Course Information

About this course:

This course will provide you the skills to deploy advanced features of the Cisco Optical Networking Services (ONS) 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) and Cisco Network Convergence System (Cisco NCS) 2000 Series.

The course will also teach you to create network topologies and advanced network topologies using the Cisco Transport Planner Design Tool. You will also learn to use advanced dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) features such as G.709 encapsulation, quality of service (QoS), crossponder networks using T1 over Ethernet, generic framing protocol G.7041, Layer 1 circuits, and encryption.

Course Objective:

You will have the following skills after taking this course:

• Perform the ONS 15454 MSTP node turn-up procedure
• Describe the Any-Rate Muxponder Crossponder (AR MXP/XP) cards
• Describe how the Pseudo Command Line can be used to configure muxponder cards
• Identify the advantages G.709 encapsulation brings to optical transponder cards
• Install and provision the Any Rate cards
• Describe the 100-Gbps and 200-Gbps cards
• Describe the Cisco NCS 2000 400-Gbps Xponder line card and how it is configured
• Describe first generation mesh topologies
• Describe the Optical Channel Network Connection (OCHNC) prerequisite requirements for provisioning circuits in an ONS 15454 MSTP network
• List the 10GE_XP and GE_XP card options
• Describe ingress policing and basic egress queuing strategies, and implement the customer QoS scheme into the ONS 15454 crossponder network
• Identify the principles of Ethernet related to the operation of Cisco optical networking products
• Configure the 10GE_XP/XPE and GE_XP/XPE cards, install Layer 1 circuits, and read the performance counters for Layer 1 Gigabit Ethernet circuits
• Describe the ONS MSTP advanced protocols
• Describe the OCHNC circuit provisioning for Single Module (SM) Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) rings
• Describe the SM ROADM (SMR)-based configurations
• Describe the 10-Gbps transponder and muxponder cards
• Turn up an encrypted network and test to ensure that information being passed is secure
• Add a node to an existing DWDM ring
• Describe problems with interconnecting circuits between rings, the ONS 15454 MSTP 80-channel manual Multiring feature, and hardware components
• Describe the ONS 15454 MSTP Troubleshooting Guide

Audience:

• Solution designers
• Network administrators
• System installers, integrators, and administrators

Prerequisite:

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

• Basic knowledge of data network principles
• Basic knowledge of optical transport and protocols

These are the recommended Cisco courses that may help you meet these prerequisites:

• Cisco Optical Technology Intermediate (OPT200) course
• Cisco Fundamentals of Fiber Optics Technology (FFOT) course