Provisioning General Communication Channel (GCC)

The General Communication Channel (GCC) is an in-band side channel used to carry transmission management and signaling information within optical transport nodes.

Perform the steps given below to provision GCC (General Communication Channel).

Click Configuration > DCN > Network interface in the navigation pane. The Network interface configuration preview pane is displayed.
Click on the Provision GCC link. The Provision GCC Page is displayed.
Select or enter value for the parameters. For more information, refer to the Provision GCC Page parameters table given below.
Click Submit. Edit Network interface provisioning preview pane is displayed.
Select or enter value for the desired editable parameters. For more information, refer to Edit Network interface provisioning parameters table in the topic Editing Network interface provisioning.
Click Submit. A confirmation message is displayed.
Click Accept Valid Modifications. A 'Successfully Modified' message is displayed.

Provision GCC Page parameters

Parameter	Description	Default Value	Acceptable Value
Port	Allows you to select the port used for the GCC. NOTE: In case of HCPSLine22 card in "10x10G SDH Flexi" mode, GCC is not supported on the ports with TTM enable. Ports with TTM disable supports only SDH DCN. In Muxponder mode, GCC is supported only on OTU4 port and not on client ports.	OTU4/2/1/2e-1-N-M	OTU4/2/1/2e-1-N-M where N is the slot number in which the card is placed and M is the port number.
GCC Bytes	Allows you to select the byte used for the general communication channel.	gcc0_disable	gcc0_disable gcc0 gcc1 gcc2 gcc1_gcc2 gcc_4MBPS
GCC Path	Allows you to select a ODUk level object only if GCC is carried over gcc1, gcc2, gcc1_gcc2, or gcc_4MBPS bytes.	--	--

Parameter

Description

Default Value

Acceptable Value

Port

Allows you to select the port used for the GCC.

NOTE: In case of HCPSLine22 card in "10x10G SDH Flexi" mode, GCC is not supported on the ports with TTM enable. Ports with TTM disable supports only SDH DCN. In Muxponder mode, GCC is supported only on OTU4 port and not on client ports.

OTU4/2/1/2e-1-N-M

OTU4/2/1/2e-1-N-M where N is the slot number in which the card is placed and M is the port number.

GCC Bytes

Allows you to select the byte used for the general communication channel.

gcc0_disable

gcc0_disable
gcc0
gcc1
gcc2
gcc1_gcc2
gcc_4MBPS

GCC Path

Allows you to select a ODUk level object only if GCC is carried over gcc1, gcc2, gcc1_gcc2, or gcc_4MBPS bytes.