ONS 15454 Configuration(s)

It's my 1st crack at configuring one of these so, what would be suggested for the following application?
One pair of Cisco 15454s
-Fiber Type
2 Leaf Fibers Single mode
- OC12 backbone with provisioning for: OC3, DS3, EtherNet 10/100 meg, GigE, DS1

Card wise you'd need:
2 TCC2 cards
2 XC-VT or XC10G (the 10g card is a 10g x-connect, the vt is 2.5G)
For ds-1 I'd get the ds1-14, each card gives you 14 T1's
For DS3, you need the ds3-12 card, each card supports 12 ds-3s
For the oc-12 card I'd go with the oc12 LR 1550 card (it's hard to say which one without knowing the fiber specs and distance)
for oc-3 there is a 4 and an 8 port card, oc3 IR 4 and IR 8
For the GE you have 2 options the G1K-4 and the ML1000-2 The G series card is 'dumb', 'light in, light out' other node, the ML series card runs IOS and you can do a lot with it. I'd read up on each card and make the choice that is right for you.
These are just my recommendations, it's hard to give you specifics without knowing more. You should also take a look at this:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps2006/products_technical_reference_book09186a00801a42a1.html

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ONS 15454 and AC/DC Converter for 220V

I am looking for a AC/DC converter for a ONS15454 for a 220V input.
The ONS 15454 datasheet indicate input current 22A maximum.
The Cisco AC/DC Power Solution datasheet indicate for ONS 15454 a medium solution.
And the same datasheet indicate the small solution is up to 32A for 220V.
Then, can I use the small configuration for ONS at 220V?
Anyone know that? Can you help me with that?
Graciela

What is the hardware configuration of your 15454 including chassis, fan and by slot?
Using the hardware config, you can calcualte the expected amperage.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/optical/ps2006/products_tech_note09186a0080094ae4.shtml
The general power requirement of 22A provides for any possible configuration. Actual configurations may be less. I have some 454s using as little as 9A in the lab.

ONS-15454 V8.5 and SNMP V2c

Can someone tell me if the ONS-15454 support INFORM Traps?
I'm trying to get INFORM Traps working with my NMS, but I don't think it's working. Either I don't have it configured correctly or its supported on the ONS.
Many Thanks

You are correct. INFORM Requests are different from TRAPS. Both are sent from the monitored device to the SNMP Manager. Both advise the SNMP Manager of an event that has occurred. The difference is the INFORM Request requires a response from the SNMP Manager while a TRAP does not. The INFORM Request allows the monitored device to know that the SNMP Manager has received his message.
Now to the ONS... it supports TRAPS, but not INFORM Requests.
Mike Dooley
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Does ONS 15454 SDH supports TACACS+ ?

Hi,
We are currently managing 16 ONS nodes in our customer environment and we need to implement AAA using TACACS+ to those ONS chasis.
We are currently using default Superuser account, and we could only find support document related to RADIUS but not for TACACS+.
Does anyone have implemented authendication on ONS15454 SDH with TACACS+ and do let me know how to implement it ? If not, does we have any Cisco document to clarify why it is not supported ?
Thanga

Thanga,
AAA is not supported but RADIUS is. Use DLP-A456 (Configure the Node for TADIUS Authentication) to set up the ONS 15454 to use Radius. It is in the Procedure Guide for the ONS 15454.
If you have any problems please call 800-553-2447 to open a TAC case.
Here is the link:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/optical/15000r9_1/15454/sonet/procedure/guide/454a91_dlp4.html#wpxref25074
Thanks
Mike Dooley - Customer Support Engineer
Cisco Heartland TAC

Mixing SONET/DWDM Cards in a ONS 15454

All,
To my understanding, there are some limitations to mixing SONET line cards with DWDM line cards in the same ONS 15454 chassis. I believe one of the limitations had to do with the line card placement versus a OSC-M and OSC. I can't remember the draw backs of doing the above, but there was some negative.
Are there any more draw backs, limitaitons or gotchas?
Also, generally, the optical engineers I spoke to recommended never mixing the cards and keeping them in seperate chassis.

Hello Jason,
Mixing SONET/SDH and DWDM functions in the same chassis is a supported configuration on the ONS 15454 platform.
As was stated in the other posts, you would have to install the SONET/SDH crossconnect cards in the chassis in order to have the HO/LO functionality.
You are right, that there is an impact on the card placement in the chassis, however you can force the planning tool (Cisco TransportPlanner) to leave the required slots for the XC cards empty when designing the DWDM network.
The model described so far is what is commonly referred to as a "hybrid" node.
There is one other element in the toolchest however - The ADM-on-a-Blade (see http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/prod/collateral/optical/ps5724/ps2006/ps5320/product_data_sheet0900aecd805f0e80.html). This network element is an integrated part of the DWDM personality of the ONS 15454 and provides SONET/SDH switching and client ports on the blade. Please note however, that this network element provides only a high-order crossconnect.
It is generally true that one would usually keep SONET/SDH network elements in separate chassis. However, from a network management perspective these separate chassis can form a single node.
Hope that helps
/Dirk

ONS 15454 LOS-O minor alarm problem

Hello everybody, wish you a nice day!
I have 2 ONS 15454 at 2 site in linear mode.
ONS 1 (side A) -------- line 1 -------- ONS 2 (side B)
ONS 1 (side B) -------- line 2 -------- ONS 2 (side A)
3 days ago, I got the LOS-O alarm. I have followed the instruct from troubleshooting guide but could not clear this alarm.
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(In this firgure, dont care about side A, my trunk line is cut . The problem is on side B, it pops some minor alarm but the connection is still ok)
ALARM:
You can see that there are: SPANLEN-OUT-OF-RANGE and LOS-O. The problem is the power on line RX on OSC-CSM card is below the configured threshold, right? I have monitored the power and the value is -19.5 dbm.
Then I go to Provisioning --> WDM-ANS --> side B --> Rx --> Threshold.OSC LOS is imported as -23.5 dbm.
I also checked the span loss, the measured spanloss is 15.2 (resolution 1.5). It is between the Min exp span loss (15) and Max exp span loss (17).
So what is the problem, please help me to clear this alarm. Thank you very much.

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You are right. the alarm is shown as the power is below the threshold.
If we have OSC LOS threshold set to -23.5 and the total Rx power is Rx power is about -23.5 (on the 40 km span) then we definitely below the threshold as we need to subtract the payload power from the total to get OSC.
Average loss on a fiber is 0.3dB per km, hence the expected loss on 40km would be around 12dB. I doubt the OS Tx power on the remote end is -11dBm (-23 + 12) so most likely that is the fiber/connector issue.
Swap Line Rx and Tx fibers on both switches on OSC-CSM card to verify if the problem follows the fiber or stay with the cards.
Regards,
Alex.

DWDM: ONS 15454 MSTP M6 TNCE and TSCE

In a ONS 15454 MSTP M6 chassy (DWDM) both Transport Node Controller (TNC) and Transport Shelf Controller (TSC) cards can be installed in slot 1and 8 to perform system initialization, provisioning, alarm reporting, maintenance and diagnostics.
Can someboby clarify the following:
1) What is the difference between a TNCE and TSCE Card? (The only difference I found is that TNCE can be configured with one or two SFP ports to provide the OSC termination while TSCE not. Are there other differences? )
2) Is it possible to intall in the same 15454 M6 chassy one TNCE and one TSCE card?
3) Are there any circumstance under which is mandatory to install the TNCE card?
4) Is there any suggested cisco documentation or book explaining it in details?
Thanks

You can use an Mutiple M6 chassis in one node in a Multi Shelf configuration the TNC cards are designed to go in the the Primary or 1st node and you can use the TSC cards in the other nodes and connect them together using the MSM ports on the ECU cards.
Yes your are correct regarding the OSC ports are not enabled on the TSC cards. The TSC cards are a lower cost then the TNC cards as they are only for use with a subtended shelf.
2) Is it possible to intall in the same 15454 M6 chassis one TNCE and one TSCE card?
I dont believe so however you can install just a single TNCE card in a chassis if you don't require redundancy
3) Are there any circumstance under which is mandatory to install the TNCE card?
I believe a TNCE card is required for any node in a standalone configuration or in a Multi Shelf configuration.

ONS 15454 MSTP Client Connection Options

Hi!
Have questions regarding client connection options to ONS 15454 MSTP. FYI, I have experience on ONS 15540 ESPx and I usually connect client to the ONS using transponder like this
ONS 15540 ESPx
Client<->transponder<->OADM<->OADM<->transponder<->client
I am new to ONS 15454 MSTP and from the reference manual I understand that the it can be configured as hub, passive oadm, anti ase etc. My questions is how does the client get connected to each of this configurations
For example, for a passive or amplified nodes the client connections would be like this
ONS 15454 MSTP
client<->transponder<->OADM<->OA<->OA<->OADM<->transponder<->client
What about hub nodes where mux/demux card are used, where does the client connect,I do understand that these cards have to be used in pairs.
As always,appreciate your expert opinions and if you can point me to a web link that would be even better. Many Thanks.

In both cases, the client (assuming it has a non-ITU output) will connect via a transponder or muxponder card. This takes the client signal and converts (with multiplexing in the muxponder case) the client signal into an ITU wavelength.
On the MSTP, the ITU port on the transponder/muxponder is then physically patched into the appropriate port on either ROADM, OADM or Mux/Demux cards.
To directly answer your question, on a hub node equipped with Mux/Demux cards, the Tx from the Transponder is connected to the Mux card, and the Rx connected to the Demux. Likewise, at the node where the wavelength is dropped (eg at an OADM site), there will be an equivalent transpoder connected to the OADM module (Tx and Rx at wavelength xyz).
The transponders/muxponders may be in the same shelf, separate shelves, or you may use a direct ITU connection from devices such as a DWDM GBIC, an SDH DWDM card or 10GE XENPAK from Catalyst 6500.
As long as you have designed the network to take the appropriate interface types into account, you should be fine.

Upgrade ONS 15454 M12 TCC2P from 9.4.03 to 10.0.11

Hello,
quick question.
I have in my lab one M12 subrack with only-one TCC2P card and I try to prepare software upgrade in customer network.
I read all procedures at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/optical/15000r/upgrade/guide/b-454a10-0-1-upgrade.html
My troubles started at point where I can select node where the software must be downloaded. The window is empty.
Target version is "ons15454.DWDM.Lite.K9.R10011.pkg".
Any idea?
Thanks
kvapa

Hi Emyrsonn,
I hope this ONS 15454 upgrade tool can help you answering all your questions
http://www.cisco.com/web/techdoc/optical/15000r/upgrade/guide/ons-upgrade.html
It seems like you should be able to directly upgrade from 9.1.x to 9.2.2.
Please let me know if you have any comments on that.
Hope it helps!

DCN Case Study 3: ONS 15454 Linear Topology with DCN Connections at Both Ends Using OSPF

Hi, I need advise regarding design of Network Connectivity - DCN Case Study 3: ONS 15454 Linear Topology with DCN Connections at Both Ends Using OSPF.
Am I need area 100 and 200 on Router 1 and Router 2 or I can don't do that?
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ONS 15454 error message

Hi Expert,
I have a problem with ONS 15454 error message. My CTM server detected MINOR error message "Peer to Peer Slot Communication Failure". Affected object is SLOT-1 which is OPT_BST. The alarm ID is 200551. What caused this error appear and any workaround to solve this problem?. Your kind attention is much appreciated.

Although the following alarm is not identical to the one you identified, this seems to indicate the a peer "communication failure" is hardware related.
2.5.237 PEER-NORESPONSE
Default Severity: Major (MJ), Non-Service-Affecting (NSA)
Logical Object: EQPT
The switch agent raises a Peer Card Not Responding alarm if either traffic card in a protection group does not receive a response to the peer status request message. PEER-NORESPONSE is a software failure and occurs at the task level, as opposed to a communication failure, which is a hardware failure between peer cards.
Hope this helps....

ONS 15454 design question

I have an ONS 15454 with 2 OC192 circuits that terminate into it. One goes to a downstream ONS and another to the upstream.
I need to extend the existing ring to 2 more ONS devices, but I am not sure if it is going to work the way I want it to.
Right now, each VTS24 circuit on the OC192 is associated with a POS interface on the ML1000 cards. So POS1 goes upstream, POS0 downstream (unprotected). The ML1000 is int turn trunked to a 3750 L3 switch that has the bridge groups and layer 3 addressing assigned. This is Ring0
I need to extend this ring, so obviously I will need 2 additional OC192 cards, but do these new circuits need to be associated with new POS interfaces? In other words, will I need 2 additional ML1000 cards, and if so, how would I trunk to the switch? Am I going to get into some loopy topology here?
I am new to this system, so any advice would be great.

Hi Colin,
so you want to add two more ONS devices in an existing ring.
if you can provide a topology it will be helpful,
if you just want to add two more ONS in existing ring, it will no cause any issues,
we just have to take care of circuits and need to build them from TL1 in these new nodes.
but please send topology to get an clear view.

Cisco ONS 15454 SDH

Hi,
i have 3 sites connecting together with SDH 15454 site A-B with STM-1 and from site B-C STM-16,i want to Aggregated hand-off E1's from Site A-C so site B will be trasparet site for this link.
to be source of link on site A and Drop on site C.
any help to achive this.
there is already cricte between site B-C.

You will need to verify that the cross-connect card in the ONS 15454 (sites B & C) have VC-12 grooming capabilities (XC-VXL and CX-VXC will support VC-12 grooming).
The ONS is designed to groom lower rate signals to higher rate speed lines. Thus, you should be able to aggregate the E1s from the ISPs STM1 with the E1s from Site B and drop them at Site C.
You will need to add an STM1 card(s) to Site B. Your ISP will need to provide the mapping structure of the STM1, so you can understand where the VC-12s, which contain the E1s, are located in the payload. You will then create circuits to map each E1 (the incoming VC-12s within VC3/VC4) from you ISPs STM1 at Site B, to the appropriate VC-12 on the outgoing STM16 line heading toward Site C. At Site C, you will need to map the VC-12s on the STM16 line to the appropriate port on an E1 line card.
I hope this helps. Otherwise, you will need to have someone locally assist you in the explanation.
Tom

ONS 15454 shows up as "unknown" after power outage

We had a power outage that took down a ONS 15454 in a remote facility. Upon restoring power and powering-up the unit, it shows up in CTC as grey with "Uknown2" as the name.
I had someone reseat the TCC card, but it still comes up as unknown.
Has anyone seen this? Any suggestions (the device is hours from me)

Try and restart CTC session and clear CTC cache
Can you ping the node
Check to see if the node is in the OSPF routing table
Can you access via CTC locally
Is your CTC terminal directly connected or does it go via a firewall
Probably resolved now how did you resolve it?

ONS 15454 Craft interface to a Cisco 2511 Terminal Server

Does anybody have pinout of wiring ONS 15454 craft interface to a Cisco 2511 terminal server? I tried many combinations but nothing seem to work.
2511 has octal cable with RJ-45 connector. I used an rj-45 coupler to connect a wire wrapped RJ-45 cable to craft interface.
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