Cisco Prime Optical User Guide, 9.8
Chapter 13: Configuring MPLS-TP Using the CPT System

Table Of Contents

Using the CPT System

What Is the CPT System?

Understanding User Privileges and Tasks

Unsupported Features

CPT System

Understanding CPT Cards

Overview of the CPT System Property Sheet

Identification

Configuration Mode

IOS CLI

Timing

Understanding the CPT System Alarms

Equipment Alarms

Satellite Alarms

Port Alarms

Service Alarms


Using the CPT System


This chapter describes how to unify both packet and transport technologies using the Carrier Packet Transport (CPT) System. It contains the following sections:

What Is the CPT System?

Understanding User Privileges and Tasks

Unsupported Features

CPT System

Understanding CPT Cards

Overview of the CPT System Property Sheet

Understanding the CPT System Alarms

What Is the CPT System?

The CPT System is the first Packet-Optical Transport System (P-OTS) built on standards-based MPLS-TP technology. The CPT System unifies both packet and transport technologies, giving a strong foundation for next-generation transport. The CPT System is designed to support transport applications so that service providers can continue to offer existing transport services while enabling new packet services.

The existing transport networks must be migrated from TDM networks to packet transport networks because the packet-based services dominate the overall network traffic. Next-generation transport networks enable and support new mesh, multipoint, and multidirectional services. By deploying packet transport networks, you can benefit from:

Statistical multiplexing

Dynamic bandwidth allocation

QoS


Note CPT System is displayed as "PT System" in the Prime Optical user interface.


The CPT System provides the following benefits:

Ensures a smooth and efficient transition from TDM networks to packet transport networks

Enables you to deploy new packet transport networks

Provides architectural flexibility with support for:

MPLS-TP

IP/MPLS

Carrier Ethernet transport

Provides data plane and control plane flexibility in network deployments

Enables service providers to provide the following for residential and business customers:

Mobile back-haul

Ethernet services

TDM services

The following topics describe related Prime Optical features and options:

Understanding CPT Cards

Overview of the CPT System Property Sheet

Understanding the CPT System Alarms

Understanding User Privileges and Tasks

This section describes the user privileges, CPT System tasks, and new UI options.

The following table describes the Prime Optical default user profiles and the privileges associated with each profile.

Table 13-1 User Privileges 

Role
Privileges

SuperUser

Tasks—Allowed to perform all the tasks listed in Table 13-2.

UI Options—All the UI options are visible.

NetworkAdmin

Tasks—Allowed to perform all the tasks listed in Table 13-2.

UI Options—All the UI options are visible.

SysAdmin

Tasks—Cannot perform any of the tasks listed in Table 13-2.

UI Options—None of the UI options are visible.

Provisioner

Tasks—Allowed to perform all the tasks listed in Table 13-2.

UI Options—All the UI options are visible.

Operator

Tasks—Cannot perform any of the tasks listed in Table 13-2.

UI Options—All the UI options are visible.


The following table describes the CPT System tasks and UI options.


Note CPT System is displayed as "PT System" in the Prime Optical user interface.


Table 13-2 CPT System Tasks and UI Options 

Task
Navigation
For More Information, See...

Viewing the PT System configuration mode

NE Explorer > PT System > Provisioning > Configuration Mode

Configuration Mode

Launching CPT IOS CLI

NE Explorer > PT System > Provisioning > IOS CLI

IOS CLI

Configuring SyncE ports

NE Explorer > PT System > Provisioning > Timing

Timing


Unsupported Features

The CPT 200 and CPT 600 NEs do not support the following:

Creating a server trail

Managing VLANs

Creating and managing BLSR

ML cards

Creating and managing SVLANs

Viewing the IOS Users table

Launching the L2 Topology table from the NE Explorer

CPT System

This section describes the following:

Understanding CPT Cards

Overview of the CPT System Property Sheet

Understanding the CPT System Alarms

Understanding CPT Cards


Note CPT System is displayed as "PT System" in the Prime Optical user interface.


The CPT System is supported on the CPT 200 and CPT 600 chassis. The CPT 200 chassis consists of two service slots and has a 160-GB switch capacity. The CPT 600 chassis consists of six service slots and has a 480-GB switch capacity.

The following are the CPT cards:

PTF_10GE_4—See Slot Properties—PTF_10GE_4.

PT_10GE_4—See Slot Properties—PT_10GE_4.

The PTSA_GE panel is a standalone unit and can be connected to the PT System. The PTSA_GE panel enables the number of ports to be scaled on the CPT System. For more information, see Slot Properties—PTSA_GE.

PTF_10GE_4 and PT_10GE_4 cards are supported on the CPT 200 and CPT 600 platforms. The CPT System complies with RoHS-6 standards.

The following system configuration is recommended on the CPT 200 shelf:

Standalone PTF_10GE_4 card

Standalone TNC, TNCE, TSC, or TSCE card

One or more PTSA_GE panels

The following system configuration is recommended on the CPT 600 shelf:

Redundant PTF_10GE_4 cards

One PT_10GE_4 card

Redundant TNC, TNCE, TSC, or TSCE cards

One or more PTSA_GE panels

The CPT System integrates DWDM, OTN, Ethernet, and standards-based MPLS-TP in a single system. The CPT System also integrates with other Cisco platforms such as the ONS 15454, and Carrier Routing System to deliver a combined IP/MPLS and MPLS-TP solution under a single control plane, forwarding mechanism, and NMS. This solution enables you to interoperate with existing IP/MPLS networks.

The CPT System works in the metro edge and access portion of the network, providing an integrated packet and transport solution. The CPT System significantly reduces rack space and power consumption.

The following topics describe the CPT cards:

Slot Properties—PTF_10GE_4

Slot Properties—PT_10GE_4

Slot Properties—PTSA_GE

Overview of the CPT System Property Sheet

For descriptions of the CPT System, CPT cards, and LACP, see the following sections:

What Is the CPT System?

Understanding CPT Cards


Note CPT System is displayed as "PT System" in the Prime Optical user interface.


When you choose Configuration > NE Explorer for the ONS 15454 SONET or ONS 15454 SDH, the window that Prime Optical displays consists of a tree on the left side and a properties pane on the right. The tree provides a hierarchical view of the NE's physical shelves and slots. In the tree, click PT System to open the PT System property sheet. The properties pane shows information about the PT System.

This section includes:

Identification

Configuration Mode

IOS CLI

Timing

When you open the PT System, the default property displayed is the Identification property.

Identification

The Identification property displays the list of CPT cards managed by the PT System. The Identification property displays the details in a table. The table has two columns:

Physical Location—Displays the following details:

Shelf number

Slot number

Fan-Out-Group (FOG) number

Module Name—Displays the name of the card or panel.

Configuration Mode

The Configuration Mode property is display only. The Operation Mode field in the Configuration Mode property displays the operation mode of the PT System. The operation mode can be IOS Mode or CTC Mode.


Note If you switch from CTC Mode to IOS Mode, all the Layer 2 services are deleted automatically.


In IOS Mode, you cannot perform the following operations:

Create Layer 2 services

View Layer 2 services

Modify Layer 2 services

Trace Layer 2 services

Troubleshoot Layer 2 services


Note The Configuration Mode is displayed as IOS Mode from Prime Optical 9.8 release. It is because the IOS Mode contains the CPT device in it. The users do not have to worry about how the CPT device is actually configured in IOS Mode.


IOS CLI

Monitor Layer 2 service level performance counters using the IOS CLI property. From the PT System IOS CLI Interface area, click Launch CLI.

If you are using a Solaris or Linux operating system, an xterm window runs a Telnet tunnel connection to the active PTF_10GE_4 card IOS console of the PT System.

If you are using a Windows operating system and if Telnet is installed on the PC running the Prime Optical client, Telnet is directly used to open the tunnel connection.

From the IOS CLI window, you can run the show interfaces command. You can also run other Cisco IOS commands on the IOS CLI, but it depends on the security settings and the account active on the PT System.

Timing

A separate external TDM circuit is required to provide synchronized timing to multiple remote NEs for packet transport networks such as the CPT System. The Synchronous Ethernet (SycnE) feature addresses this requirement by providing effective timing to the remote NEs through a packet network without using an external circuit for timing.

The Timing property allows you to configure SyncE ports.

The following table describes the Timing property table fields.

Table 13-3 Field Descriptions for the Timing Property Table 

Field
Description

Card

Display only. Displays the card number and slot number.

Port

Display only. Displays the port number (n-n) and rate.

ProvidesSync

Display only. Selects the port automatically after the port is used as a clock source.

SyncMsgIn

Sets the EnableSync card parameter. Enables synchronization status messages, which allow the node to choose the best timing source.

Admin SSM In

Overrides the synchronization status message (SSM) and the synchronization traceability unknown (STU) value. If the node does not receive an SSM signal, it defaults to STU. The options are:

PRS—Primary reference source (Stratum 1)

ST2—Stratum 2

TNC—Transit node clock

ST3E—Stratum 3E

ST3—Stratum 3

SMC-SONET minimum clock

ST4—Stratum 4

DUS—Do not use for timing synchronization

RES—Reserved; quality level set by the user

Send DoNotUse

When checked, sends a DUS message as the QL value.

ESMC Enable

Check the check box on the port where you want to enable SyncE. You can select the clock source among the Ethernet Synchronization Message Channel (ESMC) enabled ports. To select the clock source among the OTN ports, do not check the check box.


Understanding the CPT System Alarms

In Prime Optical 9.8, new alarms have been introduced for the CPT System. This section includes:

Equipment Alarms

Satellite Alarms

Port Alarms

Service Alarms

Equipment Alarms

Table 13-4 describes the equipment alarms.

Table 13-4 Equipment Alarms 

Alarm
Description
Logical Object

CUTOVER

The Planned Switch Over alarm is raised when a planned switchover of the PTF_10GE_4 card occurs.

EQPT

RESOURCES_LOW

The Running Low on Resources alarm is raised if the resource memory is very low or if more resources cannot be configured.

EQPT

RESOURCES_OVER

The No More Resources Available alarm is raised if the resource memory is used completely or if configuring of resources is not possible.

EQPT


Satellite Alarms

Table 13-5 lists and describes the satellite alarms. The satellite alarms listed in the following table are raised when satellite communication is impacted between PTF_10GE_4, PT_10GE_4, and PTSA_GE.

Table 13-5 Satellite Alarms 

Alarm
Description

SAT_DISCOVERY_FAIL

Satellite panel discovery failure.

SAT_ACT_LINK_FAIL

Satellite panel active link failure.

SAT_COMM_FAIL

Satellite panel communication failure.

SAT_IMPROPER_CONFIG

Satellite panel improper configuration.

SAT_FAN_MEA

Satellite panel fan mismatch of equipment and attributes.

SAT_FAN_FAIL

Satellite panel fan failure.

SAT_FAN_DEGRADE

Satellite panel partial fan failure.

SAT_FAN_MFGMEM

Satellite panel fan manufacturing data memory (EEPROM) failure.

SAT_FAN_MISSING

Satellite panel fan unit is missing.

SAT_IHITEMP

Satellite panel industrial high temperature.

SAT_HITEMP

Satellite panel high temperature.

SAT_BAT_FAIL

Satellite panel battery failure.

SAT_BAT_FAIL_A

Satellite panel battery A failure.

SAT_BAT_FAIL_B

Satellite panel battery B failure.


Port Alarms

Table 13-6 describes the port alarms.

Table 13-6 Port Alarms 

Alarm Name/Condition
PTF_10GE_4 Client
Required on PTF_10GE_4 Trunk Ports
Required on PT_10GE_4 Client
Required on PTSA_GE 1G Port
Required on PTSA_GE Client

MAC_MOVE—MAC address is relearned on a different port in the same bridge domain

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SAT_ACTIVE_LINK_FAIL—Satellite panel active link failure

Yes

Yes

Yes

Legacy Alarms on PTF_10GE_4 and PT_10GE_4

SYNCLOSS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SIGLOSS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LOCAL-FAULT

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

REMOTE-FAULT

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

SF

No

Yes

No

No

No

SD

No

Yes

No

No

No

FEC-MISM

No

Yes

No

No

No

UNC-WORD

No

Yes

No

No

No

GCC-EOC

No

Yes

No

No

No

HELLO

Yes

ISIS-ADJ-FAIL

No

No

No

No

No

PROV-MISMATCH

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

TRAIL-SIGNAL

LMP-SD

No

No

No

No

No

LMP-SF

No

No

No

No

No

LMP-UNALLOC

No

No

No

No

No

LMP-FAIL

No

No

No

No

No

UNC-WORD

No

Yes

No

No

No

LOF

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LOS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OUT-OF-SYNC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OTUK-IAE

No

Yes

No

No

No

OTUK-SD

No

Yes

No

No

No

OTUK-SF

No

Yes

No

No

No

OTUK-TIM

No

Yes

No

No

No

LOM

No

Yes

No

No

No

OTUK-LOF

No

Yes

No

No

No

FEC-MISM

No

Yes

No

No

No

OTUK-AIS

No

Yes

No

No

No

ODUK-BDI-PM

Yes

OTUK-BDI

Yes

ODUK-SD-PM

Yes

ODUK-SF-PM

Yes

ODUK-TIM-PM

Yes

ODUK-AIS-PM

Yes

ODUK-LCK-PM

Yes

ODUK-OCI-PM

Yes

HI-RXPOWER

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LO-RXPOWER

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HI-TXPOWER

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LO-TXPOWER

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HI-LASERBIAS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LO-LASERBIAS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HI-LASERTEMP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LO-LASERTEMP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HI-PELTIER

LO-PELTIER

HI-XCVRVOLT

LO-XCVRVOLT

WVL-MISMATCH

No

Yes

No

No

No

PORT-COMM-FAI

DSP-FAIL

UT-COMM-FAIL

UT-FAIL

LASER-OFF-WVL

TX-OFF-NON-CI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PORT-CODE-MIS

PORT-COMM-FAI

PORT-MISMATCH

PORT-MISSING

LPBKTERMINAL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LPBKFACILITY

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HELLO

ISIS-ADJ-FAIL

AS-CMD

AS-MT

NEIGHBOR-ADJACENCY-FAILURE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

LINK-FLAPPING

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

MIS-CONFIGURED-SEGMENT

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

VLB-FAILED

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

VLB-DEACTIVATED

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

PRIMARY-EDGE-PORT-ELECTED

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

SECONDARY-EDGE-PORT-ELECTED

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

SEGMENT-HEALED

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

STNC-GENERATED

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

VLB-ACTIVATED

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

VLB-TRIGGER-DELAY-ACTIVE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No


Service Alarms

Table 13-7 describes the service alarms.

Table 13-7 Service Alarms 

Alarms
Description
Level
PW Alarms

WKG_PW_CP_DOWN

Working pseudowire control plane down alarm. This alarm is raised on the port if the working pseudowire control plane is down.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_PW_CP_DOWN

Protect pseudowire control plane down alarm. This alarm is raised on the port if the protect pseudowire control plane is down.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_PW_CC_DOWN

Working pseudowire continuity check down alarm. This alarm is raised on the port if the working pseudowire continuity check is down.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_PW_CC_DOWN

Protect pseudowire continuity check down alarm. This alarm is raised on the port if the protect pseudowire continuity check is down.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PW_ WKSWPR

Pseudowire traffic switched to protection alarm. This alarm is raised on the port when the pseudowire traffic is switched from the working path to the protected path.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_PW_LOC_AC_TX_FLT

Working pseudowire local AC Tx port fault alarm. This alarm is raised when a working pseudowire local AC Tx port fault is detected.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_PW_LOC_AC_TX_FLT

Protect pseudowire local AC Tx port fault alarm. This alarm is raised when a protect pseudowire local AC Tx port fault is detected.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_PW_LOC_AC_RX_FLT

Working pseudowire local AC Rx port fault alarm. This alarm is raised when a working pseudowire local AC Rx port fault is detected.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_PW_LOC_AC_RX_FLT

Protect pseudowire local AC Rx port fault alarm. This alarm is raised when a protect pseudowire local AC Rx port fault is detected.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_PW_REM_AC_TX_FLT

Working pseudowire remote AC Tx port fault alarm. This alarm is raised when a working pseudowire remote AC Tx port fault is detected.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_PW_REM_AC_TX_FLT

Protect pseudowire remote AC Tx port fault alarm. This alarm is raised when a protect pseudowire remote AC Tx port fault is detected.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_PW_REM_AC_RX_FLT

Working pseudowire remote AC Rx port fault alarm. This alarm is raised when a working pseudowire remote AC Rx port fault is detected.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_PW_REM_AC_RX_FLT

Protect pseudowire remote AC Rx port fault alarm. This alarm is raised when the protect pseudowire remote AC Rx port fault is detected.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

S_PE Alarms

WKG_LOC_PW_NOT_FWD

Working local pseudowire not forwarding alarm. This alarm is raised when the local working pseudowire is not forwarding traffic.

PTS**

PRT_LOC_PW_NOT_FWD

Protected local pseudowire not forwarding alarm. This alarm is raised when the local protect pseudowire is not forwarding traffic.

PTS**

WKG_REM_PW_NOT_FWD

Working remote pseudowire not forwarding alarm. This alarm is raised when the remote working pseudowire is not forwarding traffic.

PTS**

PRT_REM_PW_NOT_FWD

Protect remote pseudowire not forwarding alarm. This alarm is raised when the remote protect pseudowire is not forwarding the traffic.

PTS**

MPLS_TP Alarms

TP_TUNNEL_DOWN

MPLS-TP tunnel down alarm. This alarm is raised when the working or protect LSP is down.

PTS**

WKG_LSP_DOWN

Working LSP down alarm. This alarm is raised on the port if the working LSP is down.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_LSP_DOWN

Protect LSP down alarm. This alarm is raised on the port if the protect LSP is down.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_LSP_AIS

Working LSP alarm indication signal. This alarm is raised when the working LSP receives an LSP alarm indication signal.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_LSP_AIS

Protect LSP alarm indication signal. This alarm is raised when the protect LSP receives an LSP alarm indication signal.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_LSP_RDI

Working LSP remote defect indication. This alarm is raised when the working LSP receives an LSP remote defect indication.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_LSP_RDI

Protect LSP remote defect indication. This alarm is raised when the protect LSP receives an LSP remote defect indication.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

BFD_DOWN

BFD down alarm. This alarm is raised when the BFD is not enabled on the port.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

TP_WKSPWR

TP traffic switched to protection alarm. This alarm is raised when the MPSL-TP traffic switches from working pseudowire to protected pseudowire.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_TP_LOCKOUT

Working TP lockout alarm. This alarm is raised when the lockout request is set to ON for the working MPLS-TP.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_TP_LOCKOUT

Protect TP lockout alarm. This alarm is raised when the lockout request is set to ON for the protect MPLS-TP.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_LSP_LDI

Working LSP link defect indication. This alarm is raised when the working LSP receives an LSP link defect indication.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_LSP_LDI

Protect LSP link defect indication. This alarm is raised when the protect LSP receives an LSP link defect indication.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

WKG_LSP_LKR

Working LSP lock report alarm. This alarm is raised when an interface is administratively shutdown on a working path in an MPLS-TP tunnel.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

PRT_LSP_LKR

Protect LSP lock report alarm. This alarm is raised when an interface is administratively locked and a lockout request (LKR) is generated on the nearest reachable endpoint.

Port/PTS_CHANNEL_GROUP

EVC Alarms

EFP_FAIL

EFP failed alarm. This alarm is raised when the EFP fails due to incomplete hardware provisioning or when the interface on which the EFP is present goes down.

Port

MPLS_TE

TE_TUNNEL_DOWN

TE tunnel down alarm. This alarm is raised when the working and protected MPLS-LSP goes down.

PTS**