Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: DWDM and Flex Spectrum Foundation
- Introducing DWDM Terminology and Components
- What Is DWDM?
- DWDM Shelf Common Components
- Multishelf Node Basics
- Exploring Flex Spectrum Features
- What Is Flex Spectrum?
- Additional Flex Spectrum Features
- Legacy vs. Flex Spectrum channels
- Legacy vs. Flex Spectrum optical network design
- Legacy ROADM operation (Broadcast and Select)
- Flex Spectrum ROADM operation (Select and Route)
- Legacy vs. Flex Spectrum passive units
- Introducing Network Topologies and Nodes
- DWDM Topologies
- Five Common 96-Channel Node Types
- Introducing the Management Software and Documentation
- Software for Design, O&M, and Network Management
- NCS 2000 Series Documentation
Module 2: NCS 2000 Chassis and Cards
- Investigating the NCS 2000 Series Chassis and Common Equipment
- NCS 2000 Series Shelves for Flex Spectrum
- Common Equipment
- Investigating NCS 2000 Series Cards
- NCS 2000 Series Flex Spectrum Nodes and Cards description
- Controller Cards for NCS 2002, NCS 2006, and 2015 shelves
- Transponder, Muxponder, and Crossponder Cards
- Coherent Transponders
- 40Gbps Transponder Cards
- 100Gbps Transponder Cards
- 200Gbps Transponder Cards
- 400Gbps Transponder Cards
- Add/Drop (Multiplexer/Demultiplexer) Cards
- Legacy and Flex Spectrum Amplifier Cards
- Miscellaneous Cards
- Passive Auxiliary Modules
- Flex Spectrum Chassis and Card Summary
Module 3: Design ROADM Networks with Transport Planner
- Getting Started with Transport Planner
- Transport Planner Fundamentals
- Perform Price Updates Before Network Design
- Network Design’s Five Main Steps
- Using Site Connection View
- Designing a 2-Degree ROADM Network
- ROADM Node Basics
- Designing the ROADM Network
- Designing for P-2-P Maximum Distance
- Designing for Linear Maximum Distance
- Editing Design and Creating New Copy to Compare
- Examining the Connections
- Examining the CTP Design Reports
Module 4: Hardware Installation and Multishelf
- Installing NCS 2000 Series Hardware
- Equipment to Rack-Mount
- NCS 2015 and NCS 2006 Basic Installation Steps
- NCS 2002 Basic Installation Steps
- Configuring Multishelf Networks
- Multishelf Configuration Notes
- Provisioning 2015 Multishelf
- Provisioning 2006 Multishelf
- Connectivity and Placement for Flex Spectrum Passive Units
Module 5: Node Turn-Up and Circuit Creation
- Performing Node Turn-Up in Transport Controller
- Four Phases of DWDM Network Building
- Node Turn-Up Steps
- Overview of WSON and NON-WSON Circuits
- Overview of OCHNC, OCHCC, and OCHTRAIL circuits
- Explanation of Optical Supervisory Channel for management purposes
- The difference between OSC and PPC
- Creating Optical Channel Network Connection (OCHNC) Circuits
- OCHNC Basics and Prerequisites
- Create an OCHNC in a Wavelength Switched Optical Network (WSON)
- Post Creation Verification of Amplifier as well as Optical Power Levels in The System
- Creating an Optical Channel Client Connection (OCHCC) Circuit
- OCHCC Creation Prerequisites
- OCHCC Circuit Results
- Install and Provision 10G Transponder Card
- Install and Provision 10x10G Transponder Card
- Install and Provision Coherent Transponder Card
- Create Internal Connections/Patchcords
- Create an OCHCC Circuit
Module 6: Advanced Feature Networks and Circuits
- G.709 Encapsulation 10G and 100G Transponder Settings
- Generic Framing Protocol G.7041, Any-Rate Cards, and Encapsulation Options
- Any-Rate Muxponder and Crossponder Cards
- Ethernet and VLANs
- CVLAN, SVLAN, and QinQ mapping in Crossponder cards
- 10GE-XP and GE-XP Enhanced Cards, Settings, and Circuits Layer 1
- Quality of Service
- XP-E Cards Protected Ring, CoS Marking by Port, Customer VLAN, and QoS
- T1 over Ethernet in a Crossponder Network
- Creating Colorless and Contentionless Add/Drop Networks
- Colorless Port Basics
- Contentionless Port Basics
- Creating Colorless Demands
- Complex Colorless Designs
- Creating a Colorless OCHCC
- Creating Omnidirectional and Contentionless Add/Drop Networks
- Omnidirectional Add/Drop Basics
- Omnidirectional 4-, 8-, and 12-Degree Mesh
- 4-, 8-, and 12-Degree Omnidirectional and Colorless
- Contentionless Add/Drop
- Creating Mesh Nodes with MPO Cross
- Connects
- Create a Mesh Node
- Create an 8-Degree Node
- Building Blocks for Mesh Nodes
- Verifying Installed Cabling Connections for 20-SMR-FS-CV Cards
- Connections Verification (CV) Feature
- Initial Setup for CV
- Install a Test Passive Unit
- Monitor a Loss Verification Test
- Power Levels in MF Modules
- Add a node to the existing design
Module 7: Testing, Maintenance, and Basic Troubleshooting
- Testing Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDRs)
- OTDR Fundamentals
- Running OTDR
- Maintaining the Network, Shelf, and Cards
- Network Maintenance Features
- Node Maintenance Features
- Shelf Maintenance Features
- Card Maintenance and Performance Features
- Performing Basic Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Guide Layout
- Hierarchy of Alarms
- Using Functional View for Troubleshooting