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Modify site properties

Updated: March 9, 2026

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Overview

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

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Multicarrier Creation for NCS 1010 Networks

 Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

You can now create a Multi-Carrier circuit for the NCS 1010 networks. You can add central wavelength and path to all the carriers in colorless configurations. You can export optical reports and Netconf XML files with Multi-Carrier Circuits information for device updates. Upgraded networks treat the unlocked Multi-Carrier Circuits as new circuits, allowing edits to the circuits. Create Multi-Carrier Circuits to achieve a 38-channel plan using NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C card.

Cisco ONP introduces two properties to create Multicarrier circuits in NCS 1010 networks.

  • No of Carriers: In this trail level property, enter the value to add the required number of carriers in a fiber path in the network.

  • MC Routing Order: In this site level property, choose CREATION or NO-OF-CARRIERS to create multiple carriers based on the Frequency Allocation Order.
Table 2. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

M2 chassis support

 Cisco ONP Release 25.1.1

You can now select M2 Chassis as Chassis Type under the site properties for the NCS 2000 ROADM and OLA nodes in SSON and non-SSON networks. This is in addition to the M6 and M15 chassis that were supported previously.

M2 chassis is suitable for small sites where only two slots are sufficient to meet the networking requirements. It provides a compact and efficient solution for locations with limited space or lower capacity needs.
Table 3. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Layer-2 SMR Enhancement to Support Second and Third Port Extension

Cisco ONP Release 5.2

This enhancement allows you to extend the contentionless sides in a ROADM site, increasing the number of provisioned contentionless sides in the NCS 2000 networks. New contentionless sides increase the number of traffic channels in the NCS 2000 networks. The new Reserve Cascaded SMR Port property reserves more SMR ports to extend the Layer-2 contentionless sides in a ROADM site.
Table 4. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

NCS 1010 New Hardware Support

 Cisco ONP Release 5.2

Cisco ONP now supports the new PIDs from the NCS 1000 family. This allows you to plan your NCS 1010 network while leveraging the LC connector interfaces of NCS 1010, NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C, and NCS1K14-CCMD-16-L line cards.

The new properties that support the new PIDs are:

  • NCS 1010 Line Card—Allows you to select a line card; these options are available:

    • Standard Faceplate-NCS1K-OLT-C, NCS1K-OLT-L, NCS1K-ILA-C, NCS1K-ILA-L, NCS1K-OLT-R-C, NCS1K-ILA-R-C, NCS1K-ILA-2R-C

    • Enhanced Faceplate- NCS1K-E-OLT-C, NCS1K-E-OLT-L, NCS1K-E-ILA-C, NCS1K-E-ILA-L, NCS1K-E-OLT-R-C, NCS1K-E-ILA-R-C, NCS1K-E-ILA-2R-C, NCS1K-E-ILA-R-C-2, NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C, NCS1K14-CCMD-16-L

  • Degree Priority—Allows the choice of LC and MPO ports for degree interconnection.

  • Direct LC Add/Drop—Allows to choose the number of LC ports for direct Add/Drop connection.

  • Add/Drop Connector—This circuit-level property allows you to choose a specific add/drop type for individual circuits. Available options — Direct OLT, OLT+BRK-8/16/24, OLT+CCMD-16

  • Colorless Add/Drop:

    Under MPO Connector Add/Drop, you can choose a breakout module.

    Under LC Connector Add/Drop, you can choose NCSK14-CCMD-16-C or NCSK14-CCMD-16-L.
Table 5. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Shared SMR Port

Cisco ONP Release 4.2

You can enable the Colored Add/Drop property. This feature supports the use of contentionless and colored demands that are connected to the same port of an SMR card. With the Shared SMR Port enabled, you can create and validate the contentionless and colored configuration on a 16-degree SMR-20 node.
Use this procedure to modify the properties of the site.

Before you begin

Log in to the Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

1.

Open the network where you want to modify the site properties.
2.

Choose Network > Entity Editor.
3.

In the Entity Editor window, navigate to Sites > Site

4.

Choose the site and modify the properties in the next pane. For the property descriptions, refer to:
5.

Click Update.

General site properties

This table describes the descriptions of various general properties for sites.
Table 6. General site properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Name

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the site name, either alphanumeric or numeric.

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Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of site.

  • ROADM

  • OLA

  • Traffic

  • Passthrough

Note

  • You can add a passthrough site as a place holder. You cannot add services or waves to this site and therefore cannot generate the report. Later, you can convert the passthrough site to a ROADM, OLA, or the Traffic site in the design mode.

  • OLA is an optical line amplifier site that is used only for amplification. You cannot add service or waves on this site.

The site type that you chose while designing.

NCS 1010

Choose the type of site.

  • ROADM

  • OLA

  • Traffic

  • Passthrough

ROADM

NCS 1001

Displays the type of site.

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—

MPO Cable

NCS 1010

Choose the type of MPO cable.

  • Auto

  • 16MPO-MPO

  • 24MPO-MPO

Auto

Node Type

NCS 2000

This field is noneditable.

FLEX NG-DWDM

FLEX NG-DWDM

Equipment Configuration

NCS 2000

Choose the configuration from the drop-down list. This option is available only for the Traffic site.

  • Large CO - NCS 4016

  • Small Site - NCS 4016

  • Small Site - NCS 4009

  • Large CO - NCS 4016

  • Small Site - NCS 4016

  • Small Site - NCS 4009

Large CO - NCS 4016

Traffic Type (only for Traffic site)

NCS 2000

Choose the traffic type.

  • 4K_1K_2K (for SSON)

  • 1K_2K (for SSON)

  • 4K_2K (non- SSON)

  • 4K_1K_2K (for SSON)

  • 4K_2K (non- SSON)

SSON

NCS 2000

Indicates whether the network is an SSON network.

—

—

COSM

NCS 2000

This property is noneditable at site level. This property chooses COSM card as Server or Line card at the network level.

—

—

CLLI Code

NCS 1004

NCS 2000

NCS 4000

Enter a string holding the CLLI code.

—

—

Site Address

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter the site address.

—

—

Evolved Mesh

NCS 2000

By default, this option is unchecked. When you enable this feature on the network, it is automatically enabled on the associated sites of the network.

—

 This option remains unchecked.

Status

NCS 2000

Displays the status of the network. It shows whether the network is Up or Down.

—

—

Node Protection

NCS 2000

Choose the Node Protection.

  • Same shelf

  • Separated shelves

Same shelf

Mpo16Lc

NCS 2000

Displays the fan-out module.

 MF-MPO-16LC

The MPO-16 to 16-LC fan-out module is a double slot module with one MPO-16 connector (COM) and eight LC duplex connectors. The MPO-16 connector is compatible with the SMR20 FS EXP and 16-AD-CCO FS units.

 MF-MPO-16LC
Mpo16ToMpo8

NCS 2000

Choose the required Mpo16 to Mpo8 converter.

  • MPO16ToMPO8Cable

  • MF-2MPO_ADP

MPO16ToMPO8Cable

MPO Cable

NCS 1010

Choose the required Mpo cable.

  • Auto

  • 16MPO-MPO

  • 24MPO-MPO

  • Auto

  • 16MPO-MPO

  • 24MPO-MPO

Auto
Cascaded SMR

NCS 2000

Enable this option to add Layer-2 contentionless sides.

—

—

Reserve Cascaded SMR Port

NCS 2000
Note

This property becomes available when you enable Cascaded SMR for NCS 2000 networks from Release 11.1.x.

Choose the number of ports to reserve for the cascaded SMR.

  • 1, 2, and 3 if Scalable Upto Degree is 12 and 16.

  • 1 and 2 if Scalable Upto Degree is 8.

  • 1 if Scalable Upto Degree is 12 and 4.

 1

Flex Spectrum

NCS 2000

You cannot edit this option.

—

 This check-box remains checked for a newly created network.
Grooming Site

NCS 2000

NCS 4000

When you enable this option, it indicates that OTN traffic can be groomed at this site.

—

—

MR-MXP BreakOut Cable

NCS 2000

Check this check box to use the ONS-MPO-MPOLC-10 breakout cable to interconnect the client ports of the MR-MXP card with the NCS2K-MF-MPO-20LC passive module.

—

—

8X10G-FO

NCS 2000

Check this check box to use the NCS2K-MF-8X10G-FO passive module only for 10G on the client-side of the NCS2K-400G-XP card. By default, this passive module is enabled.

—

—

Band Type

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Choose the required band type for NCS 1010 R7.9.1.

  • C-Band

  • C+L futuristic

  • L-band

C-Band

NCS 1010 Line Card

NCS 1010

Choose whether the Line Card faceplate is Standard Faceplate or Enhanced Faceplate.

Note
If you assigned a Scalable Upto Degree value that is supported for both standard and enhance at the site level, then you can select Standard Faceplate in one side and Enhanced Faceplate in another side.

  • Enhanced Faceplate

  • Standard Faceplate

Enhanced Faceplate

C-Band properties

This table describes the descriptions of various C-Band properties under sites.
Table 7. C-band properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Structure

NCS 2000

Choose the type of the site.

 The available options for ROADM and Traffic sites are:

  • Multi-degree

  • Line

  • Terminal

For OLA and PASSTHROUGH, it is Line, and you cannot edit it.

Line
NCS 1010

Choose the type of the site.

The available options for ROADM sites are:

  • Multi-degree

  • Line

  • Terminal

For OLA and PASSTHROUGH, it is Line, and you cannot edit it.

Line

NCS 1001

Choose the type of the site.

  • Terminal

  • Terminal-Section

  • Terminal-Path

Terminal

NCS 1014

Choose the type of the site.

Terminal

Terminal

Functionality

NCS 2000

Displays the site functionality.

The functionalities available for each type of site are:

  • Optical Cross Connect (OXC) for ROADM and traffic site

  • Auto or Line Amplifier for OLA site, Cisco ONP downgrades OLA site to passthrough if OLA is not required.

  • Passthrough for passthrough site

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NCS 1010

Displays the site functionality. ROADM is the default functionality for all site types.

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NCS 1001

Displays site functionality.

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Scalable up to Degree

NCS 2000

This parameter determines the maximum number of degrees, ducts, or line sides that can be supported by the site.

  • None

  • Auto

  • 4

  • 8

  • 12

  • 16

The network is scalable up to 16 degrees for ROADM and Traffic sites. Choose 2 to have a LINE ROADM site.

For OLA, the value is 2 and is noneditable.

4

NCS 1010

  • 7

  • 9

  • 15

  • 17

  • 23

  • 25

  • 31

If you choose Line Card Faceplate as Enhanced Faceplate, for NCS 1010 site, the available options are 3…15, 23, and 31.

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Site Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of site.

The Site type is Line for the OLA site.

  • Auto

    When you choose Auto, the default option is SMR-20.

  • SMR-20

  • SMR-9

Auto

NCS 1010

For NCS 1010 site, the only option is OLT, and it is not editable.

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NCS 1001

Displays the type of site, and it is noneditable.

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L0 Platform

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the platform. For example, NCS 1010 , NCS 1001, or NCS 2000.

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Shared SMR Port

NCS 2000

Check this check box to connect Contentionless unit 16-AD-CCOFS and Colored unit MD-48-ODD/Even to the same MPO port of SMR-20. When Shared SMR port is enabled, MD-48-ODD/EVEN unit connects to the specific side of SMR-20 through MPO-8LC and UPG-4 instead of directly connecting to SMR-20 through MPO-16LC.

Note
Shared SMR port becomes disabled, if

  • Degree Mesh Type property is PPMESH8-5AD

  • Or, Site Type property is SMR-9 and Scalable Upto Degree property is 8

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Degree Mesh Type

NCS 2000

Choose the mesh type for the Flex NG-DWDM site.

  • DEG-5/UPG-4

  • PPMESH8-5AD

DEG-5/UPG-4

Degree Type

NCS 1010

Displays the type of degree. For example, BRK-8.

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Pre Equip Degree

NCS 2000

This parameter determines the number of degrees to be considered for the site hardware placement on day 0.

  • None

  • Auto

  • 4

  • 8

  • 12

  • 16

None

If you choose None, only the sides that are present in the Cisco ONP GUI are shown. The values in the drop-down list are populated based on the value of Scalable Upto Degree parameter.

NCS 1010

For NCS 1010 site, the options available are Yes and No.

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Layout properties

This table describes the descriptions of various layout properties under sites.
Table 8. Layout properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

Chassis Type

NCS 2000

Choose the type of chassis.

  • M2 Chassis

    M2 chassis does not support multichassis and multidegree system.

  • M6 Chassis

  • M15 Chassis

  • Auto

    M15 is the default option when you choose Auto.

The chassis type is supported for all the sites except the passthrough.

Auto

NCS 1010

  • NCS 1010

  • NCS 1020

NCS 1010

NCS1014 Grouping

NCS 1010

Enable this property to group all NCS1K14-CCMD-16 cards of a site in NCS1014 shelf.

—

—

NCS 1014

Enable this property to group all the NCS 1000 transponder cards of a site in NCS1014 shelf.

—

—

UTS AC Power Cables

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

Choose the type of cables to be used for the AC power supply.

Cables are listed based on the country type and the Chassis type selected.

—

Power Supply

NCS 2000

Choose the type of Power Supply.

For an NCS 2000 site, the available options are based on the chassis type:

  • Auto for all types of chassis

  • AC Power, DC power for M15 and M2 chassis

  • AC Power, DC Power, AC2 Power, DC40 Power, and DC20 Power for M6 chassis

Auto

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

  • Auto

  • AC Power

  • DC Power

Auto

Controller Card

NCS 2000

Choose the type of the controller card.

Note

For NCS 1010, if you enable Advanced Optical Settings, Cisco ONP takes the default controller card as NCS1010-CNTRL-B-K9, else NCS1010-CNTRL-K9. However, you can still change the controller later.

For an NCS 2000 site, the default controller card is TNCS-2. The available options are based on the chassis type chosen. By default, controller cards that are supported by M15 chassis are listed.

  • Auto

  • TNC/TSC, TNC-E/TSC-E, TNCS, TNCS-0, TNCS-2, and TNCS-20 for M2 chassis

  • TNC/TSC, TNC-E/TSC-E, TNCS, TNCS-0, TNCS-2, and TNCS-20 for M6 chassis

  • TNCS, TNCS-0 TNCS-2, TNCS-20 for M15 chassis

Auto

NCS 1010

  • Auto

  • NCS1010-CNTRL-K9

  • NCS1010-CNTRL-B-K9

    NCS1010-CNTRL-B-K9 appears for networks from R7.11.1.

Auto

NCS 1001

 NCS1K-CNTLR2

NCS1K-CNTLR2

NCS 1014

  • NCS1K14-CNTLR-K9

  • NCS1K14-CNTLR-B-K9

NCS1K14-CNTLR-K9

Redundant Controller Card

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Choose whether to use a redundant controller card.

Note

When you select Chassis Type as NCS1020, you can force Redundant Controller Card to Yes.

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—

Layout Template

NCS 2000

Choose the required layout template.

Note

After the chosen layout template is applied, all layout properties will be reset and disabled.

Note

After design analysis, if the applied layout template is not considered for card placement in the layout, check for the error message (non-critical) under the Elements > Messages tab. If you see a template-related error which indicates that there is a mismatch between the cards that are defined in the template and the cards that are created on the site, perform the following:

  • Export the template from the Layout page, and modify it as required.

  • Import the modified template using the Manage > Layout Template option.

  • Switch to Design mode and apply the template to the site using the Entity Editor.

  • Reanalyze the network to get the correct layout populated.

UTS AC Power Cables

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

Choose the type of cables to be used for the AC power supply.

Cables are listed based on the country type and the Chassis type selected.

—

Redundant Power Scheme

NCS 2000

Choose the redundant power scheme from the drop-down list to configure the number of working and protected power units for the chassis.

For an M6 chassis, the options available are Auto, Yes, and No.

For an NCS 2000 site, the options available are based on the chassis type. For M15 chassis, the options available are 1+0, 1+1, 2+0, 2+1, 3+0, 3+1, 2+2.

3+1 is the default redundancy power scheme for M15 DC chassis and 2+2 is the default redundancy power scheme for M15 AC chassis. For example, if you choose 3+1 redundant power scheme, there are 3 working power units and 1 protected power unit.

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

The options available are Auto, .

  • Auto

  • 1+0

  • 1+1

Auto

Raman Adapter Share

NCS 2000

This option is available only for the OLA site. This option indicates that MF-2LC-ADP can be shared with EDRA amplifiers and not with RAMAN amplifiers irrespective of the default selection.

—

By default, this check box remains checked.

ECU Type

NCS 2000

Choose the External Connection Unit (ECU) type from the drop-down list.

  • Auto

  • ECU—Has 12 USB 2.0 ports and supports IEEE1588v2 PTP, time-of-day (ToD), and pulse-per-second (PPS) inputs.

  • ECU-S—Similar to ECU except that it has eight USB 2.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports.

  • ECU60-S—Variant of ECU-S introduced for the NCS 2006 when the shelf is powered at –60VDC nominal input voltage.

ECU-S and ECU60-S are supported only for M6 chassis.

Auto

MF Unit

NCS 2000

Choose the mechanical frame for the passive optical modules from the drop-down list.

  • Auto

  • MF-6RU/MF-10RU

  • MF-1RU

  • The NCS2K-MF-1RU has four slots for the passive optical modules.

  • The NCS2K-MF-6RU supports up to 14 single-slot passive optical modules such as any combination of NCS2K-MF-DEG-5, CS2K-MF-UPG-4, or Connection Verification (CV) units.

  • The NCS2K-MF10-6RU supports up to 10 double-slot passive optical modules such as NCS2K-MF-MPO-16LC=.

Auto

NCS 1010

  • Auto

  • MF-4RU

  • MF-1RU

MF-1RU

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

MF-1RU

MF-1RU

Populate Shelves From Bottom

NCS 2000

If you check this check-box, hardware populates from the bottom in the Layout tab.

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Cisco NMS properties

This table describes the descriptions of various Cisco NMS properties under sites.
Table 9. Cisco NMS properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

COSM High Availability

NCS 2000

Choose the high availability options:

  • Auto: Based on analysis and default behavior.

  • Local HA: Both active and standby COSM cards are placed on the same node.

  • None: No COSM card present.

  • Only Active: No High Availability. Only Primary COSM card is added.

  • Geo HA: COSM cards are placed in two different sites located at different geographical locations, but adjacent to each other. See Rules and Behavior that are applicable for the selection.

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Primary HA

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to add the High Availability feature to the license package.

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Map properties

This table describes the descriptions of various map properties under sites.
Table 10. Map properties

Properties

Platform

Description

 Available options Default

X Coordinate

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

It represents the longitudinal location of the site. Longitude can be positive or negative (-180 to 180). Negative is west of Greenwich, and positive is eastward.

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Y Coordinate

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

It represents the latitudinal location of the site. Latitude can be positive or negative (- 90–90), north and south of the Equator.

 — —

Position Lock

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Check this check box to lock the site position on the map.

 — —

Bill of materials properties

This table describes the descriptions of various layout properties under sites.
Table 11. Bill of materials properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default

License Suite

NCS 1010

Choose whether the License Suite is Essential (RTU + SIA3) or Advanced (RTU + SIA3).

NCS 1014

The default option is RTU + SIA3. It is noneditable.

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NCS1k Line card license

NCS 1010

Choose the License Suite.

  • Essential (RTU + SIA3)

  • Advanced (RTU + SIA3)

  • Essential (RTU + SIA5)

  • Advanced (RTU + SIA5)

Essential (RTU + SIA3)

Enable NCS

NCS 2000

This feature enables NCS features on all sites in the network.

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—

Use PAYG

NCS 2000

The Pay As You Grow (PAYG) functionality significantly reduces the initial setup cost and enables the purchase of another wavelength capacity on a need basis.

PAYG enables port-based cost or licensing for SMR-9 and SMR-20 cards.

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Connection Verification

NCS 2000

Enable this check box to:

  • Validate the correct optical interconnection between the optical cards inside a Flex ROADM.

  • Measure the insertion loss of the external passive path.

  • Validate the quality of the connections to the patch panel.

  • Check if the insertion loss is within the expected value.

The following cards support connection verification:

  • SMR20 FS CV

  • MF-DEG-5-CV

  • MF-MPO-16LC-CV

  • MF-UPG-4-CV

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New FS-SMR PID

NCS 2000

You cannot edit this option. This option enables displaying of the new SMR-20 PID in the BOM page.

You can enable this option when you unlock an mpz network where SMR-20 is selected, during an upgrade or release upgrade.

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This check-box remains checked for newly created network.

Enhanced face plate properties

This table describes the descriptions of various Enhanced face plate properties under sites.
Table 12. Enhanced face plate properties

Property

Platform

Description

Availabe options

Default

Degree Priority

NCS 1010

Choose the port type for interconnect degree priority.

Note
This field appears only when you select NCS 1010 Line Card as Enhanced Faceplate.

  • LC Ports

  • MPO Group

LC Ports

Add/Drop Shelf Type

NCS 1010

This property is noneditable and appears for networks from R7.11.1.

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COSM properties

This table describes the descriptions of various COSM properties of a site.
Table 13. COSM properties

Properties

Platform

Description

 Available options Default

COSM Pluggables

NCS 2000

Choose the pluggable.

Note

The COSM pluggables are not applicable for UCS-based COSM network design.

  • Auto

  • ONS-SC +- 10G-SR

  • ONS-SC +-10G-LR

Auto

When you choose Auto, ONS_SC+-10G_SR is the default option.

COSM High Availability

NCS 2000 (SSON)

Click Edit and select the type COSM high availability

  • Auto

  • Local HA

  • None (No COSM)

  • Only Active

  • Geo HA

Auto

Note

When set to Auto, this will use either Geo HA or Local HA, depending on the COSM High Availability property configured at the network level.

COSM Application Memory

NCS 2000 (SSON)

Enter the value for the total application memory of the primary node having the COSM card.

2.1 to 32

32

COSM RAM size

NCS 2000 (SSON)

Select the RAM size of the individual associated node.

2.1 to 8

4 for the nodes with scalable upto degree 8 or more.

2.1 for nodes with scalable upto degree 4 or less.

Add contentionless side to a site

Contentionless functionality on a site refers to the contentionless add or drop ability of an N-degree ROADM node to accommodate N wavelengths of the same frequency from a single add or drop device. A ROADM is contentionless when the number of drop units equals the number of ROADM degrees.

Use the following procedure to add contentionless sides to a ROADM or traffic site.

Before you begin

Log in to the Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

1.

Open the network in which you want to add contentionless sides to a site.
2.

Choose Network > Entity Editor.
3.

Click the site to which you want to add contentionless sides.
4.

Click the Add Contentionless Side icon.
5.

Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

The number of contentionless sides you can add to a site depends on the site type and the Scalable Upto Degree property.

If you want to add contentionless sides to

Then..

Layer-1 SMR site

Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

Layer-2 SMR-20 site

  • Check the Evolved Mesh check box.

  • Select Site Type as SMR-20 or Auto.

  • Check the Cascaded SMR check box.

  • Select Degree Mesh Type as DEG-5/UPG-4.

  • Click Update.

  • Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

    See Contentionless sides for Layer-1 SMR.

Extended Layer-2 SMR-20 site

  • Choose the Reserve Cascaded SMR Port value.

    Note

    The Reserve Cascaded SMR Port drop-down property is available for NCS 2000 networks from R11.1.x.

    Based on the N-degree and Layer-2 SMR, you can add more contentionless sides on each site for the extended layer-2 SMR, but this will reduce the number of Layer-1 contentionless sides.

  • Click Update.

  • Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

    See Contentionless sides for extended Layer-2 SMR.
6.

Click OK.

Contentionless sides for Layer-1 SMR

This table explains how many contentionless sides you can add to a site based on the site type, and the Scalable Upto Degree property.

Table 14. Contentionless sides for Layer-1 SMR

Site type

Scalable upto degree

Number of contentionless sides

SMR-20

4

16

SMR-20

8

12

SMR-20

12

8

SMR-20

16

4

SMR-20

Line

8

SMR-20

Terminal

8

SMR-9

4

5

SMR-9

8

1

Contentionless sides for extended Layer-2 SMR

This table shows how many contentionless sides you can add to each site for the extended layer-2 SMR site. The number depends on the N-degree and Layer-2 SMR configuration

Table 15. Contentionless Sides for extended Layer-2 SMR

Reserve cascaded SMR port

Site type

Scalable upto degree

No. of contentionless sides for Layer-1 side

No. of contentionless sides with 1st Port Layer-2

No. of contentionless sides with 2nd Port Layer-2

No. of contentionless sides with 3rd Port Layer-2

1

SMR-20

4

16

20

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

8

12

20

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

12

8

20

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

16

4

20

Not supported

Not supported

2

SMR-20

4

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

8

11

20

20

Not supported

SMR-20

12

7

20

20

Not supported

SMR-20

16

3

20

20

Not supported

3

SMR-20

4

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

8

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

SMR-20

12

6

20

20

20

SMR-20

16

2

20

20

20

Modify the number of contentionless side ports at a site

Follow these steps to modify the number of contentionless ports for a side in a ROADM site.

Before you begin

Log in to the Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

1.

Open the network in which you want to modify the number of contentionless ports for a side in a site.
2.

Choose Network > Entity Editor.
3.

Expand a ROADM site, and select a contentionless side.

The properties of the side are displayed in the right panel.
4.

From the Contentionless Ports drop-down list, select the required number of ports.

Click Update.

Modify contentionless side to a site in upgrade mode

Limitations

  • This feature supports networks running software release version 11.1.x or later.

  • NCS 2000 networks have the limitation of Passive units count up to 126. When you add the second and third L2 contentionless sides, the passive units count goes beyond the limit. In such cases, the tool allows the analysis and notifies the limitation through an error message, The passive units in this design (count) has exceeded the maximum supported passive units on the NE SW (126). Please review the design with Cisco before proceeding for deployment.

Follow these steps to modify contentionless sides to a ROADM or traffic site in upgrade mode.

Before you begin

Open the network, upgrade it, and set these site properties in the Entity Editor window.

  1. Enable Evolved Mesh.

  2. Set Site Type to SMR-20 or Auto.

  3. Enable Cascaded SMR.

  4. Set Degree Mesh Type to DEG-5/UPG-4.

  5. Set Scalable Upto Degree property to the appropriate value.

If these prerequisites are not met, you must unlock the site to modify the contentionless sides.

Procedure

1.

Choose Network > Entity Editor.
2.

Click the site where you want to modify the contentionless sides.
3.

Check the Cascaded SMR check box if not enabled already.

The Reserve Cascaded SMR Port drop-down appears.
4.

Choose the SMR port value in Reserve Cascaded SMR Port.

To reduce the Layer-2 SMR sides:

  1. Choose a lower value.

  2. Click Update.

    If SMR ports are available, the update becomes successful. Else, an error message appears. Perform the following actions:

    1. Unlock the site.

    2. Start over from Step 1.

To increase the Layer-2 SMR sides:

  1. Choose a higher value.

  2. Click Update.

    If SMR ports are available, the update is successful. Else, an error message appears. Perform these actions:

    1. Unlock the site.

    2. Delete the lowest contentionless side from the Layer-1 SMR site.

    3. Start over from Step 1.
5.

Click the site to which you want to add contentionless sides.
6.

Click the Add Contentionless Side icon.
7.

Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

The number of contentionless sides that can be added to a site depends on the type of site and the Scalable Upto Degree property.
8.

Click OK.

Add L-Band side to a site

Follow these steps to add L-Band sides to an NCS 1010 R7.9.1 site.

Before you begin

Log in to the Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

1.

Open the network in which you want to add the L-Band sides to a site.
2.

Choose Network > Entity Editor.
3.

To add the L-Band sides:

  • Click the site to which you want to add the L-Band sides.

    Note

    If you add an L-Band side to a site, the corresponding attached sides on other sites also receive L-Band sides automatically.

  • Expand the site and click on a side to add L-Band to the selected side only.
4.

Click the Add L-Band icon.

The L-Band side appears under the required site or side.

Note

If ILA or pass-through sites are present in the APC domain, the end-to-end path in the L-band is enabled automatically.

Add omni-directional sides to a site

Table 16. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Omnidirectional Configuration Support for NCS 1010 Network

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

You can now include both colorless and colored omnidirectional configurations when designing an NCS 1010 network.

New Properties Added:

  • Add Omni-Directional icon (under Entity Editor): Use this icon to add the required number of omnidirectional sides.

  • Omni Variant (under Side Properties): Select the desired Add/Drop stage, such as Dual OLT or 4x4 COFS.

  • Max Auto Omni Allowed (under Network Properties): Cisco ONP automatically generates the omni edges based on the number entered.

This omnidirectional setup enhances the flexibility of the multidegree topology, allowing channels to be routed through any optical degree during a fiber cut without needing physical fiber reconnections.

The omnidirectional configuration allows you to add or drop traffic to any of the node directions in a multidegree topology. This configuration provides flexibility, enabling channels to be routed through any of the optical degrees during a fiber cut without needing to change the physical fiber connections.

Note

Omni edges are not supported on a Terminal site.

Follow these steps to add omnidirectional sides to an NCS 1010 site.

Before you begin

Log in to the Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

1.

Open the network in which you want to add omnidirectional sides to a site.
2.

Choose Network > Entity Editor.
3.

Click the site to which you want to add omnidirectional sides.
4.

Click the Add Omni-Directional icon.
5.

Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of Omni Directional sides field.

The number of omnidirectional sides that can be added to a site depends on the Scalable Upto Degree property.
6.

Click OK.

The omnidirectional sides are created under the site and labeled as omni-1, and omni-2 and so on. A tag called Omni is added to the Omni side to indicate that it as an omnidirectional side.

To add L-band functionality to the side, click the Add L-Band icon.

Note

Cisco ONP will automatically generate up to the number of Omni Edges specified in the Max Auto Omni Allowed field under Network properties. Manual creation by the user is not required.