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Cisco ONS 15454 Installation and Operations Guide
November 2001
Chapter 9 Ethernet Operation
Ethernet Circuit Configurations
Step 25
Display the CTC node view.
Step 26
Click the Circuits tab and click Create.
Step 27
Choose STS from the Type pull-down menu.
Note
The types VT and VT Tunnel do not apply to Ethernet circuits.
Step 28
Choose the size of the circuit from the Size pull-down menu.
Step 29
Verify that the Bidirectional checkbox is checked and click Next.
Step 30
Choose the circuit source from the Node menu and click Next.
Either end node can be the circuit source.
Step 31
Choose the circuit destination from the Node menu.
Choose the node that is not the source.
Step 32
From the Slot menu, choose the Ethernet card where you enabled the single-card EtherSwitch and click
Next.
The Circuit Creation (Circuit VLAN Selection) dialog box is displayed.
Step 33
Highlight the VLAN that you created for the first circuit and click the >> tab to move the VLAN(s) from
the Available VLANs column to the Selected VLANs column.
Step 34
Click Next and click Finish.
Step 35
You now need to provision the Ethernet ports and assign ports to VLANs. For port provisioning
instructions, see the
“Provision Ethernet Ports” procedure on page 9-3
. For assigning ports to VLANs,
see the
“Provision Ethernet Ports for VLAN Membership” procedure on page 9-24
.
9.3.4 Ethernet Manual Cross-Connects
ONS 15454s require end-to-end CTC visibility between nodes for normal provisioning of Ethernet
circuits. When other vendors’ equipment sits between ONS 15454s, OSI/TARP- based equipment does
not allow tunneling of the ONS 15454 TCP/IP-based DCC. To circumvent this lack of continuous DCC,
the Ethernet circuit must be manually cross connected to an STS channel riding through the non-ONS
network. This allows an Ethernet circuit to run from ONS node to ONS node utilizing the non-ONS
network.
Note
Provisioning manual cross-connects for Multicard Etherswitch circuits is a separate procedure from
provisioning manual cross-connects for Single-card Etherswitch circuits. Both procedures are listed
below.