Troubleshooting Guide

Ensure that you have an East to West configuration around the ring.
Note: It is a recommended best practice to consider the optical trunk card furthest to the right in the
shelf as the East fiber, and the optical trunk card furthest to the left in the shelf as the West fiber.
In the previous lab setup we connect:
Slot 13 Node3 to Slot 5 Node4♦
Slot 13 Node4 to Slot 5 Node1♦
In each case, it is a recommended best practice to connect only the Tx fibers and check the light levels
before you connect the Rx fibers. Rx levels can be found in the Card Reference section of the Cisco
ONS 15454 Reference Guide, Release 3.4.
2.
Re−launch CTC
Shut down and re−launch the CTC application.
Note: At this point it is normal to see Unequipped Path (UNEQ−P) alarms on the optical cards at Node1 and
Node3 adjacent to the new Node4.
From the Network view, the new node is visible: