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Cisco ONS 15454 Installation and Operations Guide

November 2001

Chapter2 Software Installation

Working with the CTC Window

2.6.2.3 Creating Domains

Domains are icons where you can add a group of ONS 1 5454s or O NS 153 27s. Add ing dom ain s t o the

network view map makes networks with many nodes easier to manage. Aft er you cr eat e a do ma in, yo u

can drag and drop ONS 15454 icons into it (Figure 2-7). The ONS 15454s ar e hidden until you open the

domain. Figure 2-9 shows an example of an opened domain.

Table2-7 Performing Network Management Tasks in Network View

Action Procedure

Open a node Any of the following:

•Double-click a node icon

•Right-click a node icon, choose Drill Down to Node from the shortcut

•Click a node and choose Go to Selected Object View from the CTC View

•From the View menu, choose Other Node. Select a node from the Select

Node dialog box

•Double-click a node alarm or event in the Alarms or History tabs

Move a node icon Press the Ctrl key and the left mouse button simultaneously and drag the node

icon to a new location.

Reset node icon

position Right-click a node and choose Reset Node Position from the shortcut menu.

The node icon moves to the position defined by the longitude and latitude

fields on the Provisioning > General tabs in node view.

Provision a circuit Right-click a node. From the shortcut menu, choose Provision Circuit To and

select the node where you want to provision the circuit. For circuit creation

procedures, see the “Create an Automatically Routed Circuit” section on

page6-2.

Update circuits with

new node Right-click a node and choose Update Circuits With New Node from the

shortcut menu. Use this command when you add a new node and want t o pass

circuits through it.

Display a link end

point Right-click a span. On the shortcut menu, select Go To [node/slot/port] for the

drop port you want to view. CTC displays the card in card view.

Display span

properties Any of the following:

•Move mouse over a span; properties display above the span

•Click a span; properties display in the upper left corner of the window

•Right-click a span; properties display at the top of the shortcut menu

Perform a UPSR

protection switch for

an entire span

Right-click a network span and click Circuits. See the “Switch UPSR Traffic”

section on page 5-32 for UPSR protection switch procedures.

Upgrade a span Right-click a span and choose Upgrade Span from the shortcut menu.

Note For detailed span upgrade information and instructions, re fe r t o the

Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide.