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Chapter 11 Change Card Settings

NTP-E66 Modify Line and Status Thresholds for Optical Ports

Table 11-3	OC-N Threshold Options (Line, Section, and Path) (continued)

Heading	Description	Options

FC	Failure count	Numeric. Defaults (15 min/1 day):
		Line
		• 10/40 (OC-48/OC-192 Near and Far
			End)
		Path
		• 10/10 (OC-48/OC-192 Near and Far
			End)

UAS	Unavailable seconds	Numeric. Defaults (15 min/1 day):
		Line
		• 3/10 (OC-48/OC-192 Near and Far
			End)
		Path
		• 10/10 (Near and Far End)

PSC	Protection Switching Count (Line)	Numeric. Defaults (15 min/1 day):
		Line
		•	1/5 (Near End)
		•	0/0 (Far End)

PSD	Protection Switch Duration (Line)	Numeric. Defaults (15 min/1 day):
		Line
		•	300/600 (Near End)
		• 0/0 (OC-48/OC-192 Far End)

PSC-W	Protection Switching Count (Working	Numeric. Defaults (15 min/1 day):
	Line)	Line
		Line
		•	1/5 (Near End)

PSD-W	Protection Switch Duration (Working	Numeric. Defaults (15 min/1 day):
	Line)	Line
		Line
		•	300/600 (Near End)

Step 9 As needed, complete the following:

a.Click Physical to provision the physical options in Table 11-4for each OC-N port.

b.Change the selection to 15 Min or 1 Day as necessary.

c.Click Refresh to view or modify the thresholds for each selection.

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ONS 15600 specifications

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ONS 15600 specifications