OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform
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Hardware feature descriptions
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Standards
Supported software
Hardware naming conventions
Supported hardware
Audience
OPTera Metro 3500 NTP library
NTRN16AA
For non-service-affecting problems North America
Global software upgrade support North America
Technical support and information
International
Overview
Network element overview
Loam
Loam
Release 12.1 features
In-service reconfigurations
Dwdm
DS1
Services
DS3
8Overview
Overview
Performance monitoring
Security and administration
Bandwidth management
Blsr
Miscellaneous
14Overview
Overview
Release 12.1 Hardware Compatibility Matrix
Platforms with STX VTX-series Circuit packs
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
Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features
New or enhanced OAM features in OPTera Metro 3500 Release
OPTera Metro 3500 OAM features
Gigabit Ethernet Drop and Continue
Gigabit Ethernet drop and continue application
P2P
Alarm provisioning
Engineering rules
Alarm flow control
Bandwidth management
Environmental alarms
External controls
Tributary, DWDM, BLSR, UPSR, and 1+1 linear point-to-point
In-service traffic rollover
Connection editing
Switching matrix
Blsr networks 2-fiber
OPTera Metro
STS or 5376 VT
User-initiated Blsr switching commands
Protection
’Infinite wait-to-restore’ parameter
Automatically initiated Blsr switching requests
Blsr Line Protection Oscillation Control
Blsr single span fiber cut scenario
Blsr single span Fiber cut example Step Action
Node status ’Bridged and Switched’
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Blsr ring switch example
UEQ
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
A-B
OC-48 Blsr node failure example
C-B
OC-192 Blsr node failure example
Blsr configuration attributes
Blsr configurations
STS paths and squelch map for a four-node 2-Fiber Blsr ring
Blsr configuration distribution
Blsr configuration and connection audit
Blsr configuration audit
Blsr connection audit
Traffic flow over OC-48 Blsr
STS Blsr with VT assignment
VT Blsr with full VT access
Traffic flow over OC-192 Blsr
Network Element a DS1 add/drop
Risk of traffic loss
Provisioning rules
OC-48/OC-192 Blsr provisioning rules Rule # Description
OC-48/OC-192 Blsr provisioning rules
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EX1294p
38Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features
West optics East optics
IPTR-2
IPTR-3
IPTR-4
IPTR-1
RPR over a Blsr and subtending Upsr example
Upsr #1
Upsr #2
OAM supported on Blsr
Changing the Blsr configuration / connection audit period
Channelized DS3 service DS3VTx12 mapper
Common Language Location Identifier
Connection ID
Consolidated load
Dense wavelength division multiplexing Dwdm
OPTera Metro 3500 bands
Band
OMX module
Network sites
OPTera Metro 3500 and OMX interconnect
Hubbed-ring configuration
Dwdm configurations
Physical connections in a hubbed-ring configuration
3500 Meshed-ring configuration
Logical connections in a hubbed-ring configuration
3500 3500
3500 Logical connections in a meshed-ring configuration
Physical connections in a meshed-ring configuration
3500
Dwdm point-to-point configuration
Linear point-to-point
Physical Connections 3500
3500 Logical Connections
Facility attributes
Loopbacks
Terminal loopback
Facility loopback
Electrical Loopback types
Optical loopback
Optical facility loopbacks
Facility loopback
OOS
AIS
Optical terminal loopbacks
Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features
Extended network processor NPx
Network surveillance
2x100BT-P2P loopback conditioning
Telemetry byte-oriented serial Tbos
Single-ended Tbos
Path trace
Remote alarm LED indicator
Tbos report format
TID address resolution protocol Tarp
Section trace
Connectors
OPTera Packet Edge System Resilient Packet Ring Ethernet
Resilient packet ring RPR object
Resilient packet ring shelf level
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Auto save notification
RPR configuration alert
Traps
NNI Filters increased to
2x100BT-P2P circuit pack
PPP over Sonet
PPP and Hdlc
2x100BT-P2P circuit pack model
Hdlc STS1/3C PPP/BCP
Bridge Control Protocol
Network protection using UPSR, 1+1 linear and Blsr
2x100BT-P2P logical datapath overview
Oamp support
Ethernet Operational Measurements
Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features
Bandwidth Reservation Protocol BRP
Distributed multilink trunking
TDIs on a mapped UNI
Optical Ethernet Private Line OE-PL and Storage applications
2xGigE/FC-P2P circuit pack
Alarm management
SDH
Equipment alarms
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Small Form Factor Pluggables SFP alarms
Ingress LAN port alarms
Ingress LAN port alarms Alarm Description Severity
For Fibre Channel facilities, this alarm
For Fibre Channel facilities , this alarm
LAN Ingress Alarms
Egress WAN port and service alarms
LAN WAN
LAN GFP Vcat
SUBRATE=DISABLE
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Client Service Mismatch
Lanwan
Bandwidth management
Contiguous concatenation
Facility attributes
Virtual concatenation
Engineering rules
Ethernet facility
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Fibre Channel facility
MTU
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WAN facility
STS12C, STS24C Provunits
WAN GFP
Supported on 2xGigE/FC-P2P
Supported on 2xGigE/FC-P2P circuit Pack
Outframesdiscds
Alignerr
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Performance Monitoring
Fibre Channel Extended Reach
SES
INFRAMESERR/INFRAME Inoctetserr UAS
Storage over Sonet
GFP and Flow Control Enable Distance Extension
See Note
Generic Framing Procedure GFP
Generic Framing Procedure and Virtual Concatenation support
60950 91430 182860
GFP Encapsulation
GFP FCS
Virtual Concatenation Vcat
Efficiency Rate
Performance monitoring
Optical interoperability of OPTera Metro
Sonet line, section, and path parameters
Hard-coded default threshold values facility type
User defined default threshold values facility type
Threshold values
User defined threshold values facility
Line
Path
ES-PFE
ES-P
SES-P
SES-PFE
SEFS-PFE
SAS-P
SEFS-P
FC-P
FC-PFE
Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features
Retrieving performance monitoring counts
Physical PMs
NTN408DA
NTN445CB
NTN445DA
NTN445JA
Resetting registers and invalid data flag
Storage and retrieval of physical PMs
Performance monitoring threshold crossing alerts TCA
TCA summary alarms
TCAs
Alarms
Preside Software Upgrade Management support
Site Manager support
Preside Applications Platform and Multiservice MOA support
Site Manager main window
Protection switching
Protection hierarchy
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Protection PM in a linear 1+1 configuration
Protection PM in a Blsr configuration
Security and administration
Local account user authentication
Local ‘challenge-response’ user authentication
Centralized Security Administration CSA
Risk of unauthorized access
Operation, administration, and maintenance OAM features
’Access-Request’
Time s Server
’Access-Reject’
’Access-Accept’
Secure storage of authentication data
SecurID support
Saving and restoring provisioning data
Local TL1 of provisioning data
Span of control
Individual shelf processor
Security levels
Application of TL1 commands from a TL1 script file
Level
System identifier SID
Remote login
Multiple login sessions
NPx login sessions
SPx login sessions
Enhanced Intrusion Detection
Intrusion attempt handling
Password restrictions
Password management
Logical flow of intrusion attempt handling
Password Reuse
Enhanced password restrictions
Password Aging
Customer managed networks
Temporary Accounts
Security log audit trail
ACT-USER, CANC-USER, ED-SECU-PID ALW-MSG-ALL INH-MSG-ALL
General Broadcast tool
Log Names Log name Log events
SECU401
SECU410
Modifiable Login Banner
Example of Modified Login Banner
Restore-banner
Login banner functionality
STS Managed DSM
NE3 DSM
DSM
NE1 DSM
NE2
NE4
NE5
NE1
NE4 DSM
STS1 AID is used to perform BWM operations on
STS1 endpoints to DS1 facility grouping assignments
Group of DS1 facilities
Support for 12 DSM
Synchronization
Internal timing
External timing
Line timing
Transport line timing
Timing signal sources Internal timing mode
External timing mode
Line timing mode transport / tributary
Tributary line timing
Timing modes
Synchronization hierarchy
Stratum clocks
SMC
Timing loops
Hierarchy violations
ST3
Hierarchical network synchronization
Building-integrated timing supply Bits
Network element synchronization modes
External timing
Line timing
Flow of synchronization timing signals
Timing sources and timing distribution
Synchronization-status messages
ST1 PRS
STU
ST2
ST4
User-specified quality levels for timing sources
User-initiated synchronization switches
Bits output with VTX-series or STX-192 circuit packs
DUS
Test Access
Test Access Ports TAPs
Site Manager Test Access Session Management window
Test access configurations
Monitoring test access
Test access components
DCN
Test access-monitor state
Single FAD, Mone and Single FAD Monf
Monitoring test access-Single FAD, Mone
Monitoring test access-Single FAD, Monf
Monitoring test access-Dual FAD, Monef
TAP
Test access-split state
Split test access
Single FAD, Splte and Single FAD Spltf
Split test access-Single FAD, Spltf
Split test access-Single FAD, Splte
Split test access-Single FAD, Splta
Split test access-Dual FAD, Spltef
Loss of association and auto recovery
Dual FAD, Spltef
User interface
Site Manager
Time of day synchronization
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TOD parameters applicable to NP only
TL1 Changes to Cross Connect AID parameter
Hhminsec Unknown
TL1 event / log feature
TL1 event exerciser
CLX RTRV-EQPT Behaviour Card in Slot 13 RTRV-EQPT Output
CLX-13CTYPE=VTXOOS-AU, UEQ
Log events
Database change events
Inventory events
Topology enhancements
VT management option on STX equipped OPTera Metro
Atag sequence numbers
VT management on a Upsr
VTX
Per-site dedicated STS
STX
Per-site dedicated STS no VT loss in case of a fiber cut
Virtual ring path-in-line and shared VT-managed STS
STXW/STX
VT#1 UPSR, 2 way STS-1 #1 Unprotected OM3500
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VT grooming on a Upsr
VT grooming with dedicated STS at each site
VT grooming with shared VT-managed STS
DS1 DS3 EC1
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OM3500 VT#1, STS-1 #1
Collocated OPTera Metro 3000 NE and shared VT-managed STS
EX1561p
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Upsr planning guidelines summary
General guidelines
Physical subtending rings
VT grooming at an STS-managed OPTera Metro 3500 site
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Hardware feature descriptions
New hardware in OPTera Metro 3500 Release
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
Operational temperature range
OPTera Metro Shelf Assembly Universal Shelf NTN476DA
NTN476AH
OC-3 circuit packs
OC-48 non-DWDM circuit packs
OC-48 Dwdm circuit packs
OC-48 ER Dwdm NTN408CW
OC-48 Dwdm NTN442LF
OC-48 Dwdm NTN442NB
OC192 non-DWDM circuit packs
Electrical tributary circuit packs
NTN433AA
NTN438DA
NTTP51AA
NTTP51BD
OPTera Packet Edge System circuit packs
NTN433BB
NTN433EA
NTN433FA
NTN438BA
Cross-connect / synchronization circuit packs
NTN414AA
NTN414AB
Power modules and BIPs
Protection switching circuit packs
Network / Shelf processors, and Ilan circuit packs
Cooling unit assemblies
Accessory shelves
Modules
NTN452EA
NTN452AH
NTN452CH
NTN452EH
NTN452JA
NTN452JH
NTN452KA
NTN452NA
LIFs and LOAMs
NTN451BA
NTN451MA
NTN451BH
LIF, Loam
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OPTera Metro 3500 Shelf Assembly NTN476DA
Loam LIF
DS1
NTN452AA and BNC 12-Port Front I/O module NTN452JA
BNC 12 port I/O
EX1157p
24Hardware feature descriptions
Air deflector
Replaceable I/O modules
Hardware feature descriptions
Type / PEC Positions Transport slot
Module type and slot positions
NTN476DA
ADD / Drop
DS1 1-28 Front I/O module NTN452AA
DS1 29-56 Front I/O module NTN452CA
DS1 29-84 Front I/O module NTN452EA
BNC 12-Port Front I/O module NTN452JA
8xRJ-45 Front I/O module NTN452NA
DS1 1-28 Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452AH
DS1 29-56 Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452CH
DS1 29-84 Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452EH
BNC 12-Port Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452JH
8xRJ-45 Front Enhanced I/O module NTN452NH
DS1 1-28 Rear I/O module NTN452BA
DS1 29-56 Rear I/O module NTN452DA
DS1 29-84 Rear I/O module NTN452FA
8xRJ-45 Rear I/O module NTN452HB
Left OAM Loam NTN451MA, NTN451MH
Common modules
BNC 12-Port Rear I/O module NTN452KA
Left interface LIF NTN451BA, NTN451BH
Left OAM Loam NTN451MA, NTN451MH
Colan Ilan
ACO
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 NTN451HA
OPTera Metro 3000 breaker interface panel BIP NTN458RA
Power Input Alarm
Breaker Alarm
Bay Alarms
Alarm Circuits
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
Tributary circuit packs
EX1474p
OPTera Packet Edge circuit packs
2xGigE/FC-P2P and SFP interfaces
PSC
NPx, ILAN, PSC, and PSX circuit packs
PSX Ilan
STX-192 circuit pack NTN415AA
External timing reference input signals
Equipping rules
OC-48 STS
OC48 STS
DSM
VTX-48 circuit pack NTN414AA
Alarm LED definitions
LED name Color Description
VTX-48e circuit pack NTN414AB, NTN414AH
Extended shelf processor SPx NTN423BA, BH
TL1 sessions
Alarms and Tbos
Reset button
Extended network processor NPx NTN424BA, BH
Section data communication channel Sdcc
Alarms and provisioning data
Ilan interface NTN425AA
OC-192 optical interface circuit pack NTN445CB, DA
STS-1 path trace for OC-192
Forward Error Correction FEC
Section trace for OC-192
Alarm Text or conditions
+1 linear protection
OC-192 protection switching
Upsr path protection
Blsr protection
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STS-1 path trace for OC-48
OC-48 optical wavelength OC-48 circuit pack Wavelength
Section trace for OC-48
Following table lists the OC-48 interface circuit pack LEDs
OC-48 protection switching
OC-48 STS optical interface circuit pack NTN440HA, KA, LA
STS-1 path trace for OC-48
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Section data communication channel Sdcc
Optical transmit
OC-12 Protection switching
Unidirectional path switched rings UPSRs
Optical receive
+1 linear
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Multimode Interworking
OC12x4 STS IR optical interface circuit pack NTN446CA
Parameters Value
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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 I/O module types
DS1
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DS3x12 / DS3x12e mapper NTN435AA, AH / NTN435BA
DS3 alarms available only on DS3x12e mapper
DS3 Path PMs Near-End available only on DS3x12e mapper
DS3VTx12 mapper NTN435FA
DS3/VT protection switching
2x100BT-P2P circuit pack NTN433AA
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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
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Hardware feature descriptions
Protection switch controller PSC NTN412AA
Protection switch extender PSX NTN413AA
OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH NT0H32AE, BE, CE, DE, EE, FE, GE, HE
OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH equipment drawer
OMX shelf not required with OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH NTN449ZW
OMX shelf NTN449ZW
OMX
Mounting bracket labels Letter Rack type
Fiber manager NT0H57BB
DS1 service module DSM shelf NTN407MA
Multiple is
DS1 service module DSM NTN407MA
EX0959p
DSM OAM Hardware Release 6 with cover off
NTN313AA, AC
DSM DS1x84 termination module TM
DSM OAM Hardware Release 6 with cover on
LED Name LED Color On condition description
LOS
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OPTera Metro Multiservice Platform