Add OTN TL

Perform the following steps to create OTN topological link:

1. Go to Topology menu and click Topology View option. Topology View window is displayed.
2. Click Network View (Nodes) tab and select the desired partition from the left hand pane.
3. Select the two desired nodes by using CTRL button (nodes get highlighted in pink upon selection).

   The node you select first becomes the Source Node and the second becomes the Destination Node.

4. Click (Create Topological Link). Create Topological Links window is displayed.
5. Select TL Type as OTN and its Capacity as desired from the drop-down list.
6. Select the Source Port and the Destination Port on the source and destination nodes respectively from the drop down list. Enter the values in remaining fields as desired. For more information refer Create Topological Links parameters table in section Create Topological Link.

   

7. Click OK. TopoLogical Link Creation Request Sent message is displayed.
8. Click OK. The OTN TL is represented as solid green line under Network View (Nodes) tab. If an OTN TL has OTU2e capacity, it will be indicated with an OTU2e label against the solid green line.