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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Installation and Operations Guide, R6.0
September 2005
Chapter 3      Turn Up a Node
Before You Begin
6. NTP-G27 Set Up the ONS 15454 for Firewall Access, page 3-23—Continue with this procedure to 
provision the IP address, default router, subnet mask, and network configuration settings.
7. NTP-G132 Provision OSI, page 3-25—Continue with this procedure if the ONS 15454 will be 
installed in networks with third-party, Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)-based network elements 
(NEs).
8. NTP-G28 Set Up SNMP, page 3-35—Complete this procedure if Simple Network Management 
Protocol (SNMP) will be used for network monitoring.
9. NTP-G29 Preprovision a Slot, page 3-37—Complete this procedure to preprovision the ONS 15454 
slots. 
10. NTP-G30 Install the DWDM Cards, page 3-39—Complete this procedure to install the DWDM 
cards, including the OSCM, OSC-CSM, 32WSS, OPT-BST, OPT-PRE, 32-MUX-O, 32-DMX-O, 
and 32DMX.
11. NTP-G31 Install the DWDM Dispersion Compensating Units, page 3-41—Complete this procedure 
to install a dispersion compensating unit (DCU).
12. NTP-G32 Install the Transponder and Muxponder Cards, page 3-43—Complete this procedure to 
install transponder (TXP) and muxponder (MXP) cards.
13. NTP-G123 Install the Filler Cards, page 3-47—Complete this procedure to install ONS 15454 filler 
cards.
14. NTP-G34 Install Fiber-Optic Cables on DWDM Cards and DCUs, page 3-48—Complete this 
procedure, as needed, to install the fiber-optic cables on the DWDM cards.
15. NTP-G140 Install Fiber-Optic Cables Between a Terminal, Hub, or ROADM Node and the 
Transponder Cards, page 3-72—Complete this procedure, as needed, to connect TXP cards to a 
terminal, hub, or reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexing (ROADM) node.
16. NTP-G141 Install Fiber-Optic Cables for Y-Cable Protection Modules, page 3-79—Complete this 
procedure, as needed, to connect fiber-optic cables to Y-cable modules from TXP cards and the 
client signal.
17. NTP-G36 Calculate Cable Connections, page 3-80—Complete this procedure to calculate the 
DWDM cable connections.
18. NTP-G138 Import a Cisco MetroPlanner Configuration File, page 3-82—Complete this procedure 
next.
19. NTP-G37 Run Automatic Node Setup, page 3-83—Complete this procedure next.
20. NTP-G38 Provision OSC Terminations, page 3-84—Complete this procedure next.
21. NTP-G39 Verify OSCM and OSC-CSM Transmit Power, page 3-86—Complete this procedure next.