Cisco NCS 2000 Series Deploying 96-Channel Flex Spectrum (OPT201)

Detailed Course Outline

The course outline is as follows:

• Module 1: NCS 2000 FlexSpectrum Product Fundamentals
• Module 2: Shelf Layout and Software
• Module 3: Documentation
• Module 4: Cisco Transport Controller
• Module 5: Cisco Transport Planner
• Module 6: Shelf and Card Installation
• Module 7: MultiShelf Fundamentals
• Module 8: Node Turn-Up
• Module 9: Ring Network
• Module 10: Optical Channel Network Connection
• Module 11: 10 x 10 card and 10G Muxponders and Transponder
• Module 12: Optical Channel Client Connection
• Module 13: 40, 100, and 200 Gigabit Ethernet Transponders and Muxponders
• Module 14: Two-Degree ROADM
• Module 15: Colorless and Contentionless Add/Drop
• Module 16: Mesh Network and MPO Cross-Connects for Complex Nodes
• Module 17: Omnidirectional, Colorless, and Contentionless Add/Drop for Complex Nodes
• Module 18: Maintenance and Performance Monitoring
• Module 19: NCS 2000 Troubleshooting

The lab outline is as follows:

• Lab 1: Start the Cisco Transport Controller software and access the NCS shelves
• Lab 2: Configure the Cisco Transport Planner and create FlexSpectrum networks
• Lab 3: Setup the three-node FlexSpectrum network
• Lab 4: Install optical-channel network circuits and inspect power levels
• Lab 5: Optical Channel Client Connections
• Lab 6: Install 40 Gigabit Ethernet transponders on colorless ports and change the wavelength
• Lab 7: Install circuits into omnidirectional contentionless add/drop
• Lab 8: Explore maintenance and performance monitoring capabilities
• Lab 9: Troubleshooting FlexSpectrum