Building Multiservice Transport Networks By Jim Durkin, John Goodman, Ron Harris, Frank Fernandez-Posse, Michael Rezek, Mike Wallace Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: July 13, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 1-58705-220-2 Print ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-220-0 Pages: 576 Table of Contents | Index A comprehensive handbook for understanding, designing, and deploying multiservice network architecture and applications Design, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot ONS 15454 applications and services Learn SONET/SDH and DWDM fundamentals Understand Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) network architectures that support Ethernet, storage area networking, wavelength, and DWDM transport applications Extend your MSPP with Cisco storage solutions A new generation of SONET and DWDM systems providing the functions of multiple network elements in a single platform has emerged This new platform is called a Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) MSPPs are a popular solution for building new networks and upgrading existing networks to take advantage of new services and integration of voice and data Cisco Systems provides an MSPP product, the ONS 15454, for both service provider and enterprise networks Cisco Systems is the market leader in MSPP technology in North America More than 1,000 Cisco customers use the ONS 15454 MSPP in their networks and over 40,000 ONS 15454s have shipped, creating a need for accurate, comprehensive technical information for users to understand and maximize the potential of this MSPP product Building Multiservice Transport Networks will become an indispensable reference for Cisco customers and constituents who are deploying MSPP solutions Building Multiservice Transport Networks teaches all facets of MSPP networks in an easy-to-understand manner and from both the service provider and enterprise perspective It provides the background material necessary for readers to learn key aspects of SONET, SDH, DWDM, Ethernet, and storage networking, and does so through network diagrams, application examples, design guidelines, and detailed configurations Building Multiservice Transport Networks By Jim Durkin, John Goodman, Ron Harris, Frank Fernandez-Posse, Michael Rezek, Mike Wallace Publisher: Cisco Press Pub Date: July 13, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 1-58705-220-2 Print ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-220-0 Pages: 576 Table of Contents | Index Copyright About the Authors Acknowledgments Icons Used in This Book Introduction Part I: Building the Foundation for Understanding MSPP Networks Chapter 1 Market Drivers for Multiservice Provisioning Platforms Market Drivers Summary Chapter 2 Technology Foundation for MSPP Networks What Is an MSPP Network? Fiber Optic Basics SONET/SDH Principles SONET Overhead Synchronization and Timing Summary Chapter 3 Advanced Technologies over Multiservice Provisioning Platforms Storage DWDM Ethernet Summary Part II: Designing MSPP Networks Chapter 4 Multiservice Provisioning Platform Architectures Traditional Service-Provider Network Architectures Traditional Customer Network Architectures MSPP Positioning in Service-Provider Network Architectures MSPP Positioning in Customer Network Architectures Summary Chapter 5 Multiservice Provisioning Platform Network Design MSPP Network Design Methodology MSPP Network Topologies Summary Chapter 6 MSPP Network Design Example: Cisco ONS 15454 ONS 15454 Shelf Assembly EIAs Timing, Communications, and Control Cards Cross-Connect Cards Alarm Interface Controller Card SONET/SDH Optical Interface Cards Ethernet Interface Cards Electrical Interface Cards Storage Networking Cards MSPP Network Design Case Study Summary Part III: Deploying Ethernet and Storage Services on ONS 15454 MSPP Networks Chapter 7 ONS 15454 Ethernet Applications and Provisioning ONS 15454 E-Series Interface Cards ONS 15454 G-Series Interface Cards ONS 15454 CE-Series Interface Cards ONS 15454 ML-Series Interface Cards Summary Chapter 8 ONS 15454 Storage-Area Networking SAN Review A Single-Chassis SAN Extension Solution: ONS 15454 Storage over Wavelength Storage over SONET SAN Protection Summary Part IV: Building DWDM Networks Using the ONS 15454 Chapter 9 Using the ONS 15454 Platform to Support DWDM Transport: MSTP ONS 15454 Shelf Assembly Timing, Communications, and Control Cards Optical Service Channel Module OSC-CSM Alarm Interface Controller Card ONS 15454 MSTP DWDM ITU-T Channel Plan 32-Channel Multiplexer Cards 32-Channel Demultiplexer Cards Four-Channel Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Cards Four-Band OADM Filters One-Band OADM Filters Channel OADM Cards ONS 15454 MSTP ROADM ONS 15454 MSTP Transponder/Muxponder Interfaces ONS 15454 MSTP Optical Amplifiers ONS 15454 MSTP Dispersion Compensation Unit ONS 15454 MSTP Supported Network Configurations Summary Chapter 10 Designing ONS 15454 MSTP Networks ONS 15454 MSTP DWDM Design Considerations ONS 15454 MSTP DWDM Design Rules Examples ONS 15454 MSTP Manual DWDM Design Example ONS 15454 MSTP MetroPlanner Design Tool Summary Chapter 11 Using the ONS 15454 MSTP to Provide Wavelength Services Types of Wavelength Services Wavelength Services Protection Options Implementing Wavelength Services on the ONS 15454 MSTP Managing Wavelength Services on the ONS 15454 MSTP Summary Part V: Provisioning and Troubleshooting ONS 15454 Networks Chapter 12 Provisioning and Operating an ONS 15454 SONET/SDH Network Turning Up the ONS 15454 Operating and Supporting an MSPP Network Summary Chapter 13 Troubleshooting ONS 15454 Networks Resources to Troubleshoot the ONS 15454 Locating the Problem and Gathering Details Using CTC Possible Causes to Common Issues Summary Part VI: MSPP Network Management Chapter 14 Monitoring Multiple Services on a Multiservice Provisioning Platform Network MSPP Fault Management MSPP Performance Management Using Local Craft Interface Application Versus EMS Summary Chapter 15 Large-Scale Network Management Overview of Management Layers Why Use an EMS? 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IOF MPLS VPNs scratched connectors SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) SD (signal degrade) 2nd 3rd SDCC (Section Data Communications Channel) SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) 2nd digital multiplexing/framing equipment ONS 15454 CE-Series Ethernet interface cards optical interface cards overview of rates/tributary mapping synchronization timing wavelength services Section Data Communications Channel (SDCC) sections, SONET/SDH transmissions security MPLS VPNs ONS 15454 selecting timing references serial numbers, retrieving servers Service Management Layer (SML) service-level agreements (SLAs) 2nd service-provider management services 2nd drops DWDM Ethernet high-bandwidth MPLS VPNs provisioning SAN SF (Signal Fail) LEDs SF (single failure) SF (Superframe) SFP (small form factor pluggable) 2nd shared packet ring (SPR) sharing bandwidth Shelf Assembly (ONS 15454) 2nd drops installing show cdp neighbors command show running-config command signal degrade (SD) 2nd 3rd Signal Fail (SF) LEDs signals EDFAs higher-rate ONS 15454 troubleshooting Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) single failure (SF) Single-card EtherSwitch mode single-mode fiber (SMF) SL-Series FC/FICON interface cards SLAs (service-level agreements) 2nd Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) small form factor pluggable (SFP) 2nd SMB (Sub-Miniature B) EIA SMF (single-mode fiber) SML (Service Management Layer) SNA (Systems Network Architecture) SNCP (subnetwork connection protection) Snell's Law (index of refraction) SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) software activation downloads reversion TCCs upgrading 2nd SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th digital multiplexing/framing equipment ONS 15454 CE-Series Ethernet optical interface cards overhead channels overview of rates/tributary mapping SAN synchronization timing transport networks wavelength services Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) sparing (card) spatial reuse, RPR SPE (Synchronous Payload Envelope) splitting wavelengths SPR (shared packet ring) SSM (synchronization status messaging) standby (STBY) state status, messaging STBY (standby) state STM (Synchronous Transport Module) storage storage-area networks [See SANs (storage-area networks).] STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) stripping wavelength STS-1 frames STSs (Synchronous Transfer Signals) 2nd Sub-Miniature B (Sub-Miniature) EIA subnetwork connection protection (SNCP) subrate channels, transporting Superframe (SF) suppressing alarms switches ESCON FC PBX protection SANs Switching Layer switching, APS synchronization networks 2nd SONET/SDH status messaging synchronization status messaging (SSM) synchronous data replication Synchronous Digital Hierarchy [See SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy).] Synchronous Envelope Payload (SPE) Synchronous Optical Network [See SONET (Synchronous Optical Network).] Synchronous Transfer Signals (STSs) 2nd Synchronous Transport Module (STM) Systems Network Architecture (SNA) Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] tables, alarms TAC (Technical Assistance Center) TAPs (test access points) TCA (Threshold Crossing Alert) 2nd TCC2 (Advanced Timing Communications and Control) card 2nd TCCs (Timing, Communications, and Control) cards 2nd 3rd 4th TCO (total cost of ownership) 2nd TDM (time-division multiplexing) interfaces private MSPPs Technical Assistance Center (TAC) telecommunications management network (TMN) TEMS (Transport Element Activation Manager) terminals frame ground 2nd loopbacks RET1/BAT1 termination, DCCs test access points (TAPs) testing, acceptance Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) 2nd thresholds monitoring RMON through timing time-division frames time-division multiplexing [See TDM (timedivision multiplexing).] timing GPS SONET/SDH Timing Communications and Control 2 (TCC2) 2nd timing design 2nd Timing, Communications, and Control [See TCCs (Timing, Communications, and Control) cards.] TIRKS (Trunk Integrated Record Keeping System) TL1 (Transaction Language 1) TMN (telecommunications management network) tolerance, OSNR too-high light levels tools, troubleshooting topologies BLSR Layer 2 bandwidth linear MSPP BLSR linear mesh networks ring-to-ring interconnect subtending rings 2nd subtending shelves UPSR ring ToS (Type of Service) total cost of ownership [See TCO (total cost of ownership).] traditional DRI traditional Ethernet services traffic fiber optics multicast routes Transaction Language 1 (TL1) Transparent mode (GFP) Transport Element Activation Manager (TEMS) Transport Layer transport networks DWDM ONS 15454 ML-Series SONET transporting subrate channels traps, SNMP tributary mapping troubleshooting 2nd alarms cabling card LEDs circuits conditions connections maintenance 2nd ONS 15454 optical links power round-trip delay signals Trunk Integrated Record Keeping System (TIRKS) trunks Type of Service (ToS) types of optical fiber Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] UBIC (Universal Backplane Interface Connector) UDCs (user data channels) 2nd UNI (User-to-Network Interface) ports unidirectional path switched ring [See UPSR (unidirectional path switched ring).] Universal Backplane Interface Connector (UBIC) Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) upgrading software 2nd UPSR (unidirectional path switched ring) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th user data channels (UDCs) 2nd User-to-Network Interface (UNI) ports users, security UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] Variable Bindings variable optical attenuators [See VOAs (variable optical attenuators).] VCAT (virtual concatenation) rates RPR VCG (VCAT Group) VCI (virtual channel identifier) verification, RPR video bandwidth virtual channel identifier (VCI) virtual concatenated [See VCAT (virtual concatenation).] virtual LAN (VLAN) virtual path identifier (VPI) Virtual Private Network (VPN) Virtual Tributary (VT) 2nd virtual tributary group (VTG) virtual wire operation VLAN (virtual LAN) VOAs (variable optical attenuators) 2nd 3rd voice, bandwidth VoIP (Voice over IP) 2nd voltage AIC-I cards monitoring VPI (virtual path identifier) VPN (Virtual Private Network) VT (Virtual Tributary) 2nd VTG (virtual tributary group) Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] WANs (wide-area networks) 2nd waste of bandwidth wavelength 2nd DWDM [See DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing).] private MSPPs splitting storage over WDM (wavelength-division multiplexing) wizards L2 Service Wizard Layer 2 Ethernet Wizard WKSWPR (Working Switched to Protection) Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] XC (cross-connect) cards 2nd 3rd XCVT (Cross-Connect Virtual Tributary) Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] Y-cable protection 2nd ... 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