Specifications

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Cisco ONS 15454 Product Overview, R3.3
May 2002
Cisco ONS 15454 Product Overview
Cisco Transport Controller
The CTC GUI displays tabs and subtabs. From the tabs you can perform all the
OAM&P tasks, such as provisioning cards, circuits, and rings; creating protection
groups; setting timing parameters; viewing and clearing alarms; provisioning DCCs;
backing up and restoring the database; and troubleshooting, including creating
diagnostic files and performing loopbacks.
Proxy Server Features
The proxy server feature set allows CTC to access ONS 15454s while restricting
unauthorized IP connectivity. It can also be used to reduce the amount of network
provisioning required for external routers and CTC workstations.
The proxy server feature set consists of the following:
• ARP sniffing—Also known as automatic host detection, this feature allows a
CTC workstation on a different subnet than the target ONS 15454 to directly
connect and launch CTC.
• Proxy server—When this feature is enabled, one ONS 15454 will act like a
as a network proxy for other DCC-connected nodes that do not have direct IP
connectivity.
• Firewall—When this feature is enabled, certain IP communications are
restricted between an ONS 15454’s SDCC channels and the TCC+ card’s
Ethernet port. This prevents CTC workstations from using the ONS 15454’s
SDCC communication path to access other workstations on the data
communications network.
Password Security
CTC employs password complexity rules to enhance login security, including the
following rules:
• The user ID and password cannot be identical, nor can the password contain
the user ID sequence of characters.
• Newly created passwords must comply with Telcordia GR-815, which
requires that passwords be at least 6 characters long, and contain at least one
alphabetic character, one numeric character, and one special character (+, #,
or %). CTC will display a warning for previously created passwords that do
not meet these requirements but permits the user to continue.