Hardware Installation

NCS1K-MD-32x-CE passive patch panel

The MD-32x-CE patch panels are passive AAWG modules with 32 channels each. They support 150-GHz channel spacing, with a 75-GHz shift between ODD and EVEN panels. Combined, they offer 64 channels with 75-GHz spacing. Each panel supports wide optical pass-band and acts as an add/drop unit for 32 channels at 140 GBd.

The supported panels are:

• NCS1K-MD-32E-CE

• NCS1K-MD-320-CE

NCS1K14-EDFA2 Line Card

NCS1K14-EDFA2 line card is an optical amplifier for the NCS1014 Chassis. It functions as a DWDM optical terminal and includes a C-band bidirectional amplifier with channel power control capabilities. This card supports Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC), Coherent probe and Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) functionalities.

Pluggable support

The new NCS1K14-EDFA2 card supports:

• ONS-QSFP-OTDR

• DP01QSDD-ZT5-A1

• ONS-SC-PTP-1510

System Setup and Software Installation

IPv6 support for protocols

IPv6 addressing is now supported for the protocols such as PXE, DHCP, SCP, HTTP, HTTPS, and NTP which are used to bring up the NCS1014 node. however, PXE does not support IPv6 when using HTTPS.

Configuring IPv6 addresses on the management interfaces is supported, enabling communication between nodes to utilize the extensive address space. Additionally, IPv6 addressing ensures efficient and secure device management.

Inventory support

Inventory support and pluggable optics support are enabled in NCS 1014 system.

• NCS1K-MD-32O-CE and NCS1K-MD-32E-CE

• ONS-QSFP-OTDR

• DP01QSDD-ZT5-A1

• ONS-SC-PTP-1510

Configuration

Automatic topology discovery

NCS 1014 now supports topology discovery using the OSC links created through the EDFA2 card. To establish the OSC link between two nodes, you need to configure the OSC pluggable to be operational and the OSPFv2 protocol on both the near-end and far-end nodes. By connecting the NCS 1014 to OSPF networks, the NCS 1014 network information is automatically communicated across multiple nodes.

DP01QSDD-ZT5-A1 support

The DP01QSDD-ZT5-A1 QDD pluggable is a coherent probe supported for the EDFA2 card. This pluggable supports C-band with tunable frequency and functions as a transponder.

You can connect the coherent probe pluggable to establish a link for the first time in DWDM.

Using this coherent pluggable you can monitor PRBS on trunk ports without enabling the maintenance state.

NCS1K-MD-32x-CE Mux/Demux passive patch panels support

NCS1K-MD-32O-CE and NCS1K-MD-32E-CE patch panels are a pair of mux/demux passive Athermal Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AAWG) modules designed for odd and even channels, operating in the C-band.

The NCS1K-MD-32x-CE module connects to the controller card through a USB 2.0 channel and interfaces with the EDFA2 line card via fiber optics.

The patch panel helps to retrieve inventory data, insertion loss of the optical paths, and the optical power levels monitored by the patch panels’ photodiodes.

NCS1K14-EDFA2 Port configurations

The NCS1K14-EDFA2 line card is an optical amplifier card that offers OTDR, coherent probe, and OSC support to NCS 1014 networks. This card has an OTDR QDD port for initiating OTDR scan and bidirectional OTDR LC ports to test the fiber health. The probe QDD port enables optical line verification towards the NCS1K-MD-32X-CE patch panel. This card supports different datapath controllers such as:

• OTS controller

• OTS-OCH controller

• OSC controller

• Optics controller

This card provides up to 796 slices at 6.25GHz spacing. The card has an internal Wave Blocker that can attenuate the optical power of provisioned channels slice by slice at 6.25 GHz. You can set up this EDFA card in flex grid mode to adapt signal amplification on each channel.

ONS-QSFP-OTDR support

The ONS-QSFP-OTDR is a Q-DD form factor module that plugs into port 6 of the NCS1K14-EDFA2 line card, within the NCS1014 Chassis.

With this pluggable, you can conduct a manual scan to assess and diagnose the condition and performance of an optical fiber network.

CLI commands are:

• otdr-start controller ots R/S/I/P {rx | tx} value

• otdr-stop controller ots R/S/I/P {rx | tx} value

OSC support on EDFA-2 card

The EDFA2 card includes Optical Service Channel (OSC) ports, which enable the creation of a bidirectional communication channel to connect two nodes in a DWDM network. It includes two OSC controllers: one representing the OSC channel towards LINE-TX and the other representing the OSC physical port towards the OSC pluggable.

To establish an OSC channel between two nodes, you configure the Gigabit Ethernet interface, which serves as the packet layer for the OSC channel, along with the OSPF protocol on the nodes. The OSC channel is beneficial for:

• verifying fiber continuity between two nodes.

• enabling remote node management.

• discovering network topology.

• calculating span loss.

CLI commands are:

• controller Osc R/S/I/P tx-low-threshold value

• controller Osc R/S/I/P rx-low-threshold value

• controller Osc R/S/I/P transmit-power value

• controller Osc R/S/I/P sec-admin-state { maintenance | normal }

• controller Osc R/S/I/P shutdown

Optical safety on EDFA2 card

You can configure the optical safety mode to implement an optical safety mechanism on the BST2 and PRE amplifiers of the EDFA2 card. It ensures safe power levels and facilitates system recovery across various configurations and scenarios during fiber breakdown.

This optical safety manages the shutdown and restart of the EDFA Laser using Automatic Laser Shutdown and Automatic Power Reduction mechanisms. This ensures that the Hazard Level 1 power limit is not exceeded, thereby ensuring personnel safety.

CLI commands are:

• controller Ots R/S/I/P egress-ampli-safety-control-mode {auto | disabled}

• controller Ots R/S/I/P egress-ampli-osri

• controller Ots R/S/I/P egress-ampli-force-apr { off |on }

Span loss measurement

NCS 1014 measures span loss between two nodes. The measurement is performed using the OSC links created between the nodes by configuring the OSC pluggable to be operational and OSPFv2 protocol on the EDFA2 card on the nodes. These measurements are essential during network changes, like equipment installation or fiber repairs.

You can configure both minimum and maximum span loss thresholds. If the received span loss exceeds the maximum threshold or falls below the minimum threshold, the system will trigger a SPAN-LOSS-OUT-OF-RANGE alarm.

CLI commands are:

• optical-line-control

• controller Ots R/S/I/P span-loss min value

• controller Ots R/S/I/P span-loss min value

Support for Smart Licensing using Policy on NCS1014-EDFA2 line card

Cisco Smart Licensing Using Policy (SLP) streamlines the licensing process for Cisco IOS XR products. You no longer need to register your device during installation, and there is no evaluation license state or period.

Support for Smart Licensing using Policy is now extended to NCS1014-EDFA2 line card

Data Models

OC support for EDFA2 card

The Open Configuration (OC) support is introduced for the EDFA2 card and the OTDR pluggable. This enables you to retrieve the operational data and real-time telemetry data using these data models:

• openconfig-optical-amplifier.yang

• openconfig-optical-attenuator.yang

• openconfig-wavelength-router.yang

• openconfig/gnoi/OTDR.proto

Configuration

Additional Card Modes for OTN-XP Card

The Card Configuration Wizard now supports configuring these card modes for NCS1K4-OTN-XP card:

• FC-MXP

• MXP-4x100G-TXP-400G with 400GE and 100GE/OTU4 client rates

Additionally, you can configure the OC192 and STM64 client datarates for the MXP-40X10G-4X100G card mode in the 40x10G HM configuration.

Additional Trunk Rates for the NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9 Card

The Select Card Mode page of the Card Configuration Wizard has been updated to configure these trunk rates in the muxponder mode for 2x100-GE client traffic:

• 800G

• 900G

• 1000G

• 1100G

Correlated Alarms

Direct CLI Access for Managed Devices

You can now directly access the Cisco IOS XR CLI for managed devices from the Devices section.

Environmental Monitoring in the Maintenance Tab

The Maintenance tab now features an Environmental Monitoring section, providing real-time voltage, current, and temperature data for line cards and the chassis. This addition simplifies device monitoring and management.

Support for 1.2T Cards

The Card Configuration Wizard now supports configuration of card mode for these cards:

• NCS1K4-1.2T-K9

• NCS1K4-1.2TLCW-K9

Support for NCS1K-OTDR Line Card

Cisco Optical Site Manager now allows you to manage the NCS1K-OTDR line card.

Support for Trunk and Client Port Connections

Cisco Optical Site Manager now allows one or more trunk ports on line cards to feed multiple line cards via client ports. This feature supports real and pre-provisioned line cards and is visible in NFV view with optical types txp and roadm. It enables IPC connections between trunk ports and client ports, allowing for efficient data flow across various line cards.

User Tags

You can now add user tags to a chassis, module, PPM, interfaces, or OXC from the User Tag tab on the Fault Monitoring page. The added tags appear in the User Tag column of the alarms list.

User tags streamline the identification and management of geographic locations and equipment across network sites where alarms are triggered.