Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Manual page 469

Chapter 2 Alarm Troubleshooting
2.9.5 Generic Signal and Circuit Procedures
This section gives instructions for verify BER thresholds, deleting circuits, provisioning SDCC
terminations, and clearing loopbacks.
Verify the Signal BER Threshold Level
Log into a node on the network.
Step 1
In node view, double-click the card reporting the alarm to open the card view.
Step 2
Click the Provisioning > Line tabs.
Step 3
Step 4 Under the SD BER (or SF BER) column in the Provisioning window, verify that the cell entry is
consistent with the originally provisioned threshold. The default setting is 1E-7.
If the entry is consistent with the original provisioning, go back to your original procedure.
Step 5
If the entry is not consistent with what the system was originally provisioned for, click the cell to reveal
Step 6
the range of choices and click the original entry.
Click Apply.
Step 7
Delete a Circuit
Log into a node on the network.
Step 1
Step 2 In node view, click the Circuits tab.
Step 3 Click the circuit row to highlight it and click Delete.
Step 4 Click Yes in the Delete Circuits dialog box.
Verify or Create Node Section DCC Terminations
Portions of this procedure are different for ONS 15454 DWDM nodes.
Note
Log into a node on the network.
Step 1
In node view, click the Provisioning > Comm Channels > SDCC tab.
Step 2
View the Port column entries to see where terminations are present for a node. If terminations are
Step 3
missing, proceed to
If necessary, create a DCC termination:
Step 4
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Step 4.
Click Create.
In the Create SDCC Terminations dialog box, click the ports where you want to create the DCC
termination. To select more than one port, press the Shift key.
In the port state area, click the Set to IS radio button.
2.9.5 Generic Signal and Circuit Procedures
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