Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Specifications download pdf (Page 273)

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Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Installation and Operations Guide, R3.3

May 2002

Chapter 6 Circuits and Tunnels

Creating a Path Trace

Figure 6-9 Selecting the detailed circuit map

Choose the format of the transmit string by choosing either the 16 byte or 64 byte selection button.

c. In the New Transmit String field, enter the circuit source transmit string. Enter a string that makes

the source port easy to identify, such as the node IP address, node name, circuit name, or another

string. If the New Transmit String field is left blank, the J1 transmits a string of null characters.

d. Click Apply, then click Close.

Step 7 Provision the circuit destination transmit string:

a. On the Edit Circuit window right-click the circuit destination port and choose Edit Path Trace from

the shortcut menu.

b. In the New Transmit String field, enter the string that you want the circuit destination to transmit.

Enter a string that makes the destination port easy to identify, such as the node IP address, node

name, circuit name, or another string. If the New Transmit String field is left blank, the J1 transmits

a string of null characters.

c. Click Apply.

Step 8 Provision the circuit destination expected string:

a. On the Circuit Path Trace window, enable the path trace expected string by choosing Auto or

Manual from the Path Trace Mode drop-down menu:

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Auto—The first string received from the source port is the baseline. An alarm is raised when a

string that differs from the baseline is received. Continue with Substep b.

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Manual—The string entered in Current Expected String is the baseline. An alarm is raised when

a string that differs from the Current Expected String is received. Enter the string that the circuit

destination should receive from the circuit source in the New Expected String field.

b. Click the Disable AIS on TIM-P checkbox if you want to suppress the Alarm Indication Signal

when the Path Trace Identifier Mismatch Path (TIM-P) alarm is displayed. Refer to the Cisco ONS

15454 SDH Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide for descriptions of alarms and conditions.

c. Click Apply, then click Close.

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From nodeview, choose Circuits,

Edit, Show Detailed Map

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