Node Setup Wizard

Use the Node Setup Wizard to provision the shelf layout and install the card and ANS parameters calculated by Cisco MetroPlanner.

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Description

Select Node Profile

List of nodes: Choose a node in your network that you need to provision.

Next: Displays the Choose Setup Components screen.

Cancel: Cancels the node setup wizard.

Help: Displays context-sensitive help.

Choose Setup Components

    • Provision Node Layout: Preprovisions the shelves and slots in CTC for the cards required by the network plan.

    Note: Errors will occur if cards are installed or the slots are already preprovisioned.

    Preprovisioning the slots before the physical cards are installed ensures that card installers place the cards in the correct slots. Preprovisioning the slots is also useful if you want to set up the network prior to card installation.

    • Provision Card Parameters: This option is available only when an OPT-AMP-L card will be installed. If you check the box, CTC provisions the OPT-AMP-L role, either as an L-band booster amplifier (OPT-LINE) or an L-band preamplifier (OPT-PRE).

    • Provision ANS Parameters: If checked, sets the ANS parameters. ANS parameters provision the values required for the node to function within the specified network design. ANS parameters include span losses, optical power, loss of signal (LOS) thresholds, amplifier working mode, gain, tilt, and many others. Refer to the "Node Reference" chapter in the Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Reference Manual for a list of ONS 15454 ANS parameters.

    • Skip Interactive Mode: If checked, CTC provisions all the chosen setup components automatically without allowing you to view the results after each one.

    • Next: The wizard page that appears depends on the options chosen. For detailed procedures, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Procedure Guide.

    • Cancel: Cancels the node setup wizard.

    • Help: Displays context-sensitive help.

Node Layout

This page appears if you checked "Provision Node Layout." View the cards and slots on the left side of the page and verify that they are the same as the layout in the Cisco MetroPlanner Shelf Layout.

    • Slot: Displays the slot number.

    • Equipment Type: Displays the card type.

    • Log: CTC preprovisions the slots. (This might take a few seconds.) The results appear in the Log window. Slots that are successfully provisioned display an "Applied" status. A "Slot not empty" status appears if slots cannot be provisioned because a card is physically installed or the slot is already provisioned.

    • Apply: Applies the node wizard setup.

    • Back: Displays the previous wizard screen.

    • Next: The wizard page that appears depends on the options chosen. For detailed procedures, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Procedure Guide.

    • Finish: The wizard is completed.

    • Cancel: Cancels the node setup wizard.

    • Help: Displays context-sensitive help.

Card Parameters

This page appears if you checked "Provision Card Parameters." View the cards and slots on the left side of the page and verify that they are the same as the layout in the Cisco MetroPlanner Shelf Layout.

    • Name: Displays the card name.

    • Value: Displays the equipment type.

    • Shelf: Displays a numerical value.

    • Slot: Displays the slot number.

    • PPM: Displays the PPM number.

    • Port: Displays the port number.

    • Log: CTC preprovisions the slots. (This might take a few seconds.) The results appear in the Log window. Slots that are successfully provisioned display an "Applied" status. A "Slot not empty" status appears if slots cannot be provisioned because a card is physically installed or the slot is already provisioned.

    • Apply: Applies the node wizard setup.

    • Back: Displays the previous wizard screen.

    • Next: The wizard page that appears depends on the options chosen. For detailed procedures, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Procedure Guide.

    • Finish: The wizard is completed.

    • Cancel: Cancels the node setup wizard.

    • Help: Displays context-sensitive help.