Figure 5-5 Creating A Y-Cable Protection Group - Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Installation And Operation Manual

Chapter 5 Provision Transponder and Muxponder Cards
• Display the TXP or MXP card in card view. Click the Provisioning > Pluggable Port Module tabs.
Verify that a PPM is provisioned in the Pluggable Port Module area, and the payload type and rate
is provisioned for it in the Selected PPM area.
The PPM payload and payload rate must be the same for both TXP or MXP cards. If they are not the
same, for example, if the PPM payload and payload rate are not the same, you must either change the
provisioned payload rate to match, or replace the PPM (SFP or XFP).
In node view, click the Provisioning > Protection tabs.
Step 4
Step 5 In the Protection Groups area, click Create.
Step 6 In the Create Protection Group dialog box, enter the following:
Name—Type a name for the protection group. The name can have up to 32 alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z,
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0-9) characters. Special characters are permitted. For TL1 compatibility, do not use question mark
(?), backslash (\), or double quote (") characters.
Type—Choose Y Cable from the drop-down list.
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Protect Port—From the drop-down list, choose the port that will be the standby or protection port to
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the active port. The list displays the available transponder or muxponder ports. If transponder or
muxponder cards are not installed, no ports appear in the drop-down list.
After you choose the protect port, a list of available working ports appear in the Available Ports list, as
shown in
task until you install the physical cards or preprovision the ONS 15454 slots using the
Preprovision a Slot" procedure on page
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From the Available Ports list, choose the port that will be protected by the port you selected in
Step 7
Protect Ports. Click the top arrow button to move the port to the Working Ports list.
Complete the remaining fields:
Step 8
Revertive—Check this check box if you want traffic to revert to the working port after failure
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conditions remain corrected for the amount of time entered in the Reversion Time field.
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Figure 5-5. If no cards are available, no ports appear. If this occurs, you can not complete this
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