Cisco Cisco Prime Optical 9.3

Support for CPT System 

Prime Optical adds support for Carrier Packet Transport (CPT) System, a 
Carrier Ethernet-based crossponder solution used as an access or aggregation 
device. CPT System enables smooth and efficient transition from time-division 
multiplexing (TDM) networks to packet transport networks. CPT System is an 
integrated packet transport platform that enables you to deploy new packet 
transport networks.

CPT System is displayed as “PT System” in the Prime Optical user 
interface. 

CPT System supports the following software features:

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

Multiprotocol Label Switching-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP)

Ethernet Virtual Circuit (EVC)

Pseudowire (PW)

Quality of service (QoS)

In Prime Optical 9.3.1, the CPT-200 and CPT-600 platforms are 
managed as ONS 15454 SONET/ONS 15454 SDH NEs.

Support for MPLS-TP 

Prime Optical adds support for MPLS-TP. MPLS-TP is the technology that 
enables MPLS to be deployed in a transport network and operated in a manner 
similar to that of existing transport technologies. It extends MPLS to support 
packet transport services with a degree of predictability similar to that found in 
existing transport networks.

MPLS-TP technology extends the strength of the network core to the edge of 
the network, particularly in mobile backhaul and optical transport networks.

Support for creating, viewing, and 
managing MPLS-TP tunnels

Prime Optical supports creating, viewing, and managing MPLS-TP tunnels. 
MPLS-TP tunnels are provisioned manually at their endpoints across the 
network. An MPLS-TP tunnel consists of a pair of unidirectional tunnels 
providing a bidirectional LSP. Each unidirectional tunnel can be protected with 
an LSP that activates automatically upon failure.

You can perform the following operations:

Create MPLS-TP tunnels using the Create MPLS-TP Tunnel Circuit 
wizard.

View and manage MPLS-TP tunnels using the TP Tunnel Service table.

Support for creating, viewing, and 
managing pseudowires

Prime Optical supports creating, viewing, and managing pseudowires. 
Pseudowire is the emulation of services over the MPLS network. It is a 
technique to transport any kind of payload over the MPLS network.

You can perform the following operations:

Create pseudowires using the Create Pseudowire Circuit wizard.

View and manage pseudowires using the Pseudowire table.