Chapter 3 Building the Network

3.5.2 Adding NEs

Table 3-7

Field Descriptions for the Add New NE Wizard (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

 

 

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

NE Service Level

 

Enter the password to use for CTM server-to-NE connections.

 

Password

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

Enter a description of the NE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location Name

 

 

 

 

Enter the NE geographic location.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subnetwork ID

 

 

 

 

Select the subnetwork ID associated with the NE.

 

(not selectable if

 

 

 

 

 

 

automatic subnetwork

 

 

 

grouping is enabled)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network Partition ID

 

Select the network partition associated with the NE.

 

 

 

 

 

Group Properties Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grouping Option for

 

Select a grouping option for the discovered NEs. The groupings are as follows:

 

Discovered NEs

 

 

 

 

Group discovered NEs in the Discovered Network Elements group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group NEs with the NE that discovered them (Cisco default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group NEs by subnet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

For CTM to communicate with certain NE types, you must set the username and password that the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CTM server uses to establish a session with the NE. To enter user information, choose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administration > Control Panel > Security Properties tab; then, enter the username and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

password on the ONS 15216 EDFA2, ONS 15216 EDFA3, ONS 15216 OADM, ONS 15327,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONS 15454, CRS-1,XR 12000, ONS 15454 SDH, ONS 155XX, ONS 15600 SDH, ONS 15600,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or ONS 158XX tab.

 

Regardless of the actual size of the password, the Password and Confirm Password fields display only a fixed-length string. The fixed-length string is 12 asterisks (*).

For the ONS 15800, ONS 15801, and ONS 15808, a misconfigured password setting can affect configuration, PM information collection, and CTM GateWay/TL1 services.

For more information, see 8.3.4.14 Configuring CTM Security Parameters, page 8-33. For NEs that do not use SNMP, you can set the username and password in the NE Authentication tab of the Domain Explorer. For more information, see 8.4.1 Setting NE Authentication, page 8-45.

Note

When adding more than one DCC-connected, CTC-based NE, add one NE to a subnetwork and

 

allow the other NEs to be automatically discovered and placed in the same subnetwork. When

 

moving NEs from one subnetwork to another, move all DCC-connected NEs to the same

 

subnetwork. Move the entire subnetwork instead of splitting DCC-connected NEs between

 

subnetworks.

 

Errors encountered while adding NEs are listed in the Error Log.

 

 

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