Provisionable Patchcords

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Use the Provisionable Patchcord tab to provision a link that is advertised by OSPF throughout the network when a DCC or ITU-T G.709 GCC is not available. Provisionable patchcords, also called virtual links, are needed in the following situations:

• An optical port is connected to a transponder or muxponder client port provisioned in transparent mode.

• An optical ITU port is connected to a DWDM optical channel card.

• Two transponder or muxponder trunk ports are connected to a DWDM optical channel card and the GCC is carried transparently through the ring.

• Transponder or muxponder client and trunk ports are in a regenerator group, the cards are in transparent mode, and DCC/GCC termination is not available.

Provisionable patchcords are required on both ends of a physical link. The provisioning at each end includes a local patchcord ID, slot/port information, remote IP address, and remote patchcord ID. Patchcords appear as dashed lines in CTC network view.

Note     To set up a provisionable patchcord between an optical port and a transponder/muxponder, an add/drop multiplexer, or multiplexer/demultiplexer port, the optical port must have SDCC/LDCC termination provisioned. If the port is the protection port in a 1+1 group, the working port must have SDCC/LDCC termination provisioned.

Item	Description
Origination ID	Displays the originating node patchcord ID (a value from 0 to 32767).
Origination Node	Displays the originating node ID.
Origination Shelf/Slot/Port	Displays the shelf, slot, and port information for the originating end of the patchcord.
Termination ID	Displays the terminating node patchcord ID (a value from 0 to 32767). The origination and termination IDs must be different if the patchcord is set up between two cards on the same node.
Termination Node	Displays the terminating node ID.
Termination Shelf/Slot/Port	Displays the shelf, slot, and port information for the terminating end of the patchcord. The origination port and the termination port must be different.
Create	Displays the Create a Provisionable Patchcord to create a new patchcord.
Delete	Deletes the highlighted patchcord.
Help	Displays context-sensitive help.