Add ODUk channel

TJ5500 allows you to channelize OTU2/OTU4 ports on cards supporting OTN mode. The OTU2 port can be channelized into 8 ODU0j or 4ODU1j (combination is supported). The OTU4 port can be channelized into 80 ODU0j or 40 ODU1j or 10 ODU2j or 9 ODU2ej (combination is supported). The capacity of 1 ODU0j channel is 1.25G, 1 ODU1j channel is 2.5G, 1 ODU2j is 10G and 1 ODU2ej is 10GE-LAN.

Perform the following steps to channelize an OTU2/OTU4 port:

1. Go to Configuration > Layer 1 menu and click Manage L1 Ports option. Manage Ports page is displayed.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Select Node check box and enter the IP address of the desired node in IP text box provided.
   • Enter the name of the desired node in IP text box provided.
3. Click (Search Nodes). Shelf(s) and cards of the selected node are listed under Node Tree pane.
4. Click Ports drop-down under desired card and select OTU2/OTU4 port under Node Tree pane.
5. Click ODU CHANNEL DETAILS tab. No Records Found. will be displayed under OTN ODU Logical Channel Details pane if none of OTU2/OTU4 port is channelized.
6. To channelize the port, click (Add ODUk Channel). Create Channel Request window is displayed.

   

7. Click Bit Rate drop-down and select the capacity of channel from options displayed. If OTU2 port is selected, then ODU0 and ODU1 options are displayed for selection; if OTU4 port is selected, then ODU0, ODU1 ODU2, ODU3, and ODU2e options are displayed.

   NOTE: ODU3 is not supported in this product release.

8. For Source/Sink Tributary Slots, click M (Select TimeSlots) link to select the timeslot(s) for the channel. OTN Channels window is displayed.

   Following figure shows OTN Channels window for OTU2 port:

   

   Following figure shows OTN Channels window for OTU4 port:

   

9. The timeslot(s) can be selected either manually or automatically.
   • To select the timeslot manually, select the desired channel(s) under CHANNELS and click Add Channel. The number of channels to be selected depends on the 'Bit Rate' selected in Create Channel Request window. The channel will get added under Selected CHANNELS.
   • To select the timeslot automatically from the available channels, click Auto. The channel will get added under Selected CHANNELS.
10. Click Apply. Create Channel Request window is displayed with selected channels updated under Source/Sink Tributary Slots.
11. Click Submit. The channel details gets updated under OTN ODU Logical Channel Details pane and is displayed in green color.
12. To commit the channel addition, click (Save Changes). Review Change Request window is displayed.
13. Do one of the following:
    • To discard the unwanted changes, select the row against that change and click (Delete Changes). The selected row(s) will be crossed out and marked in red color. Go to next step.
    • To commit all the changes, go to next step.
14. Click (Save Changes). Change Requests Status window is displayed listing the status of operation under Status field.
15. Click (Close) to exit Change Requests Status window. A message Please refresh the Page or search Node. Automatically Refreshing the page in 3 minutes is displayed.
16. Click OK. For the changes to apply and get updated in TJ5500, refreshing operation is required to be performed. This can be done in any of the two ways mentioned as follows:
    • Manually by clicking on (Search Nodes) or refreshing the page; or
    • Automatically, where a timer starts and the page will be refreshed in 3 minutes. The timer will be displayed on same page. If desired, user can click Stop link to stop the timer anytime but the refresh operation will be performed and changes will apply.

      (show changes saved) button allows you to view the saved changes in Recently saved changes window. This button is available only when the timer is visible.