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Chapter 13 Management Network Connectivity
13.3 13.3 Provisionable Patchcords
Figure 13-17 IP Scenario 9: ONS 15454 GNE and ENEs on Different Subnets with Secure Mode
Enabled
13.3 Provisionable Patchcords
A provisionable patchcord is a user-provisioned link that is advertised by OSPF throughout the network.
Provisionable patchcords, also called virtual links, are needed in the following situations:
An optical port is connected to a transponder (TXP) or muxponder (MXP) client port provisioned
in transparent mode.
An optical ITU port is connected to a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical
channel card.
Two TXP or MXP trunk ports are connected to a DWDM optical channel card and the generic
communications channel (GCC) is carried transparently through the ring.
TXP or MXP client and trunk ports are in a regenerator group, the cards are in transparent mode,
and DCC/GCC termination is not available.
Provisionable patchcords are required on both ends of a physical link. The provisioning at each end
includes a local patchcord ID, slot/port information, remote IP address, and remote patchcord ID.
Patchcords appear as dashed lines in CTC network view.
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Remote CTC
10.10.20.10
10.10.20.0/24
10.10.10.0/24
Interface 0/0
10.10.20.1
Router A
Interface 0/1
10.10.10.1
ONS 15454
GNE
Backplane - 10.10.10.100/24
TCC2P - 176.20.20.40/24
ONS 15454
ENE
Backplane - 192.168.10.250/24
TCC2P - 176.20.20.30/24
ONS 15454
ENE
192.168.10.150/24 - Backplane
176.20.20.10/24 - TCC2P
ONS 15454
ENE
192.168.10.200/24 - Backplane
176.20.20.20/24 - TCC2P
Local/Craft CTC
176.20.20.50
Ethernet
SONET