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

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View Network Reports

Updated: March 10, 2026

Overview

Explains how to access and interpret network reports within Cisco ONP, including dashboard summaries, bills of materials, optical results, and cabling configurations. Users can leverage these tools to analyze network performance, evaluate sustainability metrics, and generate detailed documentation for deployment and debugging.

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Deployability and Debuggability Enhancements

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

Cisco ONP enhances the debuggability and deployability of the network with the following improvements in Optical sources, and various reports available in the Results page:

  • Optical Sources: Including new optical parameters such as vendor name, vendor ID, and submode in the downloaded optical souce Excel file to improve inperoperability with Cisco Optical Network Controller.

  • BOM: The exported Excel file includes these updates:

    • Sales BOM Sheet: Providing information tailored for sales personnel.

    • Net BOM Sheet: Providing the site-wise BOM count and categories of elements such as Chassis, Controllers, Mux-Demux units, Line Cards, Fillers, and more, offering a comprehensive overview of all network elements in the analyzed network.

  • IPC:

    • Consolidating the IPC Cabling Report and the IPC Patch Report into a unified view with additional columns, streamlining connection details and eliminating the need to access multiple sources.

    • Highlighting patches when clicked.

  • Optical Reports: Filtering results by any column available in the report for more precise data analysis.

  • Elements > Messages: Providing links to navigate to the respective object in the network tree, allowing users to take the necessary action to correct errors.
Table 2. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Simplified Navigation to Results Tab

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

Cisco ONP now provides a simplified approach to navigate to the Results tab to view reports for analyzed multinode network topologies with the following enhancements:

  • Click the Ellipsis icon available in the right side of a particular site in the network tree to view:

    • BOM details

    • Optical Reports

  • Click the Ellipsis icon available in the right side of a particular circuit/media/wave in the network tree to view:

    • Optical Report

    • Traffic Report

  • New IPC tab —The IPC tab is introduced in Cabling Reports to intuitively view the internal patch connections for a site.

  • Search Box—The Results tab is enhanced with a Search Box at the top. You can use this search box to find a particular site in the topology by entering the site name.

    Network reports

    Describes the functionality of viewing network reports. Explains how the home page provides multiple tabs to access and analyze reports for specific sites, fibers, and wave properties.

    View the results of analyzed network

    Teaches you how to view the results of an analyzed network. Instructs you on referring to optical results to correct non-feasible channels and optimize configurations.

    Confidential banner in exported reports

    Provides guidelines for the confidential banner in exported reports. Lists the essential reference information detailing how the banner secures data and maintains privacy compliance.

    Edit the Unique ID of the chassis

    Teaches you how to edit the unique ID of a chassis. Instructs you on using the Layout tab to accurately manage chassis identification within an analyzed network.

    Export the Link Availability report

    Teaches you how to export the link availability report. Instructs you on generating this report to assess network reliability and uptime for an analyzed network.

    View details of layout and internal connections

    Teaches you how to view the layout details and internal connections. Instructs you on obtaining critical structural insights of an analyzed network for troubleshooting.