Cisco Systems 15327 Provisioning Card Mode, Managing SONET/SDH Alarms, Displaying the FPGA Information

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Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R7.2
January 2009
Chapter 2 CTC Operations
Provisioning Card Mode
Note The port name field configured in CTC and the port name configured in Cisco IOS are independent of
each other. The name for the same port under Cisco IOS and CTC does not match, unless the same name
is used to configure the port name in both CTC and Cisco IOS.
Provisioning Card Mode
The card mode provisioning window shows the mode currently configured on the ML-Series card and
allows the user to change it to either HDLC, GFP-F, or 802.17 RPR. For more information on HDLC or
GFP-F, see the "POS on ONS Ethernet Cards" chapter.
The user may also pre-provision the card mode of an ML-Series card before the card is physically
installed. The ML-Series card will then boot up into the pre-provisioned mode. If the correct microcode
image is not already loaded, setting the card mode to 802.17 will automatically download and enable the
correct microcode image for IEEE compliant 802.17b.
Caution The ML-Series card reboots after the card mode is changed.
Click the Provisioning > Card tabs to display this window. Use the Mode drop-down list and then click
Apply to provision the card mode type. Click Ye s at the Reset Card dialog box that appears.
Managing SONET/SDH Alarms
CTC manages the ML-Series SONET/SDH alarm behavior in the same manner as it manages alarm
behavior for other ONS 15454 SONET/SDH cards. Refer to the “ Manage Alarms” chapter of the
Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide or the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Procedure Guide for detailed
information. For information on specific alarms, refer to the “Alarm Troubleshooting” chapter of the
Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide or Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Troubleshooting Guide for detailed
information.
To view the window, click the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles tabs for the Ethernet and POS port alarm
profile information.
Displaying the FPGA Information
CTC displays information for the field programmable gate array (FPGA) on the M L-Series card. Click
the Maintenance > Info tabs to display this window.
The FPGA on the ML100T-12, ML100X-8 and ML1000-2 provides the interface and buffe ring between
the card’s network processor and the SONET/SDH cross-connect. FPGA Image Version 3.x supports
HDLC framing, and FPGA Image Version 4.x supports GFP-F Framing. Both images support virtual
concatenation (VCAT). In Release 5.0 and later, the correct FPGA is automatically loaded when the
framing mode is changed by the user.
Note ML-Series cards manufactured prior to Software Release 4.6 need an updated version of the FPGA to
support VCAT.