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Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, R5.0
September 2005
Chapter 19 DLPs A200 to A299
DLP-A297 Perform a Manual Span Upgrade on an Unprotected Span
b. In the Protection Groups area, click the protection group that contains the card/port you want to
clear.
c. In the Selected Group area, click the card you want to clear.
d. In Switch Commands, choose Clear.
e. Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.
Step 12 Repeat this task for any other spans in the 1+1 linear configuration.
Step 13 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A297 Perform a Manual Span Upgrade on an Unprotected Span
Warning
Do not reach into a vacant slot or chassis while you install or remove a module or a fan. Exposed
circuitry could constitute an energy hazard.
Statement 206
Caution Upgrading unprotected spans will cause all traffic running on those spans to be lost.
Caution Do not perform any other maintenance operations or add any circuits during a span upgrade.
Caution Removing the fiber will cause all traffic on the unprotected span to be lost.
Step 1 Remove the fiber from both endpoint nodes in the span.
Step 2 Remove the OC-N cards from both span endpoints.
Step 3 For both ends of the span, in node view, right-click each OC-N slot and choose Change Card.
Step 4 In the Change Card dialog box, choose the new OC-N type.
Step 5 Click OK.
Step 6 When you have finished Steps 2 through 5 for both nodes, install the new OC-N cards in both endpoints
and attach the fiber to the cards. Wait for the IMPROPRMVL alarm to clear and the cards to become
active.
Purpose This task manually upgrades unprotected spans to a higher OC-N rate.
Tools/Equipment Higher-rate cards
Compatible hardware necessary for the upgrade
Prerequisite Procedures DLP-A60 Log into CTC, page 17-66
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite
Security Level Provisioning or higher
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