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Contents

	About this document			ix
	Supported software	ix
	Supported hardware	x
	Technical support and information xii

	Overview			1-1
	Network element overview		1-1
	Release 12.1 features 1-4
	Release 12.1 Hardware Compatibility Matrix 1-16
	Supported configurations		1-19
	Interworking 1-25
	Supported upgrade paths		1-26

	Operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) features			2-1
	Gigabit Ethernet Drop and Continue 2-3
	Alarm provisioning 2-5
	Alarm flow control	2-6
	Environmental alarms		2-7
	External controls	2-7

ACO switch — clearing audible alarms and performing lamp tests 2-7

Bandwidth management	2-7
Tributary, DWDM, BLSR, UPSR, and 1+1 linear point-to-point				2-8
BLSR 2-9
Connection editing 2-9
In-service traffic rollover 2-9
BLSR networks (2-fiber)	2-10
Protection 2-11
’Infinite wait-to-restore’	parameter 2-12
BLSR Line Protection Oscillation Control			2-13
BLSR single span fiber cut scenario 2-13
BLSR nodal / multi-span failure scenario (involves squelching)				2-25
BLSR configurations 2-29
BLSR configuration and connection audit			2-30
Traffic flow over OC-48 BLSR		2-31
Traffic flow over OC-192 BLSR		2-32
Provisioning rules 2-34

OAM supported on BLSR 2-43

Channelized DS3 service (DS3VTx12 mapper) 2-44

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

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OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform Copyright  2000-2004 Nortel Networks, All Rights Reserved Contents Iv Contents Contents Hardware feature descriptions Contents Page Supported software Standards Supported hardware Hardware naming conventionsAudience NTRN16AA OPTera Metro 3500 NTP library International For non-service-affecting problems North AmericaGlobal software upgrade support North America Technical support and information Network element overview Overview Loam Loam Release 12.1 features In-service reconfigurations Dwdm Services DS1DS3 8Overview Overview Performance monitoring Security and administration Bandwidth management Miscellaneous Blsr 14Overview Overview Platforms with STX VTX-series Circuit packs Release 12.1 Hardware Compatibility Matrix OC-3x4 Yes 18Overview Supported configurations Upsr Linear Spur OC-48 OC-3 Requires dual slot circuit OC-12 Pack 22Overview VTX-48e Linear pt-to-pt or OC-12 ADM chain OC-3 24Overview Interworking Supported upgrade paths New or enhanced OAM features in OPTera Metro 3500 Release Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features OPTera Metro 3500 OAM features Gigabit Ethernet Drop and Continue P2P Gigabit Ethernet drop and continue application Engineering rules Alarm provisioning Alarm flow control Environmental alarms Bandwidth managementExternal controls Tributary, DWDM, BLSR, UPSR, and 1+1 linear point-to-point Connection editing In-service traffic rollover STS or 5376 VT Switching matrixBlsr networks 2-fiber OPTera Metro Protection User-initiated Blsr switching commands Automatically initiated Blsr switching requests ’Infinite wait-to-restore’ parameter Blsr single span fiber cut scenario Blsr Line Protection Oscillation Control Blsr single span Fiber cut example Step Action Node status ’Bridged and Switched’ 16Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features UEQ Blsr ring switch example 18Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features Node 1 and 2 state change detail Idle State 20Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features EX1242p 22Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features State Protection traffic 24Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features Blsr nodal / multi-span failure scenario involves squelching 26Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features OC-48 Blsr node failure example A-BC-B OC-192 Blsr node failure example Blsr configurations Blsr configuration attributesSTS paths and squelch map for a four-node 2-Fiber Blsr ring Blsr configuration and connection audit Blsr configuration distributionBlsr configuration audit Traffic flow over OC-48 Blsr Blsr connection auditSTS Blsr with VT assignment Traffic flow over OC-192 Blsr VT Blsr with full VT access Network Element a DS1 add/drop Provisioning rules Risk of traffic lossOC-48/OC-192 Blsr provisioning rules Rule # Description OC-48/OC-192 Blsr provisioning rules 36Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features EX1294p 38Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features West optics East optics IPTR-1 IPTR-2IPTR-3 IPTR-4 RPR over a Blsr and subtending Upsr example Upsr #2 Upsr #1 OAM supported on Blsr Channelized DS3 service DS3VTx12 mapper Changing the Blsr configuration / connection audit periodCommon Language Location Identifier Consolidated load Connection ID Dense wavelength division multiplexing Dwdm Band OPTera Metro 3500 bands OMX module OPTera Metro 3500 and OMX interconnect Network sites Dwdm configurations Hubbed-ring configurationPhysical connections in a hubbed-ring configuration Logical connections in a hubbed-ring configuration 3500 Meshed-ring configuration3500 3500 Physical connections in a meshed-ring configuration 3500 Logical connections in a meshed-ring configuration3500 3500 Logical Connections Dwdm point-to-point configurationLinear point-to-point Physical Connections 3500 Facility loopback Facility attributesLoopbacks Terminal loopback Optical loopback Electrical Loopback typesOptical facility loopbacks Optical terminal loopbacks Facility loopbackOOS AIS Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features Network surveillance Extended network processor NPx2x100BT-P2P loopback conditioning Single-ended Tbos Telemetry byte-oriented serial Tbos Remote alarm LED indicator Path traceTbos report format Section trace TID address resolution protocol Tarp OPTera Packet Edge System Resilient Packet Ring Ethernet Connectors Resilient packet ring shelf level Resilient packet ring RPR object 64Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features RPR configuration alert Auto save notificationTraps 2x100BT-P2P circuit pack NNI Filters increased to PPP and Hdlc PPP over Sonet Hdlc STS1/3C PPP/BCP 2x100BT-P2P circuit pack model Network protection using UPSR, 1+1 linear and Blsr Bridge Control Protocol2x100BT-P2P logical datapath overview Ethernet Operational Measurements Oamp support Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features Distributed multilink trunking Bandwidth Reservation Protocol BRPTDIs on a mapped UNI 2xGigE/FC-P2P circuit pack Optical Ethernet Private Line OE-PL and Storage applications SDH Alarm management Equipment alarms 76Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features Ingress LAN port alarms Small Form Factor Pluggables SFP alarms For Fibre Channel facilities, this alarm Ingress LAN port alarms Alarm Description Severity For Fibre Channel facilities , this alarm LAN GFP Vcat LAN Ingress AlarmsEgress WAN port and service alarms LAN WAN SUBRATE=DISABLE 82Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features Client Service Mismatch Bandwidth management LanwanContiguous concatenation Ethernet facility Facility attributesVirtual concatenation Engineering rules 86Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features MTU Fibre Channel facility 88Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features STS12C, STS24C Provunits WAN facility WAN GFP Supported on 2xGigE/FC-P2P Outframesdiscds Supported on 2xGigE/FC-P2P circuit Pack Alignerr 94Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features INFRAMESERR/INFRAME Inoctetserr UAS Performance MonitoringFibre Channel Extended Reach SES Storage over Sonet GFP and Flow Control Enable Distance Extension See Note Generic Framing Procedure and Virtual Concatenation support Generic Framing Procedure GFP60950 91430 182860 GFP FCS GFP Encapsulation Efficiency Rate Virtual Concatenation Vcat Optical interoperability of OPTera Metro Performance monitoringSonet line, section, and path parameters User defined threshold values facility Hard-coded default threshold values facility typeUser defined default threshold values facility type Threshold values Line Path ES-P ES-PFESES-P SEFS-P SES-PFESEFS-PFE SAS-P FC-PFE FC-P Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features Retrieving performance monitoring counts Physical PMs NTN445JA NTN408DANTN445CB NTN445DA Storage and retrieval of physical PMs Resetting registers and invalid data flag TCA summary alarms Performance monitoring threshold crossing alerts TCATCAs Alarms Site Manager support Preside Software Upgrade Management support Site Manager main window Preside Applications Platform and Multiservice MOA support Protection switching Protection hierarchy 120Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features Protection PM in a Blsr configuration Protection PM in a linear 1+1 configuration Local account user authentication Security and administration Local ‘challenge-response’ user authentication Risk of unauthorized access Centralized Security Administration CSA Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features Time s Server ’Access-Request’ ’Access-Accept’ ’Access-Reject’ SecurID support Secure storage of authentication data Individual shelf processor Saving and restoring provisioning dataLocal TL1 of provisioning data Span of control Application of TL1 commands from a TL1 script file Security levelsLevel System identifier SID Multiple login sessions Remote login SPx login sessions NPx login sessionsEnhanced Intrusion Detection Intrusion attempt handling Password management Password restrictionsLogical flow of intrusion attempt handling Enhanced password restrictions Password ReusePassword Aging Temporary Accounts Customer managed networks ACT-USER, CANC-USER, ED-SECU-PID ALW-MSG-ALL INH-MSG-ALL Security log audit trail SECU410 General Broadcast toolLog Names Log name Log events SECU401 Example of Modified Login Banner Modifiable Login Banner Login banner functionality Restore-banner NE3 DSM STS Managed DSM NE4 DSMNE1 DSM NE2 NE1 NE5NE4 DSM STS1 endpoints to DS1 facility grouping assignments STS1 AID is used to perform BWM operations onGroup of DS1 facilities Synchronization Support for 12 DSM Transport line timing Internal timingExternal timing Line timing Tributary line timing Timing signal sources Internal timing modeExternal timing mode Line timing mode transport / tributary Timing modes Stratum clocks Synchronization hierarchySMC Hierarchy violations Timing loopsST3 Hierarchical network synchronization Network element synchronization modes Building-integrated timing supply Bits Line timing External timing Timing sources and timing distribution Flow of synchronization timing signals Synchronization-status messages ST4 ST1 PRSSTU ST2 User-initiated synchronization switches User-specified quality levels for timing sourcesBits output with VTX-series or STX-192 circuit packs DUS Test Access Site Manager Test Access Session Management window Test Access Ports TAPs DCN Test access configurationsMonitoring test access Test access components Single FAD, Mone and Single FAD Monf Test access-monitor state TAP Monitoring test access-Single FAD, MoneMonitoring test access-Single FAD, Monf Monitoring test access-Dual FAD, Monef Split test access Test access-split stateSingle FAD, Splte and Single FAD Spltf Split test access-Single FAD, Splte Split test access-Single FAD, SpltfSplit test access-Single FAD, Splta Loss of association and auto recovery Split test access-Dual FAD, SpltefDual FAD, Spltef Site Manager User interface Time of day synchronization 170Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features TOD parameters applicable to NP only Hhminsec Unknown TL1 Changes to Cross Connect AID parameter CLX-13CTYPE=VTXOOS-AU, UEQ TL1 event / log featureTL1 event exerciser CLX RTRV-EQPT Behaviour Card in Slot 13 RTRV-EQPT Output Database change events Log eventsInventory events VT management on a Upsr Topology enhancementsVT management option on STX equipped OPTera Metro Atag sequence numbers Per-site dedicated STS VTXSTX Per-site dedicated STS no VT loss in case of a fiber cut STXW/STX Virtual ring path-in-line and shared VT-managed STS VT#1 UPSR, 2 way STS-1 #1 Unprotected OM3500 180Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features VT grooming on a Upsr VT grooming with dedicated STS at each site DS1 DS3 EC1 VT grooming with shared VT-managed STS 184Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features OM3500 VT#1, STS-1 #1 Collocated OPTera Metro 3000 NE and shared VT-managed STS EX1561p 188Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features VT grooming at an STS-managed OPTera Metro 3500 site Upsr planning guidelines summaryGeneral guidelines Physical subtending ringsPage New hardware in OPTera Metro 3500 Release Hardware feature descriptions OPTera Metro 3500 hardware Extended Reach ZX Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP NTTP51DZ Shelves equipped with VTX-48 or VTX-48e circuit packs Shelves equipped with STX-192 circuit packs OC-3 circuit packs Operational temperature rangeOPTera Metro Shelf Assembly Universal Shelf NTN476DA NTN476AH OC-48 non-DWDM circuit packs OC-48 Dwdm circuit packs OC192 non-DWDM circuit packs OC-48 ER Dwdm NTN408CWOC-48 Dwdm NTN442LF OC-48 Dwdm NTN442NB Electrical tributary circuit packs NTTP51BD NTN433AANTN438DA NTTP51AA NTN433FA OPTera Packet Edge System circuit packsNTN433BB NTN433EA NTN414AB NTN438BACross-connect / synchronization circuit packs NTN414AA Protection switching circuit packs Power modules and BIPsNetwork / Shelf processors, and Ilan circuit packs Accessory shelves Cooling unit assembliesModules NTN452EH NTN452EANTN452AH NTN452CH NTN452NA NTN452JANTN452JH NTN452KA NTN451BH LIFs and LOAMsNTN451BA NTN451MA LIF, Loam 20Hardware feature descriptions Loam LIF OPTera Metro 3500 Shelf Assembly NTN476DA NTN452AA and BNC 12-Port Front I/O module NTN452JA DS1BNC 12 port I/O EX1157p 24Hardware feature descriptions Air deflector Replaceable I/O modules Hardware feature descriptions Module type and slot positions Type / PEC Positions Transport slotNTN476DA ADD / Drop DS1 29-56 Front I/O module NTN452CA DS1 1-28 Front I/O module NTN452AA BNC 12-Port Front I/O module NTN452JA DS1 29-84 Front I/O module NTN452EA DS1 1-28 Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452AH 8xRJ-45 Front I/O module NTN452NA DS1 29-84 Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452EH DS1 29-56 Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452CH 8xRJ-45 Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452NH BNC 12-Port Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452JH DS1 29-56 Rear I/O module NTN452DA DS1 1-28 Rear I/O module NTN452BA 8xRJ-45 Rear I/O module NTN452HB DS1 29-84 Rear I/O module NTN452FA Common modules Left OAM Loam NTN451MA, NTN451MHBNC 12-Port Rear I/O module NTN452KA ACO Left interface LIF NTN451BA, NTN451BHLeft OAM Loam NTN451MA, NTN451MH Colan Ilan Left interface LIF NTN451BA, NTN451BH OPTera Metro 3500 Cooling unit assembly NTN458QA OPTera Metro 3500 Universal cooling unit assembly NTN458QH Universal power module NTN451HA Universal power module NTN451HAOPTera Metro 3000 breaker interface panel BIP NTN458RA Alarm Circuits Power Input AlarmBreaker Alarm Bay Alarms OPTera Metro 3500 BIP European deployment NTFW56BA Core circuit packs VTX equipped OPTera Metro 3500 shelf Core circuit packs STX-192 equipped OPTera Metro 3500 shelf EX1474p Tributary circuit packs OPTera Packet Edge circuit packs 2xGigE/FC-P2P and SFP interfaces NPx, ILAN, PSC, and PSX circuit packs PSCPSX Ilan External timing reference input signals STX-192 circuit pack NTN415AAEquipping rules OC48 STS OC-48 STS DSM Alarm LED definitions VTX-48 circuit pack NTN414AALED name Color Description VTX-48e circuit pack NTN414AB, NTN414AH TL1 sessions Extended shelf processor SPx NTN423BA, BH Section data communication channel Sdcc Alarms and TbosReset button Extended network processor NPx NTN424BA, BH Alarms and provisioning data OC-192 optical interface circuit pack NTN445CB, DA Ilan interface NTN425AA Forward Error Correction FEC STS-1 path trace for OC-192Section trace for OC-192 Alarm Text or conditions OC-192 protection switching +1 linear protectionUpsr path protection Blsr protection 64Hardware feature descriptions OC-48 optical wavelength OC-48 circuit pack Wavelength STS-1 path trace for OC-48 Following table lists the OC-48 interface circuit pack LEDs Section trace for OC-48 OC-48 protection switching OC-48 STS optical interface circuit pack NTN440HA, KA, LA STS-1 path trace for OC-48 70Hardware feature descriptions Section data communication channel Sdcc Optical transmit +1 linear OC-12 Protection switchingUnidirectional path switched rings UPSRs Optical receive 74Hardware feature descriptions OC12x4 STS IR optical interface circuit pack NTN446CA Multimode InterworkingParameters Value 76Hardware feature descriptions OC-3 optical interface circuit pack NTN401AA, DA OC-3 Protection switching Section data communication channel Sdcc OC-3x4 optical interface circuit pack NTN441AA, AC Equipping rules EC-1x3 circuit pack NTN436AA Protection switching EC-1x12 circuit pack NTN436DA EC-1x12 circuit packs do not support Sdcc channels DS1 mapper NTN430AA, BA DS1 DS1 I/O module types 88Hardware feature descriptions DS3 alarms available only on DS3x12e mapper DS3x12 / DS3x12e mapper NTN435AA, AH / NTN435BADS3 Path PMs Near-End available only on DS3x12e mapper DS3VTx12 mapper NTN435FA 2x100BT-P2P circuit pack NTN433AA DS3/VT protection switching 92Hardware feature descriptions Shelf Module Scenario description OPTera Packet Edge System 4x100BT circuit pack NTN433BB WAN OPTera Packet Edge System 4x100FX circuit pack NTN433EA, FA LEDs Color Description 98Hardware feature descriptions Hardware feature descriptions Protection switch controller PSC NTN412AA OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH NT0H32AE, BE, CE, DE, EE, FE, GE, HE Protection switch extender PSX NTN413AA OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH equipment drawer OMX shelf not required with OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH NTN449ZW OMX OMX shelf NTN449ZW Mounting bracket labels Letter Rack type Fiber manager NT0H57BB Multiple is DS1 service module DSM shelf NTN407MA DS1 service module DSM NTN407MA EX0959p DSM OAM Hardware Release 6 with cover off DSM DS1x84 termination module TM NTN313AA, ACDSM OAM Hardware Release 6 with cover on LOS LED Name LED Color On condition descriptionPage OPTera Metro Multiservice Platform