Step 1
| From the CTP
File menu choose
Import
Network
or click
Import
Network in the Start Page. The Node Login dialog box appears.
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Step 2
| In the
Node
Login dialog box, complete the following:
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Node IP—Enter the IP address of the Cisco Transport
Controller (CTC) node.
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Username—Enter the CTC username.
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Password—Enter the CTC password.
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Step 3
| Click
Ok. The CTC window opens. The CTP window becomes
inactive.
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Step 4
| (Optional)
Perform node provisioning as required in the CTC window.
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Step 5
| In the network
view, click
Circuits >
Circuits tabs. Verify that all the circuits are in
the DISCOVERED state in Status column.
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Step 6
| From the
Tools menu in the CTC window, choose
Export
XML to export the node data to CTP. The Export Network Information
into XML window appears listing all the nodes that are discovered. Verify that
all nodes are discovered.
Note
| The
Export
XML option is available only when CTC is launched through CTP.
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Step 7
| Select the
nodes to be exported into XML and click
OK. The Export Successful dialog box appears when
all the node data is exported.
For release 9.8
and later, CTP supports importing the following cards from CTC:
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100G-LC-C, 100G-CK-LC-C and 10 X 10 G-LC standalone cards.
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100G-CK-LC-C + 10X10G-LC, 100G-CK-ME-C+10X10G-LC,
100G-CK-LC-C+CFP-LC, 100G-CK-ME-C+CFP-LC, 100G-LC-C + CFP -LC, 100G-ME-C +
CFP-LC, 100G-ME-C + 10 X 10G TXP, and 100G-LC-C + 10 X 10 G-LC combination
cards.
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TNC-E and TSC-E cards.
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Step 8
| Click
OK.
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Step 9
| Close the CTC
window.
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From the File menu, choose
Exit.
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Click
Yes to confirm exit.
The CTC window
closes, the CTP window becomes active, and the Import Network wizard appears.
This may take about 1 minute depending on the size of the network.
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Step 10
| In the
Project/Network Options area, these radio buttons
are available under two categories—Project and Network:
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The following radio buttons define project creation:
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The following radio buttons define network creation:
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Step 11
| Click Next to
choose the settings to map the node elements to CTP elements.
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Step 12
| In the
Site
Options area, check the check box corresponding to the site that
needs to be modelled to a CTP site. By default, all the check boxes are
selected.
Note
| CTP does
not support omnidirectional and colorless sites or cascading 80-WXC-C cards.
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Step 13
| Click Next.
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Step 14
| In the
Node -
CTP Fibre Modelling area, check the check box corresponding to the
fiber that needs to be modelled to a CTP fiber. By default, all the check boxes
are selected.
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Step 15
| Click on a
duct in the Fibre Imported From Node column. In the Fiber Property Chooser
area, for fibre type, select the fiber type from the drop-down list in the Node
column.
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Step 16
| Click Next.
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Step 17
| In the
Node -
CTP Demand Modelling area, check the check box corresponding to the
demand that needs to be modelled to a CTP demand. By default, all the check
boxes are selected.
Note
| CTP
supports the import of only point-to-point demands.
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Step 18
| Click Finish.
The Network creation done dialog box appears indicating that the imported OCHNC
circuits may not be associated with TXP/MXP properly and requires the card and
client/trunk pluggables to be forced appropriately.
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Step 19
| Click OK. The
Importing Complete dialog box appears when the node properties are imported
into CTP.
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Step 20
| To view the
import logs, click
Yes else click No. All the imported node elements
are now converted as standard CTP elements. The Log Viewer displays the import
log. This log file is saved in the CTP cache directory.
The network
is imported in the design mode.
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Step 21
| In the
Project Explorer pane, the invalid demands are underlined in red. Double-click
on the invalid OCHNC demands and edit the parameters as required.
Note
| An invalid
OCHNC demand is one in which Traffic Type may be set to 10GE LAN PHY, Source
and Destination Client Cards may be set to Auto and Protection Type may be set
to Unprotected because their values could not be found. Therefore, set the
values as required for these parameters and then validate the demand.
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Step 22
| In the
Project Explorer pane, right-click the edited demand and choose Validate. Next,
proceed to
Step 25.
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Step 23
| To validate
multiple demands, right-click the demand and choose Select Similar.
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Step 24
| After
multiple demands are selected, right-click the selected demands and choose
Validate.
Note
| If you try
to analyze the network when any demand is still invalid, a warning message is
displayed indicating that the invalid demand must be validated before analysis.
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Step 25
| (Optional/Not
recommended) Modify the network in CTP as required.
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Step 26
| Analyze the
network for the imported node data to be applied. Perform the “Analyzing the
Network” task described in the
Analyzing
the Networksection. After the network is analyzed, CTP provides an
option to export the CTP NE Update Configuration file to the node.
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Step 27
| To export NE
UPdate Configuration file to the node, right-click on any node in the analyzed
network and choose
Provision Node. The Node Login window appears.
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Step 28
| In the Node
Login window, complete the following:
Note
| The Node
IP field is prepopulated with the node IP address.
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Step 29
| Click
Ok. The CTC window opens with the node setup
selection window for the selected node. The CTP window becomes inactive.
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Step 30
| In the node
setup selection window for the selected node, choose the node to be
provisioned. Click OK.
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Step 31
| On the Node
Setup for
node name
page, choose one or more of the following:
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Node/Shelves Layout—Choose to preprovision the slots when no
DWDM cards are installed. The slots are preprovisioned in each shelf in CTC for
the cards defined in the network plan. (Errors will occur if cards are
installed or the slots are preprovisioned). Preprovisioning the slots before
the physical cards are installed ensures that card installers place the cards
in the correct slots. Preprovisioning the slots is also useful if you want to
set up the network prior to card installation. The node layout also
preprovisions the chassis and passive units.
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Passive Units—Choose to preprovisions the passive units.
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Card Parameters—Check this check box to provision the
following parameters, if the cards are installed.
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TXP, MXP, GE_XP, 10GE_XP, GE_XPE, 10GE_XPE, ADM-10G, and
OTU2_XP cards—Provisions the OTN and FEC parameters.
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OPT-AMP-L, OPT-AMP-17-C, OPT-AMP-C, GE_XP, 10GE_XP,
GE_XPE, and 10GE_XPE cards—Provisions the card mode.
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Pluggable Port Modules—Check this check box to allow the
provisioning of PPMs on TXP, MXP, GE_XP, 10GE_XP, GE_XPE, 10GE_XPE, ADM-10G,
and OTU2_XP cards, including PPM payloads.
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Internal Patchcords—Check this check box to allow creation of
internal patchcords among cards provisioned in the node.
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Optical Sides—Check this check box to allow the provisioning
of optical sides.
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ANS Parameters—Check this check box to install the ANS
parameters. ANS parameters provision the values required for the node to
function within the specified network design. ANS parameters include span
losses, optical power, optics thresholds, amplifier working mode, gain, tilt,
and so on.
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Select All—Check this check box to select all the options.
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Skip Interactive Mode—Check this check box to enable CTC to
provision all the chosen setup components automatically without displaying the
results after each step.
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Save Installation Files (XML and log) On Node—Check this
check box to enable CTC to save the XML and log files on the node.
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Step 32
| Click
OK. The NE Update wizard appears. If you chose
Skip
Interactive Mode in
Step 31 , continue with
Step 33. If not, the wizard page that appears depends on the
options chosen in
Step 31. The below table describes the NE Update wizard
options.
Table 10 NE Update
Wizard Options
NE
Update Function
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Action
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Node/Shelves Layout
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View
the cards and slots on the left side of the page and verify that they are the
same as the layout in the Cisco Transport Planner Shelf Layout. If the cards
and slots match, click
Apply. If not, click
Cancel and contact your next level of support to
verify that you have the correct node setup file. If the site has a multishelf
configuration, click
Next and repeat this step for each shelf at the
site.
CTC
preprovisions the slots. (This might take a few seconds.) The results appear in
the Log window. Slots that are successfully provisioned display an “Applied”
status. A “Slot not empty” status appears if slots cannot be provisioned
because a card is physically installed or the slot is already provisioned. If
this occurs, complete the following steps. Otherwise, continue with the next NE
Update function.
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Click
Cancel, then click
Yes in the confirmation dialog box. The slot
preprovisioning does not revert when you click Cancel.
- If
a physical card is installed, remove it from the shelf.
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Perform one of the following steps:
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Delete all the preprovisioned slots.
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Delete the slot where the Slot Not Empty error
occurred. Provision the slot manually, then repeat
Steps 31 and 32 making sure to uncheck the
Provision Node Layout option in
Step 33.
Note
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When you preprovision a slot, the card is purple in the CTC shelf graphic and
“NP” (not present) appears on the card. After the physical card is installed,
the card changes to white and “NP” is removed from the CTC shelf graphic.
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Passive Units Layout
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Review the passive unit settings.
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Click
Apply.
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Click
Next.
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Pluggable Port Modules
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Review the PPM settings for each TXP, MXP, GE_XP, 10GE_XP, GE_XPE, 10GE_XPE,
and OTU2_XP card.
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Click
Apply.
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Click
Next.
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Card
Parameters
|
-
Review the OTN, FEC, and card mode settings for each TXP, MXP, GE_XP, 10GE_XP,
GE_XPE, 10GE_XPE, and OTU2_XP card.
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Click
Apply.
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Click
Next.
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Internal Patchcords
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Review the internal patchcords.
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Click
Apply.
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Click
Next.
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Optical Sides
|
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Review the optical side assignments.
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Click
Apply.
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Click
Next.
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ANS
Parameters
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Review the ANS parameters on the left half of the page.
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Click
Apply. The log file displays the results. At the
end, a Done status will appear. If a parameter could not be applied, a Setting
Refused status appears. If this occurs, contact your next level of support.
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Select All
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If
checked, selects all the options.
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Skip
Interactive Mode
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If
checked, CTC provisions all the chosen setup components automatically without
displaying the results after each step.
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Save
Installation Files (XML and log) On Node
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If
checked, CTC saves the XML and log files on the node.
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Step 33
| Click
Finish, then click
OK in the Wizard Complete confirmation dialog box.
The confirmation box indicates whether importing the NE UPdate Configuration
file to the node was completed successfully.
Note
| Common
control cards are not provisioned by CTP.Common control cards are not
provisioned by CTP.
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Note
| From
release 10.1 onwards, CTP supports import of Span length and Span loss, and
DCU.
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