Chapter 17 DLPs E100 to E199

DLP- E147 Check BLSR or Path Protection Alarms and Conditions

DLP-E147 Check BLSR or Path Protection Alarms and Conditions

Purpose

This task checks a BLSR or a path protection for alarms and conditions

 

before performing any major administrative change to the ring such as

 

adding and removing nodes.

Tools/Equipment

None

Prerequisite Procedures

DLP-E26 Log into CTC, page 16-33

Required/As Needed

As needed

Onsite/Remote

Onsite

Security Level

Retrieve or higher

Step 1 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View. Verify that all BLSR or path protection spans on the network map are green.

Step 2 Click the Alarms tab. Verify that no critical or major alarms are present, nor any facility alarms or conditions, such as loss of signal (LOS), loss of frame alignment (LOF), alarm indication signal–line (AIS-L), signal fail (SF), and signal degrade (SD). In a BLSR, these facility conditions might be reported as minor alarms. Make sure the Filter button in the lower right corner of the window is off (not indented).

Step 3 Click the Conditions tab and click Retrieve Conditions. Verify that no ring switches are active. Make sure the Filter button in the lower right corner of the window is off (not indented).

Step 4 Return to the originating procedure (NTP).

DLP-E150 Clear a BLSR Force Ring Switch

Purpose

This task removes a Force switch from a BLSR port.

Tools/Equipment

None

Prerequisite Procedures

DLP-E26 Log into CTC, page 16-33

Required/As Needed

As needed

Onsite/Remote

Onsite

Security Level

Provisioning or higher

Step 1 From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.

Step 2 Click the Provisioning > BLSR tabs.

Step 3 Select the BLSR and click Edit.

Note If node icons overlap, drag and drop the icons to a new location or return to network view and change the positions of the network node icons. BLSR node icons are based on the network view node icon positions.

Step 4 To clear a Force switch on the west line:

a.Right-click the BLSR west port where you want to clear the protection switch and choose Set West Protection Operation. Ports with a Force switch applied are marked with an F.

Cisco ONS 15600 Procedure Guide, R8.0

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Cisco Systems 15600 manual DLP-E150 Clear a Blsr Force Ring Switch, Click the Provisioning Blsr tabs, 17-40

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