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Cisco ONS 15327 User Documentation, R3.3
June 2002
Chapter 7 Card Provisioning
Provisioning Optical Cards
7.3 Provisioning Optical Cards
This section explains how to modify transmission quality by provisioning line and threshold settings for
OC-N cards.
7.3.1 Modifying Transmission Quality
The OC-3, OC-12 and OC-48 cards are pre-provisioned with settings that you can modify to manage
transmission quality. Depending on the optical card, you can specify thresholds for near and far end
nodes at the Line, Section, and Path levels for 15-minute and one day intervals.
Procedure: Provision Line Transmission Settings for OC-N Cards
Step 1
Display the OC-N card in CTC card view.
Step 2
Click the
Provisioning > Line
tabs.
Step 3
Modify the settings shown in
.
Table 7-5
OC-N Card Line Settings on the Provisioning > Line Tab
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Description
Options
Port #
Port number
•
1 (OC-12, OC-48)
•
1-4 (OC-3)
Port Name
Name of the OC-N port
32 alpha-numeric characters
SF BER Level
Sets the signal fail bit error rate
•
1E-3
•
1E-4 (default)
•
1E-5
SD BER Level
Sets the signal degrade bit error rate
•
1E-5
•
1E-6
•
1E-7 (default)
•
1E-8
•
1E-9
Provides
Synch
If checked, the card is provisioned as a network
element timing reference on the Provisioning >
Timing tabs
Read-only
•
Yes (checked)
•
No (unchecked)
Enable Synch
Messages
Enables synchronization status messages (S1 byte),
which allow the node to choose the best timing
source
•
Yes (checked, default)
•
No (unchecked)
Send Do Not
Use
When checked, sends a DUS (do not use) message on
the S1 byte
•
Yes (checked)
•
No (unchecked; default)
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