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CHAPTER 3-1 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 3 Building the Network After you hav e planned your network, you can begin b uilding the network components: groups, netw ork partitions, subnetworks, NEs, links, and network maps.
3-2 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.2 How Do I Build Groups? • Links—Physical or logical entities (for example, a f iber) between two physical points (for example, ports). Circuits are provisioned through links.
3-3 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.2.3 Moving Groups Note A group cannot be pasted into the Discov ered NEs or Deleted NEs group. Ti p The drag-and-drop feature can also be used to copy groups.
3-4 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.3 How Do I Build Network Partitions? 3.2.4.2 Deleting Multiple Groups Step 1 In the Domain Explorer tree, select the group to be deleted. Select multiple groups by pressing the Ctrl key , then click each group that will be deleted.
3-5 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.3.2 Modifying Network Partitions Step 4 Click OK . The ne w network partition appears in the Subnetwork Explorer tree. 3.3.2 Modifying Network Partitions Step 1 In the Domain Explorer window , choose File > Subnetwork Explorer .
3-6 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.4 How Do I Build Subnetworks? Step 3 In the conf irmation dialog box, click Ye s . The netw ork partition is removed from the Subnetw ork Explorer tree. 3.
3-7 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.4.2 Moving Subnetworks Note The Add New Subnetw ork feature is not av ailable for users with the Assign NEs property (Provisioner , Operator , and custom user prof iles) because they cannot see the entire domain.
3-8 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs Before adding a new NE, you must enable the NE service for that NE.
3-9 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs Note T o add an ONS 15302 or ONS 15305 NE to CTM, its SNMP Users table must contain the following ro w: 0.0.0.0 public true where, public is the community string.
3-10 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs – T rap port: 162 – V ersion: v1 – Community string: Same as on the GNE Note If there is a direct connection from the ENE to GNE, it becomes the Relay A NE.
3-11 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs T o add entries to the SNMP Community String table: Step 1 In the Domain Explorer window , choose Administration > ONS 155XX > ONS 155XX SNMP Settings T able .
3-12 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs 3.5.1.4.3 Topology Setup Appropriate topology information must be conf igured on ONS 15501, ONS 15530, and ONS 15540 NEs for automatic discov ery of neighbors and discovery of ph ysical links.
3-13 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs For NEs with OSC, additional conf iguration is required.
3-14 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs • Create a username and password with appropriate pri vileges. • After conf iguring the NE, add a seed NE to CTM. CTM automatically discovers the interconnected CRS-1 or XR 12000 NEs.
3-15 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs T o conf igure the SNMP community string, you must change the community strings on the de vices through the CLI. T able 3-6 describes the various options in volved in conf iguring SNMP .
3-16 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.1 Prerequisites for Adding NEs where ro is the SNMP get community string and rw is the SNMP set only community string.
3-17 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.2 Adding NEs Step 1 Open a terminal window and SSH or T elnet to the switch. Step 2 Enter the cnfpasswd command to change the service-lev el password for all nodes.
3-18 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.2 Adding NEs Note If you click Finish in this window , Cisco default values will be assigned to the remaining f ields. Step 4 Enter the following information.
3-19 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.2 Adding NEs Step 10 V erify that the NE software version is listed in the Supported NE table (Domain Explorer > Administration > Supported NE T able).
3-20 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.2 Adding NEs h. Location name i. Subnetwork ID j. Network Partition ID Caution Make sure to specify the correct partition. If the wrong partition is specif ied, the new NE is not added and an error message appears.
3-21 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.2 Adding NEs IP Address (for single NE additions) Enter a unique IP address for the NE. It must be in the form ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd , where ddd is a decimal octet expressed as an inte ger between 0 and 255.
3-22 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.2 Adding NEs Note • For CTM to communicate with certain NE types, you must set the username and passw ord that the CTM server uses to establish a session with the NE.
3-23 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.3 Copying an NE from One Group to Another 3.5.3 Copying an NE from One Group to Another Groups for multiple users can easily be created in CTM. Just copy the same NE into dif ferent groups.
3-24 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.5 Moving an NE from One Network Partition to Another 3.5.5 Moving an NE from One Network Partition to Another Caution CTM cannot manage circuits across network partitions.
3-25 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.7 Deleting NEs Step 3 Click Sav e . Note If a topological link is deleted while NEs are automatically grouped in subnetworks, CTM deletes isolated NEs, creates a new subnetw ork, and mov es the deleted NEs to the new subnetw ork.
3-26 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.7 Deleting NEs Note If a CTC-based NE is deleted and then DCC connectivity to the deleted NE is remo ved, CTM redisco vers the deleted NE. If DCC connectivity is remo ved befor e deleting the NE, CTM does not rediscover the NE.
3-27 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.7 Deleting NEs Aside from using the Domain Explorer to remov e an out-of-service NE from the database, you can also use the prune_ne.sh script. Note Shut down the CTM serv er and all CTM clients before running the prune_ne.
3-28 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.5.8 Restoring a Deleted NE Note • W ait until all records associated with the NE are deleted from the database before adding the NE back again.
3-29 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.1 Setting Up ONS 15501, ONS 15530, and ONS 15540 NEs for Link Discovery Note An autodiscov ered link between two TPs will ov erride previously autodisco vered links and an y manual links on any of the TPs.
3-30 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.2 Overview of Supported Links Links between TXP_MR_2.5G, TXPP_MR_2.5G, MXP_2.5G_10G, TXP_MR_10G, 2.5G_DM, 2.5G_DMP , TXP_MR_10E, MXP_MR_10E cards or DWDM cards are manually created and cannot be automatically discov ered.
3-31 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.2 Overview of Supported Links ONS 15600 SONET ONS 15600 SDH ONS 15216 ONS 15302 ONS 15305 ONS 15310 O.
3-32 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.2 Overview of Supported Links ONS 15305 STM-1 XX STM-4 XX STM-16 XX ONS 15310 PoS X CTX (OC-3 port) X.
3-33 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.2 Overview of Supported Links ONS 15530 Nonsplitter 2.5 Gbps ITU T runk XX Nonsplitter 10 Gbps ITU T runk XX Splitter 10 Gbps ITU T runk XX 10 Gbps Uplink X OADM XX ONS 15540 T ype 1 single-mode T ransponder xx.
3-34 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.3 Viewing the Link Table 3.6.3 Viewing the Link Table The Link table sho ws information about each link attribute. Use the Link table to vie w , modify , and delete links.
3-35 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.3 Viewing the Link Table T able 3-10 describes the f ields in Link table. T able 3-1 0 Field Descr iptions for the Link T able Field Description Link Alarm Se verity Highest se verity alarm associated with the selected link.
3-36 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.3 Viewing the Link Table Is Link V alid V alidity of the link. V alues are V alid or In valid. For autodiscov ered links, the value is V alid if both the terminating NEs are in service and the NEs are able to conf irm the presence of the link.
3-37 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.4 Filtering the Link Table 3.6.4 Filtering the Link Table Step 1 In the Link table, choose File > Filter . The Filter dialog box opens. Step 2 Specify the f ilter parameters described in T able 3-11 .
3-38 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.6 Creating Links • OMS • OCH • SONET/SDH • Layer 2 • Layer 3 Note When you customize the location of the NE icons in the Network Map, make sure to tak e account of the NEs that you cannot see due to the layer rate that you selected.
3-39 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.6 Creating Links Note The layer details displayed in the link creation wizard are based on the NE selected as source of the link.
3-40 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.6 Creating Links Note A PTP can be associated with only one bidirectional link or two unidirectional links at a particular layer rate for all NEs except Not Managed/Other V endor NEs.
3-41 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.6 Creating Links Direction Specify whether the link is unidirectional or bidirectional. F or the ONS 15501, ONS 15800, ONS 15801, and ONS 15808, only unidirectional links are av ailable.
3-42 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.7 Modifying Links Note • Once the links are created, each link will hav e a dif ferent color notation depending on the alarm status of the PTP on which the link is created.
3-43 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.7 Modifying Links Note T able 3-14 describes the f ields in the Modify Link wizard. Step 1 Open the Modify Link wizard using one of the following methods: • In the Link table, select a link and choose Edit > Modify Link .
3-44 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.8 Deleting Links 3.6.8 Deleting Links Y ou can delete one or multiple links from the Link table.
3-45 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.6.10 Filtering the Link Utilization Table Depending on the number of provisioned circuits, the consumed bandwidth is totaled. Circuits such as V AP/LAP and virtual trib utary (VT) tunnel are preprovisioned and are not included in the calculation.
3-46 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.7 How Do I Use Network Maps? 3.7 How Do I Use Network Maps? The Network Map is or ganized into a multilev el hierarchy that corresponds to the structure of the Domain Explorer and Subnetwork Explorer trees.
3-47 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.7.1 Customizing a Network Map Step 2 Use the Edit menu in the Network Map windo w to customize the Network Map. Edit menu options include: • Enable Drag—Enables the drag-and-drop functionality .
3-48 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.7.2 Viewing a Node in the Network Map c. In the Domain Management area, click the T runcate Network Map Node Name First Characters or T runcate Network Map Node Name End Characters radio button.
3-49 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.7.4 Modifying a Node Icon or a Map Background Image 3.7.4 Modifying a Node Icon or a Map Background Image Network map backgrounds are provided by def ault as part of CTM, and are used to display a geographical layout of the network.
3-50 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.7.5 Saving Changes to the Network Map f ind an icon in an unexpected position, the object most likely was ne ver positioned manually and sa ved and was therefore positioned automatically .
3-51 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.8.1 Discovering CTC-Based NEs Note The Discov ered Network Elements group can be vie wed only by users who hav e all NEs assigned to them.
3-52 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.8.3 Rediscovering ONS 155xx, CRS-1, and XR 12000 NEs all types of discov ery: periodic rediscov ery , user-requested rediscov ery , and update-triggered discov ery .
3-53 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.8.4 Resetting the Resync Interval Note This command is unav ailable unless at least one NE in the selection is in the In Service or Under Maintenance state.
3-54 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.9 How Do I Discover the Network for MGX Voice Gateway Devices? • Routing table and protocol information Step 1 In the Domain Explorer window , choose Administration > Control Panel .
3-55 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.9.1 Discovering NEs 3.9.1 Discovering NEs The network discov ery service in CTM collects information from indi vidual NEs, discov ers new NEs added to the network, and computes network-le vel information, such as physical topology and discrepancies.
3-56 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.10.1 Synchronization Settings for the ONS 15310, ONS 15327, ONS 15454 SONET, and ONS 15600 SONET Note Alarms relating to PM collection indicate that the load on the system is high.
3-57 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.10.1 Synchronization Settings for the ONS 15310, ONS 15327, ONS 15454 SONET, and ONS 15600 SONET • Quality of RES—If the timing source supports the reserved S1 byte, set the timing quality here.
3-58 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.10.1 Synchronization Settings for the ONS 15310, ONS 15327, ONS 15454 SONET, and ONS 15600 SONET – T iming Mode set to Line—Options are the node’ s working OC-N cards (non-DWDM nodes), OSC cards (D WDM nodes), and Internal Clock.
3-59 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.10.1 Synchronization Settings for the ONS 15310, ONS 15327, ONS 15454 SONET, and ONS 15600 SONET Step 1 Select an ONS 15310, ONS 15327, ONS 15454 SONET , or ONS 15600 SONET NE and choose Conf iguration > NE Explorer .
3-60 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.10.2 Synchronization Settings for the ONS 15454 SDH and ONS 15600 SDH 3.10.2 Synchronization Settings for the ONS 15454 SDH and ONS 15600 SDH SSM communicates information about the quality of the timing source.
3-61 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.10.2 Synchronization Settings for the ONS 15454 SDH and ONS 15600 SDH • Re verti ve—If checked, the NE re verts to a primary reference source after the conditions that caused it to switch to a secondary timing reference are corrected.
3-62 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.10.2 Synchronization Settings for the ONS 15454 SDH and ONS 15600 SDH Note Reference lists def ine up to three timing references for the node and up to six BITS Out references.
3-63 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.10.2 Synchronization Settings for the ONS 15454 SDH and ONS 15600 SDH Note Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH T r oubleshooting Guide or Cisco ONS 15600 SDH T r oubleshooting Guide for timing-related alarms.
3-64 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.11 How Do I Synchronize the Network for MGX Voice Gateway Devices? Step 6 Click A pply .
3-65 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.11.1 Viewing Clocking Sources 3.11.1.1 Configuring Global Clocking Step 1 In the Domain Explorer tree, select the node and choose Conf iguration > MGX V oice Gateway > Conf iguration Center .
3-66 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.12 How Do I Test Connectivity for Optical and Routing Devices? 3.11.1.4 Creating a Manual Clock Source T o create a manual clock source: Step 1 In the Domain Explorer , right-click the PNNI node from the Hierarchy pane and choose Conf iguration Center .
3-67 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.12.1 Pinging an NE 3.12.1 Pinging an NE Step 1 In the Domain Explorer tree, select the NE to ping. Step 2 Choose F ault > Ping NE . The ping results include round-trip time and packet loss statistics.
3-68 Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide 78-16845-01 Chapter 3 Building the Network 3.13 How Do I Test Connectivity for MGX Voice Gateway Devices? T esting NE connectivity occurs at the management protocol le vel (SNMP or CORB A).
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