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Cisco ONS 15454 Installation and Operations Guide
November 2001
Chapter9 Ethernet Operation
Ethernet Circuit Configurations
The Circuit Creation (Circuit Destination) dialog box opens.
Step 13 From the Node menu, choose the current node as the circ uit de stin ati on.
Step 14 From the Slot menu, choose the optical card that will carry the circuit.
Step 15 Choose the STS that will carry the circuit from the STS menu and click Next.
Note For Ethernet manual cross-connects, the same node serves as both source and destination.
The Circuit Creation (Circuit VLAN Selection) dialog box opens (Figure9-11 on page 9-12).
Step 16 Create the VLAN:
a. Click the New VLAN tab.
The Circuit Creation (Define New VLAN) dialog box opens (Figure9-10 on page 9-11).
b. Assign an easily-identifiable name to your VLAN.
c. Assign a VLAN ID.
The VLAN ID should be the next available number (between 2 and 4093) th at is not already assigned
to an existing VLAN. Each ONS 15454 network supports a ma ximu m o f 509 use r-prov isiona ble
VLANs.
d. Click OK.
Figure9-17 Selecting VLANs
e. Highlight the VLAN name and click the arrow >> tab to move the VLAN(s) from the Available
VLANs column to the Circuit VLANs column (Figure9 -17).
Step 17 Click Next.
The Circuit Creation (Circuit Routing Preferences) dialog box opens.
Step 18 Confirm that the following information is correct:
•Circuit name
•Circuit type
•Circuit size
•VLANs on this circuit
•ONS 15454 nodes included in this circuit