Chapter 17 DLPs E100 to E199

DLP- E172 Install Fiber-Optic Cables for Path Protection Configurations

DLP-E172 Install Fiber-Optic Cables for Path Protection Configurations

Purpose

This task installs the fiber-optic cables to the path protection ports at each

 

node. See Chapter 5, “Turn Up a Network” to provision and test path

 

protection configurations.

Tools/Equipment

Fiber-optic cables

Prerequisite Procedures

NTP-E11 Install the OC-N Cards, page 2-4

 

NTP-E77 Clean Fiber Connectors and Adapters, page 14-15

Required/As Needed

Required

Onsite/Remote

Onsite

Security Level

None

Caution To avoid loss of traffic, do not create a path protection using two ports on the same card. You can create a path protection on different ports on the same side of the shelf, but Cisco recommends using one port on one side of the shelf and another port on the opposite side.

Note See Table 16-1 on page 16-20and Table 16-2 on page 16-20for OGI connector pinouts of OC-48 and OC-192 cards.

Step 1 Plug the fiber into the transmit (Tx) connector of an OC-N card at one node and plug the other end of the fiber into the receive (Rx) connector of an OC-N card at the adjacent node. The card will display an SF LED if the transmit and receive fibers are mismatched (one fiber connects a receive port on one card to a receive port on another card, or the same situation with transmit ports).

Step 2 Repeat Step 1 until you have configured the ring.

Step 3 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).

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