Cisco Systems 15454M6DC User Manual
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Cisco ONS 15454 Installation and Operations Guide
November 2001
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Circuits and Tunnels
This chapter explains how to create and administer Cisco ONS 15454 circuits and tunnels, which
includes:
includes:
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Creating standard STS and VT1.5 circuits
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Creating VT tunnels
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Creating multiple drop circuits
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Creating monitor circuits
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Editing UPSR circuits
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Creating path traces to monitor traffic
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Reviewing ONS 15454 cross-connect card capacities
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Creating DCC tunnels to tunnel third-party equipment through ONS 15454 networks
6.1 Circuits Overview
You can create STS and VT1.5 circuits across and within ONS 15454 nodes and assign different
attributes to circuits, for example:
attributes to circuits, for example:
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Create one-way, two-way, or broadcast circuits.
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Assign user-defined names to circuits.
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Assign different circuit sizes. STS circuits can be STS-1, STS-3c, STS-12c, STS-48c, or STS-192c.
Ethernet circuits can be STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, or STS-12c. (To create Ethernet circuits see the
Ethernet circuits can be STS-1, STS-3c, STS-6c, or STS-12c. (To create Ethernet circuits see the
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Route circuits automatically or manually.
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Automatically create multiple circuits.
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Require the circuit path to be fully protected.
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Require protected source and destination cards and ports.
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Define a secondary circuit source or destination that allows you to interoperate an ONS 15454
unidirectional path switched ring (UPSR) with third-party equipment UPSRs.
unidirectional path switched ring (UPSR) with third-party equipment UPSRs.