Specifications

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Cisco ONS 15454 Installation and Operations Guide, R3.2
March 2002
Chapter 9 Ethernet Operation
E Series Circuit Configurations
Step 4 Under Card Mode, verify that Multi-card EtherSwitch Group is checked.
Step 5 If Multi-card EtherSwitch Group is not checked, check it and click Apply.
Step 6 Display the node view.
Step 7 Repeat Steps 2 – 6 for all other Ethernet cards in the ONS 15454 that will carry the shared packet ring.
Step 8 Navigate to the other ONS 15454 endpoint.
Step 9 Repeat Steps 2 – 7.
Step 10 Click the Circuits tab and click Create.
The Circuit Creation (Circuit Attributes) dialog box opens.
Step 11 In the Name field, type a name for the circuit.
Step 12 From the Type pull-down menu, choose STS.
Note The VT and VT Tunnel types do not apply to Ethernet circuits.
Step 13 From the Size pull-down menu, choose the size of the circuit.
For shared packet ring Ethernet, valid circuit sizes are STS-1, STS-3c, and STS-6c.
Step 14 Verify that the Bidirectional checkbox is checked.
Note If you are building a shared packet ring configuration, you must manually provision the circuits.
Step 15 Click Next.
The Circuit Creation (Circuit Source) dialog box opens.
Step 16 From the Node menu, choose the circuit source.
Any shared packet ring node can serve as the circuit source.
Step 17 Choose Ethergroup from the Slot menu and click Next.
The Circuit Creation (Circuit Destination) dialog box opens.
Step 18 Choose the circuit destination from the Node menu.
Step 19 Except for the source node, any shared packet ring node can serve as the circuit destination.
Step 20 Choose Ethergroup from the Slot menu and click Next.
The Circuit Creation (Circuit VLAN Selection) dialog box opens.
Step 21 Create the VLAN:
a. Click the New VLAN tab.
The Circuit Creation (Define New VLAN) dialog box opens (Figure 9-14).