Cisco Active Network Abstraction Reference Guide, 3.7.2
SONET/SDH

Table Of Contents

SONET/SDH

Technology Description

Information Model Objects (IMOs)

SONET/SDH Physical

DS1 Channelized Interface

DS3 Channelized Interface

SONET SDH Hop

SONET STS 1

SDH AU 4

SDH AU 3

Vendor-Specific Inventory and IMOs

Service Alarms


SONET/SDH


This chapter describes the level of support that Cisco ANA provides for synchronous optical technology (SONET/SDH), as follows:

Technology Description

Information Model Objects (IMOs)

Vendor-Specific Inventory and IMOs

Service Alarms

Please see Part 1: Cisco VNEs in this guide for information about which devices support the various technologies.

Technology Description

SONET/ SDH was originally standardized for connecting one fiber system to another at the optical level, to form a single international standard for fiber interconnects between telephone networks of different countries. Today it is a widely deployed, mature technology used in implementing high-speed, large-scale IP networks. It combines high bandwidth capacity with efficient link utilization, making it a major building block for accommodating fast-growing IP infrastructure both in the core and at the edge.

SONET/SDH can handle a variety of transmission rates and applications by defining a synchronous, flexible, optical hierarchy for carrying many signals of different capacities. This is accomplished using a byte-interleaved multiplexing scheme, which simplifies multiplexing and offers end-to-end network management. It is a layered protocol that defines four separate layers—Photonic, Section, Line, and Path—within the OSI physical layer (Layer 1).

SONET/SDH networks consist of path terminating elements (PTEs), which represent the physical layer interfaces; add/drop multiplexers (ADMs) or Digital Crossconnect Systems (DCSs); and regenerators interconnected by point-to-point SONET/SDH links called sections. These are fundamentally connection oriented, which means that a VC must be set up across the SONET/SDH network prior to any data transfer.

Cisco ANA does not support discovery of SONET/SDH physical layer topology. This topology is manually (statically) configured by the system administrator.

However, it is used in conjunction with the data link layer above it, such as ATM, for discovering its physical topology, while further verifying it by matching the traffic signature of these ports using Cisco's confidential scheme, which requires a substantial amount of traffic in order to function correctly.


Note This physical technology is supported only insofar as the underlying physical layer is supported in conjunction with other data link layer technologies, such as ATM and PoS.


Information Model Objects (IMOs)

This section describes the following IMOs:

SONET/SDH Physical (ISonetSdh)

DS1 Channelized Interface (IDS1PdhChannelized)

DS3 Channelized Interface (IDS3PdhChannelized)

SONET SDH Hop (ISonet_SdhHop)

SONET STS 1 (ISonetSts1)

SDH AU 4 (ISdhAu4)

SDH AU 3 (ISdhAu3)

SONET/SDH Physical

The physical layer SONET/SDH Physical object is bound by its Containing Termination Points attribute to a Port Connector object. It is accessed primarily by the data link layer object, such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode and Frame Relay interfaces, as well as the PoS interface (implemented using PPP Encapsulation), bound by its Contained Connection Termination Points attribute.

Table 29-1 SONET/SDH Physical (ISonetSdh)  

Attribute Name
Attribute Description
Scheme
Polling Interval

Specific Type

Specific type (Null, SONET/SDH Mux, OC3, OC12, OC24, OC48, OC192, STM1, STM4, STM16, STM64)

IpCore

Configuration

Loop Back Type

Loopback type (Null, Cell, Payload, Diag, Line, None, Other, Path, Metalic, Non Metalic, Serial, Parallel, Local, Internal, Network, Inward, Dual, Remote, Inbound Local, No Loop, Facility Loop, Terminal Loop, Other Loop)

IpCore

Configuration

Scrambling Mode

Scrambling mode (Null, On, Off, Payload, Frame, Payload and Frame)

IpCore

Configuration

TCAThresholdB1

The threshold for B1 threshold crossing alarms (B1-TCA). The value specifies a negative exponent to the power of 10 (10 to the power of minus value) for the threshold value, with a default value of 6 (10e-6).

IpCore

Configuration

TCAThresholdB2

The threshold for B2 threshold crossing alarms (B2-TCA). The value specifies a negative exponent to the power of 10 (10 to the power of minus value) for the threshold value, with a default value of 6 (10e-6).

IpCore

Configuration

TCAThresholdB3

The threshold for B3 threshold crossing alarms (B3-TCA). The value specifies a negative exponent to the power of 10 (10 to the power of minus value) for the threshold value, with a default value of 6 (10e-6).

IpCore

Configuration

Clocking

The SONET port TX clock source where the internal keyword sets the internal clock (line, internal). The line keyword sets the clock recovered from the line (this is the default).

IpCore

Configuration

All additional attributes are the same as Physical Layer (IPhysicalLayer)


DS1 Channelized Interface

The physical layer DS1 Channelized Interface object represents a high-order SONET/SDH DS1 circuit.

Table 29-2 DS1 Channelized Interface (IDS1PdhChannelized)  

Attribute Name
Attribute Description
Scheme
Polling Interval

Description

The description of the channelized DS1 PDH.

IpCore

Configuration

PathType

The type of SONET/SDH high-order interface.

IpCore

Configuration

Sts1OrAu4OrAu3Number

The STS1 number inside a channelized controller configured in SONET framing mode, or the AU4 or AU3 number inside a channelized controller configured in SDH framing mode

IpCore

Configuration

Tug3Number

The TUG-3 number inside a channelized controller configured in SDH framing mode

IpCore

Configuration

T3OrE3Number

The T3 or E3 number inside a channelized controller configured in SONET framing mode.

IpCore

Configuration

PortIps

An array of subinterfaces configured on top of this channelized DS1 PDH.

IpCore

Configuration


DS3 Channelized Interface

The physical layer DS3 Channelized Interface object represents a high-order SONET/SDH DS3 circuit.

Table 29-3 DS3 Channelized Interface (IDS3PdhChannelized)  

Attribute Name
Attribute Description
Scheme
Polling Interval

Description

The description of the channelized DS3 PDH

IpCore

Configuration

PathType

The type of SONET/SDH high-order interface.

IpCore

Configuration

Sts1OrAu4OrAu3Number

The STS1 number inside a channelized controller configured in SONET framing mode, or the AU4 or AU3 number inside a channelized controller configured in SDH framing mode

IpCore

Configuration

Tug3Number

The TUG-3 number inside a channelized controller configured in SDH framing mode

IpCore

Configuration

T3OrE3Number

The T3 or E3 number inside a channelized controller configured in SONET framing mode.

IpCore

Configuration

PortIps

An array of subinterfaces configured on top of this channelized DS3 PDH.

IpCore

Configuration


SONET SDH Hop

The physical layer SONET SDH Hop object represents an interface on a high-order SONET/SDH circuit.

Table 29-4 SONET SDH Hop (ISonet_SdhHop)  

Attribute Name
Attribute Description
Scheme
Polling Interval

Description

The description of the high-order SONET/SDH interface (for example, STS1, AU4, AU3, and so on)

IpCore

Configuration

AppliqueType

Indicates the lowest level channel type to which this inteface will convert (for example, DS1, E1, and so on)

IpCore

Configuration

PathType

The type of high-order SONET/SDH circuit (for example, STS1, AU4, AU3, and so on)

IpCore

Configuration

Sts1OrAu4OrAu3Number

The STS1 number inside a channelized controller configured in SONET framing mode, or the AU4 or AU3 number inside a channelized controller configured in SDH framing mode

IpCore

Configuration


SONET STS 1

The physical layer SONET STS 1 object represents an instance of an STS1 circuit.

Table 29-5 SONET STS 1 (ISonetSts1)  

Attribute Name
Attribute Description
Scheme
Polling Interval

All attributes are the same as SONET SDH Hop (ISonet_SdhHop)


SDH AU 4

The physical layer SDH AU 4 object represents an instance of an AU4 circuit.

Table 29-6 SDH AU 4 (ISdhAu4)

Attribute Name
Attribute Description
Scheme
Polling Interval

All attributes are the same as SONET SDH Hop (ISonet_SdhHop)


SDH AU 3

The physical layer SDH AU 3 object represents an instance of an AU3 circuit.

Table 29-7 SDH AU 3 (ISdhAu3)  

Attribute Name
Attribute Description
Scheme
Polling Interval

All attributes are the same as SONET SDH Hop (ISonet_SdhHop)


Vendor-Specific Inventory and IMOs

There are no vendor-specific inventory or IMOs for this technology.

Service Alarms

The following alarms are supported for this technology:

Discard Packets, page 40-26

Dropped Packets, page 40-27

Link Down, page 40-42

Port Down, page 40-51

Rx Utilization, page 40-53

Tx Utilization, page 40-57

DS1 Path Port Down, page 40-29

DS1 Path Link Down, page 40-28

DS3 Path Port Down, page 40-30

DS3 Path Link Down, page 40-29

SONET Path Port Down, page 40-55

SONET Path Link Down, page 40-54