Ntp- A180 Provision A Traditional Blsr/Path Protection Dual-Ring Interconnect - Cisco ONS 15454 Series Procedure Manual

NTP-A180 Provision a Traditional BLSR/Path Protection Dual-Ring Interconnect
To route circuits on the DRI, you must check the Dual Ring Interconnect check box during circuit
Note
creation.
Complete the
Step 1
Step 2.
Complete the following steps if you have not provisioned the BLSR and path protection that you will
Step 2
interconnect in a traditional DRI. If the BLSR and path protection are created, go to Step 3.
To provision and test the BLSR, complete the following:
a.
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To provision and test the path protection, complete the following:
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Verify that the DRI interconnect nodes have OC-N cards installed and have fiber connections to the other
Step 3
interconnect node:
The OC-N cards that will connect the BLSR and path protection must be installed at the interconnect
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nodes. The OC-N cards in the path protection nodes and the interconnect nodes must be the same
type.
The interconnect nodes must have fiber connections. An example is shown in
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Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, R5.0
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"DLP-A60 Log into CTC" task on page
"NTP-A40 Provision BLSR Nodes" procedure on page 5-10
"NTP-A126 Create a BLSR" procedure on page 5-12
"NTP-A175 Two-Fiber BLSR Acceptance Test" procedure on page 5-13
"NTP-A176 Four-Fiber BLSR Acceptance Test" procedure on page 5-15
"NTP-A44 Provision Path Protection Nodes" procedure on page 5-20
"NTP-A177 Path Protection Acceptance Test" procedure on page 5-22
Chapter 5
17-66. If you are already logged in, continue with
Turn Up Network
Figure 5-9.
December 2004