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Chapter 17      Performance Monitoring
17.2.2    Payload PM Window
17.2.2 Payload PM Window
The Payload PM window subtabs change depending on the card provisioning. For more information 
about provisioning TXP and MXP cards, refer to the “Provision Transponder and Muxponder Cards” 
chapter in the Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Procedure Guide. Possible Payload PM subtabs are: SONET, 
SDH, Statistics, Utilization, and History. The following buttons function the same on all of the tabs. Not 
all tabs have all of these buttons. 
 • The Refresh button manually refreshes statistics. 
 • Auto-Refresh sets a time interval at which automatic refresh occurs. 
 • The Baseline button resets the displayed statistics values to zero. 
 • (Statistics window only) The Clear button allows you to set the values to zero for displayed 
statistics, all statistics for a port, and all statistics for all optical ports on a card. 
Table 17-1 Trunk-Side and Client-Side Optics PM Parameters 
Trunk-Side/Client-Side Optics PM 
Parameters Definition
Laser Bias (Avg,%) Average Laser Bias Current (Laser Bias Avg) is the average 
percentage of laser bias current during the PM time interval.
Laser Bias (Max,%)  Maximum Laser Bias Current (Laser Bias Max) is the maximum 
percentage of laser bias current during the PM time interval.
Laser Bias (Min,%)  Minimum Laser Bias Current (Laser Bias Min) is the minimum 
percentage of laser bias current during the PM time interval.
Link Status Indicates if the Fibre Channel link is receiving a valid Fibre 
Channel signal (carrier) from the attached Fibre Channel device. 
Up means present, and down means not present.
Rx Optical Pwr (Min,dBm) Minimum Receive Optical Power (Rx Optical Pwr Min, dBm) is 
the minimum received optical power during the PM time 
interval.
Rx Optical Pwr (Avg,dBm) Average Receive Optical Power (Rx Optical Pwr Avg, dBm) is 
the average received optical power during the PM time interval.
Rx Optical Pwr (Max,dBm) Maximum Receive Optical Power (Rx Optical Pwr Max, dBm) 
is the maximum received optical power during the PM time 
interval.
Tx Optical Pwr (Min,dBm)
1
1. On the trunk side, this PM is not available for the following cards: TXP_MR_2.5G, TXPP_MR_2.5G, MXP_MR_2.5G, and 
MXPP_MR_2.5G.
Minimum Transmit Optical Power (Tx Optical Pwr Min, dBm) 
is the minimum optical power transmitted during the PM time 
interval. 
Tx Optical Pwr (Avg,dBm)
1
Average Transmit Optical Power (Tx Optical Pwr Avg, dBm) is 
the average optical power transmitted during the PM time 
interval. 
Tx Optical Pwr (Max,dBm)
1
Maximum Transmit Optical Power (Tx Optical Pwr Max, dBm) 
is the maximum optical power transmitted during the PM time 
interval.