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Issue 02
Date 2013-12-31
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132.2 Setting the RMON Performance Monitoring Parameters for an Ethernet Port......................................................235
132.3 Viewing Statistics Group Performance of an Ethernet Port...................................................................................236
132.4 Viewing the History Group Performance of an Ethernet Port................................................................................237
The loopback consists of inloop and outloop. It is used to locate faults. Outloop is performed to
check whether the fiber line and connectors are normal. Inloop is performed to check whether
the test signals are processed normally on a board. Inloop and outloop are categorized as software
loopback.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
3. Double-click MAC Loopback or PHY Loopback field of the required port, and then select
Inloop, Outloop or Non-Loopback from the drop-down list.
4. Click Apply.
5. The Disabling the port or looping back may interrupt the services. Are you sure to
continue? dialog box is displayed. Click OK.
The EGSH board of the OptiX OSN 8800 does not support the outloop function.
Precautions
NOTICE
When you perform hardware loopback, add an optical attenuator according to the range of the
optical power received by different boards.
Procedure
Step 1 Before a hardware loopback, use an optical power meter to measure the optical power of the
output optical port (OUT).
Step 2 Based on the received optical power range of boards, select a proper fixed attenuator. For details
about the range of each board, see the Hardware Description.
Step 3 Use fiber jumper to connect the output optical port to the input port on the board, to perform a
loopback.
----End
This section describes how to disable the service-affecting settings automatically. Service-
affecting operations, such as loopback and laser shutdown, can be automatically disabled. That
is, when the time for performing a service-affecting operation exceeds a certain period, the
operation is disabled automatically.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
l If a port is the only way that an NE communicates with the U2000, performing loopback
or laser shutdown at the port will result in loss of communication. Before performing
loopback or laser shutdown, you must set automatic disabling for this NE. Otherwise, after
the communication is lost, you cannot use the U2000 to log in to the NE to disable loopback
or laser shutdown.
l The IPA function is used to shut down lasers on OA boards and Raman boards when a fiber
is cut, so as to avoid personal injuries. For security reasons, Auto Disabling for IPA
Disable can only be set to Enabled.
l Disabling service-affecting settings automatically does not apply to WDM-side lasers on
the PID board.
Background Information
l Service-affecting operations which can be automatically disabled include VC4 Loopback,
Laser shutdown, WDM Channel Loopback, SDH Optical/Electrical Interface
Loopback, Ethernet Loopback, and IPA Disable.
l After you click Operation Type, and set Auto Disabling to Enabled, you can set Auto
Disabling Time(min) as required. The value of Auto Disabling Time(min) for IPA
Disable ranges from 1 to 60 (default value: 60), and the value of Auto Disabling Time
(min) for the other Operation Type ranges from 1 to 2880 (default value: 5).
This section describes the basic method for checking a fiber jumper by using an optical power
meter during the detection of faults or the commissioning.
Prerequisites
The light source must exist and the transmit optical power must be stable.
The checked fiber does not have services or services are interrupted.
Impact on System
During the test, the services in the tested fiber are interrupted.
Precaution
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
CAUTION
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment. Make sure that the
wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD socket in
the subrack.
NOTICE
Keep the optical connector and end face clean. Cover the fiber immediately after the fiber is
removed.
Procedure
Step 1 Turn on the optical power meter, set the unit of the optical power to dBm, and set the operating
wavelength of the meter to 1550 nm.
Step 2 Connect one end of a known-good fiber jumper to the light source.
Step 3 Connect the other end of the known-good fiber jumper to the optical power meter.
Step 4 Enable the laser of the light source that is connected to the fiber jumper.
Step 5 Measure the transmit optical power P1 of the light source by using the optical power meter.
Step 7 Connect one end of the tested fiber jumper to the light source.
Step 8 Connect the other end of the tested fiber jumper to the optical power meter.
Step 9 Measure the transmit optical power P2 of the light source by using the optical power meter.
l If the difference between P1 and P2 is less than 1 dB, it indicates that the fiber connection
is normal.
l If the difference between P1 and P2 is greater than 1 dB, it indicates that the fiber connection
is faulty.
----End
5 Opening/Closing Lasers
This section describes the basic method of opening and closing lasers during the detection of
faults and the commissioning.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
To forcibly turn on the laser, you must first disable the automatic laser shutdown (ALS)
function. .
Impact on System
Closing the laser of the local board interrupts the services of the downstream board.
This section describes the basic method for querying the optical power of each board, so that
the abnormal optical power point can be detected and located in time.
Prerequisites
Enabling Performance Monitoring Function must be completed.
Impact on System
None
Some tabs in the Optical Power Management window are hidden. You can right-click any visible tab in
the Optical Power Management window to set the corresponding parameters.
2. Click Query. On the displayed Result dialog box, click Close. The input and output optical
power is displayed.
5. Click the Measure tab. Select options under Performance Event Type.
6. Click Query to query the performance value for optical power on the NE side.
7. In the Result dialog box, click Close to finish the operation.
This section describes the basic method for testing optical power by using an optical power meter
during the detection of faults and the commissioning.
Prerequisites
Before the test, make sure that the laser is closed. After the fiber jumper is connected to the
board, open the laser.
Impact on System
The services on the tested board are interrupted.
Precaution
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
CAUTION
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment. Make sure that the
wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD socket in
the subrack.
NOTICE
Keep the optical connector and end face clean. Cover the fiber immediately after the fiber is
removed.
Procedure
Step 1 Turn on the optical power meter, set the unit of the optical power to dBm, and set the operating
wavelength of the meter to 1550 nm.
Step 2 The test of optical power consists of the following two parts:
l Testing the receive optical power: In this test, remove the fiber jumper that is connected to
the receive optical port and connect the fiber jumper to the optical power meter.
l Testing the transmit optical power: In this test, remove the fiber jumper that is connected
to the transmit optical port. Connect one end of a known-good fiber jumper to the transmit
optical port and the other end to the optical power meter.
Step 3 Open the laser, after the optical power value displayed on the meter is stable, record the value.
Step 4 Close the laser, connect the removed fiber jumper back to the optical port, and then open the
laser.
----End
Test the optical power of the MON port during the troubleshooting or routine maintenance.
Background Information
The MON port is for testing the optical power and the optical spectrum without interrupting the
services. The boards have the MON port on their front panels.
For the ratio of the optical power of signals at MON to that of the main-path signals of each type
of board, see "MON Port Optical Split Ratio" in the Hardware Description.
For the optical power of the main-path signal, you can test the output optical power at the MON
port of various boards. Based on the tested value and the ratio of the tested value to the optical
power of the main-path signal, you can calculate the optical power of the main-path signal.
Procedure
Step 1 Turn on the optical power meter, set the unit of the optical power to dBm, and set the operating
wavelength of the meter to 1550 nm.
Step 2 Select a fiber jumper and connect one end to the MON port of the board and the other end to the
port of the optical power meter.
Step 4 Based on the power ratio of the MON port to the main-path, you can compute out the optical
power of the main-path.
----End
You can adjust the variable attenuator to change the optical power. Adjust the attenuator
according to the project design optical power.
Background Information
The MVOA is connected to the fiber in a serial manner. See Figure 9-1.
Position of the adjusting lever: When it is not used, it is put in the cable trough on the side near
the subrack.
Insert a dedicated adjusting lever into the hole in the attenuator. Slowly rotate the adjusting lever.
Do not make more than 1/4 circle in one action. The change occurs after a moment.
l Rotate the pin clockwise. Then, the attenuation increases and the output optical power
decreases.
l Rotate the pin counter-clockwise. Then, the attenuation decreases and the output optical
power increases.
In different scenarios:
l In deployment commissioning, connect the fiber at the input of the optical amplifier board
or the optical port at the output of the OTU or line board into an optical power meter or
optical spectrum analyzer. Monitor the optical power.
l In maintenance, to avoid service interruption, make the change small in each adjustment.
Observe the optical power change on the U2000.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Insert the adjusting lever into the adjusting hole in the MVOA.
Step 2 Based on the requirement of the output optical power, rotate the adjusting lever clockwise or
counter-clockwise.
Step 3 In deployment commissioning, measure the board optical power by an optical power meter or
optical spectrum analyzer to obtain changes in optical power after the tuning of the MVOA.
Step 4 In maintenance, query the board optical power on the U2000 to obtain changes in optical power
after the tuning of the MVOA.
1. In the NE Explorer, select the desired board and choose Configuration > Optical Power
Management from the Function Tree.
2. Click Query, on the displayed Operation Result dialog box, click Close and the input
optical power is displayed.
Step 5 If the optical power exceeds the system requirement, rotate the adjusting lever clockwise.
Otherwise, rotate the adjusting lever counter-clockwise. When the optical power meets the
system requirement, the adjustment is complete.
----End
Prerequisites
Wear an ESD wrist strap before carrying out this operation.
Impact on System
When you are adding an MVOA, the services carried on the relevant fiber are interrupted.
Background Information
The MVOA is connected to the fiber in a serial manner. See Figure 9-2.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Pull out the fiber to be added with a variable attenuator from the optical port on the board. Use
a fiber connector to connect the fiber to the fiber jumper on one end of the attenuator.
NOTE
Before you add the fiber with a variable attenuator, adjust its attenuation to the minimum value or a fixed
value to minimize the time of service interruption.
Step 2 Insert the fiber jumper on the other end of the attenuator into the optical port on the board.
Step 3 Route the redundant fiber jumpers onto the fiber spooling trays onto the two sides of the subrack.
----End
Prerequisites
Wear an ESD wrist strap before carrying out this operation.
Impact on System
When you are reducing the quantity of attenuators, the services carried on the relevant fiber are
interrupted.
Background Information
The mechanical variable optical attenuator is connected to the fiber in a serial manner. See
Figure 9-3.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Remove the attenuator to be replaced from the bottom of the subrack.
Step 2 Disconnect the two ends of the variable attenuator with the fibers (or the optical ports on the
board) and put the attenuator into an ESD bag.
Step 3 Insert the fibers back into the optical ports on the board.
----End
Prerequisites
Wear an ESD wrist strap before carrying out this operation.
Impact on System
When you are adding a fixed optical attenuator, the services carried on the relevant fiber are
interrupted.
Background Information
The fixed attenuator is installed on the top of fiber. See Figure 9-4.
Fixed Optical
Attenuator
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Remove the fiber where an attenuator is to be added from the optical port on the board.
Step 3 Insert the attenuator with the fiber back into the optical port on the board.
----End
When a board has an internal attenuator, you can adjust the optical power of this board by
changing the attenuation of the internal attenuator. This section describes how to adjust the
attenuation based on engineering design documents.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
The electrical variable attenuator boards are the VA1, VA4, M40V, MR8V, ROAM, RMU9,
WSM9, WSD9, WSMD4, WSMD2 boards.
NOTE
l The variable attenuator built in the WSM9 or WSD9 board can be adjusted only when the board has been
configured with routes.
l The variable attenuator built in the AMx port of the WSMD2 , WSMD4 or WSMD9 board can be adjusted
only when the board has been configured with routes.
Procedure
1. Log in to the U2000. Double-click the NE in the Main Topology. The Running Status of
the NE is displayed.
2. Right-click an NE icon and select NE Explorer to display the NE Explorer window.
3. Select the desired board, and choose Configuration > WDM Interface from the left-hand
Function Tree.
4. Click By Board/Port(Channel), and select Channel from the drop-down list.
5. On the Basic Attributes tab page, double-click the Optical Interface Attenuation Ratio
(dB) field, and then enter an appropriate value.
NOTE
The adjustable range of the built-in attenuator for a board depends on the board type.
6. Click Apply.
This section describes the basic method for querying the gain of an optical amplifier board, so
that the fault point can be detected and located in time.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
You can adjust the gain of the optical amplifier unit to change the optical power. Adjust the gain
according to the project design optical power.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
The OAU1 is the optical amplifier board with tunable gain.
In actual use, calculate the gain range that can be set according to the intermediate insertion loss.
The nominal gain refers to the gain of only signal light, that is, the difference between the nominal
output and input optical power of signals of the board.
The actual gain is the difference between the measured output and input optical power of the
board. Hence, the actual gain includes both the gain of signal light and the gain of noise light.
In normal cases, the actual gain is slightly greater than the nominal gain according to the number
of added wavelengths.
2. Select the board port or channel. Click By Board/Port(Channel). Select Channel from
the drop-down list.
3. In the Basic Attributes tab, double-click Nominal Gain(dB) field, and enter an appropriate
value.
NOTE
When the nominal gain as set exceeds the permitted gain range of the board, the nominal gain cannot
be changed.
4. Click Apply.
This section describes the basic method for querying the FEC working state. During the normal
operation of a board, the FEC working state should be set be enabled.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None.
Background Information
FEC is the short for forward error correction. The optical signals undergo quality degradation
during transmission, which may lead the receiver into misjudging "1" for "0" signal or "0" for
"1" signal. The FEC adds the parity bits during coding by the transmitter so that the receiver can
correct the error bits in the code stream by calculating the parity bits.
This section describes the basic method for enabling the FEC function on a board.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
There are two options for the FEC working state: enabled and disabled. The state is enabled by
default. Normally, the state should be enabled to ensure that the board has the FEC function.
The state is set to disabled only during the test for evaluating the coding gain brought by FEC.
This section describes the basic method for querying the FEC type. There are two FEC types:
FEC and AFEC.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
The OTU board or line board uses FEC and AFEC (Advanced FEC) technology to perform the
following functions:
l Decrease the requirements on the receiver optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) in order to
extend the transmission distance between optical amplifiers or between REGs.
l Provide a greater system margin and guarantee a lower BER rate in the line transmission
to improve the quality of service (QoS) in the DWDM network.
The AFEC is a new error correction technique. It adopts two-level encoding, increases encoding
gain, and equally distributes the burst errors. AFEC is more powerful than FEC.
3. Click the Advanced Attributes tab. Select the desired optical port and click Query to
query FEC Mode.
This section describes the basic method for setting the FEC mode to FEC or AFEC and thus
having the board work in the mode.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
When mode of the FEC selected for the upstream board is inconsistent with mode of the FEC
selected for the downstream board, the services may be interrupted.
Background Information
The boards with different FEC mode cannot interconnect with each other. For example, the FEC
mode of the LSX is FEC by default, but it can also be set to AFEC. Though the rates of the two
FEC mode are the same, the boards with different FEC mode still cannot interconnect due to the
difference in FEC mode. Hence, ensure that the FEC types of the upstream and downstream
boards are the same.
This section describes the basic method for querying the IPA restart mode. You need to query
the mode when the services in WDM equipment cannot be restored automatically after the cable
is recovered upon a cable break.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None.
Background Information
There are two IPA restart modes on the U2000: automatic restart mode and manual restart mode.
l Manual restart mode: The detection signal is sent manually.
l Automatic restart mode: The system automatically sends the detection signal.
In any of the two ways, if the system can normally receive the detection signal, the system
automatically restores to the normal running state. In the case of ultra-long span transmission,
it is recommended to use the manual restart mode.
When the cut-off optical cable is restored after the fault is cleared, the services borne by the
WDM equipment cannot be automatically restored. For the system configured with IPA, if IPA
is set to the manual restart mode, enable IPA. After IPA is restarted manually, IPA automatically
turns on the laser.
Prerequisites
You must be an NM user with "NE maintainer" authority or higher.
Impact on System
After the manual restart command is issued, the laser is enabled after the preset waiting time.
Possible Causes
There is a cable break. After the cable is recovered, the services in WDM equipment cannot be
restored automatically.
Background Information
Manual restart mode: A user triggers the detection signal.
There are two manual restart modes: manual restart and test restart.
After the manual restart command is issued, the laser is enabled after the Off Period(s) time.
After the test restart command is issued, the laser is enabled immediately. In normal cases, it is
recommended to use manual restart.
NOTE
l After you click Restart IPA Manually, the laser of the optical amplifier board is not turned on immediately.
It is automatically turned on after the period in the Off Period(s) field to check whether the line is normal.
If normal, the IPA status is IPA ended. If abnormal, the laser is shut down after the period in the On Period
(s) field.
l After you click Start Test, the laser of the optical amplifier board is turned on immediately to test whether
the line is normal. If normal, the IPA status is IPA ended. If abnormal, the laser is shut down after the period
in the Start Test Duration(s) field.
Precaution
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
This section describes the basic method for querying board temperature. When a lot of bit errors
or frequent transient interruption occur in the services or the temperature-related alarms are
reported on the U2000, you need to query the board temperature to check if the temperature is
very high or very low.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None.
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, select the desired board and choose Performance > Current
Performance from the Function Tree.
2. Click Measure tab. Select Working Temperature in the Performance Event Type field.
3. Click Query, and the Query Current Performance Data is displayed. Then, the current
working temperature of the board is displayed.
If the present air filter or dustproof sponge can be reused after cleaning, clean it periodically to
ensure the timely heat dissipation of the equipment.
Prerequisites
None.
Maintenance Period
Ensure that the temperature of the equipment room is 25°C, the humidity is 70%, and the air
filter is cleaned at a frequency as follows:
l If the environment of the equipment room complies with ETSI 300019–1–3 class 3.1 or
class 3.6, clean the air filter every five months.
l If the environment of the equipment room complies with ETSI 300019–1–3 class 3.2, clean
the air filter every two and a half months.
If the environment does not meet the preceding requirements, devices may be not properly
functioning. In this situation, clean the air filter more frequently, for example, every two weeks.
Context
NOTICE
If the air filter is not cleaned for a long time, the equipment temperature may become very high
and services may be interrupted.
NOTICE
Do not draw out the fans when you draw out the air filter during you replace the air filter.
Procedure
Step 1 Draw out the air filter.
1. For the OptiX OSN 8800 and OptiX OSN 6800, place two fingers in the grooves on two
sides of the air filter panel, and draw out the air filter. See Figure 20-1 and Figure 20-2.
2. For the OptiX OSN 3800, draw out the air filter by holding the handle. See Figure 20-3.
Step 2 Clean the filter with water. Then wipe it with a cloth, and dry it with an air blower.
Figure 20-1 Drawing out the air filter on OptiX OSN 8800
Figure 20-2 Drawing out the air filter on OptiX OSN 6800
Figure 20-3 Drawing out the air filter on OptiX OSN 3800
Fan
Air filter
----End
Observing alarms helps engineers to notice any abnormal functioning of the equipment.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
Impact On System
None
indicator is surrounded by a square frame , it indicates that there are critical alarms to be
acknowledged.
2. Click the current major alarm indicator (orange) in the upper right corner of the
U2000 window to browse the current network-wide major alarms.
NOTE
The figure in the center of the indicator indicates the number of the current major alarms. When the
indicator is surrounded by a square frame , it indicates that there are major alarms to be
acknowledged.
3. Click the current minor alarm indicator (yellow) in the upper right corner of the
U2000 window to browse the current network-wide minor alarms.
NOTE
The figure in the center of the indicator indicates the number of the current minor alarms. When the
indicator is surrounded by a square frame , it indicates that there are minor alarms to be
acknowledged.
4. Click the current warning alarm indicator (blue) in the upper right corner of the
U2000 window to browse the current network-wide warning alarms.
NOTE
The figure in the center of the indicator indicates the number of the current warning alarms. When
the indicator is surrounded by a square frame , it indicates that there are warning alarms
to be acknowledged.
Querying the optical module information is a common operation when you replace a component.
Make sure the optical module type of the spare board is the same as that of the board to be
replaced.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
This section describes the way of inserting and removing fiber connectors.
Prerequisites
The end face of the fiber must be clean.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Remove protective cap on the LC/PC connector.
Step 2 Align the LC/PC connector to the optical port on the board.
Step 3 Push the connector gently in along the guide rail until it clicks.
LC/PC connector
Protective cap
----End
Prerequisites
The end face of the fiber must be clean.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Clamp the fiber connector from the up and down sides by hand or with optical fiber extractor.
Press down the hook switch.
NOTE
The LC/PC fiber connector can be directly pulled out by hand. However, if the optical fibers are arranged
densely, a dedicated optical fiber extractor shall be used. Figure 23-2 shows the tweezers-like optical fiber
extractor.
LC/PC connector
Protective cap
----End
Prerequisites
The end face of the fiber must be clean.
Wear an ESD wrist strap before carrying out this operation.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
DANGER
Raman amplifier emits strong light. Do not insert or remove the fiber connector when the laser
is working, to avoid damage to human body.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Remove dust-proof protection cover on the LSH/APC fiber connector.
Step 2 Align the connector on optical fiber with the optical port of the board.
Step 3 Push the connector gently in along the guide rail.
Protective LSH/APC
slidding cover connector
----End
Prerequisites
The end face of the fiber must be clean.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
DANGER
Raman amplifier emits strong light. Do not insert or remove the fiber connector when the laser
is working, to avoid damage to human body.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Clamp the connector by hand.
NOTE
The LSH/APC fiber connector has a dust-proof protection cover. When the connector is pulled out from
the optical port, the protection cover will be closed automatically so as to protect against dust and intense
light signals output.
Protective LSH/APC
slidding cover connector
----End
Prerequisites
The end face of the fiber must be clean.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Remove protective cap on the FC/PC connector.
Step 2 Align the keyed ridge on the FC/PC fiber connector with the concave slot of the optical port.
Step 3 Push in the connector with proper force not to damage the fiber connector. After the connector
is seated properly, the keyed ridge shall match the concave slot and the optical connector cannot
be turned around.
Step 4 When the optical fiber connector is pushed to the bottom, turn the outer ring of the optical
connector clockwise to secure the optical fiber connector.
Protective cap
FC/PC connector
----End
Prerequisites
The end face of the fiber must be clean.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Turn the outer ring of the fiber connector anticlockwise.
Protective cap
FC/PC connector
----End
Prerequisites
The end face of the fiber must be clean.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Remove protective cap on the SC/PC connector.
Step 2 Align the keyed ridge on the SC/PC fiber connector with the concave slot of the optical port.
Step 3 Push the connector in with proper force. After the connector is seated properly, the keyed ridge
shall match the concave slot.
Protective cap
SC/PC connector
----End
Prerequisites
The end face of the fiber must be clean.
Precautions
DANGER
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Wear a well-grounded ESD wrist strap whenever you touch any equipment or board. Make sure
that the wrist strap fully touches your skin. Insert the connector of the ESD strap into the ESD
socket in the subrack.
Procedure
Step 1 Clamp the SC/PC fiber connector from the up and down sides with the optical fiber extractor.
Step 2 Pull out the connector slowly from the optical port with force.
Protective cap
SC/PC connector
----End
When a board works abnormally, you might need to perform a cold reset of the board.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
If you perform a cold reset on the system control board, the U2000 stops communicating with
the system control board, and the system control board stops communicating with the other
boards.
If you perform a cold reset on the TN16XCH/TN16UXCM board, the U2000 stops
communicating with the TN16XCH/TN16UXCM board, and the TN16XCH/TN16UXCM
board stops communicating with the other boards.
A cold reset on the FIU, MRx (except MR8V), OLP, DCP, or SCS board will not affect services,
but a cold reset on other boards will affect the running services.
Background Information
Cold reset of the system control board:
l When the system control board is faulty, perform a warm reset of the system control board.
If the fault persists after a warm reset, perform a cold reset.
l The methods of performing a cold reset of the system control board are as follows:
– Perform a cold reset by removing and then inserting the system control board. This
method applies to field maintenance or scenarios where the system control board fails
to communicate with the U2000.
– Perform a cold reset on the U2000. This method applies to remote maintenance where
the communication between the system control board and the U2000 is normal.
Cold reset on the TN16XCH or TN16UXCM board:
l When the TN16XCH or TN16UXCM board is faulty, perform a warm reset on the
TN16XCH or TN16UXCM board. If the fault persists after a warm reset, perform a cold
reset.
l The methods of performing a cold reset on the TN16XCH or TN16UXCM board are as
follows:
– Perform a cold reset by removing and then inserting the TN16XCH or TN16UXCM
board. This method applies to field maintenance or scenarios where the TN16XCH or
TN16UXCM board fails to communicate with the U2000.
– Perform a cold reset on the U2000. This method applies to remote maintenance where
the communication between the TN16XCH or TN16UXCM board and the U2000 is
normal.
l After a cold reset of other boards, FPGA of the boards is updated, which is service-affecting.
Perform a warm reset of the board, if the fault persists after a warm reset, perform a cold
reset.
l A cold reset can be performed in any of the following methods:
– By using the U2000: It is applicable to remote maintenance. In this method, the
communication between the U2000 and the system control board must be normal, and
the communication between the board and the system control board must be normal.
– By removing and then inserting the board: It is applicable to field maintenance or the
situation where the communication between the board and the system control board
stops. If you perform a cold reset of the board by reseating the board, see the procedure
in Procedure for Replacing a Board.
When a board works abnormally, you might need to perform a warm reset of the board.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
l In the case of the system control board, the impacts of resetting the board are as follows:
– The communication between the U2000 and the system control board and between the
system control board and other boards stops.
– Upon a warm reset on the system control board, external control commands (such as
the commands for forcible switching, manual switching services, and protection
switching locking) of intra-board 1+1 protection, client 1+1 protection, and optical line
protection will be automatically cleared. In addition, the protection group in the WTR
state will end the state earlier than expected.
l A warm reset of boards does not affect the running services.
l Configurations can be delivered only 5 minutes later after the board undergoes a warm
reset.
Background Information
Warm reset of the system control board:
l After a warm reset of the system control board, FPGA of the board is not updated, and the
configuration data in the memory of the board remains the same. When a fault is detected,
a warm reset is preferred.
l A warm reset can be performed in any of the following methods:
– By using the U2000: It is applicable to remote maintenance. In this method, the
communication between the U2000 and the system control board must be normal.
– By pressing the RESET button on the system control board: It is applicable to field
maintenance or the situation where the communication between the U2000 and the
system control board stops.
l After a warm reset of other boards, FPGA of the boards is not updated, and the configuration
data in the memory of the board remains the same.
l A warm reset can be performed in the following method:
– By using the U2000: It is applicable to remote maintenance. In this method, the
communication between the U2000 and the system control board and between the
system control board and other boards must be normal.
This section describes how to query on the U2000 the insertion loss between the TDC and RDC
optical ports on the OAU1 board to locate a fault.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
The TDC and RDC optical ports on the OAU1 board can be connected to each other in two
modes:
l TDC is connected to RDC through a DCM.
l TDC is connected to RDC directly.
Querying the Insertion Loss Between the TDC and RDC Optical Ports on the OAU1
Board
1. In the NE Explorer, select the OAU1 board and choose Configuration > Optical Power
Management.
2. Click Query. On the displayed Result dialog box, click Close.
3. Query the value of Output Power(dBm) of the 2(PAOUT) parameter and the value of
Input Power(dBm) of the 3(BAIN) parameter of Port.
4. Calculate the insertion loss between the TDC and RDC optical ports on the OAU1 board.
NOTE
Use this formula: Insertion loss = PAOUT output optical power - BAIN input optical power
The insertion loss between the TDC and RDC optical ports on the OAU1 board is 2 - 14 dB commonly.
You can query or set on the U2000 the type of client services of a board to ensure that the service
type on the client side of the board is correct.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
May cause service interruption or NE login failure.
Querying and Setting the Service Type on the Client Side of a Board
1. In the NE Explorer, select the desired board and choose Configuration > WDM
Interface from the function tree.
2. Click By Board/Port(Channel) . Select Channel from the drop-down list.
3. Click Basic Attributes and click Query. Under the Service Type field, the service type
on the client side of the board is displayed.
4. Double-click the Service Type field of the desired port to modify the service type on the
client side of the board.
5. Click Apply. The Modifying the following attribute(s) may cause service interruption
or NE login failure. Are you sure to apply the modification to the attribute(s): Service
Type? dialog box is displayed. Click OK. Another dialog box is displayed for reconfirming
the modification, click OK.
This section describes how to query and set the working mode of the ethernet port.
Prerequisites
You must be an NM user with "NE maintainer" authority or higher.
The board that supports the GE, FE, 10GE LAN, or 10GE WAN services must be created.
Impact on System
The auto-negotiation mode of the receive end must be the same as that of the transmit end.
Otherwise, services are not available.
3. Double-click the Working Mode field of the desired port to modify the working mode of
the board.
4. Click Apply.
Logical fiber connections are checked to ensure that they are the same as the physical fiber
connections.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
l For the physical fiber connections, see the fiber connection diagram in the project design
document.
l If the board is configured with a service, delete the service and then delete the logical fiber
connection.
l If the board is configured with an optical cross-connection, delete the optical cross-connection
and then delete the logical fiber connection.
If the automatic laser shutdown (ALS) function of a board is enabled, when the receive side of
the board receives no signals, the board shuts down the laser on the transmit side of the board
to prevent personal injury caused by laser radiation.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
The ALS function does not affect protection services that are already configured.
4. Click Apply.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
This section describes how to set the optical power threshold for a board. When the optical power
exceeds the set threshold, an alarm is reported.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
Improper alarm threshold of the OSC board power may cause loss of monitoring signals but no
alarm reported.
Procedure
1. Double-click the desired ONE icon in Main Topology to display the NE Panel of the ONE.
2. Right-click the desired NE and choose NE Explorer from the shortcut menu. Then, the
NE Explorer window is displayed.
3. In the NE Explorer, select the desired board and choose Configuration > Optical Power
Management.
NOTE
l Input Power Lower Threshold(dBm): indicates the lower threshold of Input Power(dBm). When
the value of Input Power(dBm) is less than the lower threshold, the IN_PWR_LOW alarm is
generated.
l Input Power Upper Threshold(dBm): indicates the upper threshold of Input Power(dBm). When
the value of Input Power(dBm) is greater than the upper threshold, the IN_PWR_HIGH is generated.
For the OTU board, the lower and upper thresholds of the input optical power are configurable on the
client side but not on the WDM side.
Alarm masking refers to that the alarms that are set to be masked are not reported to the NMS
any more or the U2000 does not monitor unimportant alarms. In the case of equipment
maintenance, test, or deployment, you can set alarm masking conditions to mask the alarms that
do not need to be observed. Or you can set alarm masking on the U2000 to enable that the U2000
does not monitor unimportant alarms, improving the fault locating efficiency.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Background Information
l The function of masking alarms does not take effect for the alarms that are already reported.
That is, after you set a masking policy, only the newly reported alarms that meet the mask
conditions are masked.
l A new masking policy is displayed in the Mask Rule dialog box. The same alarms that are
reported later continue to be masked.
NOTICE
Masked alarms will not trigger features such as protection switching and intelligent power
adjustment (IPA).
NOTE
l If the default template is used, the Filter dialog box is not displayed. Instead, the alarms or events
that comply with the default template conditions are directly displayed.
l Alternatively, click Copy from Template. In the dialog box that is displayed, select an existing
template, and then click OK to add the filtering criteria of the selected profile to the Filter dialog
box.
3. Select an alarm from the alarm browse window, right-click, and then choose Mask.
4. Optional: In the Mask dialog box that is displayed, you can set the Mask Scope and Effect
Time according the requirements.
5. In the Mask dialog box, click OK. In the Confirm dialog box that is displayed, click
Yes.
6. Optional: If you need to receive the masked alarms again, choose Fault > Settings > Mask
Rule from the main menu. In the Mask Rule tab, select the required masking policy, and
deselect the Enable check box or delete the policy.
In the process of deployment, certain alarms that are reasonable but meaningless occur. For
example, when you configure a board for a service but not connect cables, the corresponding
LOS alarm is generated. After the alarm reversion is set, the alarm is not displayed. This does
not affect the network monitoring that is performed by maintenance engineers.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Background Information
The setting of alarm reversion is applicable to only LOS alarms, including the R_LOS,
MUT_LOS, OTS_LOS, OTS_LOS-O, OTS_LOS-P and OSC_LOS alarms.
If you set alarm reversion for a port, the status of all alarms at this port is displayed as "no alarm"
even though the alarms occur.
Impact on System
l When you set the alarm reversion for a port, the alarm status on this port is opposite to the
actual situation. That is, alarms are not reported even if they exist.
l When you set the alarm reversion for a port, the alarm status of the board does not change,
and the alarm indicator still indicates the actual running status of the equipment.
NOTE
l When you set Alarm Reversion to Enable (Auto Restore), the NE cancels the alarm reversion
automatically and the alarm status returns to normal when reporting of the alarms at a port is
complete.
l When you set Alarm Reversion to Enable (Manually Restore), the alarm status returns to
normal only when you manually cancel the alarm reversion.
l When you set Alarm Reversion to Disable, you cannot set alarm reversion at a port.
3. In the NE Explorer, select a board and choose Alarm > Alarm Reversion from the Function
Tree.
4. In the Alarm Reversion, set the Reversion Status to Enabled.
5. Click Apply. The Result dialog box is displayed.
6. Click Close to complete the setting.
This section describes how to set alarm severity and automatic reporting for an NE using
U2000.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Procedure
1. In the main topology, right-click the desire NE and click NE Explorer from the shortcut
menu. The NE Explorer window is displayed.
2. In the NE Explore, select the NE or desired board, and choose Alarm > Alarm Severity
and Auto Reporting.
3. Set Severity and Auto Reporting Status, and then click Apply.
NOTE
Auto Reporting Status can be set to Reported or Not Reported. Reported indicates that alarms
can be automatically reported.
4. In the displayed Result dialog box, click Close.
A specified alarm, after being suppressed on an NE or on a board, will not be monitored by the
equipment or reported by the NE or the NMS again. The user can set the alarm suppression status
to Suppressed or Not Suppressed as required.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l U2000 is used to suppress on an NE specified alarms on an NE. The alarms can be generated on an
NE, a board or functional modules of a board.
l Web LCT is used to suppress specified NE-level alarms on an NE.
5. In the Result dialog box displayed, click Close to finish the setting.
NOTE
A specified alarm, after being suppressed on a board or a port using U2000/Web LCT, will not be monitored
or reported by the board again.
This section describes how to check the status of boards. Routine maintenance helps engineers
to locate faults in the boards.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Procedure
1. Double-click the optical NE in the Main Topology screen of the U2000.
2. Select the NE Panel and click the NE icon to select the NE.
3. Click on the upper portion of the NE Panel, to display the Legend and Description
information.
4. Observe the colors of the board icons on the NE Panel. Check whether a board is in normal
status based on descriptions in Legend.
To query performance events, the performance monitoring function should be enabled. If the
current time of an NE is within the preset monitoring time range, the NE performance is
automatically monitored; if no monitoring time range has been set, or the current time of the NE
is outside the monitoring time range, the NE performance is not monitored.
Prerequisites
The NE time and the NMS time must be synchronous.
Impact on System
None
4. Select the check box 15-Minute, and click radio button Enabled; or select the check box
24-Hour, and click radio button Enabled.
5. Click the behind From field, select the date, and enter the time to set the beginning
time and end time for monitoring.
NOTE
The start time must be later than the current time of the NMS and NE. If you need to monitor the
performance immediately, set the start time just a little later than the current time of the NMS and
NE. To set the end time, select the check box before To first. The end time must be later than the
start time. If the check box before To is not selected, it indicates that the monitoring function is
enabled all the time.
6. Click Apply. The Warning dialog box is displayed, click OK.
7. In the Result dialog box displayed, click Close to finish the operation.
An NE must be selected at this step. Otherwise, it is impossible for you to proceed with the task.
2. In the Set 15-Minute Monitoring field, select Enabled and click behind the
From field to set the start time for monitoring the 15-minute performance of the NE.
NOTE
The method of setting the time is as follows: In the hour, minute, or second time control, right-click
the time to increase it, or press Shift and right-click the time to decrease it.
3. In the Set 24-Hour Monitoring field, select Enabled and click behind the From
field to set the start time for monitoring the 24-minute performance of the NE.
4. Click Apply to apply the settings.
By browsing the current bit error performance events, you can check whether the equipment
runs normally. If a fault occurs, it can be cleared in time.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None.
4. Select one or multiple boards in the left pane, and click the .
5. Click the Count tab. Select options under Performance Event Type, and select Display
Zero Data for the Display Options.
6. Click Query to query the performance value for bit error on the NE side. In the displayed
Prompt dialog box, click OK.
7. In the Operation Result dialog box, click Close to finish the operation.
By checking the historical WDM performance events, you can ascertain that the equipment has
run properly for a long time. If a dormant fault is found, it can be cleared immediately
Prerequisites
Enabling Performance Monitoring Function must be completed.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
NOTE
The historical performance database on the NE is a stack register, which adopts the "first in first out" principle
and has a limitation on the amount of data. When there are many slots on an NE and a large amount of historical
performance data needs to be saved, only about one week of performance data can be saved for each board.
Procedure
1. Choose Performance > Browse WDM Performance from the Main Menu of the
U2000, and then click the Historical Performance Data tab.
2. Select the option from the drop-down list next to Monitored Object Filter Criteria.
3. In Monitor Period, select 15-Minute or 24-Hour.
5. Set the start time and the end time for Ended From and To by directly entering the time
or by clicking the behind the text box and select the time in the Date/Time
Selection window.
6. Click the Measure tab. Choose Select All for the Performance Event Type .
7. Select Data Source. Click Query. In the displayed Prompt dialog box, click OK. In the
Result dialog box, click Close.
NOTE
When querying the historical performance events for the first time, select Query from NE and Save
to Database in Data Source. Then, you can select Query from NMS next time.
8. Click the Count tab. Select Performance Event Type.
9. Select Data Source to Query from NE. Click Query to query the historical performance
on the NE side.
10. In the displayed Prompt dialog box, click OK. In the Result dialog box, click Close to
finish the operation.
By querying the current SDH performance events, you can check whether the equipment runs
normally. If a fault occurs, it can be cleared in time.
Prerequisites
Enabling Performance Monitoring Function must be completed.
Impact On System
None
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, select the SDH board and choose Performance > Current
Performance from the Function Tree.
2. Choose the option from the drop-down list next to Monitored Object Filter Criteria.
3. In Monitor Period, select 15-Minute or 24-Hour.
4. Click Measure option button. Choose Select All for the Performance Event Type.
5. Click Query. An Operation Result dialog box is displayed to indicate that the operation
is successful, and click Close. Check whether the power, current, and temperature are within
the normal ranges.
6. Click the Count tab. Select the performance events of the bit error and pointer justification,
and select Display Zero Data.
7. Click Query. In the Operation Result dialog box that is displayed, click Close.
Query the historical SDH performance events to check the long-term running status of the
equipment. In this case, possible hazards can be prevented in time.
Prerequisites
Enabling Performance Monitoring Function must be completed.
Impact On System
None
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, select the SDH board and choose Performance > History
Performance from the Function Tree.
2. Select the option from the drop-down list next to Monitored Object Filter Condition.
3. In Monitor Period, select 15-Minute or 24-Hour.
4. In the field after Ended From and To, enter a time value ( or click ) to set the monitoring
period.
5. Click the Measure option button. Choose Select All for the Performance Event Type.
6. Select the Data Source and click Query. An Result is displayed to indicate that the
operation is successful. Click Close.
NOTE
If the history performance data is browsed for the first time, you must select Query from NE and
Save to Database for the data source. In this case, you can select Query from NMS to browse the
history performance data at the next time.
7. Click the Count tab. Select the performance events, and select Display Zero Data.
8. Select the Data Source and click Query. An Result is displayed to indicate that the
operation is successful. Click Close.
Checking the environment monitoring temperature of the board helps maintenance personnel to
determine whether the equipment is working normally and to rectify the potential faults.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
Impact On System
None
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, select the desired board and choose Configuration > Environment
Monitor Configuration > Environment Monitor Interface from the Function Tree.
2. Select Temperature Attributes from the drop-down list on the upper right part of the
window.
3. Click Query.
The optical power of a station is queried during the NE commissioning or during the fault locating
against the abnormal optical power in the station.
Prerequisites
Enabling Performance Monitoring Function must be completed.
Impact on System
None
Procedure
1. Choose Configuration > Optical Power Management from the Main Menu of the
U2000.
2. Select the desired stations from the navigator on the left, click .
3. Click Query, in the Result dialog box, click Close.
The optical power of the entire network is queried and analyzed to ensure that the optical power
of the entire network meets the commissioning requirements after the system commissioning is
complete, or to check whether there is an optical power deviation during the maintenance. If
there is a deviation, adjust the optical power.
Prerequisites
Enabling Performance Monitoring Function must be completed.
Impact on System
None
Procedure
1. Choose Configuration > Optical Power Management from the Main Menu of the
U2000.
2. Select all the stations from the navigator on the left, click .
3. Click Query, in the Result dialog box, click Close.
This section describes how to set the reference input optical power and reference output optical
power.
Prerequisites
Enabling Performance Monitoring Function must be completed.
Impact On System
None
Procedure
1. Choose Configuration > Optical Power Management from the Main Menu of the
U2000.
2. Select the desired stations or boards from the navigator on the left, click .
3. Click Query. In the Result dialog box, click Close.
4. If there is no value in the Input Power Reference Value (dBm) and Output Power
Reference Value (dBm) fields, see 5 to 7 to enter the correct reference value with the
authority of "NE operator" or higher. If the input/output power reference value is already
set, skip to 8.
5. Double click the Input Power Reference Value (dBm) and Output Power Reference
Value (dBm) fields, enter the input/output power reference value.
NOTE
The best reference value is the optical power obtained when the deployment commissioning is just
complete and the system operation is normal.
6. Click Apply to complete the setting of Input Power Reference Value (dBm) and Output
Power Reference Value (dBm). In the Result dialog box, click Close to finish the
operation.
7. Click Query.In the displayed Result dialog box, click Close.
8. Check the current Input Power State and Output Power State to judge the status of the
laser. If the displayed value is Normal, skip to 10.
9. If the displayed value is Warning Alert or Critical Alert, find out the cause of input/output
power reference value deviation according to the network planning. Adjust the reference
value if it is not consistent with networking planning. For other causes, see the
Troubleshooting for handling.
10. Make sure that the current optical power meets the requirement, right click Input Power
Reference Value (dBm) and choose Copy Input Power, or right click Output Power
Reference Value (dBm) and choose Copy Output Power.
11. Click Apply to finish the operation. In the Result dialog box, click Close.
By setting the Ethernet port traffic monitoring, you can monitor the traffic of the Ethernet port
and display the traffic data of the last month on the U2000.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, select an Ethernet board and choose Performance > Ethernet Port
Traffic Monitoring from the Function Tree. Click the Set monitoring tab.
2. Select a port and set the Monitor Status parameter.
3. Click Apply.
This section describes how to query the bandwidth utilization of a device. By learning the
bandwidth utilization of a device, users can timely adjust service traffic for the ports on the
device, thus facilitating expansion of the capacity of the device.
Prerequisites
You must be an NM user with "NE monitor" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
The NE collects the data every 15 minutes. An NE can collect the statistics on the traffic data
of the Ethernet ports in the latest 30 days from now.
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, select an Ethernet board and choose Performance > Ethernet Port
Traffic Monitoring from the Function Tree. Click the Query traffic tab.
2. Select a port from the Watch Object drop-down list. Then, set Start Time, End Time,
and View Mode.
NOTE
l When View Mode is set to List, the data of the Ethernet port traffic is displayed as a list in the
U2000 user interface.
l When View Mode is set to Graph, the data of the Ethernet port traffic is displayed as a graph in the
U2000 user interface.
3. Click Query. The flow data on the port within the specific period is displayed.
The intelligent power adjustment (IPA) function can be used to avoid direct eye exposure to
laser radiation in the case of a fiber cut. Checking the IPA function is to make sure that IPA can
be normally started.
Prerequisites
The IPA function must be configured.
Impact on System
None
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, click the NE and choose Configuration > IPA Management.
2. Click Query to view the information of the created IPA.
3. In the Result dialog box, click Close to finish the operation.
When the automatic level control (ALC) function is used, if the attenuation of a certain span
increases, only the input optical power of this span decreases. The output optical power of this
span and the input and output optical power of other amplifiers in the downstream do not change.
When the optical power of the link is extremely low, ALC prevents the transmission of services
from being affected. Checking the ALC function is to make sure that the ALC link can be
normally started when a fault occurs on a span.
Prerequisites
The ALC function must be configured.
Impact on System
None
Procedure
1. Choose Configuration > WDM ALC Management from the Main Menu, and the WDM
ALC management window is displayed.
2. Select the NG WDM Link Information tab to view the state of each link in the lower area
of the NG WDM window.
The Automatic Power Equilibrium (APE) function can be used to avoid the changes in the power
flatness of each channel caused by the changes in fiber condition. Hence, ensure that the signal-
to-noise ratio at the receive end is at a normal level. Checking the APE function is to ensure that
the flatness of the optical power at the receive end is close to the value obtained during the
deployment commissioning, which then ensures the signal-to-noise ratio.
Prerequisites
The APE function must be configured.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
The OptiX OSN 3800 does not support the APE function.
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, click the NE and choose Configuration > Optical Power
Equilibrium.
2. Click Query to view the information of the created APE pair.
3. In the Result dialog box, click Close to finish the operation.
4. In the NE Explorer, select the desired power regulation unit and choose Configuration >
WDM Interface to query the following board parameters: Optical Interface Attenuation
Ratio(dB), Min. Attenuation Rate (dB) and Max. Attenuation Rate (dB).
5. If Optical Interface Attenuation Ratio(dB) is close to the Min. Attenuation Rate
(dB) or Max. Attenuation Rate (dB), it indicates that attenuation that can be used for
This section describes how to back up the latest NE (configuration) data to the NMS server or
NMS client as required in case of NE maintenance or upgrade/downgrade.
Prerequisites
The FTP/TFTP/SFTP server is configured and the FTP/TFTP/SFTP service is started.
Background Information
l Backup operation can be performed only for multiple devices of same device type.
l On selecting the device type in the device tree, all the devices and the device type versions
related to the device type is displayed in the NE View table.
l The files backed up from the server can be viewed in the Backup Information tab.
The Backup Information tab is unavailable when multiple devices are selected.
3. Select Backup... to open the Backup dialog.
4. Select the option NMS Server or NMS Client to backup the selected device information.
NOTE
By default the NMS Server is selected. If the NMS Server is selected, the selected device information
is stored on the NMS server.
5. Optional: If the NMS Client is selected, click to select the location where the device
data are to be backed up.
6. Click Start to start the backup operation for the selected device(s). On the NE View tab
page, the backup progress is displayed.
7. When the backup operation is successful, the NMS creates the dbf.pkg file in the NEName/
yyyymmddhhmmss directory. "NEName" indicates the name of the NE, "yyyymmdd"
indicates the date when the backup is created, and "hhmmss" indicates the time when the
backup is created.
l If The Added NE's Policy Status is set to Enable, the DC performs the backup/save operation
on the newly added NEs (NEs moved from other policies to this policy) at specified time points.
l If the The Added NE's Policy Status is set to Disable, the DC does not perform the backup/
save operation on the newly added NEs (NEs moved from other policies to this policy) even at
specified time points.
6. Click OK to complete the save and backup configurations for the specified NE.
Prerequisites
The protection group that you want to query has been configured.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
l Querying Port Protection Switching State(including optical line protection, intra-
board 1+1 protection, and client 1+1 protection)
l Querying SW SNCP Protection Switching State
l Querying ODUk SNCP Protection Switching State
l Querying VLAN SNCP Protection Switching State
l Querying Tributary SNCP Protection Switching State
l Querying Distributed Board-level Protection Switching State (DBPS)
l Querying the Ethernet Ring Protection Switching State
l Querying MS SNCP Protection Switching State
l Querying DLAG Protection Switching State
l Querying Board-level Protection Switching State
l Querying ODUk SPRing Protection Switching State
l Querying Optical Wavelength Shared Protection Switching State
l Querying Board 1+1 Protection Switching State
l Querying Linear MSP Switching State
l Querying MSP Ring Switching State
2. Click Query.
When the U2000 or Web LCT communicates properly with a GNE, you can search for all NEs
that communicate with the GNE by using the IP address of the GNE or the network segment to
which the IP address is associated. Then, you can create NEs in batches. This method is quicker
and more accurate than manual creation. Therefore, the method of creating NEs in batches is
recommended.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Administrators" authority.
l The U2000 must communicate properly with the GNE.
l The NE Explorer instance of the NEs must be created.
For Web LCT, only NEs that use the Ethernet port to communicate can be searched out and the
IP address of the Web LCT and that of the NE to be created are in the same network segment.
a. In the Search Domain dialog box, click Add and the Input Search Domain dialog
box is displayed.
b. Set Address Type to IP Address Range of GNE, IP Address of GNE, or NSAP
Address, and enter Search Address, User Name, and Password. Then, click
OK.
NOTE
You can repeat the above steps to add more search domains. You can delete the system
default search domain.
l If you use IP address to search for NEs:
l only the NEs (not across routers) in the same network segment can be searched out
in normal conditions if you select the IP Address Range of GNE because
broadcasting is usually disabled for the routers in the network (to prevent network
storm).
l search out the NEs in the network segment by using the IP Address of GNE if you
need to search for the NEs across routers.
l If you search for NEs by using the NSAP address, you can only select NSAP
Address.
c. In the Search for NE dialog box, you can perform the following operations:
– Select Create NE after search, and enter NE user and Password.
NOTE
If you fail to enter a network segment correctly, enable IP auto discovery. After enabling IP
auto discovery, you can obtain the IP address of the GNE and search out all the NEs related to
the GNE.
NOTICE
In the case of NEs that are connected to the NMS through the router, these NEs cannot
be searched out by IP auto discovery. They can be searched out only by network
segment.
You can select the Display uncreated NEs to only display the uncreated NEs.
5. Optional: Select a created NE and click Change NE ID. Then, the Change NE ID dialog
box is displayed. Users can check against the Bar Code List by the value of Bar Code, and
then modify the NE Name, Extend NE ID, Base NE ID, and IP Address fields
accordingly.
NOTE
The Bar Code List is provided by the hardware installation personnel to the software commissioning
personnel. The list contains the bar codes of stations.
6. Optional: If you select only Search for NE, after the U2000 completes the search, you
can select the uncreated NEs from the Result list and click Create. The Create dialog box
is displayed. Enter the NE User and Password. Click OK.
7. Optional: Select the NEs from the Result list and click Set Gateway NE. The Set Gateway
NE dialog box is displayed. Enter the message, and click OK.
l The NE search function searches for only the NEs in the specified network segment.
l When the search is in progress, you can click End Search.
8. After the search is complete, select an NE from the list and click Add NE. A prompt
message is displayed, indicating that the NE is successfully added. Click OK.
9. Select the NE that you want to log in and click NE Login in the lower right corner or right-
click the NE and choose NE Login. In the NE Login dialog box that is displayed, enter
lct and password in the User Name and Password fields, and then click OK.
NOTE
Follow-up Procedure
After an NE is created, if you fail to log in to the NE, possible causes are listed as follows:
l The password for the NE user is incorrect. Enter the correct password for the NE user.
l The NE user is invalid or the NE user is already logged in. Change to use a valid NE user.
The communication parameters of an NE include the IP address of the NE, extended ID, gateway
IP, subnet mask, and NSAP address. You can use the U2000 or Web LCT to set the
communication parameters.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Precautions
NOTICE
After changing the NE IP by U2000:
l If the IP address of the NE and the IP address of the NMS server are in the same network
segment, the communication between the NMS and the NE is normal. In this case, you only
need to re-log in to the NE.
l If the IP address of the NE and the IP address of the NMS server are in different network
segments, the communication between the NMS and the NE stops. In this case, set a new
IP address for the computer where NMS is installed to restore the communication. Ensure
that it is in the same IP subnet segment as the original NE IP. Because of the restriction of
the SQL database, after you have changed the IP address of the computer, you must
shutdown the NMS client/server, restart the computer and start the NMS client/server again.
After changing the NE IP by Web LCT:
l If the IP address of the NE and the IP address of the Web LCT are in the same network
segment, the communication between the Web LCT and the NE is normal.
l If the IP address of the NE and the IP address of the Web LCT are in different network
segments, the communication between the Web LCT and the NE stops. In this case, set a
new IP address for the computer where Web LCT is installed to restore the communication.
Ensure that it is in the same IP subnet segment as the original NE IP. After you have changed
the IP address of the computer, you must restart the Web Lct.
Setting the NE IP
1. In the NE Explorer, select Communication > Communication Parameters from
Function Tree.
2. Enter the IP address in the IP:, and click Apply.
3. Click OK after the Warning dialog box pops up.
4. Click OK after the Warning dialog box about communication interruption between NEs
pops up.
Setting gateway IP
1. In the NE Explorer, Select Communication > Communication Parameters from
Function Tree.
2. Enter the gateway IP address in the Gateway IP:, and click Apply.
When the GNE is of the OSI type, there is NSAP address for the created OSI GNE. The NSAP address consists
of up to 20 bytes. The domain address consists of up to 13 bytes and the fixed quantity 3 bytes. The NE ID
consists of up to 3 bytes and it is consisted of the ID and extended ID. NSEL is the port number of the network
layer protocol. It is always 1d and consists of 1 byte.
After the NSAP communication address is set, the communication connection originally connected to the U2000
is interrupted. In addition, the communication connection between the U2000 and NE based on the OSI gateway
is reconstructed.
57 Modifying the NE ID
The ECC protocol uses the NE ID as the unique identifier of an NE. Hence, you need to assign
a unique NE ID to each NE when planning a network. If an NE ID conflicts with another NE
ID, it causes an ECC route conflict and the NMS cannot manage certain NEs. During the
commissioning or expansion process, when you need to adjust the original network planning
and change NE IDs, you can use the U2000 or Web LCT to change NE IDs.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Background Information
The master and slave subracks are displayed as one NE on the U2000. They share one NE ID
and one NE IP.
Precautions
NOTICE
l Changing the NE ID is a dangerous operation, which may interrupt NE communication.
l Before changing the NE ID, delete the service and function connected with the NE ID, for
example, the protection group, IPA, ALC, fiber connection and so on. After changing the
NE ID, reconnect the fiber connection and re-configure the protection group, IPA, ALC
and other function connected with NE ID on the U2000.
l Before changing the NE ID, delete the manually added monitoring relation between the
WMU board and the OTU or line board on the NE. After changing the NE ID, restore the
deleted monitoring relation on the U2000.
NOTICE
For GNEs, after you set the NE ID, you need to re-create fibers between this NE and other NEs
on the U2000. Also, you need to specify the active GNE for non-gateway NEs that are originally
connected to the GNE.
NOTE
If the IP address of an NE is not changed before you change the NE ID, the IP address of the NE varies with the
NE ID. Once the IP address of the NE is changed, the association between the NE ID and IP address is deleted
automatically.
Follow-up Procedure
After you change the ID of the NE, a warm reset is performed on the SCC board. In this case,
you need to log in to the NE again after about two minutes.
Check whether all NE communication parameters are the same with the original ones.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
59 Creating an NE User
To ensure NE data security, only the users with NE user authority can log in to the NEs. An NE
user is able to perform operations on the NEs according to the assigned authority. The U2000/
Web LCT administrator is advised to create NE users before configuring services.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
You must log in the NE to create an NE user.
Background Information
The default NE user has the monitor level authority. To ensure NE data security, it is
recommended that you assign NE users with different authorities as required.
2. In the NE list on the left, select an NE and click . The Result dialog box is displayed,
indicating that the operation is successful. Click Close.
3. Click Add and the Add NE User dialog box is displayed.
4. Enter the NE user name in the NE User field.
NOTE
The NE user name must contain letters, or it can be a combination of letters, symbols and numerals.
The NE user name contains at least 4, but not more than 16 characters.
5. Select the User Level as needed.
6. In the NE User Flag field, select a user type according to the type of the terminal through
which the user logs in to the NE.
7. Enter the password in the New Password field and enter it again in the Confirm
Password field.
NOTE
The password is a string of 6-16 characters. It can consist of letters, symbols and numerals, and must
contain at least one letter and one numeral.
8. In the NE Name field, select the NEs that this NE user is allowed to manage.
9. Click OK.
10. Click Query, and the Result dialog box is displayed. Click Close. All created users of the
NE are displayed in NE User Management Table.
You also need to set the Whether the password is allowed to be modified immediately parameter.
The password is a string of 6-16 characters. It can consist of letters, symbols and numerals, and must
contain at least one letter and one numeral.
6. Click OK.
7. Click Query, and the Operation Result dialog box is displayed. Click Close. All created
users of the NE are displayed in NE User Management Table.
The node ID, NE ID and IP address of the NE are independent from each other. In an ASON
network, each ASON NE is assigned with a unique node ID within a network. The node ID must
be specified during the network planning.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l No ASON services exist on the NE.
Background Information
The node ID must meet the following requirements:
l Node IDs cannot repeat each other in the same ASON domain.
l The node ID of an NE cannot be in the same network segment as the IP address of the NE.
l The node ID, NE ID and IP address of the NE are independent from each other.
l The format of a node ID is the same as that of an IP address. The node ID cannot be 0.0.0.0,
1.2.3.4 or 255.255.255.255.
l The node ID must be set before an ASON feature is enabled. If the node ID is set after an
ASON feature is enabled, a warm reset is performed automatically on the NE.
NOTICE
When a delivered network is running, do not change the node ID. To change the node ID, contact
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, select an NE and choose ASON > ASON Feature Management from
the Function Tree. Click the Node ID Management tab.
2. Click Query to view the current node ID of the NE.
3. Double-click the Node ID field to enter a node ID for the NE.
4. Click Apply. After you confirm the operation twice, a prompt appears telling you that the
operation was successful.
This operation describes how to recover the device data from the NMS Server or the NMS Client.
Prerequisites
l To perform the Recover operation from Server, the FTP/TFTP/SFTP server is configured
and the FTP/TFTP/SFTP service is started.
l To perform the Recover operation from client, the parameter in File Transfer Protocol
between client and server area must be set and the file transfer service must run in the
normal state (FTP and SFTP are supported), because files cannot be transferred directly
between an NE and the client. Instead, the files are transferred to the root directory for file
transfer on the server and then the server transfers the files to the specified directory on the
target NE or client.
Background Information
l You cannot perform the Recover operation for multiple devices of different device types.
l On selecting the device type in the device tree, all the device information related to the
device type is displayed in the NE View table.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Administration > NE Software Management > NE
Data Backup/Restoration from the Main Menu.
2. Right click the devices that you want to recover in the NE View table.
3. Select Recover... to open the Recover dialog.
4. In the File Name drop-down list, select the file to be recovered. If the backup file is listed
in the File Name drop-down list, select the file to be recovered, and turn to 7. If the backup
file is not listed in the File Name drop-down list, click Browse... to select the backup file
in the Select File dialog box.
5. Select NMS Server or NMS Client to recover the backup file for the selected devices. By
default NMS Server is selected.
l If NMS Server is selected, select the appropriate backup file from the NMS server. The
selected backup file path is displayed in the Select File field.
l If NMS Client is selected, click to select the backup file from the NMS Client.
The selected backup file path is displayed in the Select File field.
6. Click OK.
NOTE
The selected backup file path from the NMS Server or NMS Client is displayed in the File Name drop-
down list.
7. Click Start, the Operation Confirmation dialog box is displayed.
8. In the Operation Confirmation dialog, click Yes to start the recovery operation. The
recovery operation status is displayed in the NE View table.
Result
After the device data is recovered, right click the device in the NE View table. Select Activation
Database... to open the Activation Database dialog box, and then click Start to activate the
device database.
NOTE
If you do not activate the software within five minutes after the restoration is successfully complete, the
U2000 automatically rolls back the software and cancels the restoration operation.
You must activate the NE database within five minutes after restoring it.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Administration > NE Software Management > NE
Data Backup/Restoration from the Main Menu.
2. Select the NE where the SCC that has been replaced resides in the NE View table.
3. Right-click the NE. A pop-up menu is displayed.
4. Select Advanced Database Operations > Activate Database..., and the Activate
Database dialog box is displayed.
5. Optional: Click the icon in Deliver To Board Activate. This icon is changed to .
NOTE
If you do not select Deliver To Board Activate, only the configuration of the system control board of the
NE is restored. You need to determine whether to restore the backup configuration for service boards
because the current configuration of the boards of the NE may be different from the configuration in the
configuration file.
6. Click Start to start the database activation process. The progress of the database activation
is displayed on the NE View tab.
NOTICE
The operation on the U2000 may result in a service interruption.
When the database file is lost due to the NE maintenance or NE fault, you can restore the NE
data from the DRDB database file that is already backed up on the CF card.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
The system control board must be with a CF card and the NE data from DRDB database must
be backed up to the CF card.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Configuration > NE Configuration Data
Management from the Main Menu, and the NE Configuration Data Management
interface is displayed.
l If the database is performing a scheduled backup task, a message will be displayed on the NMS,
indicating that restoring data from the CF card will fail. In this scenario, you are advised to wait 5
minutes, and restore data again from the CF card after the database finishes the scheduled backup task.
l NE data is backed up every 24 hours by default. The database data restored from the CF card is the
latest data backed up before the NE is unreachable. Therefore, it may be different from the current
actual data.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, select an NE and choose Security > NE User Management from the
Function Tree.
2. Click Query.
3. Record the NE user management table returned by the system for future restoration of NE
user data.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, select an NE and choose ASON > ASON Feature Management from
the Function Tree.
2. Click the Node ID Management tab.
3. Click Query, and record the node ID.
You need to back up the NE database during the daily maintenance. You can back up the NE
data in the DRDB database of the system control board to a CF card manually, to ensure the
automatic restoration of the operation after the data in the DRDB database is lost on the system
control board or a power failure occurs on the equipment.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l You must have logged in to the NE as an NE user with "System Level" authority.
l The system control board must be configured with the CF card.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Configuration > NE Configuration Data
Management from the Main Menu, and the NE Configuration interface is displayed.
After an SCC board is replaced with another type of SCC board, the type of the new SCC board
must be changed accordingly on the U2000.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l An SCC board has been replaced with another type of SCC board.
Procedure
1. Double-click the optical NE icon in the Main Topology. Then, the running status of the
optical NE is displayed.
2. Select the desired NE. In the NE Panel tab, right-click the desired SCC board and click
Replace Board Type from the shortcut menu.
3. The dialog box of Replacement Board Type is displayed, select the name of the target
board to be replaced within the Usable Board Type. Click OK.
4. After the replacement, a prompt appears asking you whether to immediately upload the NE
data. Click OK.
NOTE
If you click Cancel, the board is successfully upgraded, but you need to manually upload the NE data
later.
5. Click OK to confirm the uploading of the NE data again.
NOTE
If you click Cancel, the board is successfully upgraded, but you need to manually upload the NE data
later.
6. Click Close in the displayed Result dialog box.
When the IPA function is enabled and there is a fiber break on the line, the upstream optical
amplifier is shutdown to prevent exposed optical fibers hurting human body. After the system
is recovered, the optical amplifier works normally again.
Prerequisites
You must be an NM user with "NE administrator" authority or higher.
Impact on System
After IPA function is enabled, the detection board and auxiliary detection boards involved in
the IPA determine whether a fiber break occurs by detecting the relevant alarms.
You can change the NE name as required. This operation does not affect the running of the NE.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
2. Enter Name of the NE according to the customer planning, and then click Apply.
NOTE
You can enter an NE name with a maximum of 64 characters consisting of letters, symbols, and
numbers, excluding special characters that are not allowed on the interface, such as |, :, *, ?, ", <, and
>.
3. A dialog box indicating that the operation is successful is displayed. Click Close.
You can enter an NE name with a maximum of 64 characters consisting of letters, symbols, and
numbers, excluding special characters that are not allowed on the interface, such as |, :, *, ?, ", <, and
>.
This section describes how to create fiber connections between NEs in graphic mode. In graphic
mode, you can create fiber connections on the Main Topology or the signal flow diagram directly.
This mode is applicable to the scenario where you create a large number of fiber connections
one by one.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l Optical NEs and NEs must be created.
l Logic board has been created on the U2000.
1. Click the shortcut icon on the Main Topology and the cursor is displayed as "+" .
2. Click the source NE of the fiber on the Main Topology.
3. Select the source board and source port in the Select Fiber/Cable Source dialog box
displayed.
4. Click OK. The Main Topology is displayed and the cursor is displayed as "+" again.
5. Click the sink NE of the fiber in the Main Topology.
6. Select the sink board and sink port in the Select Fiber/Cable Sink dialog box displayed.
7. Click OK and enter the attributes of the fiber in the Create Fiber/Cable dialog box
displayed.
8. Click OK. The created fiber is displayed between the source NE and the sink NE on the
Main Topology.
NOTE
To delete a fiber, right-click a fiber that has been created and choose Delete.
This section describes how to create fiber connections inside an NE in graphic mode. In graphic
mode, you can create fiber connections on the Main Topology or the signal flow diagram directly.
This mode is applicable to the scenario where you create a large number of fiber connections
one by one.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l Optical NEs and NEs must be created.
l Logic board has been created on the U2000.
When a wrong source or sink board or port is selected, right-click to cancel the operation and exit
object selection.
5. In the Create Fiber/Cable dialog box, enter the attributes of the fiber.
6. Click OK.
NOTE
To delete a fiber, right-click a fiber that has been created and choose Delete.
In Fiber/Cable Management, you can manage the fiber connections between NEs and inside
NEs in a unified manner. Compared with the graphic mode, the creating fiber connections in the
list mode is not visual. Hence, the list mode is applicable to the scenario where you create a few
fiber connections only.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The board on relevant NEs must be created.
You can create multiple fibers/cables and set parameters in step 5 , click Apply.
8. Click Close on the Result dialog box. Repeat Step 6-8 to create another fiber connection.
9. Click Cancel to complete the settings. The created fiber connections are displayed in the
Fiber/Cable Information list.
10. Move the cursor to the fiber that is created and then information about the fiber is displayed.
Read the information to check whether the fiber is created correctly.
73 Adding Ports
Users must add ports on the U2000 according to the physical optical module types used on the
equipment.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Background Information
By default, client-side ports on each board have been added. If you want to add a client-side port
that has been added by default, delete the default port first.
This section describes how to set automatic synchronization of the NE time with the NMS time.
After you set automatic synchronization of the NE time with the NMS time, the NE time is
automatically synchronized with the NMS time at specified intervals.
Prerequisites
l You must have logged in to an NE.
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The NTP service must not be configured for the U2000 and NEs.
3. Set Start Time and Period (days), and then click Apply.
NOTE
By backing up an NE database to a SCC board, you can ensure that the NE automatically restores
to the normal state in case a power failure occurs. When you back up an NE database to an
SCC board, you actually back up the NE data to the flash memory of the SCC board. After a
power-off reset occurs on the NE, the SCC board automatically reads the configuration data
from the flash memory and applies the data to the boards on this NE.
Prerequisites
You must have logged in to an NE.
Precautions
NOTE
After backing up an NE database to an SCC board, you can restore the NE database from the SCC board
by performing a warm or cold reset on the SCC board.
76 Creating a Single NE
After the NE is created, you can use the U2000 to manage the NE. Although creating a single
NE is not as fast and exact as creating NEs in batches, you can use this method regardless of
whether the data is configured on the NE or not. Creating NEs one by one is applicable no matter
what way of communication an NE adopts. The NEs that use serial ports to communicate do not
support the NE search function and you must create them one by one.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The NE Explorer instance of the NEs must be created.
Background Information
For U2000:
l First create a GNE, and then create a non-gateway NE.
l If the NE is not created properly or the communication between the NE and the U2000 is
abnormal, the NE is displayed in gray color.
NOTE
When creating the OptiX OSN 8800/6800 NE, you need not to choose the optical NE that is NE
belongs to and this NE is directly created on the Main Topology.
8. Enter the NE User and Password.
NOTE
The default NE user is root, and the default password is password.
9. Click OK, the cursor is displayed as "+", click on the blank space of the physical view and
the NE is created.
Result
After an NE is successfully created, the system automatically saves the information, such as the
IP address, subnet mask, and NE ID to the U2000 database.
The default user name is lct and the default password is password.
5. Click OK. One entry is added in the NE list. Usually the NE communicates normally and
is in the Logged In state.
Postrequisite
After an NE is created, if you fail to log in to the NE, possible causes are listed as follows:
l The communication between the U2000 and the NE is abnormal. Check the settings of
communication parameters, such as the IP address of the NE.
l The password for the NE user is incorrect. Enter the correct password for the NE user.
l The NE user is invalid or the NE user is already logged in. Change to use a valid NE user.
During a new deployment, after the root/lct NE user creates the NE, this user can create another
NE user. You can log in to the NE with the new NE user name.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Administrators" authority.
l The NE user must be created.
Background Information
An NE user cannot log in to or manage an NE at the same time. After you use an NE user to log
in to an NE through a U2000/Web LCT server, if you use the same NE user to log in to the same
NE through another U2000/Web LCT server, the NE user is forced to log out from the first
U2000/Web LCT server.
When this button is used for the first time, or the configuration data is changed, or the selected object on
the Object Tree on the left is changed, this button becomes in a red frame.
3. Click Query to query the current NE user.
4. In the NE Login Management Table, select the NE and click Switch NE User. In the
Switch Current NE User dialog box, enter User and Password, and select Offline
Switching.
NOTE
If Offline Switching is selected, the system does not check the user name and password, and thus
later login of the NE may fail, which causes the NE unreachable by the NMS. Therefore, it is
recommended not to select Offline Switching.
5. Click OK.
You can change the optical NE name at any time as required with no effect on the running of
the NE.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Procedure
1. Right-click an NE on the Main Topology and choose Properties from the shortcut menu.
The Properties dialog box is displayed.
2. In the NE Properties tab, enter the new optical NE name and click OK.
3. After the optical NE name is changed successfully, the optical NE is displayed by the new
name on the Main Topology.
NOTE
An NE name can contain a maximum of 64 letters, symbols, and numerals, but cannot contain the
following special characters: | : * ? " < >.
During the network optimization and adjustment, you may need to change the GNE type or the
communication address.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Precautions
NOTICE
This is a potential service affecting operation. Specifically, it may interrupt the communication
between a GNE and the U2000, and the communication between the GNE and the non-gateway
NEs that are managed by the GNE.
NOTE
4. Select the NE in the list, right-click and choose Modify GNE from the shortcut menu.
5. In the Modify GNE dialog box displayed, set the parameters.
6. Click OK. In the Confirm dialog box that is displayed, click Yes.
When the number of NEs managed by a certain GNE exceeds a certain number (the number is
usually 50 and varies depending on different types of equipment), change the GNE for certain
NEs so that the communication between the U2000 and the NEs is not affected.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Precautions
NOTICE
This operation may interrupt the NE communication.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Administration > DCN Management from the Main
Menu.
2. Select an NE to be modified in the displayed Filter dialog box and click OK. The NE is
shown in the list of the NE tab.
3. Select the NE in the list. Double-click the Primary GNE1 field and select a GNE.
4. Click Apply.
5. Click Refresh in the list window.
When you adjust the communication link between the GNE and the U2000, you can change the
GNE to a normal NE.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
NOTICE
This operation may interrupt the service.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Administration > DCN Management from the main
menu.
2. Close the displayed Filter dialog box. Click the GNE tab.
3. Select the GNE to be modified in the displayed Filter NE dialog box and click OK. The
NE is shown in list of GNE tab.
4. Right-click the GNE that you want to change in the list, and choose Delete GNE from the
shortcut menu. Click Yes in the Confirm and Reconfirm dialog box. Click Close in the
Result dialog box.
Follow-up Procedure
After changing the GNE to a normal NE, modify the attributes of the NE that uses the GNE and
select another GNE.
When you adjust the communication link between the GNE and the U2000, you can change a
normal NE to a GNE.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Administration > DCN Management from the main
menu.
2. Select an NE to be modified in the displayed Filter dialog box and click OK. The NE is
shown in the list of the NE tab.
3. Select the NE in the list, right-click a normal NE under the NE Name field and choose
Change to GNE from the shortcut menu.
4. In the Change to GNE dialog box, select the Gateway Type, and enter the IP Address or
NSAP Address.
5. Click OK. Click Yes in the Confirm dialog box. Click Close in the Result dialog box.
NOTE
83 Deleting NEs
If you have created a wrong NE, you can delete the NE from the U2000. Deleting an NE removes
all information of the NE from the U2000 but does not affect the running of the equipment.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
On the Web LCT, you have already logged out the NE.
Background Information
When the NE is not logged in, you can delete the NE on the U2000.
b. In the left-hand pane, select multiple NEs and click . The NE Configuration
pane displays the configuration data of all the selected NEs.
c. Select the NEs to be deleted, right-click and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
The Confirm dialog box is displayed.
d. Click Yes.
By configuring NE data manually, you can configure the board slot information of an NE.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The NE must be created successfully.
Background Information
NG WDM equipment does not support NE preconfiguration.
For OptiX OSN 8800, Service Type and Cross-Connect Capacity must be set based on the current license
requirements. In addition, Service Type must be the actual subrack type; otherwise, the NE cannot properly
function.
6. Click Next, and the NE slot window is displayed.
7. Optional: Click Query Logical Information to query the logical boards of the NE.
8. Optional: Click Query Physical Information to query the physical boards of the NE.
9. Optional: Right-click on the slot to add a board.
10. Click Next to display the Send Configuration window.
11. Select Verify and Run as required and click Finish.
NOTE
Verification involves running the verification command. Click Finish to deliver the configuration to
the NE and complete the basic configurations for the NE. After the verification is successful, the NE
starts to work normally.
12. On the Main Topology, double-click the optical NE where the NE configured previously
is located. select the NE in the left pane of the window to view the board information of
the NE. If the configured board information of the NE is displayed in the right pane, it
indicates that the NE is configured successfully.
85 Adding Boards
Boards must be added on the NE Panel or Slot Layout if NE data needs to be manually configured.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The NE has been created.
l There must be vacant slots on the NE Panel or Slot Layout.
Background Information
Physical boards refer to the boards that are actually installed in a subrack. Logical boards refers
to the boards that are created on the U2000 or Web LCT. After a logical board is created, services
can be configured on the board. Created services are available only when the corresponding
physical board is online.
On the Web LCT, clicking Add Physical Boards adds corresponding logical boards on all slots that
house physical boards.
86 Deleting Boards
To modify network or NE configurations, users can delete boards in the NE Panel or Slot Layout.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
l The services and protection groups have been deleted.
After a board is deleted, the inactive NE-level optical cross-connections to the board are also deleted.
3. Click OK in the Delete Board dialog box.
After the board is deleted, the inactive single-station optical cross-connections are also deleted.
On the U2000, you can use the standard network time protocol (NTP) service to automatically
synchronize the NE time with the standard NTP server time. To ensure that a reliable server is
accessed, the NTP authentication function must be started. In this case, you need to set the key
and password, which are authenticated together to check whether the server is reliable.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The NE must support the standard NTP synchronization mode.
Background Information
The NTP authentication of the NE must be the same as the standard NTP server. If the standard
NTP server is configured with a key for authentication, the key of the NE must be the same as
the key of the server.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Configuration > NE Batch Configuration > NE
Time Synchronization from the main menu. Click Standard NTP Key Management tab.
You can use the standard network time protocol (NTP) service to automatically synchronize the
NE time with the standard NTP server time.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The key and password of an NE must be set by using the standard NTP key management
function.
l The NE must support the standard NTP synchronization mode.
Background Information
After you change the value of Synchronous Mode from NULL to Standard NTP, when the
modification is delivered to the NE, the time synchronization may be successful though the
encryption key is incorrect.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Configuration > NE Batch Configuration > NE
Time Synchronization from the main menu.
l If the Standard NTP Server Identifier is set to NE ID, enter the NE ID of the standard
NTP server and Standard NTP Server Key.
l If the Standard NTP Server Identifier is set to IP, enter the IP address of the standard
NTP server and the Standard NTP Server Key.
8. Click Apply to synchronize the NE time.
9. In the Result dialog box displayed, click Close.
10. Click Query. Make sure that the parameter values of the NTP server are the same as the
ones set previously.
The NE reports an event when it detects that a performance value exceeds the specified threshold.
According to the requirement, you can set different performance thresholds for a board. On the
U2000, if you have already created a performance threshold template, you can set performance
thresholds for one or more boards at the same time.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
On the U2000, if you have already created a performance threshold template for the boards, click
Use Template and select the desired template. Click Open.
4. Optional: Click Default to restore the default settings.
5. Click Apply.
6. Click Query. Confirm that the value of Threshold value is the same as the value that is
set.
You can set the monitoring status and the automatic reporting status of monitored objects. The
U2000/Web LCT monitors all the performance of board, but the automatic reporting feature is
disabled by default. You can modify the value of the attribute according to the requirement.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
After a network test or fault recovery but before the official operation, you need to reset the
performance register so that the system enters a new performance monitoring period.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
NOTE
All registers supported by the NE are provided as options for setting the register.
4. Click OK.
When the database file is lost due to the NE maintenance or NE fault, you can restore the NE
data from the DRDB database file that is already backed up to the Flash database on the SCC
board.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l You must log in to the NE as an NE user with system level authority.
l The NE data from DRDB Database must be backed up to Flash database on the SCC board.
Procedure
Step 1 Right-click the active SCC board in the NE panel, choose Warm Reset or Cold Reset.
NOTE
The reset modes for different SCC board are different. You need to choose the reset mode as required.
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You can enable or disable supervision to the optical layer to control reporting of optical-layer
alarms.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Background Information
Optical-layer alarms include OTS, OMS, and OCH alarms. By default, optical-layer alarms
(OTS, OMS, and OCH alarms) are not reported. You can enable optical-layer alarm reporting
as required by enabling supervision on the optical layer on the NMS.
Procedure
Step 1 In the NE Explorer of the optical subrack NE, select the NE. In the navigation tree, choose
Configuration > NE Properties. In the window that is displayed, click the Advance
Properties tab.
Step 2 Click Query in the lower part of the Advance Properties window. In the OLS Trigger Flag
field, choose Enabled or Disabled as required.
Step 3 Click Apply. In the displayed Result dialog box, click Close.
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This section describes how to switch the active/standby state back to the original state.
Impact on System
None
Switch the Active/standby State of the SCCs Back to the Original State
1. In the Main Topology, right-click the desire NE and click NE Explorer from the shortcut
menu. The NE Explorer window is displayed.
2. Choose Configuration > Board 1+1 Protection from the Function Tree.
3. In Board 1+1 Protection, right-click SCC Board 1+1 Protection. Select Restore
Working/Protection from the shortcut menu. Click OK in the window displayed.
Switch the Active/standby State of the Cross-Connect Board Back to the Original
State
1. In the Main Topology, right-click the desire NE and click NE Explorer from the shortcut
menu. The NE Explorer window is displayed.
2. Choose Configuration > Board 1+1 Protection from the Function Tree.
3. In Board 1+1 Protection, right-click the desired Cross-Connect Board 1+1 Protection.
Select Restore Working/Protection from the shortcut menu. Click OK in the window
displayed.
3. Select a channel in Slot Mapping Settings ship, and choose Clear from the shortcut menu.
In the displayed dialog box, click Close.
4. Click Query > Query Switching Status. If the switching status of the node is displayed
as Normal, the MSP switching is cleared.
Impact on System
None
NOTE
Upon active/standby switching on SCC boards, control commands (such as the commands for forcible switching,
manual switching services, and protection switching locking) of intra-board 1+1 protection, client 1+1
protection, and optical line protection will be automatically cleared. In addition, the protection group in the WTR
state will end the state earlier than expected.
NOTE
Upon active/standby switching on SCC boards, control commands (such as the commands for forcible switching,
manual switching services, and protection switching locking) of intra-board 1+1 protection, client 1+1
protection, and optical line protection will be automatically cleared. In addition, the protection group in the WTR
state will end the state earlier than expected.
3. Right-click the desired Protection Unit and select Manual Switching -Ringfrom the menu
displayed. Click OK on the interface displayed.
4. Click Query on the right-hand interface. If Manual Switching -Ring is displayed, the
switching succeeds.
5. Query the U2000 for the alarms and performance events. Make sure that there are no new
alarms or performance events and services are normal but only ODUKSP_PS. The
switching succeeds.
the exercise switching. If there are no new alarms and performance events and the services
are normal, the switching is successful.
6. Select the board to be replaced and choose Forced Switching to Protection-Ring from
the shortcut menu. In the Operation Result dialog box that is displayed, click Close.
7. Click Query > Query Switching Status. If the switching status of the node is displayed
as Forced Switching-ring, the MSP switching is normal.
After you query the software version, obtain the status and version information of each board
on the NE.
Prerequisites
The U2000 server and client must be started up.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Inventory > Physical Inventory from the main menu.
2. Select Board in the Physical Inventory Type. The Board List tab is displayed.
3. Click Filter... in the Board List tab. The Filter window is displayed.
The NEs that are loaded with the same software package should have the same software version. Similarly,
the same boards on different NEs that are loaded with the same software package should also have the
same software version. If version inconsistency occurs, immediately provide feedback to the regional
office of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
After the equipment commissioning is completed, the fiber connections might exist on the NE.
You can synchronize on the U2000 the internal fiber connection data of the NE with the U2000
side.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l Optical NEs and NEs must be created.
l Logic board has been created on the U2000.
l Before the creation of fibers, it is recommended that you set Planned Wavelength No./
Wavelength(nm)/Frequency(THz) of the port on the tunable OTU board or line board as
the designed wavelength.
l Applies to WDM equipment.
Background Information
After the equipment commissioning is completed, the fiber connections might exist on the NE.
You can synchronize on the U2000 the internal fiber connection data of the NE with the
U2000 side.
Conflicting fibers refer to the different fibers configured on the NE and U2000 sides. Click
Synchronize and Create Fiber/Cable, and then the conflicting fibers are displayed in the
Uncreated Fiber in NMS and Uncreated Fiber in NE user interfaces. The conflicting fibers
cannot be synchronized between the U2000 and the NE. In this case, based on the networking
design, delete the incorrect fibers. After that, click Create Fiber/Cable and re-create the
remaining fibers.
NOTE
The U2000 supports the ability to synchronize WDM fibers in batches. To do so: In the Main Topology
view, choose Inventory > Fiber/Cable > WDM Fiber/Cable Synchronization from the Main Menu.
Synchronized Fiber/Cable: Indicates the fibers that exist on both the U2000 and NE sides. U2000 is
the same as the fiber data on NEs.
Uncreated Fiber in U2000: Indicates the fibers that exist only on the NE side.
Uncreated Fiber/Cable in NE: Indicates the fibers that exist only on the U2000 side.
Fiber/Cable on the NE Only: Indicates the fibers that exist only on the NE side.
Fiber/Cable on the NMS Only: Indicates the fibers that exist only on the U2000 side.
3. Handle different situations as follows:
l If uncreated fiber in U2000 or uncreated fiber in NE exists, select all the fibers. Click
Create Fiber/Cable, and the dialog box is displayed. Click Close. The synchronized
fibers are displayed in the list of Synchronized Fiber/Cable.
l If conflicting fibers are configured and therefore you fail to create a fiber, click Delete
Fiber/Cable to delete the incorrect fiber and click Create Fiber/Cable to re-create the
failed fiber.
After you create fibers and configure services for WDM equipment on the U2000, the trail
information does not exist at the network layer of the U2000. To manage OCh trails, search for
the cross-connections and fiber connections data over the network to generate end-to-end WDM
trails at the network layer of the U2000.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l Fiber connections must be correctly created for the WDM equipment.
Precautions
l If certain cross-connections exist, you can create an optical-layer trail by using any of the
following methods:
– Delete the original cross-connection and create the optical-layer trail by using the trail
function. This method affects services.
– Complement cross-connections on NEs and search for the trail.
l You can create only single-NE optical cross-connections from the AM port to the OUT
port of the RMU9 board and from the IN port to the DM port of the WSMD9/WSMD4/
WSMD2 board. In this case, the board optical cross-connection is not supported. These
types of single-NE optical cross-connections do not impact services. You need to create
these types of single-NE optical cross-connections and search for trails if you want to
manage the services transmitted in the cross-connections by using the trail management
function.
NOTE
In the searching by subnet mode, the selected subnet range should be independent from the
networking. That is, no fiber connection exists between the selected subnet range and the area beyond
the selected subnet range.
3. Click Next to begin the search for trails. The U2000 takes a while for searching, depending
on the number of services.
NOTE
l If there are cross-connections that are collisions and these cross-connections cannot form end to
end trails, the U2000 shows the conflicting trails after you perform the search operation.
l The principles of verifying a conflict trail are as follows: If the networking changes, the trail may
cause interruption of service flow. For example, the key information for the trail, including
deleting a cross-connection or fiber, is verified.
4. Click Next after searching, you can browse all trails found. If you want to set a trail
management flag, right-click it and select the management flag.
NOTE
Skip this step if you selected the "Automatically create trails after searching" policy in Step 2.
5. Click Next to view all discrete services in the network.
NOTE
If Step 4 is performed, the U2000 deletes trails that do not have the management flag from the network
layer. This does not affect services for the actual NE or the data for an individual NE on the
U2000.
6. After the search is complete, click Finish.
Optical cross-connection defines the routes of wavelengths. Through the creation of single-
station optical cross-connection, the routes of inter-board services are configured.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
The logic fiber connection inside a single station has been set up on the U2000/Web LCT.
The edge port must be configured.
When creating an optical cross-connection of a single station, make sure that the optical cross-
connection of a board in this single station does not occupy the wavelength that the optical cross-
connection of the single station uses.
Background Information
When you create an optical cross-connection, the optical power can be adjusted automatically
or manually. If you select Auto, the dynamic optical add/drop multiplexer board automatically
adjusts the attenuation range of the optical attenuator in the board. If you select Manual, you
need to manually adjust the attenuation range of the optical attenuator in the dynamic optical
add/drop multiplexer board. The Auto option is available for the several types of optical cross-
connection trails. For details, see Feature Description.
NOTE
NOTE
The optical cross-connect services created are unidirectional. The reverse services need to be configured
in addition. The configuration in the other direction is similar.
Optical cross-connections are created by creating optical cross-connections on the board or on a single
station. Creating optical cross-connections on a single station is recommended.
Select the source slot, sink slot, source port and sink port. Click the button on the right of
Source Wavelength No. or Sink Wavelength No.. Select the wavelengths from the Available
Wavelength list. Click to add the wavelengths to Selected Wavelength. Click OK.
3. Click OK. The created single-station optical cross-connection is displayed in the window.
NOTE
When the operation is performed on the U2000, a dialog box is displayed, indicating that the operation
is successful. Click Close.
1. Select the source slot, sink slot, source port and sink port. Click the button on the right of
Source Wavelength or Sink Wavelength. Select the wavelengths from the Available
This section describes how to set the gain and Rated Optical Power for an optical amplifier
(OA) board.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher..
Impact on System
None
Background Information
l OAU and OBU are OA boards that support gain adjustment. In practical use, calculate the
gain range that can be set based on the intermediate insertion loss.
NOTE
Adjust the gain of the OBU board only when the ALC function is used.
l Before enabling the OPA function, set the value in the Rated Optical Power field of the
OA board at the transmit end as the nominal input optical power for a single wavelength.
Procedure
1. On the U2000, set the gain for an OA board.
a. Log in to the U2000. Double-click the NE in the Main Topology. The Running
Status of the NE is displayed.
b. Right-click an NE and choose NE Explorer to display the NE Explorer window.
c. Select the desired OA board, and choose Configuration > WDM Interface from the
Function Tree.
d. Click By Board/Port(Channel), and select Channel from the drop-down list.
e. On the Basic Attributes tab page, double-click Nominal Gain(dB) field, and enter
an appropriate value.
f. Click Apply.
2. On the U2000, set Rated Optical Power for an OA board.
a. Select the desired OA board, and choose Configuration > WDM Interface from the
Function Tree.
b. Click By Board/Port(Channel), and select Channel from the drop-down list.
c. On the Advanced Attributes tab page, set the value in the Rated Optical Power
(dBm) field as the nominal input optical power for a single wavelength.
NOTE
For the technical specifications for each type of the OA boards, see Quick Reference Table of the
Units .
d. Click Apply.
3. On the U2000, close the laser at the OUT port on the OA board.
a. Select the desired OA board, and choose Configuration > WDM Interface from the
Function Tree.
b. Click By Board/Port(Channel), and select Channel from the drop-down list.
c. On the Basic Attributes tab page, set Laser Status to Off.
d. Click Apply.
4. On the U2000, enable the laser at the OUT port on the OA board.
a. Select the desired OA board, and choose Configuration > WDM Interface from the
Function Tree.
b. Click By Board/Port(Channel), and select Channel from the drop-down list.
c. On the Basic Attributes tab page, set Laser Status to On.
d. Click Apply.
This section describes how to set the parameters for an MCA board so that it monitors the optical
power for the specified channels.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher..
The board must be created.
Impact on System
None
Procedure
1. Set parameters for an MCA board to monitor the optical power of wavelengths.
a. Log in to the U2000. Double-click the NE in the Main Topology. The Running
Status of the NE is displayed.
b. Right-click an NE icon and select NE Explorer to display the NE Explorer window.
c. Select the desired MCA board, and choose Configuration > WDM Interface from
the Function Tree.
d. Click By Board/Port(Channel), and select Monitor Wavelength from the drop-
down list.
e. Click Query.
f. Set Wavelength Monitor Status of the specified wavelength to Monitor or No
Monitor as required.
g. Click Apply.
2. Query the optical power and OSNR of the wavelengths on the specified channels by using
an MCA board.
a. Select the desired MCA board, and then choose Configuration > Laser Spectrum
Analysis from the Function Tree.
b. Select the number for the desired channel from Port Number, and click Query.
This section describes how to set the board relay mode for the Line boards.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Precaution
When configuring board parameters, you should configure the board mode for priority.
Otherwise if the board mode is modified, the services and other board parameters of the board
must be reconfigured.
Background Information
The board works either in Electrical Relay Mode or Optical Relay Mode.The Board Mode
can be set to Electrical Relay Mode or Optical Relay Mode. When optical-layer and electrical-
layer ASON are enabled, it does not matter whether the Board Mode parameter is set to Optical
Relay Mode or Electrical Relay Mode. The parameter must be set to Optical Relay Mode for
the line board in a non-ASON system; otherwise, end-to-end management of ASON services is
not available.
NOTE
For the line boards that support the regeneration mode, see the Hardware Description.
To enable the TN54NS4 or TN55NO2 board to work in regeneration mode, select TN54NS4
(REG) or TN55NO2(REG) when creating the logical board and then configure the board
regeneration mode according to the following steps.
Procedure
1. Log in to the U2000. Double-click the NE in the Main Topology. The Running Status of
the NE is displayed.
2. Right-click and choose NE Explorer to display the NE Explorer window.
3. Select the desired line board, and then choose Configuration > WDM Interface from the
Function Tree.
4. Click By Board/Port(Channel), and select Board from the drop-down list.
5. Set Board Mode to Electrical Relay Mode or Optical Relay Mode.
6. Click Apply.
If a board supports electrical ports, you must configure the electrical ports on the U2000 to enable
the board to access electrical signals.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
l Electrical port modules must be configured on the board.
NOTE
If you need to modify Type to Electrical Port, you must first delete the port, and then add the port.
Otherwise the port cannot be modified successfully.
3. Set Type to Electrical Port and click OK .
Before you configure the orderwire functions, you need to set the orderwire board first.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The optical supervisory channel boards must be created.
l For an OptiX OSN 6800 and OptiX OSN 8800, only the optical supervisory channel boards
on the main subrack supports the orderwire function.
Background Information
The orderwire can be used only when the orderwire board is configured with the NE.
4. Click Apply.
5. Click Query. The values of the parameters are the same as the values that are set.
To provide the maintenance personnel with a dedicated express orderwire channel, you can
configure orderwire for NEs.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l SC1 or SC2 board has been configured.
NOTE
l Call Waiting Time(s) should be set to the same value for all NEs with orderwire communication.
When the number of NEs is smaller than 30, set the value to 5 seconds. Otherwise, set it to 9
seconds.
l The telephone number cannot repeat in the same orderwire subnet.
l Set the length of the telephone number according to the actual requirements. The maximum length
is eight digits and the minimum length is three digits. In the same orderwire subnet, the number
length must be the same.
l The length of the telephone number must be the same as that of the conference call number.
4. Click Apply.
To provide the maintenance personnel with a dedicated express channel that allows concurrent
voice communication among multiple NEs, you can configure the conference calls for NEs.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
If the optical ports that support conference call form a loop, howler tone is generated. Hence,
"releasing loop" is a must, that is, only one optical port can be set for the conference call in a certain
node.
4. Click Apply.
5. Click the General tab, and set Conference Call number.
NOTE
The conference call number for all NEs must be the same, and must have the same length as the
orderwire phone number. If the orderwire phone number has four digits, the conference call number
is recommended to be 9999.
6. In the Available Orderwire Ports pane, select the port where you want to configure a
7. Click Apply.
In the case of two NEs without a fiber connection, you can configure the express orderwire to
provide the maintenance personnel with an express orderwire channel between the NEs.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
NOTE
l The communication ports of the two interconnected NEs must be of the same type.
l The auxiliary attributes configuration items of different equipment differ with each other to some
extent. Hence, the selected communication port and phone port must be consistent with the actual
equipment.
4. Click Apply.
5. Repeat step 1 through step 4 to configure the orderwire on another station.
When there are too many NEs, the concurrent conference calls affect the quality of the
conversation. You can assign the subnet number to optical ports, where the conference calls are
configured, to allocate the NEs to different orderwire subnets. You can make the conference
calls between NEs that are associated with the same orderwire subnet.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l Conference calls must be configured.
Background Information
Set the length of the subnet number before dividing the orderwire subnet, which can be of one
or two digits. Then configure the subnet number. You can obtain the subnet conference call
number by overlaying the preceding digits of the conference call number by subnet number. For
example, if the conference call number is 999 and the subnet number is 1, the subnet conference
call number of the subnet 1 is 199.
The optical ports with the same subnet number belong to the same orderwire subnet.
Different optical ports on each NE can belong to different orderwire subnets. Hence, an NE can
belong to several orderwire subnet at the same time.
When the Subnet No. Length is set to 1, the Subnet of the Subnet No. for the Optical Interface is in
the range of 0 to 9. When the Subnet No. Length is set to 2, the Subnet of the Subnet No. for the Optical
Interface is in the range of 0 and 10 to 99.
The optical ports that have the same subnet number belong to the same orderwire subnet.
6. Click Apply.
7. Click Query, and the operation result dialog box is displayed. Click Close. The parameter
values of Subnet displayed in the window are the same as the ones set previously.
This section describes workarounds and solutions to the problem associated with frequent
switching between OSC and ESC channels during the deployment commissioning phase.
Prerequisites
You must be an NM user with "NM operator" authority or higher.
Background Information
During the deployment commissioning phase, the commissioning of optical power for an OTU
board or a line board is not complete. When this occurs, the ECC link is unstable and the OSC
and ESC channels may be frequently switched. The symptoms are as follows:
l As shown on the NMS, the NE is occasionally unreachable. A query of the WDM-side
alarms for the corresponding OTU or line boards shows that the power_high or power_low
alarm is reported.
l Switching between different channels on the ECC link frequently occurs.
Procedure
1. On the U2000, check the value of Communication Status. Then determine which port
fails in ESC communication after a check of the value of Port.
a. Log in to the U2000. Double-click the NE in the Main Topology. The Running
Status of the NE is displayed.
b. Right-click an NE and choose NE Explorer to display the NE Explorer window.
c. Choose Communication > DCC Management from the Function Tree.
d. Select the DCC Rate Configuration tab, and click Query.
e. On the DCC Rate Configuration tab page, check whether Communication Status
for a channel whose Channel is GCC0, GCC12_18, GCC12_9, or RES_ODU is
displayed as Receiving Failed. If yes, this Port fails in ESC communication.
2. On the U2000, disable all the failed ESC channels on all the NEs on the network.
a. On the DCC Rate Configuration tab page, change the value of Enabled/Disabled
for all channels for the failed Port identified in step 1 to Disabled. Click OK in the
displayed dialog box.
NOTE
If Communication Status for all channels on the specified Port is Normal, skip the preceding sub-
step.
b. Click Apply. Then, click OK in the displayed Confirm dialog box.
3. After the entire system is commissioned and the optical power on the entire line becomes
stable, set the enable status of the ESC channels to Enabled. For details, see step 2.
NOTE
After the enable status of the ESC channels is set to Enabled, the supervisory channel on the ECC route
is automatically switched to the ESC channel.
Prerequisite
The commissioning of the entire system must be complete.
Background Information
The auxiliary ports that are not currently used must be disabled. If they are required in a
subsequent phase, enable these auxiliary ports.
NOTICE
Disabling the unused auxiliary ports may make NEs go offline.
Procedure
1. In the NE Explorer, choose Communication > Access Control from the left-hand
Function Tree.
2. Optional: Set the unused serial port to disabled.
a. Deselect the Enable Serial Port Access check box.
b. Click Apply.
c. A dialog is displayed indicating a This operation will reset the communication
between NEs. Are you sure to continue? message. Click OK.
d. A dialog is displayed indicating a Disabling access will disable the serial port
communication. Are you sure to continue? message. Click OK.
NOTE
If you select the Enable Serial Port Access check box, Baud Rate must be set. You are advised to
set Baud Rate to 19200.
3. Optional: Set the unused ETH/NMETH port to Disabled.
a. Set Enabled/Disabled of the unused port to Disabled.
b. Click Apply.
4. Optional: Set the two NMETH ports to disabled.
a. Deselect the Enable Ethernet Access check box.
b. Click Apply.
c. A dialog is displayed indicating a Disabling access will disable the network
interface communication. Are you sure to continue? message. Click OK.
d. A dialog is displayed indicating a Disabling access may result in lost
communication. Are you sure to continue? message. Click OK.
You can replicate the data of an existing NE to a new NE, if the existing NE is already configured
and if the existing NE is of the same NE type and the same NE version as the new NE.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The NE must be created successfully.
l The type and NE software version of the source NE must be consistent with the type and
software version of the replicated NE.
Procedure
1. Double-click the unconfigured optical NE on the main topology. Then, double-click the
unconfigured NE in the left-hand pane and the NE Configuration Wizard dialog box is
displayed.
2. Select Copy NE Data and click Next. The NE Replication dialog box is displayed.
3. Select the NE from the drop-down list and click Start. The Confirm dialog box is
displayed, indicating that the replication operation copies all the data of the source NE.
NOTE
After the NE data is replicated, only the data on the U2000 side is changed, but the data on the
equipment side is not changed.
4. Click OK. The Confirm dialog box is displayed, indicating that the replication operation
results in the loss of the original data of the NE to which the data is copied.
5. Click OK to start the replication. The Result dialog box is displayed after a few seconds.
6. Click Close.
To ensure proper functioning of the subracks and normal communication between subracks on
an NE, set Shelf Link Mode to be consistent with the actual physical cascading mode of the
subracks on the U2000.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Precautions
NOTE
The cables for communication between subracks are properly installed and no alarm indicating a cascading
fault is reported.
You can use the U2000 or Web LCT to change the attribute of the master or slave subrack.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
3. Set the shelf attribute in the Modify Shelf Attribute dialog box and click OK.
NOTE
For OptiX OSN 8800, Service Type and Cross-Connect Capacity must be set based on the current license
requirements. In addition, Service Type must be the actual subrack type; otherwise, the NE cannot properly
function.
This section describes how to query the status of a slave subrack. The status includes Physical
Installed, Logical Installed, and Not Installed.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
2. Click to refresh the state of the NE Panel. On the NE Panel, you can query the status
of the slave subrack and compare the status with the legends.
3. Optional: Click to view the legend and learn the running status of the subrack.
1. Click to refresh the state of the Slot Layout. On the Slot Layout, you can query the
status of the slave subrack and compare the status with the legends.
2. Optional: Click to view the legend and learn the running status of the subrack.
The slave subrack that does not need to be managed by the U2000 can be deleted.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
All boards that are manually created on the slave subrack are deleted.
Background Information
l Before an OptiX OSN 8800 T32 or T64 subrack is deleted, other logical boards except the
ATE and FAN boards must be manually deleted.
l Before an OptiX OSN 8800 T16 subrack is deleted, other logical boards except the EFI,
PIU, ATE and FAN boards, and the AUX board in slot 21 must be manually deleted.
l Before an OptiX OSN 6800 subrack is deleted, other logical boards except the PIU, AUX,
FAN, and EFI boards must be manually deleted.
l Before an OptiX OSN 8800 universal platform subrack is deleted, other logical boards
except the EFE and FAN boards must be manually deleted.
After the port blocking function is enabled, the VOA is set to the default value (greater than 45
dB) and the port is blocked when no OCh trail is found at the optical port that services traverse.
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Administrators" authority.
l The TN11RMU9 board must be installed.
Background Information
After the port blocking function is disabled, the attenuation remains the same.
l The port is enabled with the port blocking function by default after being powered on.
However, the port blocking function is disabled after attenuation is set.
l Attenuation at the port remains the same after optical cross-connections are configured.
2. Select By Board/Port (Channel) and choose Channel from the drop-down list.
3. In the Basic Attributes tab, select the desired optical port.
4. Double-click the Block Port field and select Enable.
5. Click Apply.
You can modify the name, attenuation, length, and medium type of a fiber/cable according to
its connection status and physical features.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology view, choose Inventory > Fiber/Cable/Microwave Link > Fiber/
Cable/Microwave Link Management from the main menu. The information of all fiber/
cable is displayed in the pane on the right.
2. Modifying the fiber/cable information.
l In the Name column, right-click the value for a fiber/cable and choose Modify Fiber/
Cable from the shortcut menu. In the Modify Fiber/Cable dialog box displayed, enter
a proper name for the fiber/cable and click OK. Click Close in the Result dialog box.
l In the Length(km) column, right-click the value for a fiber/cable and choose Modify
Fiber/Cable from the shortcut menu. In the Modify Fiber/Cable dialog box displayed,
enter the actual length for the fiber/cable and click OK. Click Close in the Result dialog
box.
l Modify the attenuation of a fiber.
a. In the Designed Loss(EOL)(dB) column, right-click the value for a fiber and
choose Modify Fiber/Cable from the shortcut menu.
b. In the Modify Fiber/Cable dialog box, enter the actual loss and click OK. Click
Close in the Result dialog box.
l Modify the medium type of the fiber.
a. In the Medium Type column, right-click the value for a fiber and choose Modify
Fiber/Cable from the shortcut menu.
b. In the Modify Fiber/Cable dialog box displayed, select the actual medium type
of the fiber from the drop-down list and click OK. Click Close in the Result dialog
box.
When adjusting the network if you need to delete the NEs or change the links between NEs, you
need to delete the fiber connections between the NEs.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
NOTICE
The deletion of the fiber/cable will delete the related protection subnets, trails and user-
defined information. Exercise caution before you delete the fiber/cable. You can export the
script of the entire network first to avoid deletion by mistake.
3. Click OK.
An edge port refers to the port that is connected to another NE by fiber. Setting an edge port is
to set an optical port of an NE as a connection point between this NE and another NE.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Background Information
NOTE
l The line-side ports of the FIU and the OTU do not need this configuration. By default, such a port is
a Fixed Edge Ports.
l If fiber connection between NEs has been added to a port, the port automatically becomes the edge
port of NEs.
l If fiber connection between boards that are inside the NEs has been added to a port, the port cannot be
configured as the edge port of NEs.
2. Select the desired port in the Available Edge Ports field. Click to add the port
to Selected Edge Ports.
3. Click Apply.
NOTE
When the operation is performed on the U2000, the Result dialog box is displayed, indicating that
the operation is successful. Click Close.
If you want to change the selected edge port, select the corresponding port from the Selected Edge
Ports, and then click to add the port to Available Edge Ports.
The intra-board optical wavelength route can be set for a board that performs grooming at the
optical layer. The intra-board service route is established through the creation of single-board
optical cross-connection.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
3. Select the Source Slot, Sink Slot, Source Port and Sink Port. Click the button on
the right of Source Wavelength No. or Sink Wavelength No.. Select the wavelengths
from the Available Wavelengths list. Click to add the wavelengths to Selected
Wavelengths.
4. Click OK. The displayed dialog box prompts that the operation succeeded. Click Close.
The created single-board optical cross-connection is displayed in the window.
3. Select the source slot, sink slot, source port and sink port. Click the button on the
right of Source Wavelength or Sink Wavelength. Select the wavelengths from the
5. Click OK. The created single-board optical cross-connection is displayed in the window.
Port attributes of WDM boards need to be set to meet the engineering requirements. Every board
has its own specific parameters, but the parameters are set in the same way. All port parameters
can be queried.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
NOTE
When By Function is selected, the parameters of boards and channels can be queried and set from
the perspective of function.
3. Select Basic Attributes, Advanced Attributes tabs. Double-click corresponding
parameter fields to enter or select parameters.
4. Click Apply.
5. Click Query. The attributes values of the board are the same as the ones set previously.
Configure the port attributes of SDH boards to meet the engineering requirements. Every board
has its own specific parameters, but the parameters are set in the same way. All port parameters
can be queried.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
When By Function is selected, the parameters of boards and channels can be queried and set from
the perspective of function.
3. Double-click corresponding parameter fields to enter or select parameters.
4. Click Apply.
5. In the Result dialog box, click Close.
If the wavelength received on the IN port of a board is inconsistent with that specified by Receive
Wavelength, services will be unavailable. When this occurs, change the value of Receive
Wavelength to the actual receive wavelength.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
5. Click Apply.
The open fiber control (OFC) function controls the transmit power of the laser when the fiber
is disconnected. When the OFC function is enabled, the laser sends short pulse, rather than
remains in the enabled state, to check whether the fiber is connected. In this way, the output
optical power of the laser is cut, which prevents eye injury.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Service Type of the board on the client side must be set to ISC1G or ISC2G.
Precautions
NOTICE
l Set the LPT Enabled and Automatic Laser Shutdown functions to Disabled before the
OFC function is enabled.
l The OFC function cannot coexist with protection.
Automatic laser shutdown is a function of automatically shutting down the laser when there is
no input light and the laser stops emitting optical signals. For example, when an optical interface
board does not bear services, a fault occurs on the fiber, or the received optical signals are lost,
the laser is automatically turned off. This reduces the on period of the laser, extends the service
life of the laser, and prevents hazardous laser radiation exposure from causing permanent eye
damage.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
This function helps field maintenance engineers identify a board to be removed and therefore
prevents misoperations. If field maintenance engineers enable this function for a board on the
NMS before removing the board, the STAT indicator on the board and Minor alarm indicator
in the subrack slowly blink green. In this manner, the field maintenance engineers can identify
and remove the correct board.
Prerequisite
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
The optical fiber line automatic monitoring system (OAMS) function can locate a faulty fiber
span and report an alarm accordingly. This section describes how to set a board to implement
the OAMS function.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
None
Background Information
Each fiber span requires only one detection point, that is, one board for implementing OAMS.
The first choice of this board is an optical amplifier board.
Procedure
Step 1 In the NE Explorer, select a desired board for implementing OAMS. In the navigation tree,
choose Configuration > WDM Interface.
Step 3 On the Advanced Attributes tab, double-click the Enable OAMS Power Monitoring value
of the desired port and choose Enabled from the dropdown combo box.
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An optical amplifier (OA) board supports various working modes. You can specify the working
mode of an OA board as required.
Prerequisites
l You must be an NM user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The type of optical fibers is correctly set if you need to set the working mode of the Raman
unit on the RAU1 or RAU2 board to Gain locking or Maximum gain.
You can set the AFEC grade based on the network design to achieve the optimal latency. This
section describes how to set the AFEC grade.
Prerequisites
l You must be an NM user with "NE maintainer" authority or higher.
l The desired board is created, and the FEC type is set to AFEC.
Procedure
Step 1 In the NE Explorer, select the desired board. In the navigation tree, choose Configuration >
WDM Interface.
Step 3 On the Advanced Attributes tab, double click the AFEC Grade value of the desired port, and
select the desired AFEC grade from the drop-down list.
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You can configure port mirroring to analyze only packets for mirrored ports. In this way, you
can monitor all mirrored ports. This helps you to manage the ports.
Prerequisite
l You must be an NM user with "NE operator" authority or higher.
l The mirror listener port should contain no Ethernet service, and has not been aggregated.
Background Information
A mirror listener port cannot be configured with any service.
The concatenation port mirroring function is not supported. For example, if VCTRUNK2 port
is configured to listen to VCTRUNK1 port, you cannot configure any other ports to listen to
VCTRUNK2 port.
Step 2 In the NE Explorer, select an Ethernet board and choose Configuration > Ethernet Interface
Management > Port Mirroring from the Function Tree.
Step 3 Optional: Click Query to query the status of port mirroring that you configure.
Step 4 Click New and the Port Mirror Management window is displayed.
Step 5 Set Image Port, Mirrored Upstream Port and Mirrored Downstream Port.
NOTE
l For the EGSH,EAS2, LEX4, LEM24 ,TBE and TEM28 board, you can set Mirrored Upstream
Port or Mirrored Downstream Port, and the two ports cannot be set at the same time.
l For the L4G boards, only Mirrored Upstream Port is supported.
l Do not select a port where services exist from the Image Port drop-down list. Otherwise, creating port
mirroring fails.
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Step 2 In the NE Explorer, choose Configuration > Packet Configuration > Port Mirroring from
the Function Tree.
Step 3 Optional: Click Query to query the status of port mirroring that you configure.
Step 4 Click New and the Port Mirror Management window is displayed.
Step 5 Set Mirror Name, Direction, Mirror Source Function Point and Mirror Observation
Point.
NOTE
l When the LAG protection is configured, the port of the board may be configured with a mirroring port,
but cannot be configured with a monitoring port.
l It cannot impact for receiving or transmitting the mirroring service, when the monitoring port has been
configured with the TAG attributes.
l It can be configured with the mirroring service of the Ingress direction and the Egress direction in the
physical port at the same time.
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Before using the test frames to test whether the link is normal, the user needs to configure such
parameters as the transmit mode and direction of the internal logical ports or VCTRUNK ports
at the transmit end. Then, according to the test result, the user can determine if the link is normal.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The Ethernet board supports the test frame function.
l The internal logical ports or VCTRUNK ports to be tested must be bound with available
timeslots.
l The cross-connection between the internal logical ports or VCTRUNK ports and the WDM
side is configured.
l The two interconnected ends support the same bearing mode.
Background Information
If the board supports more than one bearing mode, ensure that the bearing modes of the boards
at the two interconnected ends are the same.
Procedure
1. In the Main Topology, right-click the NE and select NE Explorer in the shortcut menu.
2. Select the relevant Ethernet board from NE Explorer.
3. Select Configuration > Ethernet Maintenance > Ethernet Test.
4. Configure the internal logical ports or VCTRUNK ports that initiates the Ethernet test.
5. Click Apply.
6. After the test is complete, click Query to view the test results.
Parameter Description
Table 131-1 Parameter Descripiton (for boards that support FE, GE or 10GE LAN service)
Send Mode Disabled, Burst Mode, Sets the test frame and the
Continue Mode transmit mode of the test
Default: Disabled frame.
l Disabled: Indicates that
transmitting test frames is
disabled.
l Burst Mode: Indicates a
burst test. A specific
count of test frames are
transmitted at intervals of
about one second. The
number of frames to be
transmitted can be set in
the Frames to Send field.
l Continue Mode:
Indicates that test frames
are continuously
transmitted at a frequency
of one per second.
Table 131-2 Parameter Descripiton (for boards that support 40GE or 100GE service)
Test Frame Length For example: 1024 Sets the packet length of test
frame.
132.2 Setting the RMON Performance Monitoring Parameters for an Ethernet Port
By setting parameters of the RMON performance monitoring of Ethernet ports, you can set the
threshold and enable the reporting of the threshold-crossing events within a period.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
l The U2000 has been started in the NMC.
l The NE whose performance data needs to be queried is working properly.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Performance > Performance Monitoring Management from the main menu.
NOTE
You can use the PMS to query port, interface, or PW RMON performance events.
Step 2 Select desired performance event types in the Resource Type tab. The following part describes
how to query tunnel performance events. The procedures are also applicable to querying other
performance events.
Step 3 Click Create. The Create Monitoring Instance dialog box is displayed. Select monitored
resources in the Create Monitoring Instance dialog box.
Step 4 Select a desired NE from the physical root. Resource Name and Is Monitored are displayed in
the Available Resources column.
NOTE
Is Monitored indicates whether monitoring instances are created.
Step 5 Select resources in the Available Resources area. Click to add desired resources to
the Selected Resources area.
NOTE
l Click to add all resources in the Available Resources area to the Selected Resources area.
Step 7 Select the Select TCA monitoring template check box to select a desired threshold monitoring
template.
NOTE
Click Create TCA Monitor Template to create a threshold monitoring template. You can specify the
name of the created threshold monitoring template.
Step 8 Select the Select data monitoring template check box to select a desired data monitoring
template.
NOTE
Click Create Data Monitor Template to create a data monitoring template. You can specify the name of
the created data monitoring template.
NOTE
Click Create Scheduled Policy to set the performance monitoring timing policy as required.
Step 12 Choose Performance > Browse Historical Performance Data from the main menu to query
RMON performance events.
NOTE
l You can set RMON performance Search Mode to Resource Name, Device IP, or Interface IP. Then
enter keywords in the Keyword field.
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Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The service must be configured.
Procedure
Step 1 Click the NE in the NE Explorer, and choose Performance > RMON History Control
Group from the Function tree.
Step 2 Set the 30-Second, 30-Minute, Custom Period 1, Custom Period 2 as Enabled as required.
Click Apply.
NOTE
l The sampling periods of 30-Second and 30-Minute are 30 seconds and 30 minutes respectively and
cannot be changed.
l The sampling periods of Custom period 1 and Custom period 2 can be set by users within the valid
range.
Step 3 Click OK in the Warning dialog box. A Result dialog box is displayed indicating that the
operation is successful, click Close.
Step 4 In the NE Explorer, select a board and choose Performance > RMON Performance from the
Function Tree.
Step 6 Select the port number of the board that you want to query.
Step 7 Click the Event tab, set 30-Second, 30-Minute, Custom period 1, Custom period 2 to
Enabled as required, set Threshold Detect, Upper Threshold and Lower Threshold.
Step 8 Click Apply. A prompt is displayed indicating that the operation is successful.
----End
Prerequisite
l You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
l The Ethernet service must be configured.
l The performance monitoring parameters must be set.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The Ethernet service must be configured.
l The performance monitoring parameters must be set.
Procedure
Step 1 Select the board in the NE Explorer, and choose Performance > RMON Performance from
the function tree.
Step 4 Select the performance events. Set the Ended From, To, Sampling Period and Display
Mode.
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When an NE fault cannot be rectified, you can collect fault data and send it to Huawei engineers
for analysis and diagnosis.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
Background Information
When an NE fault occurs, collect and save fault data. If you cannot rectify the fault by yourself,
collect fault data again and send the data and the data collected before handling the fault to
Huawei engineers for analysis.
Procedure
Step 1 In the Main Topology, right-click the desired NE and choose Collect NE Data from the shortcut
menu. The Datacollector window is displayed.
NOTE
To simultaneously collect the fault data of multiple NEs, select and righr-click the NEs in the Main Topology.
Choose Collect NE Data from the shortcut menu that is displayed.
When you log in to an NE for the first time or need to switch NE users, you need to perform this step.
1. On the navigation tree in the left pane, right-click the NE and click Set Login Account
from the shortcut menu. The Set Login Account dialog box is displayed.
2. Separately set User Name and Password.
3. Click OK. The Information dialog box is displayed, indicating that the NE login account
is successfully set.
Step 3 Log in to an NE. On the navigation tree in the left pane, right-click the NE and click Login
NE from the shortcut menu. When the NE icon turns to , the login succeeds.
2. Click . The information about the board and the NE where the board resides is
displayed in the operation list in the right pane.
3. Select the NE, and set Collected Mode and Fault Type.
NOTE
5. After the fault data is successfully collected, check the file name and the save path in the
lower part of the window.
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By using the U2000 function of end-to-end trail management, the administrator and maintainer
can find out the status of the trails to ensure that all the services are transmitted correctly.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
l The WDM trail must be created.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Service > WDM Trail > Manage WDM Trail from the Main Menu.
Step 2 The Set Trail Browse Filter Criteria dialog box is displayed. Set the filter criteria and view
the desired trails in the trail list.
NOTE
Step 3 Select a trail, click Performance and select Browse Performance from the drop-down list.
Step 4 Click the 15-Minute Current Performance or 24-Hour Current Performance tab, and then
click Query to query the latest 15-minute or 24-hour performance data of the trail.
NOTE
If Display all monitored objects check box is select, the performance events of the source, sink, and intermediate
nodes that a trail traverses are displayed. If this check box is cleared, the performance events of only the source
and sink nodes of a trail are displayed.
Step 5 Click Filter. In the Filter dialog box, set the filter criteria and click OK. The qualified
performance events are displayed.
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Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
l The WDM trail must be created.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Service > WDM Trail > Manage WDM Trail from the Main Menu.
Step 2 The Set Trail Browse Filter Criteria dialog box is displayed. Set the filter criteria and view
the desired trails in the trail list.
NOTE
Step 3 Select a trail, click Performance and select Browse Performance from the drop-down list.
Step 4 Click the 15-Minute History Performance or 24-Hour History Performance tab, click
Query, and view the history performance data.
NOTE
If Display all monitored objects check box is select,the performance events of the source, sink, and intermediate
nodes that a trail traverses are displayed. If this check box is cleared, the performance events of only the source
and sink nodes of a trail are displayed.
Step 5 Click Filter. In the Filter dialog box, set the filter criteria and click OK. The qualified
performance events are displayed.
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Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The trail must be created.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Service > WDM Trail > Manage WDM Trail from the Main Menu.
Step 2 The Set Trail Browse Filter Criteria dialog box is displayed. Set the filter criteria and view
the desired trails in the trail list.
NOTE
Step 3 Select a trail. Click Performance and choose Performance Parameter from the drop-down
menu.
Step 4 In the Performance Parameter dialog box displayed, select an object, and set the monitoring
status and auto reporting status.
Step 5 Click Apply. In the Result dialog box displayed, click Close.
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Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l The trail must be created.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Service > WDM Trail > Manage WDM Trail from the Main Menu.
Step 2 The Set Trail Browse Filter Criteria dialog box is displayed. Set the filter criteria and view
the desired trails in the trail list.
NOTE
Step 3 Select the desired trail, click Performance, and choose Performance Threshold .
Step 4 In the Performance Threshold window, double-click Threshold Value to change the
performance threshold value.
Step 5 Click Apply. In the Result window, click Close.
Step 6 Click Cancel to exit the Performance Threshold window.
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Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
l The WDM trail must be created.
Procedure
1. Choose Service > WDM Trail > Manage WDM Trail from the Main Menu.
2. The Set Trail Browse Filter Criteria dialog box is displayed. Set the filter criteria and
view the desired trails in the trail list.
NOTE
To display the latest alarms, select the Display latest alarms check box on the lower left of the window.
5. Click an alarm. The details of the alarm and the handing suggestion are displayed in the
pane below.
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
l The WDM trail must be created.
Procedure
1. Choose Service > WDM Trail > Manage WDM Trail from the Main Menu.
2. The Set Trail Browse Filter Criteria dialog box is displayed. Set the filter criteria and
view the desired trails in the trail list.
NOTE
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Guests" authority or higher.
l The WDM trail must be created.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Service > WDM Trail > Manage WDM Trail from the Main Menu.
Step 2 The Set Trail Browse Filter Criteria dialog box is displayed. Set the filter criteria and view
the desired trails in the trail list.
NOTE
Step 3 Select the desired trail, click Alarm, and choose Alarms Suppression from the drop-down
menu.
Step 4 In the Alarms Suppression dialog box, set Suppression of the desired alarm to Suppressed or
Not Suppressed.
Step 5 Click Apply. In the displayed Result dialog box, click Close.
----End
Prerequisites
Enabling Performance Monitoring Function must be completed.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Service > WDM Trail > Manage WDM Trail from the Main Menu.
Step 2 The Set Trail Browse Filter Criteria dialog box is displayed. Set the filter criteria and view
the desired trails in the trail list.
NOTE
Step 3 Right-click the desired trail and choose Query Relevant Optical Power from the shortcut menu.
Step 4 In the Optical Power Management window displayed, click the Port Optical Power tab. Click
Query to query the optical power information of ports from the NE.
Step 6 Click the Spectrum Analysis Info tab, and click Query. In the prompt dialog box displayed,
click Close.
NOTE
l Due to the factors, such as the split ratio and optical interface attenuation of the optical spectrum
analyzer board, the optical power value of each path after analysis has a fixed deviation from the actual
value. You can set Compensation Power (dBm) to keep consistency between the analysis value that
is displayed in the U2000 user interface and the actual value.
l You can query the single-wavelength optical power about only optical-layer trails.
l If a spectrum analyzer unit is connected to the MON port of the multiplexer or demultiplxer board that
the trail traverses, the value that represents the single-wavelength optical power is displayed.
l After setting Wavelength Monitor Status of the spectrum analyzer unit to Monitor, you can analyze
the wavelength spectrum using the spectrum analyzer unit.
Step 7 Click the Graphic tab to query the graphic interface of the port optical power.
NOTE
l Green indicates that the current optical power is in the normal range.
l Orange indicates that the current power exceeds the reference deviation and there is an exception.
l Black "E" shape in the histogram indicates the allowable deviation range of the optical power.
----End
Prerequisites
l You are an NMS user with "Operator Group" authority or higher.
l Trails must be created.
Background Information
As a loopback interrupts services, it is only used for fault locating and must be canceled after
the fault is rectified.
Procedure
1. Choose Service > WDM Trail > Manage WDM Trail from the Main Menu.
2. The Set Trail Browse Filter Criteria dialog box is displayed. Set the filter criteria and
view the desired trails in the trail list.
NOTE
NOTE
l When the release time arrives, the loopback is released automatically. This can prevent communication
from being affected for a long period of time if the loopback is not manually released.
l The release time of the loopback depends on the automatic loopback release setting on the equipment.
6. Click Apply. In the Confirm dialog box, click Yes.
7. Close the Loopback dialog box. A confirmation dialog box will be displayed, prompting
you to release the loopback.
8. Click Yes or No as required.
When the databases before and after an upgrade are incompatible with each other, one of them
must be deleted.
Prerequisites
You are an NMS user with "Maintenance Group" authority or higher.
Impact on System
Deleting an NE database interrupts services. Therefore, do not perform this operation unless
required.
Procedure
1. Choose Administration > NE Software Management > NE Data Backup/Restoration
from the main menu.
2. Right-click the desired NE and choose Advanced Database Operations > Delete
Database from the shortcut menu.
3. In the displayed Warning dialog box, click OK.
The operation progress is displayed in Operating Status. After the operation is completed,
the operation result is displayed, indicating an operation success or failure.
Cleaning optical components is to remove dust or other dirt to avoid performance degradation
of optical transmission systems. Inspecting and cleaning fiber connectors used in fiber optic
connections are described here.
136.1 Overview
Overview of the purpose and procedure of cleaning optical fiber connectors, the items that may
cause pollution to optical connectors are also described here.
136.1 Overview
Overview of the purpose and procedure of cleaning optical fiber connectors, the items that may
cause pollution to optical connectors are also described here.
Cleaning optical components is to remove dust or other dirt to avoid performance degradation
of optical transmission systems. Here describes how to inspect and clean fiber connectors used
in fiber optic connections.
Figure 136-1 shows the optical fiber connector.
The following items should be removed because they pollute optical connectors that are
extensively adopted in optical transmission systems:
l Dust
l Oils (frequently from human hands)
l Film residues (condensed from vapors in the air)
l Powdery coatings (left after water or other solvents evaporate)
Dust is the most common dirt in optical connectors. Even small dust that can be seen only under
a microscope can affect the quality of optical signals, degrade the system performance and cause
potential instability in network operation.
A one-micrometer dust granule on an optical connector of a single mode fiber can block 1%
light and cause 0.05 dB lost. A nine-micrometer dust granule that cannot be seen by human eyes
can block an entire fiber core. Therefore, small dirt even that cannot be seen by human eyes
should be removed.
NOTE
Before you connect any optical component, make sure that you have inspected and cleaned the component.
General Procedure
Table 136-1 below describes the general procedure of how to inspect and clean the optical fiber
connectors.
Table 136-1 General procedure of inspecting and cleaning the optical fiber connectors
Operation Details
Cleaning Optical Fiber Connectors Using See 136.5 Cleaning Optical Fiber Connectors
Cartridge Cleaners Using Cartridge Cleaners
Cleaning Optical Fiber Connectors Using See 136.6 Cleaning Optical Fiber Connectors
Lens Tissue Using Lens Tissue
Cleaning Optical Adapters Using Optical See 136.7 Cleaning Optical Adapters Using
Cleaning Sticks Optical Cleaning Sticks
l All optical port boards must be transported and stored in reliable packing. This serves to
avoid mechanical and electrostatic damages and to reduce vibrations.
l Store the protective caps in an ESD bag.
l Cover the optical ports of the replaced boards with protective caps in time. Store them in
proper packages to keep the optical ports clean.
l The protective caps recommended are shown in Figure 136-2, and the protective caps not
recommended are shown in Figure 136-3.
NOTE
The air filter caps made of soft rubber are not recommended, which tends to collect dust and sundries. This
type of caps provides poor dustproof function.
Figure 136-5 Cleaning stick for the SC and FC optical ports (for reference only)
Precautions
CAUTION
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
Use a fiberscope equipped with a safety device or a desktop video fiberscope when you inspect
the optical connectors. If one is not available, turn off the lasers and disconnect both ends of the
fiber before you inspect the optical connectors
NOTICE
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) damages the equipment. Before touching the equipment, board,
or integrated circuit (IC) chip, to prevent the ESD on human body from damaging static-sensitive
components, you must wear the ESD wrist strap and ensure the other end of the strap is properly
grounded. Otherwise, the equipment may be damaged or the service may be interrupted.
Procedure
Step 1 Turn off the lasers before the inspection. Disconnect both ends of the fiber to be inspected.
Step 2 Test the optical power using a power meter. Ensure that the laser is turned off.
Step 3 Use a fiberscope to inspect the fiber to check if there is any dirt or damage. See the examples
shown below.
l For an image of the intact fiber optic surface through a fiberscope that can be used
successfully in the equipment, see Figure 136-7.
l For images of fibers through a fiberscope with imperfections that can impair the function of
the assembly, see Figure 136-8. The image on the left shows clearly a damaged fiber.
Severely damaged fibers must not be used in the system equipment. Otherwise, permanent
and severe damage to the assembly can occur. The image on the right shows a fiber that is
suspect. If the output power is within an acceptable range, the fiber might not cause any
damage to the assembly. If the output power is unstable or falls outside the acceptable range,
however, the fiber can cause damage to the assembly and must not be used.
NOTE
The views shown do not represent the entire surface of the fiber optic. Much of the surface is the metal
connector and only the 800-micron core is the actual fiber.
l For details on acceptable and unacceptable fibers, see Figure 136-9, Figure 136-10 and
Figure 136-11.
Step 4 If any dirt is detected, clean the optical connector. For details, see "136.5 Cleaning Optical
Fiber Connectors Using Cartridge Cleaners" and "136.6 Cleaning Optical Fiber
Connectors Using Lens Tissue".
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Prerequisites
Before cleaning, inspect the fiber optic surface with a fiberscope or a magnifier to determine the
extent to which the fiber optic might be damaged or dirty. Clean the fiber optic only in the case
that there are flaws on it. If there are not, do not clean it. That is because the cleaning itself might
introduce dust, dirt, or cause potential damage to the fiber optic.
The following procedure provides the steps to clean the fiber connectors using cartridge type
cleaners. There are several types of cartridge cleaners. The following describes a type of
CLETOP cassette cleaner.
Precautions
CAUTION
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) damages the equipment. Before touching the equipment, board,
or integrated circuit (IC) chip, to prevent the ESD on human body from damaging static-sensitive
components, you must wear the ESD wrist strap and ensure the other end of the strap is properly
grounded. Otherwise, the equipment may be damaged or the service may be interrupted.
Procedure
Step 1 Turn off the lasers before the inspection. Disconnect both ends of the fiber to be inspected.
Step 2 Use a power meter to measure and ensure that there is no laser light on the optical connector.
Step 3 Press down and hold the lever of the cassette cleaner, and the shutter slides back and exposes a
new cleaning area. See Figure 136-12.
Step 4 Place the fiber tip lightly against the cleaning area so that the end face is flat on the cleaning
area
Step 5 Drag the fiber tip lightly on one cleaning area in the direction of the arrow once. See Figure
136-13. Do it again on the other cleaning area in the same direction as the first time once. See
Figure 136-14.
NOTICE
Do not scrub the fiber against fabric or clean over the same cleaning area more than once.
Otherwise, the connector can be dirtied or damaged.
Figure 136-13 Dragging the fiber tip lightly on one cleaning area
Figure 136-14 Dragging the fiber tip lightly on the other cleaning area
Step 6 Release the lever of the cassette cleaner to close the cleaning area.
Step 7 Use a fiberscope to inspect the adapter to check if there is any dirt. For details see the examples
shown in 136.4 Inspecting Optical Connectors. If the optical adapter is still dirty, repeat the
Step 1 to Step 6.
Step 9 Turn on the lasers after you connect the fiber to the board.
----End
Prerequisites
Before cleaning, inspect the fiber optic surface with a fiberscope or a magnifier to determine the
extent to which the fiber optic might be damaged or dirty. Clean the fiber optic only in the case
that there are flaws on it. If there are not, do not clean it. That is because the cleaning itself might
introduce dust, dirt, or cause potential damage to the fiber optic.
The following procedure provides the steps to clean the fiber connectors using lens tissue. Use
only the special materials for cleaning the fiber connectors. See the local site practices.
Precautions
CAUTION
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) damages the equipment. Before touching the equipment, board,
or integrated circuit (IC) chip, to prevent the ESD on human body from damaging static-sensitive
components, you must wear the ESD wrist strap and ensure the other end of the strap is properly
grounded. Otherwise, the equipment may be damaged or the service may be interrupted.
Procedure
Step 1 Turn off the lasers before the inspection. Disconnect both ends of the fiber to be inspected.
Step 2 Use a power meter to measure and ensure that there is no laser light on the optical connector.
Step 4 Clean the fiber tip on the lens tissue. See Figure 136-15 and Figure 136-16.
NOTICE
Do not scrub the fiber against fabric or clean over the same cleaning area more than once. Failure
to comply can result in connector dirt or damage.
NOTICE
Move the fiber connector in the same direction when you wipe the fiber connector on the lens
tissue.
Figure 136-15 Cleaning the fiber tip with the lens tissue on the desk
Figure 136-16 Cleaning the fiber tip with the lens tissue on the hand
Step 5 Repeat Step 4 several times on the areas of the lens tissue that have not been used.
Step 6 Use the compressed air to blow off the fiber tip.
NOTE
l When you use the compressed air, keep the injector nozzle as close as possible to the fiber connector
surface without touching it.
l When you use the compressed air, first spray it into the air as the initial spray of compressed air can
contain some condensation or propellant. Such condensation leaves behind a filmy deposit.
l If the compressed air is not available, a clean roll can be used.
Step 7 Use a fiberscope to inspect the adapter to check if there is any dirt. For details, see the examples
shown in 136.4 Inspecting Optical Connectors. If the optical adapter is still dirty, repeat the
Step 1 to Step 6.
Step 8 Do not touch the fiber connector after you clean it. Connect it to the optical port board at once.
If it is not used for the time being, put a protective cap on it.
NOTE
Step 9 Turn on the lasers after you connect the fiber to the board.
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Prerequisites
There are several types of optical cleaning sticks and cotton swabs that can be used. See the local
site practices. You can obtain these tools and materials from a fiber cable and connector
manufacturer.
Precautions
CAUTION
Laser is dangerous. The light is not visible to the eyes with or without laser protective glasses.
Do not look into optical connectors or ports. Failure to follow this warning can cause damage
to the eyes, or even blindness.
NOTICE
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) damages the equipment. Before touching the equipment, board,
or integrated circuit (IC) chip, to prevent the ESD on human body from damaging static-sensitive
components, you must wear the ESD wrist strap and ensure the other end of the strap is properly
grounded. Otherwise, the equipment may be damaged or the service may be interrupted.
Procedure
Step 1 Turn off the lasers before the inspection. Disconnect both ends of the fiber to be inspected.
Step 2 Test the optical power using a power meter. Ensure that the laser is turned off.
Step 3 Select the cleaning stick with a proper diameter for a certain type of the adapter.
NOTE
For the SC and FC optical port, use the cleaning stick with a diameter of 2.5 mm( 0.1 in.); for the LC optical
port, use the cleaning stick with a diameter of 1.25 mm( 0.05 in.). See Figure 136-5 and Figure 136-6.
Step 4 Place a small amount of cleaning solvent on the optical cleaning stick.
Step 5 Place the optical cleaning stick lightly on the optical adapters so that cleaning solvent is against
the fiber tip. Hold the stick straight out from the adapter and turn the stick clockwise one circuit.
Make sure that there is direct contact between the stick tip and fiber tip.
Step 6 Use the compressed air to blow off the fiber tip.
NOTE
l When you use the compressed air, keep the injector nozzle close to the connector surface without
touching it.
l When you use the compressed air, first spray it into the air as the initial spray of compressed air can
contain some condensation or propellant. Such condensation leaves behind a filmy deposit.
Step 7 Use a fiberscope to inspect the adapter to check if there is any dirt. For details, see the examples
shown in "136.4 Inspecting Optical Connectors". If the optical adapter is still dirty, repeat the
Step 1 to Step 6.
Step 8 Connect the fiber to the board, or put a protective cap on the port.
Step 9 Turn on the lasers after you connect the fiber to the board.
----End
Precautions
NOTICE
l Before cleaning a fiber, check the fiber cleaning pen and ensure that the pen has the cleaning
tape installed, the cleaning tip is not twisted, tilted, or damaged.
l After using the fiber cleaning pen, immediately cap the cleaning tip.
NOTE
The fiber cleaning pen is used to clean FC, LC, and SC optical ports; it cannot be used to clean MPO optical
ports.
4. Cap the optical port or insert a fiber connector into the port.
5. Cap the cleaning tip.