OPT201 - Cisco NCS 2000 Series Deploying 96-Channel 3.0

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 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
• Controller Cards ◦ Transponder, Muxponder, and Crossponder Cards
• Add/Drop (Multiplexer/Demultiplexer) Cards
• 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
• Examining the Connections

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

Module 5: Node Turn-Up and Circuit Creation

• Performing Node Turn-Up in Transport Controller
• Four Phases of Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) Network Building
• Node Turn-Up Steps
• Creating Optical Channel Network Connection (OCHNC) Circuits
• OCHNC Basics and Prerequisites
• Create an OCHNC in a Wavelength Switched Optical Network (WSON)
• Post-Creation Verification
• Creating an Optical Channel Client Connection (OCHCC) Circuit
• OCHCC Creation Prerequisites
• OCHCC Circuit Results
• Install and Provision 10G Transponder Card
• Create Internal Connections/Patchcords
• Create an OCHCC Circuit

Module 6: Advanced Feature Networks and Circuits

• 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

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

• Lab 1: Cisco Transport Controller
• Lab 2: Cisco Transport Planner
• Lab 3: Node Turn-Up
• Lab 4: OCHNC Circuits
• Lab 5: OCHCC Circuits
• Lab 6: Colorless Ports and Circuits
• Lab 7: Contentionless Circuits
• Lab 8: Connection Verification
• Lab 9: OTDR Testing
• Lab 10: Maintenance and Performance Monitoring
• Lab 11: NCS 2000 Troubleshooting