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Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Installation and Operations Guide, R3.3
May 2002
Chapter 3 Node Setup
Before You Begin
3.1 Before You Begin
Before you begin node setup, you will need:
• Node name
• Contact name (optional)
• Location (optional)
• Longitude and latitude (optional). You can find the longitude and latitude for cities from the Latitude
and Longitude of World Cities website (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001769.html).
• Date and time
• Time zone
If the ONS 15454 SDH will be connected to a network, you will need:
• The IP address and subnet mask to assign to the node
• The IP address of the default router
• If Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is used, you will need the IP address of the DHCP server
If you are responsible for setting up IP networking for the ONS 15454 SDH network, see Chapter 4, “IP
Networking” for more information.
To create card protection groups, you will need to know:
• The card protection scheme that will be used and what cards will be included in it
• The SDH protection topology that will be used for the node
Note You must be able to log into the node to complete node provisioning. If you cannot log into the node,
see the “Setting Up the CTC Computer” section on page 2-11.
3.2 Setting Up Basic Node Information
Setting basic information for each Cisco ONS 15454 SDH node is one of the first provisioning tasks you
perform. This information includes node name, location, contact, latitude, longitude, dates, and time.
Procedure: Add the Node Name, Contact, Location, Date, and Time
Step 1 Start CTC for an ONS 15454 SDH node. The CTC node view is displayed.
Step 2 Click the Provisioning > General tabs.
Purpose Use this procedure to set node identification and other node-specific
information.
Prerequisite Procedures “Logging into CTC” section on page 2-22.
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
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