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Figure 6-1 illustrates the components of the Alstom Line Differential Relay solution.
Figure 6-1 Alstom P545 Line Differential Relays
Figure 6-2 and Figure 6-3 illustrate the settings applied to the Alstom Line Differential Relay solution.
Figure 6-2 Alstom Relay Settings—1
Figure 6-3 Alstom Relay Settings—2
Figure 6-4 illustrates the behavior of the Alstom Line Differential Relay solution when GPS is available.
Figure 6-4 Alstom Relay Status with GPS Assist
Figure 6-5 illustrates the various converters available for the Alstom Line Differential Relay solution.
Figure 6-5 Alstom E1/T1 Converters
The TDM circuit emulation pseudowire employs a de-jitter buffer to compensate for the network Packet Delay Variation (PDV).
Note The ASR900 de-jitter buffer is configurable between 1-500msec. There is a trade-off between de-jitter buffer and latency. A large de- jitter buffer will impact the end-to-end latency of the protection scheme, and therefore its size must be optimally tuned to smooth out network PDV to maintain TDM line synchronization and not more.
The data rate from Alstom relays over the optical interface is 64kbps. Alstom Serial Converters convert the 64kbps optical signal into a 2 Mbps E1 clear-channel signal.
ASR900 substation routers enable circuit emulation for transporting E1 relay telegrams to the remote end using a SAToP pseudowire over MPLS/IP. The SAToP pseudowire de-jitter buffer is configured at 1msec. See Figure 6-6.
Figure 6-6 SAToP Circuit Overview
ASR900 substation routers are frequency synchronized for TDM circuit emulation using SyncE. The pseudowire traffic is carried over MPLS-TE tunnels using explicit routing or MPLS-TP tunnels to ensure symmetrical forward and return paths.
TE-FRR protection is used to achieve 50ms recovery against failures in the transport network.
The primary MPLS label switched path traverses a direct link between the two ASR900s.The backup MPLS label switched path traverses 5 ASR900 routers. Latency delta between 1-hop and 5-hops is only 83usec due to ASR900 centralized architecture and Cisco low-latency ASIC.
Note Latency numbers reflected here do not account for distances between substations. Add 1msec propagation delay (speed of light through fiber optic) for every 200km between substations.
Configure MPLS-TP Tunnel Endpoints. The following is a sample endpoint configuration on the ASR902-W2413:
The following is a sample endpoint configuration on the ASR903-W2504:
Configure MPLS-TP LSP at midpoint routers. In the bottom ring in the system topology, the following router midpoints need configuration:
The following verifications are made when the short path (MPLS-TP working path) is ACTIVE:
The following verifications are made when the long path (MPLS-TP protect path) is ACTIVE:
Complete the following steps to run a configuration collection on all routers through which an MPLS-TP tunnel will traverse (all midpoints and endpoints) in Cisco Prime Provisioning:
Step 1 Launch Prime Provisioning from Cisco Prime Central’s Fulfill – Service Request Manager menu, as shown in Figure 6-7.
Figure 6-7 Launch Cisco Prime Provisioning
Step 2 Select Devices from Inventory - Physical Inventory – Devices, as shown in Figure 6-8.
Figure 6-8 Cisco Prime Provisioning Select Devices
Step 3 Select Device(s) and go to Actions - Config Collect, as shown in Figure 6-9.
Figure 6-9 Cisco Prime Provisioning Configuration Collection
Step 4 Once the configuration collection is scheduled, you should receive a Success message, as shown in Figure 6-10.
Figure 6-10 Cisco Prime Provisioning—Configuration Collection Success
In Cisco Prime Provisioning, complete the following steps to run an MPLS-TP discovery on all routers through which an MPLS-TP tunnel will traverse (all midpoints and endpoints):
Step 1 Launch Prime Provisioning from the Fulfill – Service Request Manager menus in Prime Central, as shown in Figure 6-11.
Figure 6-11 Launch Cisco Prome Provisioning
Step 2 Select Devices from Inventory - Physical Inventory – Devices, as shown in Figure 6-12.
Figure 6-12 Cisco Prime Provisioning Devices
Step 3 Select Device(s) and go to Actions - MPLS-TP Discovery, as shown in Figure 6-13.
Figure 6-13 Cisco Prime Provisioning MPLS-TP Discovery
After running a configuration collection and MPLS-TP discovery, you can confirm the status of these or any other tasks by completing the following steps:
Step 1 Select Operate – Tasks - Task Logs, as shown in Figure 6-14.
Figure 6-14 Cisco Prime Provisioning Task Logs
Step 2 Look under the last column for status of the operation, as shown in Figure 6-15.
Figure 6-15 Cisco Prime Provisioning Task Status
To create a CEM CLASS with dejitter buffer of 2 and 46 byte payload, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Select Inventory - Logical Inventory - CEM Class, as shown in Figure 6-16.
Figure 6-16 Cisco Prime Provisioning CEM Class
Step 2 Click the Create button and the new CEM class window opens up, as shown in Figure 6-17.
Figure 6-17 Cisco Prime Provisioning New CEM Class from SAToP
Step 3 Click Save when finished.
To create a TP Tunnel interface, compete the following steps:
Step 1 Starting from Cisco Prime Provisioning, select Operate – Service Requests – Create Service Request, as shown in Figure 6-18.
Figure 6-18 Cisco Prime Provisioning Create a Service Request
You can also start from Cisco Prime Network Vision, by selecting the TP tunnel endpoints, right-clicking, and choosing Fulfill – Create Service, as shown in Figure 6-19.
Figure 6-19 Prime Network Create a Service Request
Step 2 Select the policy TP Tunnel (MPLS-TP policy type), as shown in Figure 6-20.
Figure 6-20 TP Tunnel Service Request—1
Step 3 Enter the service description and click Next, as shown in Figure 6-21.
Figure 6-21 TP Tunnel Service Request—2
Step 4 Enter relevant information around the tunnel characteristics and click Next, as shown in Figure 6-22.
Figure 6-22 TP Tunnel Service Request—3
Step 5 Enter relevant information around the tunnel end points and click Next , as shown in Figure 6-23.
Figure 6-23 TP Tunnel Service Request—4
Step 6 Review routing information about the calculated path, as shown in Figure 6-24.
Figure 6-24 TP Tunnel Service Request—5
Step 7 Review routing information about the working path, as shown in Figure 6-25.
Figure 6-25 TP Tunnel Service Request—6
Step 8 Review routing information about the protect path and click Finish, as shown in Figure 6-26.
Figure 6-26 TP Tunnel Service Request—7
Step 9 An MPLS-TP tunnel endpoint configuration preview is shown in Figure 6-27.
Figure 6-27 TP Tunnel Service Request—8
Step 10 An MPLS-TP tunnel midpoint configuration preview is shown in Figure 6-28.
Figure 6-28 TP Tunnel Service Request—9
Step 11 Once you deploy the service, check the status to confirm deployment by selecting Operate – Service Requests – Service Request Manager, as shown in Figure 6-29.
Figure 6-29 Cisco Prime Provisioning Service Request Manager
Note The MPLS-TP tunnel number for future use. In the screenshots above, the TP tunnel number is 0.
To create a pseudowire class that uses the TP tunnel (Tunnel-tp0), complete the following steps:
Step 1 Select Inventory - Logical Inventory - Pseudowire Class, as shown in Figure 6-30.
Figure 6-30 Cisco Prime Provisioning Pseudowire Classes
Step 2 Fill in the information, as shown in Figure 6-31.
Figure 6-31 Cisco Prime Provisioning Pseudowire Class Creation
To create a teleprotection policy, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Select Service Design - Policies - Policy Manager, as shown in Figure 6-32.
Figure 6-32 Cisco Prime Provisioning Policy Manager
Step 2 Fill in basic service information, including the name of the policy, as shown in Figure 6-33.
Figure 6-33 Cisco Prime Provisioning New Policy—1
Step 3 Select service options, as shown in Figure 6-34.
Note The Alstom relays use SAToP over E1.
Figure 6-34 Cisco Prime Provisioning New Policy—2
Step 4 Select service attributes, as shown in Figure 6-35.
Figure 6-35 Cisco Prime Provisioning New Policy—3
Step 5 Fill in pseudowire and CEM details and select a pseudowire class, as shown in Figure 6-36.
Figure 6-36 Cisco Prime Provisioning New Policy—4
Step 6 Enable and select a CEM class, as shown in Figure 6-37.
Figure 6-37 Cisco Prime Provisioning New Policy—5
To create an E1 interface using correct timeslots and an EVC Service that applies the CEM Class and Pseudowire Class, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Launch Topology from Prime Vision. Select the devices for which to create a service, as shown in Figure 6-38.
Figure 6-38 Cisco Prime Network Select Devices for Service Fulfillment
Step 2 Once Cisco Prime Provisioning is launched, select the Teleprotection_TP_SAToP (EVC) service request. Select CEM Class and interfaces, as shown in Figure 6-39.
Figure 6-39 Cisco Prime Provisioning New Teleprotection_TP_SAToP Service Request—1
Step 3 Edit the Link Attributes. Enter a CEM group ID, clock source internal, timeslots 1, and select pseudowire class, as shown in Figure 6-40.
Figure 6-40 Cisco Prime Provisioning New Teleprotection_TP_SAToP Service Request—2
Step 4 Save the service request, as shown in Figure 6-41.
Figure 6-41 Cisco Prime Provisioning New Teleprotection_TP_SAToP Service Request—3
Step 5 Preview the configurations to be applied, as shown in Figure 6-42.
Figure 6-42 Cisco Prime Provisioning New Teleprotection_TP_SAToP Service Request—4