View Network Reports

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Simplified Navigation to Results Tab

Cisco ONP Release 5.1

Cisco ONP now provides a simplified approach to navigate to the Results tab to view reports for analyzed multinode network topologies with the following enhancements:

  • Right-click a particular site in the network tree to view:

    • BOM details

    • Optical Reports

  • Right-click a particular circuit/media/wave in the network tree to view:

    • Optical Report

    • Traffic Report

  • New IPC tab —The IPC tab is introduced in Cabling Reports to intuitively view the internal patch connections for a site.

  • Search Box—The Results tab is enhanced with a Search Box at the top. You can use this search box to find a particular site in the topology by entering the site name.

Network reports

The Cisco ONP home page has multiple tabs to access the reports of the analyzed network. You can also view the reports for specific site, fiber, or wave properties by clicking the respective report in the Network Tree pane. The tabs are:

  • Dashboard

  • Elements

  • Map

  • BOM

  • Layout

  • Results

View reports in the Dashboard tab

Follow these steps to view various reports of an analyzed network under the Dashboard tab.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the analyzed network for which you want to view the network summary.

Step 2

Click the Dashboard tab.

The Network Summary tab displays this information about the network:

  • Total count of sites

  • Total count of fibers

  • Total count of SRLGs (Shared Risk Link Groups)

  • Total count of services

  • Total count of waves/media channels/circuits

  • Total count of messages

View reports in the Elements tab

The Elements tab provides comprehensive reports of network elements and any associated messages.

Follow these steps to view the network elements report and messages.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the analyzed network for which you want to view the network summary.

Step 2

Click the Elements tab.

You can view the reports described in this table.

Table 2. Reports under Elements

Report

Description

Sites

Shows the site information, which consists of the name of the sites, their types, and their X and Y coordinate values.

Fibers

Shows the information about the fiber length between the source and the destination for the corresponding sites.

Services

Shows the service type, source and destination sites for particular service, quantity, protection type, and status.

For each service, the report shows the primary path, secondary path, and their status.

Waves

The Waves report shows the number of waves available in the network and the wave utilization. Click each wave to view the following details:

  • Wave: Consists of a wave UID and its source and destination sites.

  • Wave Details: Provides details of wave OSNR, channel path, OTN services associated to wave and excluded channels.

  • Channels: Port details of the source and destination cards, the wavelength that is used, and its utilization demands.

  • Optical Results: Provides details of optical parameters such as OSNR, SOL, EOL, power margin, CD, and PMD.

SRLGs

Lists the names of created SRLGs and their fiber details. Click Export at the bottom to export the report in .xlsx format.

Messages

Shows messages that relate to errors that occurred while analyzing the network. By default, only critical messages for the analyzed network are listed here. You can disable the Critical Only toggle button to view all messages.

Step 3

Click each tab to view the respective report.

Step 4

Click the Pop-up icon to view the reports in a larger, resizable window.

View details of the BOM report

Table 3. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

MLP Brownfield with Diff BOM

Cisco ONP Release 4.1

This feature allows you to perform the following:

  • Compare the BOMs of two or more LNI imported networks.

  • Upgrade brownfield network.

  • Upgrade the Cisco ONP network with traffic sites.

The Bill of Materials (BOM) report includes these components:

  • Detailed price lists for each site.

  • The overall BOM for the entire network.

Follow these steps to view the BOM report for an analyzed network.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the analyzed network for which you want to view the BOM.

Step 2

Click the BOM tab.

The BOM details are displayed.

To view the BOM details for OTN and DWDM separately, click each site. See Licensed PIDs available in the BOM reportfor the list of licensed PIDs added into the BOM report.

See for the list of licensed PIDs added into the BOM report.

Step 3

View the BOM details for any particular site.

  1. In the network tree, expand Site and right-click the required site.

  2. Click Open BOM

    Cisco ONP opens the BoM tab and provides the BoM details of the selected site.

  3. Expand the Site to view the PID information.

Step 4

Click Export to export the BOM details in the form of a spreadsheet, and save it into your local system.

We recommend that you export the BOM report only in analyze mode. Exporting the reports in the upgrade and release upgrade modes may lead to inaccuracies..

Step 5

Compare the BOM of the existing network with other networks:

  1. Click Compare with: Other Networks.

  2. From the Other Networks dialog box, choose the network that you want to be compared with.

You can view both BOM reports displayed on the same page for comparison.

Step 6

Use the Search box on top of the BOM reports to search for any specific site or wave in the reports.

  1. Enter the name of the specific site or wave in the Search box.

  2. Choose equals or contains from the drop-down list.

  3. Click the Search icon to search for the required site or wave.

Licensed PIDs available in the BOM report

Table 4. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Support for New PIDs for SMR-20 Card

Cisco ONP Release 4.2

The following new licensed PIDs for the SMR-20 card are displayed on the BOM page so that you can view the price details and consider ordering.

  • NCS2K-FSSMR-2LIC=

  • E-NCS2K-1P-LIC=

  • E-NCS2K-5P-LIC=

  • E-NCS2K-10P-LIC=

Cisco ONP introduces new licensing PIDs with each platform release to incorporate the latest updates and features.

This table lists the licensed PIDs included in the BOM report for different Cisco ONP releases.

Table 5. Licensed PIDs added to BOM report

Cisco ONP release supported from

Platform

PIDs and description

4.2

NCS 2000

  • NCS2K-FSSMR-2-LIC= : 20-port FS-SMR licensed to enable two ports

  • E-NCS2K-1P-LIC= : Software license to enable one port on licensed 20-port FS-SMR

  • E-NCS2K-5P-LIC= : Software license to enable five ports on licensed 20-port FS-SMR

  • E-NCS2K-10P-LIC= : Software license to enable ten ports on licensed 20-port FS-SMR

5.2

NCS 1010 from Release 7.11.1

  • NCS1K10-ATO= : NCS 1010 ATO

  • SF-NCS1K10-7111K9S= : Software license to download the COSM NETCONF XML file for the COSM UI.

  • NCS1K4-CCMD-C= : 16-port, C-Band Colorless Coherent Multiplexer/Demultiplexer with an EDFA

  • NCS1K4-CCMD-L= : 16-port, L-Band Colorless Coherent Multiplexer/Demultiplexer with an EDFA

View details of layout and internal connections

Follow these steps to obtain the layout details and internal connections of an analyzed network.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Click the Layout tab on the Cisco ONP homepage.

Step 2

Type the site name in the search box, or select a site from the Sites drop-down list.

The site layout is displayed with its racks and cards.

  1. Hover the mouse pointer over the transponder card to view the details of the slot, the PID of the card, and the ports.

  2. Expand the Ports to view details, such as wavelength and trunk mode.

  3. Hover the mouse pointer over the chassis to view the total power consumption.

SVO supports up to 50 UIDs; beyond which, the site layout displays incorrect UID for the chassis.

Step 3

Click the IPC tab to view the internal patch connections of the selected site.

Export Internal connections

Cisco ONP allows you to export internal fiber connections in two ways: either at site-level or network-level.

Follow these steps to export internal fiber connections.

Before you begin
Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

View details of layout and internal connections

Procedure

Step 1

Click the Ellipsis icon available in the right side of the internal fiber connection or site.

Step 2

Click Export.

View the results of analyzed network


Note

You can refer to the optical results data to check and correct the optically not feasible channels. You can modify the network properties in the Upgrade and Release Upgrade modes. After making the necessary corrections, analyze again to update the optical results based on the new modifications.

Follow these steps to view the details of optical reports, installation parameters, traffic reports, and cabling reports.

Before you begin

Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.

Procedure

Step 1

Open the analyzed network for which you want to view the optical results.

Step 2

Click the Results tab on the Cisco ONP home page.

By default, the Optical Report tab appears. Each row in the tab shows the performance of one optical path. See Optical Report.

To view the optical report for any particular optical path:

  1. In the network tree, expand Circuits/Waves/Media Channels and right-click the required optical path.

  2. Click Open Results.

    The Cisco ONP opens the Optical Report tab and provides the details of the selected optical path.

  3. Expand the optical path to view the wave and aggregated wave information for a selected circuit.

Step 3

From the OSNR RBW drop-down list, select the OSNR Resolution bandwidth between 0.5 nm and 0.1 nm.

The default value is 0.5 nm. You can change it in Design mode, Analyzed mode, Upgrade mode, and Release upgrade mode. When set to 0.1 nm, the SOL G-OSNR and EOL G-OSNR values increase to 7 dB.

Step 4

Click the Installation Parameters tab.

The Installation Parameters report specifies the values to be provisioned at installation for each site in the network.

To view the installation parameters for Automatic Node Setup (ANS) and Automatic Node Provisioning (ANP), click the respective tabs. See Installation parameters

Step 5

Click the Traffic Report tab.

You can view the aggregated demand channel data in the form of the traffic reports. See Traffic reports.

In Release 5.1, you can view the traffic report for all imported networks except the imported .mpz networks. To view the traffic report for individual optical path in imported .mpz networks, you must manually search in the Search box.

To view the traffic report for any particular optical path:

  1. In the network tree, expand Circuit and right-click the required optical path.

  2. Click Open Results.

    The Cisco ONP displays the traffic report for the selected optical path.

    Note

     

    By default, Optical Result appears under the Results tab. Click Traffic Report to view traffic reports.

  3. Expand the optical path to view the wave information.

Step 6

Click the Cabling Report tab. See Cabling report

You can view the patch cord connections related to internal patch connections and multishelf management. This report is available for the networks starting from NCS 2000 system Release 12.1.0.

To view the internal patch connections for any particular site:

  1. In the network tree, expand Site and right-click the required site.

  2. Click Open Cabling Report.

    The Cisco ONP opens the Cabling Report tab. By default, the IPC tab appears and provides the IPC details of the selected site.

  3. To view the internal patch connections, expand the Site.

Step 7

Use the Search box on top of the reports to search for any specific site or wave in the reports

  1. Enter the name of the specific site or wave in the Search box.

  2. Choose equals or contains from the drop-down list.

  3. Click the Search icon to search for the required site or wave.

Step 8

Click Export Report to export the optical reports details in an Excel sheet.

We recommend exporting the optical report only in analyze mode. Exporting reports in upgrade and release upgrade modes may be inaccurate.

Compare installation parameters of two networks

Table 6. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

UI Revamp of Optical Reports

Cisco ONP Release 4.1

This feature improves the user experience while comparing the installation parameters and optical reports of two networks.

Use this task to compare the installation parameters of two networks.

Before you begin
Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.
Procedure

Step 1

Click the Results tab on the Cisco ONP home page.

Step 2

Click Installation Parameters.

Step 3

Click Other Networks.

Step 4

From the list of networks, select the network with which to compare.

FInd a new parameter called diffBy.

Step 5

To stop comparing the two networks, click Clear.

Compare the optical reports of two networks

Follow these steps to compare the optical reports of two networks.

Before you begin
Log in to Cisco ONP web interface.
Procedure

Step 1

Click the Results tab on the Cisco ONP home page.

Step 2

Click Optical Report.

Step 3

Click Other Networks.

Step 4

From the list of networks, select the network with which to compare.

The optical parameters display two values.

Step 5

To stop comparing the two networks, click Clear.

Optical Report

From Release 24.3.1, you can filter the results by any column available in the report for more precise data analysis. For reports represented as colored icons, you can use the first letter of the color (e.g., "g" for green) to filter the results.

Table 7. Optical Report
Optical Parameter
Name  Displays the ID number of the wave and aggregated waves. ID is automatically generated based on the site name.
Protection Displays the protection type of the wave.
Protection Type

Displays whether the path type is Protected or Working path for NCS 1001.
SOL

Displays an icon indicating the results summary of the analysis that is run with Start of Life (SOL) fiber loss values:

  • Green indicates success.

  • Yellow indicates success with a marginal failure risk.

  • Orange indicates that the channel has a higher risk of failure.

  • Red indicates failure.
EOL

Displays an icon indicating the results summary of the analysis that is run with End of Life (EOL) fiber loss values. The indicator shows the optical performance for the path at the end of the fiber life:

  • Green indicates success.

  • Yellow indicates success with a marginal failure risk.

  • Orange indicates that the channel has a higher risk of failure.

  • Red indicates failure.
SE Indicates a system-related error that may impact the analysis of the design. If the indicator is red, review the messages that are reported at the end of the analysis or determine which units or sites have a problem.
P/F Displays the present or forecast services indication.
Source Displays the name of the source site and side; for example, Site 1-E.
Src Colorless Displays whether the colorless functionality is enabled on source ports.
Src Contentionless Displays whether the contentionless functionality is enabled on source ports.
Destination Displays the name of the destination site and side; for example, Site 1-E.
Dst Colorless Displays whether the colorless functionality is enabled on destination ports.
Dst Contentionless Displays whether the contentionless functionality is enabled on destination ports.
Wavelength Displays the wavelength of the optical channel.

Band Type

Displays the band type of the optical path.
Src Tx Type Displays the type of DWDM unit or pluggable port module that is used at the source of the specific Optical Channel (OCH) trail. The class of the DWDM unit is also displayed.
Dst Tx type Displays the type of DWDM unit or pluggable port module that is used at the destination of the specific OCH Trail. The class of the DWDM unit is also displayed.
Span Displays the total span length (source to destination) for this path in kilometers.
Suggested Regen Locations Displays the regeneration locations.
BER Target Displays the bit error rate (BER) target for this channel, based on the capability of the channel’s optical interface. It is 1.0E-15 for the interfaces using forward error correction (FEC) and 1.0E-12 for interfaces without FEC.
SOL OSNR Displays the start of life average Optical Signal to Noise Ratio (OSNR) value at the receiver.
EOL OSNR Displays the end of life average OSNR value at the receiver.
SOL OSNR margin Displays the SOL OSNR margin calculation. It is the difference between the OSNR value at certain power of the working point of the receiver client and the working area boundary.
EOL OSNR margin Displays the EOL OSNR margin calculation, which is the difference between the OSNR value at a certain power of the working point of the receiver client and the working area boundary.
SOL RX Displays the SOL average power that is received at the destination site in dBm.
EOL RX Displays the EOL average power that is received at the destination site in dBm.
SOL Power Margin Displays the SOL power budget margin at the receiver in decibels. It is defined as the offset between the receiver working point and the BER curve with margin. A positive value indicates that there are no power problems.
EOL Power Margin Displays the EOL power budget margin at the receiver in decibels. It is defined as the offset between the receiver working point and the BER curve with margin. A positive value indicates that there are no power problems.
SOL Overload Displays the SOL overload margin at the receiver in decibels. A positive value indicates that there are no overload problems.
EOL Overload Displays the EOL overload margin at the receiver in decibels. A positive value indicates that there are no overload problems.
Residual CD Displays the chromatic dispersion (CD) margin of the demand.
CD robustness Displays the robustness to chromatic dispersion of the receiver.
Single-Channel NLE Status Displays the status of alarms if any nonlinear effect (NLE) is present in the demand.
Multi-Channel NLE Status Provides the status of the nonlinear effect (NLE) on a particular channel or demand due to other channels or demands.
Min GB

Displays the minimum Guard Band (GB) requirement between channels on the 40G CP-DQPSK MXP and 40G CP-DQPSK ME MXP cards, and other transponders in a mixed any-to-any connectivity.

Filtering Penalty Displays the value of the penalties that are caused by different filter types (OADM, ROADM, and arrayed waveguide grating (AWG)).
PMD Displays the calculated total Polarization Mode dispersion (PMD) for each circuit. If the overall PMD for the link overcomes the maximum that is allowed, the PMD value is displayed in a red-colored font. The maximum allowed value depends on the client interface. For these special cases, the network must be manually resolved by contacting a Cisco TAC team.
RX Atten

Displays the attenuation at the input of the receiver.

TX Atten Displays the attenuation at the output of the receiver.
Encryption Displays the encryption type of the channel. Possible values are N/A, Yes, No.

Installation parameters

This table outlines the installation parameters for the ANS component.

Table 8. ANS Parameters
Parameter Description

Name

Displays the name of the site

Side

 Displays the line side

Position

 Displays the rack number, shelf number, and slot position of the card where the patch cord originates.

Unit

Displays the name of the card.

Port

Displays the port number where the patch cord originates.

Port ID

Displays the port ID.

Port Label

Displays the name of the port.

Parameter

Displays the name of the parameter to be set, such as RX Power Low.

Value

Displays the name of the value to be set for the parameter.

Measurement Unit

Displays the measurement unit for the related installation parameter value, such as dBm.

Manual Set

Indicates with a Yes or No which parameters must be manually set using the Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) interface.

This table outlines the installation parameters for the ANP component.

Table 9. ANP Parameters
Parameter Description

Name

Displays the name of the site.

Unit ID

Displays the unit (slot number) of the passive units in the shelf.

Shelf ID

Displays the shelf identifier.

Rack Number

Displays the rack number.

Rack Position

Displays the rack position in the shelf.

Slot Position

Displays the slot position in the shelf for the card.

Equipment Type

Displays the card type.

Description

Displays the details of the card type.

Traffic reports

This table displays the aggregated data of demand channel in the traffic report for the analyzed network.

Table 10. Traffic Reports

Traffic report

Description

Demand

Categorizes each demand type. Each demand is further categorized into service, trails, and sections.

Section

Displays the sections under every service.

Src Site

 Displays the site name for the optical channel source.

Band Type

 Displays the band type for the optical path.

Src Position

Displays the rack, shelf ID, and slot identifiers for the source of the optical channel.

Src Card

Displays the unit name for the optical channel source.

Dst Site

Displays the site name for the optical channel destination.

Dst Position

Displays the rack, shelf ID, and slot identifiers for the destination of the optical channel.

Dst Card

Displays the unit name for the optical channel destination.

Client Service Type

Displays the client service type of the demand; for example, OC-48.

Protection Type

Displays the protection type of the demand

Encryption

Displays whether the demand is encrypted with values: NA, Yes, or No.

Wavelength

Displays the wavelength value of the optical channel, and the serial number of the wavelength in the wavelength band.

Max Latency (for NCS 2000 network)

Displays the latency time for the current circuit. This value includes all the latency components for the circuit, including fiber and DWDM units on the path.

Fiber Latency (for NCS 1010)

Displays the latency time for the fiber.

Cabling report

This table shows patch cord connections related to internal patch connections and multishelf management.

Table 11. IPC

Parameter

Description

Name

Displays the name of the site.

Src Unit Type

Displays the source unit.

Src Position

Displays the rack, shelf, and slot position of the card from which the patch cord originates.

Src Port Label

Displays the name of the port.

Cable

Displays the type of cable.

Dst Unit Type

Displays the source unit.

Dst Position

Displays the rack, shelf, and slot position of the card from which the patch cord terminated.

Dst Port Label

Displays the name of the port.
Table 12. MSM

Parameter

Description

Name

Displays the name of the site.

Src Unit Type

Displays the source unit.

Src Position

Displays the rack, shelf, and slot position of the card from which the patch cord originates.

Src ID

Displays the source unit ID.

Src Port Label

Displays the name of the port.

Cable Type

Displays the type of cable.

Dst Unit Type

Displays the source unit.

Dst Position

Displays the rack, shelf, and slot position of the card from which the patch cord terminated.

Dst ID

Displays the destination unit ID.

Dst Port Label

Displays the name of the port.

W/P

Indicates whether the connection relates to a present or forecast circuit.

Confidential banner in exported reports

Table 13. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Confidential Banner

Cisco ONP Release 4.1

 This feature indicates the confidentiality of the reports or results generated by Cisco ONP for a network. The CONFIDENTIAL banner is placed in all the exported reports. It is placed in the first row and first cell of the Excel sheet, followed by a blank row and the contents of the exported report.
Table 14. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Customizable Confidential Banner

Cisco ONP Release 4.2

 The Confidential Banner string can be customized as required. An admin user can modify the banner string when the confidentialBanner.enabled field is set to true in the feature.properties file.

The "CONFIDENTIAL" banner appears in all exported reports. In Excel files (.xlsx), it is located in the first cell of the first row, followed by a blank row, and then the report contents. If the .xlsx file contains multiple sheets, the banner is included on each sheet.

The "CONFIDENTIAL" banner is updated only when reports are exported in .xlsx format.

Server administrators can customize the "CONFIDENTIAL" banner text by modifying the confidentialBanner.content field. To enable banner customization, the confidentialBanner.enabled field must be set to true in the feature.properties file. By default, this field is set to false.