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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Installation and Operations Guide, R6.0
September 2005
Chapter 11      Change DWDM Card Settings
DLP-G212 Change Optical Channel Parameters for the 32WSS Card
Step 3 Modify any of the settings described in Table 11-20. The provisionable parameters are listed in the 
options column in the table.
Table 11-20 32WSS Optical Channel Parameter Settings
Parameter Description Options
Port (Display only) Shows the port number. Each 
optical channel (wavelength) has two logical 
ports. However, only one is active at a time 
depending on the operating mode provisioned 
for the port on the card view Maintenance tab: 
either Add Drop or Pass Through.
Ports 1 through 32 (RX) are assigned to optical 
channels configured as Add Channels. Ports 33 
through 64 (PT) are assigned to optical channels 
configured as Pass-Through channels. 
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Port Name Allows a logical name to be assigned for each of 
the port.
User-defined. Name can be up to 32 alphanumeric/special 
characters. Blank by default. Double-click, enter the 
name, and press Enter.
See the “DLP-G104 Assign a Name to a Port” task on 
page 7-10.
Admin State Sets the port service state unless network 
conditions prevent the change. For more 
information about administrative states, see 
Appendix C, “DWDM Administrative and 
Service States.”
From the drop-down list, choose one of the following:
• IS/Unlocked
• IS,AINS/Unlocked,automaticInService
• OOS,DSBLD/Locked,disabled
• OOS,MT/Locked,maintenance
Service State (Display only) Identifies the autonomously 
generated state that gives the overall condition 
of the port. Service states appear in the format: 
Primary State-Primary State Qualifier, 
Secondary State. For more information about 
service states, see Appendix C, “DWDM 
Administrative and Service States.”
• IS-NR/Unlocked-enabled
• OOS-AU,AINS/Unlocked-disabled,automaticInService
• OOS-MA,DSBLD/Locked-enabled,disabled
• OOS-MA,MT/Locked-enabled,maintenance
Line Direction (Display only) Displays the line direction 
associated with the port. The parameter is 
automatically configured during ANS. 
From the drop-down list, choose one of the following:
• East to West
• West to East
Type (Display only) Port type
• Add
• Passthrough
Power (Display only) Power value read by the 
photodiode located after the VOA associated to 
the port, and calibrated to the COM_TX port. 
For more information, see the “16.7.6 32WSS 
Card” section on page 16-76 and the 
“B.4.15 32WSS Card Specifications” section 
on page B-32.
Numeric value (dB)