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Modify trail properties

Updated: March 9, 2026

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Overview

Teaches you how to modify trail 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

Description

Bright ZR+ Pluggable Support

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

The Bright ZR+ pluggable can now be included in the network design by choosing them as Card Type or Client Interface under the Trail properties. This selection is available for all types of sites. The Bright ZR+ pluggable has high transmit optical power up to 0dBm, high transmit OSNR, and high-density QSFP-DD form factor.
Table 2. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Multilayer Nodes Enhancements

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

You can now choose from the full array of supported Card Types and Client Interfaces under the Trail properties option for the multilayer nodes. Previously, only a limited set of cards were available for selection. With this enhancement, you can design diverse networks leveraging the unique functionalities of all types of cards.

Follow these steps to modify the properties of the trail.

Before you begin

Log in to the Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

1.

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

Choose Network > Entity Editor.
3.

In the Entity Editor window, click the Services tab.
4.

Expand Waves, Media Channels or Circuits.

5.

Navigate to the required trail and click it.
6.

Modify the trail properties as required. See
7.

Click Update.

General trail properties

This table describes various general trail properties.

Table 3. General trail properties

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Label

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the name of the trail.

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Path of Wave

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Select a fiber.

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Regen Sites

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select the regeneration site.

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Source Site

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the source site name.

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Destination Site

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Displays the destination site name.

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Wavelength

NCS 2000 (Non-SSON)

Click Edit to choose the wavelength.

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Auto

Central Wavelength [nm]

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Click Edit to select the central wavelength.

Multiple C-band and L-band wavelengths are listed.

Note

If you select L-Band as Band Type, the L-band wavelength options appear along with C-band wavelengths for NCS 1010 R7.9.1.

Auto

Multicarrier

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Indicates whether the transmission is a multicarrier transmission.

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Trunk Mode

NCS 2000

The trunk mode can be edited only when you choose 400G-XP-LC as Card Type.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables

Auto

NCS 1010

 The trunk mode can be edited only when the Traffic Type is set to Line card under the circuit properties.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables

Auto

NCS 1001

Trunk mode is noneditable.

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Number Of Carrier(s)

NCS 1010

Enter the to add the required number of carriers to the channel.

2-16

Note

If you select Colorless or Omni-Colorless as Add/Drop Type and Auto or OLT/LC/AddDrop as Add/Drop Connector, this property becomes editable.

Note

When you enable bundle mode in line circuit, this value is 2 and non-editable.

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Baud Rate

NCS 1010

Select the baud rate that is suitable for the selected trunk rate.

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Filtering Penality

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Displays the value of the penalties that are caused by the different filter types (OADM, and ROADM).

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OSNR Forward [dB]

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the forward optical signal to noise ratio.

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OSNR Reverse [dB]

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the reverse optical signal to noise ratio.

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Band Type

NCS 1010

Select the required band type for the circuit.

Note

When you select L-Band as Band Type, then the Add/Drop Type field automatically selects Colorless and becomes disabled.

  • Auto

  • L-band

  • C-band

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable. C-Band is the default option.

C-band

OTN trail properties

This table lists and defines OTN trail properties.

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

OTN (non-SSON)

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ODUTimeslot

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the Optical Data Unit timeslot.

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SRLGs

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the SRLGs associated with the trail.

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OTN Hops

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the number of OTN hops.

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Quantity

NCS 2000 (non-SSON)

Displays the number of OTN services on the trail.

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Source and destination trail properties

This table lists and defines various source and destination trail properties.

Property

Platform

Description

Available options

Default option

Source

Card Type

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select the card used in the source site.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

From Release 5.1, Bright ZR+ pluggables are supported for all the types of sites. Also, there are no limitations on the type of cards that can be chosen for the multilayer nodes.

Note

  • Non-SSON

    • Colored and colorless—Baud rates less than 42 are supported and listed.

    • Contentionless—Mean power less than 4.4 is supported and listed.

  • SSON

    • Colored—Baud rates less than 65 are supported and listed.

    • Colorless—All interfaces supported and listed.

    • Contentionless—Mean power less than –4.4 are supported and listed.

Mean power = (ochData.txRange.max + ochData.txRange.min)/2

If contentionless is selected for the source channel type, the QDD interfaces are not supported.

200G-SD-FEC

NCS 1001

Select a card type from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

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Trunk Mode

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

NCS 1014

NCS 2000

Select a trunk mode from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

Note

Available trunk mode options are based on the selected card type.

Auto
Config Mode

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

Select a configuration mode from the drop-down list.

  • Slice

  • Bundle

    Note

    Bundle mode is referred as MXP mode in COSM XML.

  • 2x100GE

  • Muxponder

Slice

Client Interface

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select a pluggable from the drop-down list.

The pluggables suitable for the chosen card type are displayed.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables for more information on the list of supported pluggables.

From Release 5.1, Bright ZR+ pluggables are supported for all the types of sites. Also, there are no limitations on the type of cards that can be chosen for the multilayer nodes.

The pluggable FR-1(QSFP-100G-FR-S) is supported on the client ports of the 400G-XP LC starting from NCS 2000 Release 11.1.0.

The pluggable ERL (QSFP-100G-ERL-S) is supported on the client ports of the 400G-XP LC with 100G traffic type starting from NCS 2000 Release 11.1.3.

Note

When you export the NCS 2000 R11.1.3 network, the Cisco ONP exports the NCS 2000 R11.1.0 report. You must edit the exported report for R11.1.3.

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

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Auto

Add/Drop Type

NCS 2000

Select the type of Add/Drop.

The available options are:

  • Auto

  • Colorless

  • Colored

  • Contentionless

Auto

NCS 1010

Select the type of Add/Drop.

The available options are:

  • Auto

  • Colorless

  • Colored

  • Omni-Colorless

  • Omni-Colored

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable. Colored is the default option.

—

Colored

Add/Drop Connector

NCS 1010
Note

This property appears when you select Add/Drop Type as Colorless.

Select the type of Add/Drop Connector.

The available options are:

  • Auto—Auto is OLT/LC/AddDrop.

  • OLT/LC/Add/Drop—Combination of OLT LC ports and CCMD-16 LC ports

  • OLT/LC—Direct OLT LC ports

  • OLT/MPO/Add/Drop—Combination of OLT LC ports and break out units such as BRK-8, BRK-16, BRK-24 MPO ports

Note

This property is applicable only for Enhanced NCS 1010 line cards from R7.11.1.

Auto

Modulation

NCS 1010

Displays the type of modulation.

—

—

Sub Mode

NCS 1010

This field is applicable only for the NCS1K4-QXP-K9 card. Select the required sub mode.

The available options are:

  • 1_E

  • 0_S

1_E

FEC

NCS 1010

Displays the type of FEC supported on the chosen card.

The available options are:

  • OFEC

  • CFEC

OFEC

Trunk Type

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select the trunk type from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

—

Auto

Contentionless Side

NCS 2000

Select the contentionless side from the drop-down list.

Displays the available contentionless sides.

Auto

Launch Power

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter a launch power value. D

—

Auto

Destination

Card Type

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

The destination card type is auto populated based on the source card type chosen.

—

—

NCS 1001

Select the card type from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

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Trunk Mode

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

NCS 1001

NCS 2000

Select a trunk mode from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards..

The list of trunk modes available is based on the based on card selection.

Auto
Config Mode

NCS 1010

NCS 1014

Select a configuration mode from the drop-down list.

  • Slice

  • Bundle

  • 2x100GE

  • Muxponder

Slice

Client Interface

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select a pluggable from the drop-down list. The pluggables suitable for the chosen card type are displayed.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

—

Auto

Trunk Type

NCS 2000

NCS 1010

Select the trunk type from the drop-down list.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables and Supported Optical Sources for more details about the list of supported cards.

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

—

Auto

Add/Drop Type

NCS 2000

Select the type of the Add/Drop.

The available options are:

  • Auto

  • Contentionless

  • Colorless

  • Colored

Auto

NCS 1010

Select the type of the Add/Drop.

The available options are:

  • Auto

  • Colorless

  • Colored

  • Omni-Colorless

  • Omni-Colored

Auto

NCS 1001

This property is noneditable.

—

Colored

Add/Drop Connector

NCS 1010
Note

This property appears when you select Add/Drop Type as Colorless.

Select the type of Add/Drop Connector.

Note

This property is applicable only for Enhanced NCS 1010 line cards.

The available options are:

  • Auto—Auto is OLT/LC/AddDrop.

  • OLT/LC/Add/Drop—Combination of OLT LC ports and CCMD-16 LC ports

  • OLT/LC—Direct OLT LC ports

  • OLT/MPO/Add/Drop—Combination of OLT LC ports and break out units such as BRK-8, BRK-16, BRK-24 MPO ports

Auto

Modulation

NCS 1010

Displays the type of modulation.

—

—

Sub Mode

NCS 1010

This field is applicable only for the NCS1K4-QXP-K9 card. Select the required sub mode.

The available options are:

  • 1_E

  • 0_S

1_E

FEC

NCS 1010

Displays the type of FEC supported on the chosen card.

—

—

Trunk Type

NCS 1010

Select the trunk pluggable.

From R25.1.1, new pluggables are supported on the NCS1K4-QXP-K9 card.

See Supported Cards and Pluggables

Auto

Contentionless Side

NCS 2000

Select the contentionless side from the drop-down list.

Displays the available contentionless sides.

Auto

Launch Power

NCS 1010

NCS 1001

Enter a launch power value.

—

Auto