Test And Delete The Hairpin Circuit; Test The Standby Xc10G Cross-Connect Card - Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Manual

Chapter 1 General Troubleshooting
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Confirm that the newly created circuit appears on the Circuits tab and that the Dir column describes it
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Step 4 Complete the

Test and Delete the Hairpin Circuit

Step 1 If the test set is not already sending traffic, send test traffic on the loopback circuit.
Step 2 Examine the test traffic received by the test set. Look for errors or any other signal information that the
test set is capable of indicating.
Step 3 If the test set indicates a good circuit, no further testing is necessary with the hairpin circuit. Clear the
hairpin circuit:
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Step 4 Complete the
procedure on page
XC10G card.
Step 5 Complete the

Test the Standby XC10G Cross-Connect Card

Note Two XC10G cross-connect cards (active and standby) must be in use on a node to use this procedure.
Perform a reset on the standby XC10G cross-connect card to make it the active card:
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Click Next.
In the Circuit Creation source dialog box, select the same Node, card Slot, Port, and STS (or VT)
where the test set is connected.
Click Next.
In the Circuit Creation destination dialog box, use the same Node, card Slot, Port, and STS (or VT)
used for the source dialog box.
Click Finish.
"Test and Delete the Hairpin Circuit" procedure on page
Click the Circuits tab.
Choose the hairpin circuit being tested.
Click Delete.
Click Yes in the Delete Circuits box.
Confirm that the hairpin circuit is deleted form the Circuits tab list.
"Perform a Terminal (Inward) Loopback on a Destination DS-N Port (West to East)"
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"Test the Standby XC10G Cross-Connect Card" procedure on page
Determine the standby cross-connect card. On both the physical node and the CTC node view
window, the standby cross-connect's ACT/SBY LED is amber and the active card's ACT/SBY LED
is green.
Position the cursor over the standby cross-connect card.
Right-click and choose RESET CARD.
1.3.2 Perform a Hairpin Test on a Source Node Port (West to East)
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