Cisco Systems ONS 15327 manual Setting Up Protection Groups

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3 Using Cisco Transport Controller

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3.10 Setting Up Protection Groups

The ONS 15327 provides several card protection methods. When you set up protection for ONS 15327 cards, you must choose between maximum protection and maximum card-slot availability. The highest protection reduces the number of available card slots; the highest card-slot availability reduces the protection. For a description of protection groups refer to the “Card Protection” section on page 2-2.

For the ONS 15327, a 1:1 (electrical) XTC protection group is pre-provisioned. The name of the protection group is XTCPROTGRP and it cannot be edited or deleted. Therefore, you only need to create protection for optical cards.

Procedure: Create Protection Groups for Optical Cards

Step 1 From the CTC node view, click the Provisioning tab.

Step 2 Click the Protection subtab.

Step 3 Under Protection Groups, click Create.

Step 4 In the Create Protection Group dialog box (Figure 3-19),enter the following:

Name—Type a name for the protection group, up to 32 alpha-numeric characters.

Type—Choose 1+1 as the protection type. The protection selected determines the ports that are available to serve as protect and working ports.

Protect Entity—Choose protect port from the list.

Based on these selections, a list of available working ports displays under Available

Entities. Because 1:1 protection is pre-provisioned, no cards appear under available cards.

Figure 3-19 Specifying protection attributes in the Create Protection Group dialog box

Step 5 From the Available Entities list, choose the port that you want to provision as the working port. This port will be protected by the port you selected in Protect Entity. Select the top arrow button to move it to the Working Entities list. You can move more than one port.

Step 6 Complete the remaining fields:

Bidirectional switching—(optical cards only) if checked, both transmit and receive channels switch if a failure occurs to one.

Revertive—if checked, the ONS 15327 reverts back to the working port after failure conditions are corrected.

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Contents Using Cisco Transport Controller OverviewProcedure Install Netscape Windows Installing CTCPreparing PCs to Run CTC Procedure Install Netscape Solaris Procedure Extracting the CTC Version 2.3 Files for SolarisPreparing Solaris Workstations to Run CTC Procedure Install the Java Files Solaris If gzip required is not installed, install it now by typingRemove the intermediate tar files, for example Procedure Enable Applet Security for CTC Check Enable DNS for Windows Resolution Connecting PCs to the ONSProcedure Set Up a PC for Direct Connection Direct ConnectionsNetwork dialog boxes for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT Step Click Specify an IP addressTCP/IP Properties dialog box Gateway tab Windows 95/98 Settings Procedure Disable Proxy Service Using Windows with NetscapeLAN Connections Connecting to the ONS 15327 with TL1 Terminals Remote Access to the ONSLogging into CTC Procedure Log into the CTC Viewing CTCNode View Card Colors Node ViewCard Color Status Node View Tabs and Subtabs Description Network View Color Alarm StatusNode Status Background Image Action ProcedureNetwork View Actions Preferences Tabs Tab DescriptionChoose Create New Domain Procedure Create a New DomainCreating Domains Example of a customized map graphicCard View 10 The CTC card view showing an E10/100 cardToolbar and Menu Bar Options CTC NavigationTool Description Table Data Inventory Data Table Display Options Task Click Right-Click Shortcut Menu13 Viewing hardware information about installed cards Alarm Data Viewing ONS 15327 Alarms, Conditions, and EventsColumn Description Controlling Alarm Display Viewing Alarm History 15 Viewing current-session alarms and eventsRetrieving alarms Setting Up General Node InformationProcedure Set Up General Node Information Click the Provisioning General tabsClick Apply Procedure Set Up Network Information Setting Up General Network InformationChanging the IP Address 17 Entering network information Click Apply Setting Up ONS 15327 Security SnmpSecurity Level Idle Time Procedure Create New UsersONS 15327 Security Idle Times Click OKProcedure Edit User Security at the Network Level all nodes Procedure Edit User Security Node LevelClick the Provisioning Security tabs Setting Up Protection Groups Procedure Create Protection Groups for Optical CardsProcedure Edit Protection Groups Click the Maintenance Protection tabs Setting Up TimingProcedure Delete Protection Groups Click the Provisioning Protection tabsSSM Generation 1 Message Set Message Quality DescriptionProcedure Set Up ONS 15327 Timing SSM Generation 2 Message SetJuly Using Cisco Transport Controller Using Virtual Wires Setting Up External User-Provisionable AlarmsSetting timing parameters External Input Alarms Procedure Provision External Alarms24shows the External Alarms subtab Procedure Provision External Controls External Output ControlsCreating Alarm Profiles Example of the external alarm input and output processAlarming tab showing the default profile and a new profile Alarm Profile Buttons Heading DescriptionAlarm Profile Editing Options Procedure Create an Alarm ProfileClick the Provisioning Alarming tabs Button DescriptionClick the Provisioning DS1 or DS3 Alarming tabs Procedure Apply an Alarm Profile at the Card ViewProcedure Apply an Alarm Profile at the Node View Click Force still need to ApplyExportable CTC Table Data Printing and Exporting CTC DataView Tab Subtab Procedure Print CTC Data Procedure Export CTC DataDisplaying CTC Data in Other Applications 29 Exporting CTC data as Html Step
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