Cisco ONS 15454 Series Procedure Manual page 327

Chapter 12 Upgrade Cards and Spans
As indicated by the wizard, when installing cards you must wait for the cards to boot up and become
Caution
active before proceeding to the next step.
Note
Note
Repeat Steps
Step 7
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
NTP-A95 Upgrade OC-N Spans Manually
Purpose
Tools/Equipment
Prerequisite Procedures
Required/As Needed
Onsite/Remote
Security Level
Note OC-N card transmit and receive levels should be in their acceptable range as shown in the specifications
section for each card in
Note In this context the word "span" represents the OC-N path between two nodes. The words "span endpoint"
represent the nodes on each end of a span.
Note If any of the cross-connect cards reboot during the span upgrade, you must reset each one when the span
upgrade procedure is complete for all the nodes in the ring.
Determine the type of span you need to upgrade and make sure you have the necessary cards. Valid span
Step 1
upgrades include:
January 2005
Remember to attach the fiber after installing the OC-N cards.
The span upgrade process resets the line's CV-L threshold to factory default. The CV-L threshold
is reset because the threshold is dependent on line rate.
4 through 6 for additional spans in the ring.
This procedure upgrades OC-N speeds within BLSRs, path protection
configurations, and 1+1 protection groups by upgrading OC-N cards.
Complete a manual upgrade task if you need to perform error recovery
for the Span Upgrade Wizard or back out of a span upgrade
(downgrade).
Replacement cards
The manual span upgrade procedure requires at least two technicians
(one at each end of the span) who can communicate with each other
during the upgrade.
As needed
Onsite
Provisioning or higher
Table 2-3 on page
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