Configure the OTN Cards

This chapter provides the CTC procedures to configure the OTN controllers. For more information on the OTN cards, see the data sheet

Datasheet link is http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​c/​en/​us/​products/​collateral/​optical-networking/​network-convergence-system-4000-series/​data_​sheet_​c78-729398.html

Understand ODU and ODU Cross Connections

In the case of channelization, ODU is created as a sub controller of an OTU controller.

Optical Channel Data Unit (ODU ) contains information for maintenance and operational functions to support optical channels. ODU Over Head (OH) information is added to the ODU payload to create the complete ODUk. The ODUk OH consists of portions dedicated to the end-to-end ODUk path and to six levels of tandem connection monitoring. The ODUk path OH is terminated where the ODUk is assembled and disassembled. The TCM OH is added and terminated at the source and sink to the corresponding tandem connections.

ODU cross connection is an end-to-end channel between two OTN/Client ports in OTN network within NCS4k node.

The NCS 4000 network element supports the following types of ODU cross connections:
  1. Unidirectional point to point
    • 1+1 unidirectional SNC/N, SNC/I protection without an APS protocol
    • 1+1 unidirectional SNC/N, SNC/I protection with an APS protocol
  2. Bidirectional point to point
    • 1+1 bidirectional SNC/N, SNC/I protection with an APS protocol

NTP-K1 Configure the OTN Controllers Using CTC

Purpose

This procedure helps to configure the OTN controller that needs to create an OTN circuit .

Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures None
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher
Procedure
Perform any of the following procedures as needed to configure the OTN controllers:

End of procedure.


DLP-K1 Configure an OTN Controller Using CTC

Purpose This procedure provides instructions to configure the OTN controller that helps to create an OTN circuit using CTC.
Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures Login to CTC in System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 4000 Series
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Provisioning or higher
Procedure
    Step 1   In the Node View, double-click the line card (NCS4K-20T-O-S/ NCS4K-2H-O-K/ NCS4K-24LR-O-S).
    Step 2   Click the Provisioning > Port Modules tab.
    Step 3   To create OTN controllers, complete the following:
    1. Click the Port Mode column.
    2. Select the supported type from the available options.
    3. Click the Framing Type column.
    4. Select the supported OPU Type from the available options.
    5. Click the Mapping column.
    6. Select the supported type from the available options.
    Step 4   Click Apply.
    Step 5   Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

    DLP-K2 Configure an OTUk Controller Using CTC

    Purpose This procedure provides instructions to configure the OTUk controller that helps to create an OTN circuit using CTC.
    Tools/Equipment None
    Prerequisite Procedures Login to CTC in System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 4000 Series

    DLP-G46 Log into CTC

    Required/As Needed As needed
    Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
    Security Level Provisioning or higher
    Procedure
      Step 1   D
      Step 2   Click the Provisioning > Controllers tab.
      Step 3   To configure OTUk controllers, click the OTU tab and perform the following steps:
      1. Click the Admin State cell.
      2. Choose an administrative state from the available options for corresponding controllers or ports.
        Note    Primary and Secondary states are shown as Admin state in CTC.
      3. Click the FEC cell.
      4. Choose from the drop-down list:

        • None

        • Standard

        • Enhanced i4

        • Enhanced i7

      5. Check the GCC0 check box to enable the GCC0 on the corresponding OTN.
      6. Choose Enable.
      7. Click Apply.
      Step 4   Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

      DLP-K3 Configure an ODUk Controller Using CTC

      Purpose This procedure provides instructions to configure an ODUk controller that helps to create an OTN circuit using CTC.
      Tools/Equipment None
      Prerequisite Procedures Login to CTC in System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 4000 Series

      DLP-K1 Configure an OTN Controller Using CTC

      Required/As Needed As needed
      Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
      Security Level Provisioning or higher
      Procedure
        Step 1   In the Node View, double-click the line card (NCS4K-20T-O-S/ NCS4K-2H-OK/ NCS4K-24LR-O-S).
        Step 2   Click the Provisioning > Controllers tab.
        Step 3   Click the ODU tab to configure ODUk controllers or ports, and perform the following steps:
        1. Click the Admin State cell.
        2. Choose an administrative state from the available options for the corresponding controllers or ports.
          Note    Primary and Secondary states are shown as Admin state in CTC.
        3. Check the GCC1 check box to enable the GCC1 on the corresponding OTN.
        4. Choose Enable.
        5. From the TSG drop-down list, choose the TSG (Time Slot Granularity) value from 1.25 to 2.5.
          Note   

          Time granularity is optional for user.

        6. Check the adjacent Enable PM check box to enable performance monitoring for an ODUk.
        7. Click Apply.
        Step 4   Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

        DLP-K4 Configure the Section Trace for OTN Controllers Using CTC

        Purpose This procedure provides instructions to configure the section trace that helps to create OTN circuit using CTC.
        Tools/Equipment None
        Prerequisite Procedures Login to CTC in System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 4000 Series

        DLP-K1 Configure an OTN Controller Using CTC

        Required/As Needed As needed
        Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
        Security Level Provisioning or higher
        Procedure
          Step 1   In the Node view, double-click the line card (NCS4K-20T-O-S/ NCS4K-2H-O-K/ NCS4K-24LR-O-S).
          Step 2   Click the Provisioning > Section Trace tab.
          Step 3   To configure transmitted section trace for OTN controllers, complete the following steps in the Transmitted or Expected area:
          1. From the Controller Name drop-down list, choose a name of the controller.
          2. In the Transmit/Expected area, select an option ASCII or Hex (1 byte ) to specify the data type for the transmit string.
          3. In the New Transmit String field, enter a value.
          4. Click the Hex/ASCII option to convert the current transmit string to hexadecimal or ASCII data type.
          5. Click Apply.
          Step 4   Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

          DLP-K5 Configure the Alarm Threshold Values of OTN Controllers Using CTC

          Purpose This procedure provides instructions to configure the threshold values of OTN controllers that helps to create OTN circuit using CTC.
          Tools/Equipment None
          Prerequisite Procedures Login to CTC in System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 4000 Series

          DLP-K1 Configure an OTN Controller Using CTC

          Required/As Needed As needed
          Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
          Security Level Provisioning or higher
          Procedure
            Step 1   In the Node View, double-click the line card (NCS4K-20T-O-S/ NCS4K-2H-O-K/NCS4K-24LR-O-S).
            Step 2   Click the Provisioning > Alarm Thresholds > OTU tabs.
            Step 3   Click the OTU tab and modify the following settings:
            Parameter Description
            SF BER Sets the signal fail bit error rate. The range is for NCS4K-20T-O-S and NCS4K-20T-O-S is from 1E-6 to 1E-9. The default value is 6. The range for other cards is from 1E-5 to 1E-9. The default value is 5.
            SD BER Sets the signal degrade bit error rate. The range is from 1E-3 to 1E-9. The range is for NCS4K-20T-O-S and NCS4K-20T-O-S is from 1E-6 to 1E-9. The default value is 7. The range for other cards is from 1E-5 to 1E-9. The default value is 7.
            Step 4   Click the ODU tab and modify the following settings, to configure threshold values of an ODUk controller.
            Parameter Description
            SF BER Sets the signal fail bit error rate. The range is for NCS4K-20T-O-S and NCS4K-20T-O-S is from 1E-6 to 1E-9. The default value is 6. The range for other cards is from 1E-5 to 1E-9. The default value is 5.
            SD BER Sets the signal degrade bit error rate. The range is from 1E-3 to 1E-9. The range is for NCS4K-20T-O-S and NCS4K-20T-O-S is from 1E-6 to 1E-9. The default value is 7. The range for other cards is from 1E-5 to 1E-9. The default value is 7.
            Step 5   Click Apply.
            Step 6   Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

            DLP-K6 Configure the Network SRLG for OTUk/Optics Controller Using CTC

            Purpose This procedure provides instructions to configure the Shared Resource Link Group (SRLG) that helps to create an OTN circuit using CTC.
            Tools/Equipment None
            Prerequisite Procedures Login to CTC in System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 4000 Series
            Required/As Needed As needed
            Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
            Security Level Provisioning or higher
            Procedure
              Step 1   In the Node view, double-click the line card (NCS4K-20T-O-S/ NCS4K-2H-O-K/ NCS4K-24LR-O-S) to configure the network SRLG.
              Step 2   Click the Network SRLG > Network SRLG tab.
              Step 3   To configure network SRLG, click the Optics tab and perform the following steps in the screen that appears:
              1. From the controller or port drop-down list, choose a name of the controller or port.
              2. Enter the unique value in the columns from SRLG1 to SRLG 6.
              3. Click Apply.
              Step 4   To configure network SRLG, click the OTU tab and perform the following steps:
              1. From the controller drop-down list, choose a name of the controller.
              2. Enter the unique value in the columns from SRLG1 to SRLG 6.
              3. Click Apply.
              Step 5   Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

              DLP-K7 Connect Backplane/Regeneration of line cards Using CTC

              Purpose This procedure provides instructions of connecting Backplane/Regeneration of line cards that helps to create an OTN circuit using CTC.
              Tools/Equipment None
              Prerequisite Procedures Login to CTC in System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 4000 Series
              Required/As Needed As needed
              Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
              Security Level Provisioning or higher
              Procedure
                Step 1   In the Node view, double-click the line card (NCS4K-20T-O-S/ NCS4K-2H-O-K/ NCS4K-24LR-O-S) to connect the backplane/regeneration.
                Step 2   Click the Provisioning > Card tab.
                Step 3   Click the Backplane radio buttons and perform the following steps in the screen that appears:
                1. From the Backplane drop-down list, choose the port number of the card.
                  Note    The port number that appears in the Backplane drop-down list depends on the card provisioned in the chassis.
                  • NCS4K-2H-W 2 or 3
                  • NCS4K-20T-O-S (0-9) or Port (10-19)
                  • NCS4K-24LR-O-S
                  The card must be the following combination
                  • NCS4K-20T-O-S and NCS4K-2H-W
                  • NCS4K-2H-W and NCS4K-20T-O-S
                  • NCS4K-2H-O-K9 and NCS4K-2H-W
                  • NCS4K-2H-W and NCS4K-2H-O-K9
                2. From the Peer Card drop-down list, choose the location of the card in the Rack/Slot/Instance/Port format.
                3. From the Peer Card Backplane drop-down list, choose a value.
                  Note    It depends on the peer card provisioned in the chassis.
                  • NCS4K-2H-O-K9 0 or 1
                  • NCS4K-2H-W 2 or 3
                  • NCS4K-20T-O-S (0-9) or Port (10-19)
                4. Click Apply.
                Step 4   Click the Regeneration radio button and perform the following steps in the screen that appears:
                Note    The regeneration is applicable only with NCS4K-2H-W card.
                1. From the Port drop-down list, choose port number of the card.
                2. Click Apply.
                Step 5   Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

                DLP-K8 Create a Permanent Connection Using CTC

                Purpose

                		Permanent connection allows to create a cross-connection. This procedure provides instructions to create a permanent connection using CTC.

                Tools/Equipment

                		None

                Prerequisite Procedures

                		Login to CTC in System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 4000 Series

                Required/As Needed

                		As needed

                Onsite/Remote

                		Onsite or remote

                Security Level

                		Provisioning or higher
                Procedure
                  Step 1   In the Node/Card View, double-click the line card (NCS4K-20T-O-S/ NCS4K-2H-O-K/ NCS4K-24LR-O-S) to create a permanent connection.
                  Step 2   Click the Circuits > Permanent Connection tab.
                  Step 3   Click Create. Perform the following steps in the Create Permanent Connection dialog box that appears.
                  Note    User is allowed to create high order cross connection only. The high order being used should not be channelized. All the permanent connections (except high order connections) are read only.
                  1. Enter the XConnect Name of the permanent connection. The connection ID value ranges from 1 to 32655.
                  2. From the End Point 1 drop-down list, select the ingress point of the permanent connection.
                  3. From the End Point 2 drop-down list, select the egress point of the permanent connection.
                  4. Click OK.
                  Step 4   Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

                  Upgrade to 400G Fabric Card Using CTC

                  Purpose This procedure provides instructions for upgrading from a 200G FC (NCS4016-FC-M) to a 400G FC (NCS4016-FC2-M).
                  Tools/Equipment None
                  Prerequisite Procedures Login to CTC in System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 4000 Series
                  Required/As Needed As needed
                  Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
                  Security Level Provisioning or higher
                  Procedure
                    Step 1   In Node View , select the Maintenance tab.
                    Step 2   Click Fabric Upgrade to get the current Fabric Details. The table displays the following details:

                    Title

                    Description

                    Plane ID

                    Displays all the plane IDs.

                    Plane Admin Status

                    Displays current admin status of all planes. The admin status can either be Up or Down.

                    Plane Oper Status

                    Displays current operational status of all planes. The operational status can either be Up or Down.

                    Hardware Status

                    Displays hardware status of all Fabrics. The possible states are IS-NR and OOS-AU, indicating In-service and Out-of-service, respectively.

                    Product ID

                    Displays the Product ID of all fabrics. The product-id for the 200G fabric card is NCS4016-FC-M; for the 400G fabric card is NCS4016-FC2-M.

                    Note   

                    The Plane Admin status and the Plane Oper status need to be Up for all the Plane IDs before proceeding with the fabric card upgrade.

                    The Fabric Details table is for display purpose only, the displayed elements cannot be selected.

                    Step 3   Click Refresh Fabric Details Table , to get the updated table.
                    Step 4   The Upgrade Wizard, provides the console for upgrading the fabric. Select the fabric plane from the Available Fabrics drop-down menu. Once this selection is done, the Available Fabrics option is grayed-out until the whole upgrade process is complete.
                    Step 5   Click Next (referred to as Step-1 in the Upgrade Wizard) to shutdown the selected fabric plane; click Yes on the Confirmation Dialog. A message is displayed to indicate that the selected plane was successfully shutdown.
                    Step 6   Click Next (refered to as Step-2) to shutdown the corresponding fabric card.
                    Step 7   Replace the 200G FC with a 400G FC and click Next (referred to as Step 3 in the Upgrade Wizard).

                    The Revert option appears after Step-1. It allows the user to undo the action performed in the previous step. Be careful not to use this option after replacing the card. Clicking Revert will unshut the newly inserted card.

                    Step 8   Wait for the Hardware Status column of the relevant Plane ID, in the fabric details table to display IS-NR, indicating in-service. Click Next (referred to as Step 4 in the Upgrade Wizard).
                    Step 9   Click Next to upgrade the FPD device for the selected fabric (referred tp as Step 5 in the Upgrade Wizard).
                    Step 10   On choosing to upgrade the FPD device, a message is displayed recommending the user to check the FPD status under the Maintenance > Software > FPD Upgrade tab.

                    The user has an option to click Skip to proceed without upgrading the FPD devices. The user can revisit the FPD Upgrade tab anytime to upgrade the FPDs.

                    Step 11   Click Finish, to activate (no shutdown) the fabric plane (referred to as Step 6 in the Upgrade Wizard). The Available Fabrics drop-down menu is now available, wherein the user can select another fabric card.
                    Step 12   The Output Window , displays the details of the performed actions. The user can extract this log by clicking the Export Log button and saving the information to a desired location.
                    What to Do Next

                    Repeat the procedure to upgrade all the 200G FCs to 400G FCs. Mixed mode (where 200G FCs and 400G FCs co-exist) is recommended only while performing the upgrade . The user is required to upgrade all the FCs to 400G before making any configuration change(s).

                    Upgrade FPD

                    Purpose

                    This procedure helps to upgrade FPD image .

                    Tools/Equipment None
                    Prerequisite Procedures None
                    Required/As Needed As needed
                    Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
                    Security Level Provisioning or higher
                    Procedure
                      Step 1   In the Node View, click the Maintenance tab.
                      Step 2   Click the Software > FPD Upgrade tab.
                      Step 3   To Upgrade FPD image, perform the following steps:
                      1. From Location drop-down list, choose a location.
                      2. From FPD drop-down list, choose a FPD.
                        Note   

                        Click Reset button to refresh the drop-down lists in case of change in inventory (Card plug out/ plug in) on a node.

                      3. Check the Force checkbox if forced upgrade/downgrade of all FPD images is required.
                      4. Click Upgrade button.
                      5. Click Reload button if card reload is required for FPD upgrade.
                        Note   

                        This will reload only one card at a time. In case multiple cards require reload, select individual card from Location drop-down list and click Reload button.