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

Modify client properties

Updated: March 9, 2026

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Overview

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

Use this task to modify the properties of a client-side attenuator in a site.

Before you begin

Table 1. Feature History
Feature Name	Release Information	Feature Description
Channel Attenuators	Cisco ONP Release 4.2	You can set up channel attenuators for QSFP-DD demands. You can choose different channel attenuators based on the specific configuration and check for the optical feasibility of the channel.

Procedure

	1.	Open the network where you want to modify the client 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.	Choose Sites > Site > Site domain > Side > Clients > Channel-Attenuators.
	5.	In the right pane of the Entity Editor window, modify properties of the client-side attenuator. See Client properties for the descriptions.
	6.	Click Update.

Client properties

This table describes various System Release properties under the Network properties.


Properties	Platform	Description	Available options	Default option
General
Wavelength	NCS 2000	This column displays the selected wavelength.	â€”	â€”
New Wavelength - Auto	NCS 2000	Click Edit to select a Flex Grid or Fixed Grid wavelength. Note Select Fixed Grid (64-Chs) for SSON network with NCS1K-MD-64-C card. Note NCS1K-MD-64-C card has First Channel limitation for Colored sites. First Channel (196.1 THz) in Fixed Grid (64-Chs) wavelength supports only Terminal Add/Drop sites and not ROADM sites.	â€”	â€”
RX-Attenuator	NCS 2000	Choose an RX-Attenuator from the drop-down list. Note You must select a wavelength to edit this field.	Auto None ATT-LC-2 ATT-LC-3 ATT-LC-5 ATT-LC-7 ATT-LC-10 ATT-LC-12 ATT-LC-15 ATT-LC-18	Auto
TX-Attenuator	NCS 2000	Choose a TX-Attenuator from the drop-down list. Note You must select a wavelength to edit this field.	Auto None ATT-LC-2 ATT-LC-3 ATT-LC-5 ATT-LC-7 ATT-LC-10 ATT-LC-12 ATT-LC-15 ATT-LC-18	Auto
New Wavelength	NCS 1001	Click Add to select a wavelength.

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