Admin Status

Allows you to select the administrative status of the port.

• Up: Sets the interface in service.
• Down: Sets the interface out of service.

Down

• Up
• Down

Alarm Reporting Status

Allows you to select the alarm reporting status of the interface.

• Report: Reports alarms raised on the interface on Active alarms pane.
• No-Report: Reports alarms raised on the interface on Suppressed alarms pane.

Alarm Reporting Status for VCG is editable for CEL-3, CEF-5, HCPSLine01, and HCPULine01 cards.

Report

• Report
• No-Report

LCAS Support

LCAS support on the VCG interface.

• Enable: Traffic is not disrupted when a cross-connect in one of the node is not functional.
• Disable: The entire VCG interface goes down when a single cross-connect in the interface is not functional.

Enable

• Enable
• Disable

Remove Channels with MND

• Enable: Removes only the channel with exceeded differential delay.
• Disable: The entire VCG is down if any one member has exceeded differential delay.

Disable

• Enable
• Disable

Framing Type

The framing standards for Ethernet over SDH as chosen while configuring the ETH card.

GFP-F

GFP-F

Maximum Differential Delay (ms)

Displays the maximum difference allowed for delay in the frames in terms of milli-seconds.

63

0-64

CRC Type

The CRC type. This field is not configurable.

• CRC-16: Configures VCG for CRC-16 type.
• CRC-32: Configures VCG for CRC-32 type.

CRC-32

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VCAT

Indicates if the VC Group is provisioned to enable or disable virtual concatenation (VCAT).

• Enable: VCAT is enabled.
• Disable: VCAT is disabled.

Enable

• Enable
• Disable

Operating Granularity

Granularity of the signals as chosen while configuring the card.

VC-4

• VC3
• VC4
• VC12

Payload FCS

Adds FCS.

• Enable: Allows the addition of the payload FCS as specified in GFP.
• Disable: Does not allow the addition of payload FCS as specified in GFP.

It is recommended to keep the Payload FCS enabled.

Enable

• Enable
• Disable

Ignore RDI in LFE

Ignores the extra RDI generated by Ethernet cards in a uni-directional protection scheme.

Disable

• Enable
• Disable

Threshold Enable for 15min/1-Day Interval

Performance monitoring thresholds for 15 minutes and 1 day intervals.

• Disable: Does not allow thresholds to be defined for 15 minute or 1 day interval.
• Default Profile: Select to associate the default profile assigned to the interface.

Disable

• Disable
• Default Profile

VCG Circuit Identifier

Enter the identifier for the VCG interface.

Tejas Networks.

Up to 40 alphanumeric characters

Number of Channels

The number of channels configured for the group. This parameter is not configurable.

0 (0 Mbps)

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