Understand Network View (Nodes) tab

Go to Topology menu and click Topology View option. On Topology View window, click Network View (Nodes) tab.

The Network View (Nodes) tab displays a list of all partitions present under NMS root under left hand navigation pane and a graphical representation in the work area.

Under NMS root, do one of the following to view the nodes under a partition:

• In work area, right-click the partition and select Open Partition.
• Select the partition from the navigation pane.
• Select the partition from the drop-down list available in upper right corner of the window.

  

To View Legends select Show legends check box. Legends window is displayed as shown in the following figure:

To view Span Value, perform the following steps to view the span loss value on amplifier TLs:

1. On Topology View window, click Network View (Nodes) tab and select the desired partition.
2. Select button to expand all aggregate links present on Network View (Nodes) tab.

   If the user desires to view the label of a single TL, expand the link between two nodes by using Toggle TL View button and select the desired TL.

3. Select DWDM Nodes with ILA from the drop down menu on Network View (Nodes) tab.
4. Select Show Span Value check box. The span loss value will be displayed on the TLs as shown in the following figure.

   

To view boundary nodes

NOTE: Verify that inter-EMS Topological links are present in NMS. If not, create few inter-EMS topological links by moving the nodes to another EMS i.e. the adjacent nodes are present in another EMS.

Boundary nodes are the nodes that are part of the inter-EMS topological links and are present in the other EMS. For example, consider two EMS(s), EMS-1 and EMS-2. Node A is added in EMS-1 and nodes B and C are added in EMS-2. Nodes A, B and C are in ring such that the topological link between A and B and between A and C are inter-EMS topological links. In the Topology View of EMS-1 partition, verify that the nodes B and C are represented in dark pink color. Verify that the inter-EMS topological link between A and B and nodes A and C are displayed in EMS-1 partition. Verify that the topological link between nodes B and C is not displayed in EMS-1 partition.

To display the boundary nodes in the topology view, do the following steps:

1. Select the Show Boundary Nodes check box.
2. Verify that the boundary nodes are represented in dark pink color.

Fibre View

On Network View (Nodes) tab, you can select from the following views provided in the drop-down menu:

• Fibre View (All)
• SDH/SONET Fibre View
• DWDM Fibre View
• HO Trunk View
• DWDM Nodes with ILA
• OTN Fibre View
• OSC View For DWDM Nodes
• Ethernet Fibre View

NOTE: OSC View For DWDM Nodes option is not supported in this product release.