Overview
This section explains the planning and design activities for the sample deployment. It covers packet demand inputs, optical fiber topology, resiliency criteria, network constraints, ONP feasibility checks, and required component selection.
The planning and design phase consists of these activities:
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Network planning and design
Inputs needed: packet layer traffic demands, optical fiber topology, resiliency criteria, and other network constraints.
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WAE can be used to determine a new network build or augmentations to an existing network.
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After the IP network circuits have been determined, Cisco ONP evaluates the optical layer feasibility and identifies the components required to support the network.
The output for a sample configuration includes these components:
This topology uses two Cisco 8201 routers, two NCS 2006 terminal nodes equipped with NCS1K-MD-64 add/drop multiplexers, and EDFA-35 bidirectional amplifiers. The span length is 75 km. Additional ILA nodes may be required for amplification if the spans are longer.
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Automation software resource planning
Identify the servers required for the full solution. See Sample end-to-end configuration and Installation requirements for Routed Optical Networking components.
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For a lab or EFT setup, it is recommended to use three servers each with 384 GB of RAM, 32 cores, and two TB SSDs.
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The solution requires the use of VMware ESX 6.7 or higher.
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