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Chapter 5 Physical Object Dialog Boxes
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• Provision Channels for Serial/PoS Interface button—Launches a subdialog box to provision a DS3
or OC-3 channel from the SONET interface's constituent sts-1 service payload envelopes (SPEs).
Figure 5-68
Interface dialog box. The following items are displayed:
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The provisioned sts-1 SPEs cannot be in use by any other channel on the interface.
Note
ID—Unique identifier of a channel on the SONET interface. This coincides with the number of
the first sts-1 service payload envelope (SPE) allocated in the channel. It is also the subinterface
number of the serial or POS interface representing the DS3 or OC-3 channel. Numbering is
1-based.
Range—Range of allocated channels. Numbering is 1-based. A DS3 subinterface has a width
of sts-1 and it occupies a single channel. An OC-3 subinterface has a width of sts-3c and it
occupies three consecutive channels.
Type—Describes the type of allocated channel. A DS3 channel is provisioned as a serial
subinterface with E3 or T3 (DS3) content formatting. An OC-3 channel is provisioned as a POS
subinterface.
shows the Channel Provision subdialog box of the C6576M OSM Channelized SONET
Channel ID field—Unique identifier of a channel on the SONET interface.
Channel Type field—Describes the type of allocated channel.
Free Channel button—Frees a provisioned DS3 or OC-3 channel from the SONET interface.
Provision Channel button—Provisions the interface.
C6576M OSM Channelized SONET Interface Dialog Box
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