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Cisco ONS 15454 Installation and Operations Guide
November 2001
Chapter9 Ethernet Operation
Ethernet Circuit Configurations
Step 25 Display the CTC node view.
Step 26 Click the Circuits tab and click Create.
Step 27 Choose STS from the Type pull-down menu.
Note The types VT and VT Tunnel do not apply to Ethernet circuits.
Step 28 Choose the size of the circuit from the Size pull-down menu.
Step 29 Verify that the Bidirectional checkbox is checked and click Next.
Step 30 Choose the circuit source from the Node menu and click Next.
Either end node can be the circuit source.
Step 31 Choose the circuit destination from the Node menu.
Choose the node that is not the source.
Step 32 From the Slot menu, choose the Ethernet card where you enabl ed the single-card EtherSwitch and click
Next.
The Circuit Creation (Circuit VLAN Selection) dialog box is displ aye d.
Step 33 Highlight the VLAN that you created for the first circuit and click the >> tab to move the VLAN(s) from
the Available VLANs column to the Selected VLANs column.
Step 34 Click Next and click Finish.
Step 35 You now need to provision the Ethernet ports and assign ports to VLANs. For port provisioning
instructions, see the “Provision Ethernet Ports” procedure on page9-3. For assigning port s to VLANs,
see the “Provision Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership” procedure on page 9-24.
9.3.4 Ethernet Manual Cross-Connects
ONS 15454s require end-to-end CTC visibility between nodes for normal provisioning of Ethernet
circuits. When other vendors’ equipment sits between ONS 15454s, OSI/TARP- based equipment does
not allow tunneling of the ONS 15454 TCP/IP-based DCC. To circumvent this lack of continuous DCC,
the Ethernet circuit must be manually cross connected to an STS chan ne l ri ding thr oug h the non -ON S
network. This allows an Ethernet circuit to run from ONS node to ONS node utilizing the non-ONS
network.
Note Provisioning manual cross-connects for Multicard Etherswitch circuits is a separate procedure from
provisioning manual cross-connects for Single-card Etherswitch circuits. Both procedures are listed
below.