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APPENDIX A
CTC Information and Shortcuts
This appendix describes the Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) views, menu and tool options, shortcuts,
and table display options for the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH. This appendix also describes the shelf
inventory data presented in CTC. For more information about CTC, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH
Reference Manual.
Note If network discovery is enabled on the node, CTC searches each node in the network for more recent
versions of the CTC software. If a more
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Display Node, Card, and Network Views Table A-1 Change CTC Views To Display: Perform One of the Following: Node view Log into a node; node view is the default view. In network view, double-click a node icon, or right-click the node and choose Open Node from the shortcut menu. In network view, click a node icon, then choose Go to Selected Object View from the View menu. From the CTC View menu, choose Go To Other Node, then choose a node
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Display Node, Card, and Network Views Table A-2 Description of Node Icons on Network View Map Node Name Icon Description SDH An SDH, hybrid, or amplified time-division multiplexing (TDM) node icon are represented as a cylinder with crossed arrows. Hybrid OADM An SDH node can include STM-N cards, electrical cards, Hybrid line amplifier cross-connects, and more. Hybrid terminal A hybrid optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM) node contains Pas
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Manage the CTC Window Table A-2 Description of Node Icons on Network View Map (continued) Node Name Icon Description Terminal (west) Terminal (west) nodes are represented as a three-dimensional cylinder with one amplifier on the west side of the icon. A terminal node contains one 32DMX-O or 32DMX card, and one 32MUX-O card. No OADM cards are provisioned. A flexible terminal node contains a series of OADM and amplifier cards. For DWDM node
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Manage the CTC Window Table A-3 CTC Menu and Toolbar Options Menu Menu Option Toolbar Description File Add Node Adds a node to the current session. See the “DLP-D62 Add a Node to the Current Session or Login Group” task on page 17-53. Delete Selected Deletes a node from the current session. Node Lock CTC Locks CTC without closing the CTC session. A user name and password are required to open CTC. Print Prints CTC data. See the “DLP-D146 Print
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Manage the CTC Window Table A-3 CTC Menu and Toolbar Options (continued) Menu Menu Option Toolbar Description View Go To Previous View Displays the previous CTC view. Go To Next View Displays the next CTC view. Available only after you navigate to a previous view. Go to Previous View and Go to Next View are similar to forward and backward navigation in a web browser. Go To Parent View References the CTC view hierarchy: network view, node view,
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Manage the CTC Window Table A-3 CTC Menu and Toolbar Options (continued) Menu Menu Option Toolbar Description Tools Circuits — Displays the following options: Repair Circuits—(ONS 15454 only) Repairs incomplete circuits following replacement of the ONS 15454 SDH alarm interface panel (AIP). Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Troubleshooting Guide for more information. Reconfigure Circuits—Allows you to reconfigure circuits. For more informat
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Manage the CTC Window Table A-3 CTC Menu and Toolbar Options (continued) Menu Menu Option Toolbar Description — Network Scope — Displays the selected network scope. The network view drop-down list has three options: DWDM, TDM, or All. If you choose DWDM, only DWDM nodes appear on the network view map. If you choose TDM, only TDM nodes appear on the network view map. If you choose All, every node on the network appears on the network view map.
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Manage the CTC Window Table A-4 CTC Window Mouse Shortcuts Technique Description Double-click Node in network view—Displays the node view. Card in node view—Displays the card view. Domain in network view—Displays the nodes in a domain. Alarm/Event—Displays the object that raised the alarm or event. Circuits—Displays the Edit Circuit window. Right-click Network view graphic area—Displays a menu that you can use to create a new domain;
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Manage the CTC Window Table A-4 CTC Window Mouse Shortcuts (continued) Technique Description Move mouse cursor Over node in network view—Displays a summary of node alarms and provides a warning if the node icon has been moved out of the map range. Over span in network view—Displays circuit bandwidth (node, slot, port) and protection information. For DWDM spans, the optical direction and optical ring ID appear. If the span terminates on the
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Manage the CTC Window Table A-6 Performing Network Management Tasks in Network View Action Task Open a node Any of the following: Double-click a node icon. Right-click a node icon and choose Open Node from the shortcut menu. Click a node and choose Go to Selected Object View from the View menu. From the View menu, choose Go To Other Node. Choose a node from the Select Node dialog box. Double-click a node alarm or event in the Alarms o
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Equipment Inventory Table A-7 Table Display Options Task Click Right-Click Shortcut Menu Resize column Click while dragging the column — header separator to the right or left. Rearrange column order Click while dragging the column — header to the right or left. Reset column order — Choose Reset Columns Order/Visibility. Hide column — Choose Hide Column. Show column — Choose Show Column > column_name. Display all hidden — Choose Reset Columns c
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Equipment Inventory Service State—Displays the current card service state, which is an autonomously generated state that gives the overall condition of the card. Service states appear in the format: Primary State-Primary State Qualifier, Secondary State. For more information about card states, refer to the “Administrative and Service States” appendix of the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Reference Manual. Card service states include: – Unlocked-enabl
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Appendix A CTC Information and Shortcuts Equipment Inventory Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Procedure Guide, R7.0 A-14 November 2005
