groups all the NCS 1000 transponder cards of a site in NCS1014 shelf.

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A2A Mode

NCS 2000

Allows you to choose A2A (Any to Any) mode.

  • A2A_None

  • A2A_FAST

A2A_None

A2A Power Output

NCS 2000

The power output value is based on the chosen A2A mode.

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A2A Demand Type

NCS 2000

The demand type is based on the chosen A2A mode.

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A2A Channel Type

NCS 2000

The type of channel. You can choose multiple types.

  • Contentionless: This property enables an N-degree ROADM node to accommodate N wavelengths of the same frequency from a single add or drop device.

  • Colorless: The colorless property enables tuning of channel wavelengths without changing the optical interface of the port.

  • Colored: The Colored property dedicates a separate port for each wavelength.

Contentionless

SSON

NCS 2000

Indicates whether the network is an SSON network.

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Use client Payg

NCS 2000

This check box to enables the Pay As You Grow feature on the client cards.

The PAYG feature provides a cost-effective solution for fewer wavelength requirements. A standard card is configured to work on maximum supported wavelengths, whereas a PAYG license comprises license restricted cards and a base license. So, instead of purchasing a standard card, you can purchase a PAYG license.

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Naming Convention Enabled

NCS 2000

(Display only.) By default, the Naming Convention Enabled option is enabled for the networks that are created in Cisco ONP, and you cannot edit it. By default, the sides are named from T, S, R, Q, P, O, N, M, L, K, J, I, H, G, F, E, and index, depending upon the used Scalable Upto parameter.

  • You can import a mpz network without naming convention enabled, but the Cascaded SMR option remains disabled.

  • You cannot edit the label name of the side.

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System release properties

The table provides details about different system release properties of a network.

Table 6. System release properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

NCS 1001

NCS 1001

Displays the system release of the NCS 1001 node in the network.

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NCS 1010

NCS 1010

Displays the system release of the NCS 1010 node in the network.

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NCS 4K

NCS 4000

Displays the system release of the NCS 4000 node in the network.

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NCS 2K

NCS 2000

Displays the system release of the NCS 2000 node in the network.

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NCS 1K (Available only on the SSON network)

NCS 1004

Displays the system release of the NCS 1004 node in the network.

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NCS 2000

Displays the system release of the NCS 2000 node in the network, before the Release upgrade.

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Previous NCS 1010 (Available only on the Release upgraded network)

NCS 1010

Displays the system release of the NCS 1010 node in the network, before the Release upgrade.

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COSM

NCS 2000

Line Card is the only option. You cannot edit this property.

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In Release 25.1.1, only Line card option is available.

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Restricted Equipment

NCS 2000

Choose the required equipment to add to the restricted list.

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Network-level bill of materials properties

This table details the configurable properties for network-level bills of materials for supported platforms.

Table 7. Network-level bill of materials properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Licensing model

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

NCS 2000

Select the required licensing model. You can select from:

  • the fully open flexible consumption model (FCM) ATO with Smart Licensing included.

  • the restricted perpetual ATO without Smart Licensing included.

See Licensed PIDs available in the BOM reportfor the PIDs that are added to BoM based on the license model that you choose.

  • Smart Licensed

  • Perpetual

Smart Licensed

Note

When you enable the special settings, Perpetual becomes the default.

Line Card Licensing Type

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

NCS 2000

Select whether the line card is licensed or not.

  • Licensed

  • Unlicensed

Licensed


Network application configuration properties

This table describes various network application configuration properties.

Table 8. Network application configuration properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Install with COSM

NCS 1010

This check box enables you to see software license for COSM file for R7.11.1 networks.

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COSM High Availability

NCS 2000 SSON

Select the type of high availability.

  • Local HA

  • Geo HA

Local HA

CONC License Package

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

Choose the type of CONC license.

This property will be enabled, only when you enable the Install with COSM check-box.

This property can be edited in both Release Upgrade and Upgrade modes without unlocking the network.

  • None

  • ESS

  • ESS+SPC

  • ESS+API

  • ESS+SPC+API

None

CONC Term Preference

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

Choose the required CONC license term.

This property can be edited in both Release Upgrade and Upgrade modes without unlocking the network.

This property will be enabled, only after you select CONC License Package other than None .

Based on the CONC license you select, Cisco ONP will count these shelves as small chassis: 1001, 1010, and 2002.

The same count will automatically be added to these licenses in the BOM page:

  • CONC-RTM-ESS-SM

  • CONC-RTM-SPC-SM

  • CONC-RTM-API-SM

Cisco ONP will count these shelves as large chassis: 1004, 1014, 1020, 2006, and 2015.

The same count will automatically be added to these licenses in the BOM page:

  • CONC-RTM-ESS-LG

  • CONC-RTM-SPC-LG

  • CONC-RTM-API-LG

  • 12 to 35 months

  • 36 to 60 months

  • 61 to 84 months

36 to 60 months

Use Coordinates Distance

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

This check box enables the use of x and y coordinates to calculate the fiber length.

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Raman-Tuner

NCS 1010

This check box enables the Raman tuner.

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Spectrum Utilization

NCS 1010

Displays , the spectrum utilization. This field is non-editable.

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Shortest Path First.

Band Type

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

The type of band.

  • C-Band

  • C+L Futuristic

  • C+L

Note

After creating a network, you can change the network band type if required.

C-Band

NCS 1010 Line Card

NCS 1010

The type of Line Card faceplate.

  • Standard Faceplate

  • Enhanced Faceplate

For R7.10.1 networks, Cisco ONP supports Enhanced NCS 1010 Line Cards. For R7.11.1 networks, Cisco ONP supports Enhanced NCS 1010 Line Cards and NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C/L cards.

Enhanced Faceplate

Routing Strategy

NCS 1010

The default routing priority for circuits based on minimum distance or minimum number of hops.

  • HOP

  • LENGTH

HOP

NCS1010 Line Card

NCS 1010

The line card variant that will be applied to all edge sides in the network.

  • Standard Faceplate

  • Enhanced Faceplate

Enhanced Faceplate

Max Auto Allowed

NCS 1010

Based on the number that you enter, Cisco ONP will automatically generate up to that many Omni Edges and run the analysis. There is no need for manual creation by the user.

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Probe Channel

NCS 1014

The coherent probe pluggable to enable the probe functionality. The available options are:

  • DP01QSDD-ZT5-A1

  • None

Note

You can force the selected probe channel option at the network level only. The selected option applies to all the edges of all sites in the network and remains disabled at the edge and site levels.

DP01QSDD-ZT5-A1

OTDR Pluggable

NCS 1014

The pluggable to enable OTDR functionality.

  • ONS-QSFP-OTDR

  • None

Note

You can force the selected OTDR pluggable option at the network level only. The selected option applies to all the edges of all sites in the network and remains disabled at the edge and site levels.

ONS-QSFP-OTDR

NCS1014 Chassis Fan

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

List the type of fans.

  • Auto

  • NCS1K14-FAN

  • NCS1K14-FAN-P

Note

Auto fan type chooses NCS1K14-FAN-P when NCS 1014 is set to R26.1.1.

Auto


Optical algorithm and traffic algorithm options properties

This table describes various optical algorithm and traffic options properties of a network

Table 9. Optical algorithm and traffic algorithm options properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Stat Sim Sigma

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

The Statistical Simulation Sigma (Stat Sim Sigma) value is used in calculating the SOL G-OSNR, EOL G-OSNR, SOL Power, EOL Power, SOL OSNR margin, EOL OSNR margin, SOL Power margin, and EOL Power margin displayed in the Optical Results page. Choosing a lower value improves both OSNR and power margins.

You can edit this value in Design mode, and Upgrade mode (after unlocking the network). Analyze the network and check the Optical Results page to view the updated OSNR and Power values.

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  • 2

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Stat Sim Margin Sigma

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

You can edit the Stat Sim Margin Sigma value in all modes (Design, Analyze (locked state), Upgrade, and Release Upgrade). To view the OSNR margin and power values that get updated based on the value you selected, reopen the Optical Results page.

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Continue Analysis On Routing Failure

NCS 2000

This check box skips routing demand failures. Passed demands are listed in the Optical Reports tab, while failed demands are excluded.

Failed demands are marked with red crosses in the network tree, with error messages displayed in the Messages tab. If any demand fails, the network switches to Partial Analysis mode.

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If any non-routing issue is present in the network, then the design network will not move to the Partial Analysis mode

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Core operations properties

This table describes various core operations properties of a network.

Table 10. Core Operations properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Enable LOGO Algorithm

NCS 2000

This property is enabled by default. If you are using a non-SSON network, you can edit it; however, in an SSON network, it remains non-editable.

This algorithm enables the Cisco ONP to automatically find the optimal output power setpoint for booster amplifiers within a fiber span.

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Enable Advanced Auto Optical Subnet

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

This check box enables automatic grouping of optical subnet and assigns optimal spectral density to each subnet.

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Log Enabled

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

This check box enables generation and storage of network logs.

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Ignore Raman Span Checks

NCS 2000

When enabled, network analysis ignores Raman span checks.

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Advanced Optical Settings properties

This table describes various Advanced Optical Settings properties.

Table 11. Advanced Optical Settings properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Enable Special Settings

NCS 1010

This check box enables these properties and sets their default values.

  • Amplifier Gain Range Margin

  • Connector Loss

  • Minimum OSNR Margin

  • Minimum Span loss for Raman Amplifiers

  • Percentage of Fibers with Higher Ageing Loss

  • Freq Allocation Order

  • MC Routing Order

  • Ignore APC Penalty

  • SOL optimized PSD

If you check the Enable Special Settings check box, these parameters are added to the Device Netconf XML file.

  • Slot reserve

  • Unused CCMD-16 ports shutdown

  • Span baseline-deviation

  • OTDR Thresholds

  • Dmux WSS slice attenuation

  • APC span-loss correction threshold

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Amplifier Gain Range Margin

NCS 1010

Enter the amplifier gain range margin.

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Connector Loss

NCS 1010

Enter the connector loss value.

0.25 - 0.5

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Minimum OSNR Margin

NCS 1010

Enter the minimum OSNR margin required for the amplifier.

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Minimum Span Loss for Raman Amplifiers

NCS 1010

This is the minimum required span loss for fiber to be considered for Auto Raman placement.

This value is calculeted based on the LUT and fiber type.

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Percentage of Fibers with Higher Aging Loss

NCS 1010

When you click the field and a Fiber Sorting Settings window opens:

  • Percentage of Fibers with Higher Aging Loss

  • Ageing Loss for Top Fibers

  • Ageing Loss for Bottom Fibers

  • Percentage of Fibers with Higher Aging Loss: 40%

  • Ageing Loss for Top Fibers: 3 dB)

  • Ageing Loss for Bottom Fibers: 0.75 dB

Generate Cross-Connect

NCS 1010

Check this check box to add Cross connect details in the COSM XML

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Raman Amplification

NCS 1010

The type of Raman amplification.
  • Auto

  • User Forced

User Forced

Maximum Auto Ramans

NCS 1010

The maximum number of Raman enabled links on an end-to-end circuit path.

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Maximum OSC Reach for Raman Amplifiers

NCS 1010

The maximum span loss for which fiber can be considered for Auto Raman placement.

This value is calculeted based on the LUT and fiber type.

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The default value is 33 dB.

Link Tuner

NCS 1010

Choose how to enable the Link Tuner.
  • Automatic-Enabled

  • Force-Disabled

  • On-Request-Enabled

The default option is On-Request-Enabled, when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked, and the Automatic-Enabled check box is unchecked.

Ignore APC Penality

NCS 1010

By default, this check box remains checked, when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked.

Automatic Power Control (APC) penalty occurs due to the inherent error in regulating the set-point for power. This penalty is considered while calculating the OSNR and power margin. When this property is enabled, this penalty is ignored during the calculation and thus providing accurate optical results.

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Retain Auto Placed Raman Spans for Failure

NCS 1010

In general, automatically placed Raman will be retained only if the circuit becomes feasible with those Raman placements. Otherwise, it will be removed automatically. If you want to retain it, check this check box.

It is disabled by default.

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Raman Gain Auto Tuner

NCS 1010

Choose how to calibrate the Raman gain.

  • Automatic

  • Automatic-On-request

  • No-calibration

No-calibration

SOL Optimized PSD

NCS 1010

By default this check box remains checked, when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked. When enabled, an optimum PSD value is calculated by considering the SOL Span losses.

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Freq Allocation Order

NCS 1010

The Freq Allocation Order.

  • FROM-LOWER-FREQ

  • FROM-HIGHER-FREQ

FROM-HIGHER-FREQ

Link Power Control

NCS 1010

Choose how to enable the Link Power Control.

  • Automatic-Enabled

  • Force-Disabled

  • On-Request-Enabled

The default option is On-Request-Enabled , when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked, and Automatic-Enabled when the check box is unchecked.

Gain Estimator

NCS 1010

Allows you to choose how to enable the Gain Estimator.

  • Automatic-Enabled

  • Force-Disabled

  • On-Request-Enabled

The default option is On-Request-Enabled , when the Enable Special Settings check box is checked, and Automatic-Enabled when the check box is unchecked.

OTDR

NCS 1010

Enables or disables the OTDR. By default, this is enabled.

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MC Routing Order

NCS 1010

Routing order for the multicarriers.

  • CREATION: Based on the Freq Allocation Order chosen, the tool allocates frequency based on order carrier creation.

  • NO-OF-CARRIERS: Based on the Freq Allocation Order chosen, the tool allocates frequency to circuits based on the number of carriers.

CREATION

SSF Simulation

NCS 1010

This check box enables optical simulation using Split-Step Fourier(SSF) algorithms for better OSNR margins.

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LUT Version

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

  • For NCS 1010, the network analysis can be done with or without LUT. If you check Enable Special Settings check box, then LUT is enabled. You can set LUT to None. Otherwise, it will be non-LUT-based analysis.

  • For NCS 1014, the network analysis is always LUT-based analysis. Look-Up Table is non-editable. You cannot unselect LUT.

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