Step 1

In the Node View, double-click the line card.

Step 2

Click the Provisioning > Controllers > OTU or ODU tabs.

Step 3

To enable GCC on the controller, perform one of the following steps:

1. For OTU controller, check the GCC0 check box.

2. For ODU controller, check the GCC1 check box.

Step 4

Click Apply.

Step 5

In the Node View, click the Provisioning > Comm Channels tabs.

Step 6

To assign IP address to the GCC, add IP address in the IP address field and network mask in the NetMask field.

Step 7

Click Apply.

Step 8

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Node View, click the Provisioning > Network > OSPF tabs.

Step 2

Perform following steps to create an OSPF instance:

1. From OSPF Instance Name drop down list, select OTN.

2. From Router Id drop down list, select the router id.

   Note	Recommended configuration is Virtual IP.

3. Click Apply.

Step 3

Select the NSR check-box to enable redundant route processors to maintain its Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) state and adjacencies across planned and unplanned IP switchovers.

Step 4

Select the NSF (IETF) check-box to continue forwarding IP packets following a supervisor engine switchover.

Step 5

Perform following steps to add GCC interface to OSPF:

1. In OSPF Interfaces section, click Add. The Create OSPF Entry dialog box appears.

2. In the Interface drop down list, select the interface.

   Note	Add Loopback interface and GCC interface both, if loopback IP is assigned to GCC . Repeat step3 to add multiple interfaces.

3. In the Area ID field, a default value of 0 is populated.(non-editable).

4. (Optional) In the Cost field, enter the cost.

5. (Optional) Check the Passive check box to ensure the updates are not sent beyond an OSPF interface.

6. Click OK.

Step 6

Click Apply.

Step 7

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Node View, click the Provisioning > Network > OSPF-TE tabs.

Step 2

From the OSPF-TE Router Id drop down list, select router id.

Step 3

To configure the OSPF-TE on an Interface, complete the following:

1. In the Area ID field, a default value of 0 is populated (non-editable).

2. Check the Autoconfig check box to enable all the interfaces of the OSPF-TE.

3. Click Apply.

Step 4

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Node View, click the Provisioning > Network > MPLS-TE tabs.

Step 2

Click Create. The Create MPLS Topology Instance Entry dialog box appears.

Step 3

Click OK to create a MPLS-TE instance.

Step 4

In the Controllers section expand the row for the line card on which you want to configure MPLS-TE and perform the following steps to update the default values of the parameters:

1. To enable TE link, set Enable field as true.

2. From the TTI mode drop down list, select the TTI mode. Available options are PM, SM, TCM1,TCM2, TCM3, TCM4, TCM5, and TCM6.

3. (Optional) Set the Admin Weight field with value ranging from 0 to 65535.

Step 5

Click Apply.

Step 6

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Node View, click the Provisioning > Network > RSVP-TE tabs.

Step 2

In the Interface List area, for an Interface Name, select the RSVP State from the drop-down menu. The available options are - Enable and Disable.

Step 3

In the Card section, expand the row for required LC to view the list of configured controllers.

Step 4

Select a controller and perform the following sub steps:

1. Set the Enable field of the controller to true.

2. (Optional) Input value for Refresh Optical Interval. Valid range is 180 to 86400 seconds.

3. (Optional) Input value for Missed Messages. Valid range is 1 to 110000.

Step 5

Click Apply to save the changes.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the OTN > Path Protection Profiles.

Step 2

Click Add. Perform the following steps in the editable row:

1. In the Name column, enter the Path Protection Profile name.

2. In the Wait to Restore (WTR) field (in seconds), enter the duration of time (in seconds).

   Note	It defines the time the system must wait to restore a circuit. To edit the WTR value, Revertive should be set to Yes. The valid range is 0 or from 300 to 720 seconds. WTR value is in multiple of 60. Default value for WTR is 300. WTR is not supported on a non-revertive circuit.

3. From the Sub Network Connection Mode drop-down list, choose any from the following: SNC_N (default), SNC_I and SNC_S.

   Note	A new entry will be created with Sub Network Connection Mode value as SNC_N and TCM-ID value as NONE.

4. In the Hold Off (milli sec) field, enter the duration of time (in seconds) .

   Note	It defines the time the system waits before switching to the alternate path. The valid range is 0 or from 100 to 10000 seconds. Hold off value is in multiple of 100. Default value is 0.

5. From the Protection Type drop-down list, choose a protection type from the available options 1+1-BIDIR-APS (Default) or 1+1-UNIDIR-APS or 1+1-UNIDIR-NO-APS.

6. From the Revertive drop-down list, choose Yes or No. Default is No.

7. From the TCM-ID drop-down list, choose None.

Step 3

From the Sub Network Connection mode drop-down list, choose SNC_S.

Step 4

From the TCM drop-down list, choose an option.

Step 5

Click Store to store the profile for the particular node.

Step 6

The Store Profile(s) window is displayed.

Step 7

By default, the To Node(s) radio button is selected. Select the required nodes from the Node Names area, to set the profile. Click Select All to set the profile for all the selected nodes. Click Select None to undo your earlier selection.

Step 8

Click OK.

Step 9

Select the To File radio button, and click Browse to save the profile in your local machine.

Step 10

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the OTN > Path Protection Profiles tab.

Step 2

Click Load. Perform one of the following in the Load Profile (s) dialog box that appears.

1. From the From Node (s) pane, select a name of the node to load the path protection profiles.

2. Click OK.

3. In the From File field enter the path of the file or browse to the file, to load the path protection profile.

   Note	You can load the profiles from a file that has OTN extension.

4. Click OK.

Step 3

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the OTN > Path Protection Profilestab.

Step 2

Click Store. Perform one of the following in the Store Profile (s) dialog box that appears.

1. From the To Node (s) pane, select a name of the node to store the path protection profiles.

2. Click Select All to select all the node names.

3. Click Select None to deselect the selected node names.

4. To store the profile to a file, select the To File option and clickBrowse to select the required file, to store the path protection profile.

Step 3

Click OK

Step 4

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the OTN > Circuits tab.

Step 2

Click Create. The Circuit Creation wizard appears.

Step 3

In the Circuit Type screen of the wizard, choose a circuit type ODU UNI from the list.

Step 4

Enter a value between 1 to 80 for the number of circuits to be created.

Step 5

Click Next.

Step 6

In the Circuit Attributes screen of the wizard:

1. From the Source Node drop-down list, choose a source node for the circuit.

2. From the Destination Node drop-down list, choose a destination node for the circuit.

3. In the Namefield, enter the circuit name.

   Note	The length must not exceed 64 characters.

4. From the Bandwidth drop-down list, choose a bandwidth.

5. Click the Bandwidth Configuration hyperlink.

   Note	This hyperlink is enabled when you select the bandwidth type as ODUFLEX.

   Perform the following steps in the Bandwidth Configuration dialog box that appears.

   • In the Bit Rate field enter the bit rate. The bit rate per time slot is 1249177. Example for ODU2 we have 8 timeslots, so bit rate will be 1249177 * 8 = 9993416.

   • From the Framing Type drop-down list, choose CBR or GFP-F-Fixed (for 10 Gigabit Ethernet).

   • Click OK.

6. From the Protection Type drop-down list, choose an option 1+0, 1+1 or 1+R.

7. Click the Path Option Configuration hyperlink. The Path Option Configuration screen appears.

   Note	It is optional to configure the working path option. When you configure the path option using Path Option Configuration hyperlink, the selection made in the Protection Type drop-down list will be overridden.

   Click Add. Perform the following steps in the Create/ Edit Path Option dialog box:

   • In the Index field enter a unique index. The valid range is from 1 to 1000.

   • In the Path Option drop-down list, choose Working or Protect.

   • From the Path Option Type drop-down list, choose Dynamic or Explicit.

   • From the Path Name drop-down list, choose an explicit path name.

     Note	The Path Name field is disabled, if the path option type is dynamic.

   • From the Protected By drop-down list, choose a protected path option.

     Note	The Protected By drop-down list is disabled if the Path Option is set to Protect.

   • From the Restored By drop-down list, select a restored path option. If any of the working or protected path fails, restored path replaces the failed path.

     Note	The Restored By drop-down list is disabled if you have selected path option as Restored.

   • Click OK.

8. From the Path Protection Profile drop-down list, choose an option. The option available is None. This drop-down list is disabled if protection type is selected as 1+0.

9. Check the Record Route check box to record the route.

10. (For ODU UNI) From the Service Type drop-down list, select an option. Service type values are populated based on the bandwidth selected.

11. (For ODU UNI) Check the Open End check box to get the values populated in the Destination drop-down list.

12. (For ODU UNI) From the Source drop-down list, choose a source port or controller. Source values are populated based on the service type or open end selected

13. (For ODU UNI) From the Destination drop-down list, choose a destination port or controller. Destination values are populated based on the service type or open end selected..

14. Click thePath Option Configuration hyperlink button.

    Perform the following steps in the Create/Edit dialog box that appears.

    • From the ODU Level drop-down list, choose an option. ODU Level values are populated based on the Destination. ODU level is one less than the Destination. If Destination is selected as ODU2, values in this drop-down list would be ODU1 and ODU0.

    • Select a time slot highlighted in green color above, press Ctrl key and select the next time slot.

    • Click Channelize to allocate the time slot to the lower order channelize controller. The lower order controller appears in the controller tree hierarchy.

    • Click OK.

15. Click Finish to create the circuit.

Step 7

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the network view, click the OTN > Circuits tab.

Step 2

Click Create. The Circuit Creation wizard appears.

Step 3

In the Circuit Type screen of the wizard, choose ODU TUNNEL as the circuit type.

Step 4

Click Next.

Step 5

In the Circuit Attributes screen of the wizard:

1. From the Source Node drop-down list, choose a source node for the circuit.

2. From the Destination Node drop-down list, choose a destination node for the circuit.

3. Enter the circuit name. The length must not exceed 64 characters.

4. Check the Diversity checkbox and choose the circuit from the drop-down list whose diverse circuit you want to create.

   Note	This step is applicable only when diverse circuit is created. The drop down list will display <tunnel id>: <circuit name>

5. From the Bandwidth drop-down list, choose a bandwidth.

6. Click the Bandwidth Configuration hyperlink.

   Note	This hyperlink is enabled when you select the bandwidth type as ODUFLEX.

   Perform the following steps in the Bandwidth Configuration dialog box that appears.

   • In the Bit Rate field enter the bit rate.

   • From the Framing Type drop-down list, choose CBR or GFP-F-Fixed (for 10 Gigabit Ethernet).

   • Click OK.

7. From the Protection Type drop-down list, choose an option 1+0, 1+1, 1+R,1+1+R .

   Note	Circuit diversity is supported only for 1+0 protection type.

8. Click the Path Option Configuration hyperlink. The Path Option Configuration screen appears.

   Note	This hyperlink is disabled when the Diversity checkbox is checked.

   Click Add. Perform the following steps in the Create Path Option dialog box:

   • In the Index field enter a unique index . The valid range is from 1 to 1000.

   • From the Path Option Type drop-down list, choose Dynamic or Explicit.

     Note	For using the option Explicit, make sure that an explicit path is already defined. You can define an explicit path using procedure Add an Explicit Path Using CTC.

   • From the Path Name drop-down list, choose an explicit path name.

     Note	The Path Name field is disabled, if the path option type is dynamic.

   • From the Affinity Attribute-Set Name drop-down list, choose an affinity profile.

   • From the Protected By drop-down list, choose a protected path option.

     Note	The Protected By drop-down list is disabled for Restored or Protected path options.

   • From the Restored By drop-down list, select a restored path option. If any of the working or protected path fails, restored path replaces the failed path.

     Note	The Restored By drop-down list is disabled if you have selected path option as Restored.

   • Click OK.

9. From the Path Protection Profile drop-down list, choose an option. The default option is None.

   Note	This drop-down list is disabled if protection type is selected as 1+0.

10. Check the Record Route check box.

11. Click Finish to create the circuit.

Step 6

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the OTN > Circuits tab.

Step 2

Click Query. Perform the following steps in the OTN Services Query screen that appears.

1. From the Existing/New Query drop-down list, choose New or Existing.

2. Enter the tunnel IDs if you have selected New Query.

   Note	For Existing Query, Tunnel IDs and Query Group fields are populated automatically.

3. Click Query Group. Perform the following steps in the User Query Group Chooser dialog box:

   • From the Group drop-down list, choose an option.

   • From the Available Nodes pane, choose a node.

   • Click >> to move the selected node from the Available Nodes to the Grouped Nodes pane.

   • Click Save to save this query group criteria. A dialog box appears, enter a name for the query group and click Save.

   • Click Apply All to select all the available nodes. These nodes appear in the field next to the Query Group button.

   • Click Apply Selected to select only the grouped nodes. These nodes appear in the field next to the Query Group button.

4. Click Save to save the query criteria.

5. Click Run Query to execute the query.

   Note	The Run Query button gets enabled only when you enter a value in the Query Group field. The search result appears in the Query Matches pane.

6. Enter a search criteria in the field adjacent to the Find Next button.

   Note	This button gets enabled only when you have a value in the Query Matches pane.

7. Click Find Next.

   Note	The next value gets highlighted in the Query Matches pane based on the search criteria.

8. From the Query Matches pane, choose a circuit.

9. Click >> to move the selected circuit from the Query Matches pane to the Selected Services to Discover pane.

10. Click Discover All to display all the circuits of the Query Matches pane on the Circuits tab.

11. Click Discover Selected to display all the selected circuit of the Selected Services to Discover pane on the Circuits tab.

Step 3

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the OTN > Circuits tabs.

Step 2

Select a circuit and click Edit.

Step 3

Click the General tab. Perform the following steps in the Edit Circuit screen that appears:

1. Modify the parameters such as Name, Bandwidth, Path Protection Profile, Bandwidth Configuration, Diversity and Source and Destination client interfaces as needed.

   Note	Details of source and destination client interfaces are editable only when you update UNI circuits.

   Note	The Path Option Configuration hyperlink is disabled when the Diversity checkbox is checked or when diverse circuit of the selected circuit exists.

2. Click Apply to save the changes.

   Note	CTC hangs for a minute when multiple edit circuit windows are opened with multiple pluggable OIR.

Step 4

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the OTN > Circuits tab.

Step 2

Select a circuit from the list.

Step 3

Click Edit.

Step 4

Click ODU Configuration tab.

Step 5

From the left pane, click the ODU Line Configuration tab. Perform the following steps in the Edit ODU Line Configuration screen that appears:

1. Select a controller from the list.

2. From the Admin State drop-down list, choose Automatic in Service, Maintenance or Normal.

   Note	This field displays the current status of a controller.

3. From the Loopback drop-down list, choose an option Internal, Line or None.

4. From the GCC1 drop-down list, choose Enable or Disable.

5. Click Apply.

Step 6

From the left pane, click the ODU TTI Configuration tab. Perform the following steps in the Edit ODU TTI Configuration screen that appears:

1. From the Controller Name drop-down list, choose controllers for the Source and Destination pane respectively.

   Note

   The values that you enter in the Transmit area of the Source pane are displayed in the corresponding fields of the Expected area of the Destination pane. Similarly, the values that you enter in the Expected area of the Source pane are displayed in the corresponding fields of the Transmit area of the Destination pane. The values of the Received area of the Source and Destination pane must be the same.

2. In the Transmit area, click ASCII or Hex (1 byte) to specify the data type for the operator string.

3. Click ASCII Mode. The operator string is converted to ASCII data type.

4. Enter a new operator string. This string replaces the operator specific string when you click Apply.

5. Repeat steps (b) through (d) to select a data type in the Expected area of the Source pane.

6. Check the Auto-Refresh check box to refresh the received operator specific value automatically in every 5 seconds.

7. Click Apply.

Step 7

From the left pane, click the TCM Line Configuration tab. Perform the following steps in the Edit TCM Line Configuration screen that appears:

1. From the Controller Name drop-down list, choose a node.

2. From the TCM Mode drop-down list, choose a mode.

   The available options are:

   • Transparent - TCM data is passed through without any change , fault management and performance monitoring parameters are not enabled.

   • Operational - fault management (the LTC-CA alarm can be enabled) and performance monitoring parameters can be enabled.

   • NIM (Non-Intrusive Monitoring) - Performance monitoring parameters are enabled but are read-only. The LTC-CA alarm cannot be enabled.

3. Check the Enable PM check box to enable performance monitoring. This check box can be selected when the TCM Mode is either Operational or NIM.

4. Select the LTC-CA (Loss of Tandem Connection-Consecutive Action) check box to enable this alarm. This check box can be selected only when the TCM Mode is Operational.

5. Select the TIM-CA (Trace Identifier Mismatch-Consecutive Action) check box to enable this alarm. This check box can be selected only when the TCM Mode is Operational.

6. Click Apply.

Step 8

From the left pane, click the TCM TTI Configuration tab. Perform the following steps in the Edit TCM TTI Configuration screen:

1. From the Controller Name drop-down list, choose controller for the Source and Destination pane respectively.

   Note

   The values that you enter in the Transmit area of the Source pane are displayed in the corresponding fields of the Expected area of the Destination pane. Similarly, the values that you enter in the Expected area of the Source pane are displayed in the corresponding fields of the Transmit area of the Destination pane. The values of the Received area of the Source and Destination pane must be the same.

2. From the TCM drop-down list, choose TCM on the Source and Destination pane respectively.

3. In the Transmit area, click ASCII or Hex (1 byte) to specify the data type for the operator string.

4. Click Hex Mode. The operator string is converted to hexadecimal data type.

5. Enter a new operator string.

6. Click Apply to replace the operator specific string.

7. Repeat steps (c) through (e) to select a data type in the Expected area of the Source pane.

8. Select the Auto-Refresh check box to refresh the received operator specific value automatically, every 5 seconds.

9. Click Apply.

Step 9

From the left pane, click the PM Thresholds tab.

1. Click the ODU Controller tab. Perform the following steps in the ODU controller screen that appears:

   Note	Performance monitoring should be enabled for ODU controllers.

   • From the Controller Name drop-down list, choose a controller.

   • From the Layer Name drop-down list, choose an option Path or GFP. The PM threshold values get populated in the table appears on the screen.

   • Click either 15 Min or 1 Day interval to get the PM interval.

   • Click Refresh to get the updated PM threshold values in the table from the legacy node.

2. Click the TCM tab. Perform the following steps in the TCM screen that appears:

   Note	Permon should be enabled for TCM controllers.

   • From the Controller Name drop-down list, choose a controller. The PM threshold values get populated in the table appears on the screen.

   • Click either 15 Min or 1 Day interval to get the PM thresholds interval.

   • Click Refresh to get the updated TCM PM threshold values from the legacy node.

Step 10

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the OTN > Explicit Paths.

Step 2

Click Add. Perform the following steps in the Create Explicit Path screen:

1. Enter a name of the explicit path.

   Note	Strict path type is selected by default.

2. Click Add. Perform the following steps in the Add Node dialog box. Alternately, select a node from the map, and click Add.

   • From the Node drop-down list, choosenode.

   • From the Interface drop-down list, choose an interface.

   • Click Apply.

3. Click Apply to save the explicit path.

Step 3

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the Explicit Paths > Explicit Paths tab.

Step 2

Click Store. Perform the following steps in the Store Explicit Path (s) dialog box:

1. Check the check box adjacent to a node name.

2. Click OK to store the explicit path.

Step 3

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the OTN > Explicit Path.

Step 2

Click Load. Perform the following steps in the Load Explicit Path (s) dialog box:

1. Check the check box adjacent to a node name.

2. Click OK to load the explicit path.

Step 3

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Network View, click the Provisioning > LMP tabs.

Step 2

Click Create.

Step 3

In the LMP Origination screen of the wizard, provision these parameters.

Step 4

Click Next.

Step 5

In the LMP Termination screen of the wizard, provision these parameters:

Step 6

Click Next. Perform the following steps in the Optical Parameters screen that appears in the LMP creation wizard:

Step 7

In the Optical Parameters screen of the wizard, provision these parameters:

Step 8

Click Next.

Step 9

In the Alien Wavelength screen of the wizard, provision these parameters:

Step 10

Click Finish to create the LMP.

Step 11

Return to your originating procedure.

Step 1

In the Node/Card View, double-click the line card.

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.

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 1

In the Network View , click the OTN > Circuits tab.

Step 2

Select a circuit from the list. Ensure that the Type is 1+1.

Step 3

Click Edit.

Step 4

Click the Protection tab.

Step 5

The details of the selected circuit are displayed under the Source and Destination . The working circuit details are in green and the protect circuit details are in purple.

Step 6

Right-click the port of the working circuit or the protect circuit.

Step 7

Select one of the options under Switch commands.

Step 8

Return to the originating procedure.

Step 1

In the network view, click the DWDM Functional View icon in the toolbar. The DWDM Network Functional View <Circuit Maintenance> opens.

Step 2

From the Change Perspective drop-down list in the toolbar, choose Circuit Creation. The Circuit Creation view opens.

Step 3

Select the source node from where the OCH trail circuit must originate.

Step 4

Right-click and select the originating port on the source node.

Step 5

Select the destination node where the OCH trail circuit must terminate.

Step 6

Right-click and select the terminating port on the destination node.

Step 7

Specify a name and label for the circuit.

Step 8

Set the validation mode and acceptance threshold.

Step 9

Check the Wavelength Configuration check box to configure an explicit wavelength for the circuit.

Step 10

Check the IS checkbox to place the OCH trail circuit in service after creation. It is checked by default.

Step 11

Click Create.

Step 12

Return to your originating procedure.