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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Installation and Operations Guide, R6.0
August 2005
Appendix D      Network Element Defaults
D.2 ANSI Platform Defaults
Line Switched Ring [BLSR] or multiplex section-shared protection ring [MS-SPRing] reversion time, 
BLSR/MS-SPRing ring revertive, BLSR/MS-SPRing span reversion time, BLSR/MS-SPRing span 
revertive), which apply to subsequent provisioning.
Note Changing some NE defaults can cause CTC disconnection or a reboot of the node in order for 
the default to take effect. Before you change a default, check in the Side Effects column of the 
Defaults editor (right-click a column header and select Show Column > Side Effects) and be 
prepared for the occurrence of any side effects listed for that default.
D.2 ANSI Platform Defaults
The following sections give the NE defaults for the ONS 15454 ANSI platform. To see defaults for the 
ONS 15454 ETSI platform, see the “D.3 ETSI Platform Defaults” section on page D-57.
D.2.1 ANSI Card Default Settings
The tables in this section list the default settings for each DWDM, TXP, and MXP card. For all other 
cards, including electrical, optical, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference 
Manual. 
Cisco provides user-configurable defaults for the Cisco ONS 15454 cards, including:
• Soak Time—All cards. The length of time that elapses between an automaticInService (AINS) port 
receiving a valid signal and when it automatically changes to in-service status. 
• Port State—All cards. Sets the port to one of the four available states (IS, OOS, OOS_MT, or 
IS_AINS), depending on whether you need ports in or out of service.
• SF BER Level—TXP and MXP cards. Defines the signal fail (SF) bit error rate (BER).
• SD BER Level—TXP and MXP cards. Defines the signal degrade (SD) BER.
• Enable Sync Messages—MXP cards. Enables synchronization status messages (SSM) (S1 byte), 
which allow the node to choose the best timing source. 
• Send Do Not Use—TXP and MXP cards. Sends a do not use (DUS) message on the S1 byte when 
enabled. 
• Payload Type—TXP and MXP cards. Defines the type of client signal.
• Termination Mode—TXP and MXP cards. Defines the type of termination (line, section, or 
transparent).
• ALS Mode—TXP and MXP cards. Sets the automatic laser shutdown (ALS) feature to one of four 
available states (disabled, auto restart, manual restart, manual restart for test).
• ALS Recovery Interval—TXP and MXP cards. Sets the automatic laser shutdown recovery time 
interval.
• ALS Recovery Pulse Width—TXP and MXP cards. Sets the automatic laser shutdown recovery 
pulse signal width.
• FEC—TXP and MXP cards. Enables or disables the forward error correction (FEC) monitoring on 
the optical transport network.
• G.709 OTN—TXP and MXP cards. Enables or disables the ITU-T G.709 monitoring on the optical 
transport network.