Cisco ONS 15454 SDH - Displaying the FPGA Information

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Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R8.0
Chapter 2 CTC Operations
Displaying the FPGA Information
information. For information on specific alarms, refer to the “Alarm Troubleshooting” chapter of the
Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide or the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Troubleshooting Guide for
detailed information.
To view the window, click the Provisioning > Alarm Profiles tabs for the Ethernet and POS port alarm
profile information.
Displaying the FPGA Information
CTC displays information for the field programmable gate array (FPGA) on the ML-Series card. Click
the Maintenance > Info tabs to display this window.
The FPGA on the ML100T-12, ML100X-8 and ML1000-2 provides the interface and buffering between
the card’s network processor and the SONET/SDH cross-connect. FPGA Image Version 3.x supports
HDLC framing, and FPGA Image Version 4.x supports GFP-F Framing. Both images support virtual
concatenation (VCAT). In Release 5.0 and later, the correct FPGA is automatically loaded when the
framing mode is changed by the user.
Note ML-Series cards manufactured prior to Software Release 4.6 need an updated version of the FPGA to
support VCAT.
Caution Do not attempt to use current FPGA images with an earlier CTC software release.
Provisioning SONET/SDH Circuits
CTC provisions and edits STS/STM level circuits for the two virtual SONET/SDH ports of the
ML-Series card in the same manner as it provisions other ONS 15454 SONET/SDH OC-N cards. The
ONS 15454 ML-Series card supports both contiguous concatenation (CCAT) and virtual concatenation
(VCAT) circuits.
For step-by-step instructions to configure an ML-Series card SONET CCAT or VCAT circuit, refer to
the “Create Circuits and VT Tunnels” chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide. For
step-by-step instructions to configure an ML-Series card SDH CCAT or VCAT circuit, refer to the
“Create Circuits and Tunnels” chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Procedure Guide. For more general
information on VCAT circuits, refer to the “Circuits and Tunnels” chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454
Reference Manual or the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Reference Manual.
J1 Path Trace
The J1 Path Trace is a repeated, fixed-length string comprised of 64 consecutive J1 bytes. You can use
the string to monitor interruptions or changes to SONET/SDH circuit traffic. For information on J1 Path
Trace, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual or the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH Reference
Manual.