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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Installation and Operations Guide, R6.0
September 2005
Chapter 10 Manage the Node
NTP-G84 Initiate and Clear Y-Cable and Splitter External Switching Commands
Step 4 Click Yes in the Delete Protection Group dialog box. Confirm that the changes appear.
Step 5 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
NTP-G84 Initiate and Clear Y-Cable and Splitter External
Switching Commands
Note Splitter protection groups are automatically created when you install a TXPP_MR_2.5G or
MXPP_MR_2.5G card.
Step 1 Complete the “DLP-G46 Log into CTC” task on page 2-25. If you are already logged in, continue with
Step 2.
Step 2 To perform a Manual protection switch, complete the “DLP-G178 Apply a Manual Y-Cable or Splitter
Protection Switch” task on page 10-35.
Step 3 To perform a Force protection switch, complete the “DLP-G179 Apply a Force Y-Cable or Splitter
Protection Switch” task on page 10-35.
Step 4 To clear a Force or Manual protection switch, complete the “DLP-G180 Clear a Manual or Force
Y-Cable or Splitter Protection Switch” task on page 10-36.
Step 5 To prevent traffic on a working or protect card from switching to the other card in the pair, complete the
“DLP-G181 Apply a Lock-On” task on page 10-37.
Step 6 To prevent traffic from switching to the protect card, complete the “DLP-G182 Apply a Lockout” task
on page 10-37.
Step 7 To remove a lock-on or lockout and return a protection group to its usual switching method, complete
the “DLP-G183 Clear a Lock-On or Lockout” task on page 10-38.
Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Purpose This procedure describes how to apply and remove Manual and Force
protection switches on Y-cable and splitter protection groups. It also
describes how to apply and remove a Lock On or Lock Out protection
command to a Y-cable protection group.
Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures NTP-G32 Install the Transponder and Muxponder Cards, page 3-43
NTP-G33 Create a Y-Cable Protection Group, page 5-10
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite
Security Level Superuser