Cisco DNCS System Release 2.8.1 3.8.1 4.3.1 User Guide

After a SONET ring is saved in the DNCS, you can modify any of its parameters.

1.

On the DNCS Administrative Console, click the DNCS tab.

2.

Click the Network Element Provisioning tab.

3.

Click SONET. The SONET Network List window opens.

4.

Click once on the SONET ring you want to modify.

5.

Click File > Open. The Set Up SONET Network window opens for the SONET ring you selected with

the Basic Parameters tab in the forefront.

6.

Use the following fields when you manage the SONET ring output ports.

Output Port

Select the output port.

In the SONET Network Name area, click on the box to select an output port. A
check mark appears in the box, and the box changes color to yellow.

Important: If the port you want to use is not in the list, you will need to
create the output port.

Create Port

Add an output port to the SONET ring.

Click Create Port to add an output port to the SONET ring, if the output port
does not already exist.

Port Number

Identifies the output port on this SONET ring where it will send data to the
output device. 

Available only if you click Create Port.

You can use up to 5 numeric characters.

Port Type

Type of port on this SONET ring

Select the Output option.

Device Type

The type of output device receiving data from the SONET ring through the
output port you created.

Example: An STA interface or another SONET ring.

Device Name

The name of the output device

The options that appear on this window are dependent on what you selected for the Device Type.
As you finish completing this window, keep in mind that the information being requested is about the
device that will receive data from this SONET ring.

Use the