Cisco ONP UI Reference

This appendix chapter describes the various options available in the Cisco ONP UI.

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
User Interface Enhancements

Cisco ONP Release 24.3.1

Cisco ONP improves the user experience with these user interface enhancements:

  • Maps:

    • Providing an option to increase the workable area.

    • Switching to zoom mode that automatically centers the map on the selected node.

    • Highlighting nodes and fibers selected in the network tree on the map.

  • Entity Editor: Adding tooltips for some of the properties.

  • Results:

    • Including Raman information in the Fiber Details that are exported from Export>Fibers.

    • Introducing Export Report button to export Optical Reports/BOM differences between two networks in CONP.

    • Maintaining the recent view in the Results tab view when switching to the Map or BoM tabs.

  • Enabling editing of EOL Aging Loss with Aging Loss [dB] property in both the entity editor and Properties pane.

  • Updating optical sources with minimum system release information for user visibility in the Manage Optical Source dialog box.

  • Adding an OMNI marker to identify the Omni-Directional sides in the NCS 2000 networks.

  • Component Logs: Streamlining log management, this Logs menu option provides direct access to critical component logs such as cnp Backend (BE), ODE, GENE, and PCE through the user interface.

Menu Bar

The following table describes the options available in the Cisco ONP GUI menu bar.

Options Description
File Includes the common file options such as New, Open, Open Shared, Save, Save As, Share, and Delete
Network

Includes Entity Editor, Analyze, and SSON Convert
Export Includes options to export reports of CPZ, sites, fibers, SRLGs, services, waves, media channels, optical results, service aggregation, BOM, and messages. Export enables you to download excel and LNI templates
Import Imports different types of files (CPZ, Excel, LNI, and MPZ) and designs a network in Cisco ONP
Manage

Manages Layout Templates and Optical Sources
Logs Displays logs events that are initiated during a specific period, such as user login, user logout, password change, and LNI - start, failed, and completed
Job Monitor Checks and manages tasks running in the background
Control Panel Manages users, user groups, user roles, permissions, system configuration, and dictionary
Preferences

Includes options to change the default map view and personalize the color code for spectrum utilization
Help

Displays the Cisco ONP version

Last Login Shows last date and time when the user logged in to Cisco ONP, and last login with IP details
Username Shows name of the user who has currently logged in to Cisco ONP

File

The File menu includes common file options such as New, Open, and Delete.

Options Description
New Creates a new network. By default, NCS 1010 is created. To create NCS 2000 networks, change L0 Network Platform to NCS2000. You can check the SSON Network check box and select System Release for NCS 2K to create an SSON network.
Open

Opens a saved network. The network name in blue-colored font indicates that the network is in the Design mode, and the network name in green-colored font indicates that the network is in the Analyze mode.

Note

 

If you view a blank screen when you open a network, refresh the browser, or log in to Cisco ONP again.

Open Shared Opens a shared network.
Save Saves a network.
Save As Saves the network with a new name.
Share Shares a network or networks.
Delete Deletes a network or networks.

Network

The Network menu includes options such as Entity Editor, Analyze, and SSON Convert in the design mode. It includes options such as Entity Editor, Design, Upgrade, and Enter Plan Mode in the Analyze mode.

Options Description

Entity Editor

Use this option to edit various properties of an element in the network

Analyze

Analyzes the network after completing the design

SSON Convert

Converts a Non-SSON network to an SSON network

Design

Switches from Analyze mode to Design, Upgrade, or Release Upgrade mode

Upgrade

Upgrades an existing network that is in the Analyze mode

Release Upgrade

Upgrades the NCS 2K or NCS 1010 System Release of a network

Enter Plan Mode

Switches to the Plan mode

Exit Plan Mode

Exits the plan mode

Enter Link Rate Tuner Mode

Enters the link rate tuner mode

Open Tuner Input

Opens the tuner input table to add parameters for custom optical sources

Run Tuner

Runs the tuner input options to provide custom optical source results.

Start New

Starts fresh tuner analysis

Open Tuner Result

Opens the already analyzed tuner results

Exit Link Rate Tuner Mode

Exits the link rate tuner mode

Restore

Restores failed fibers and nodes

Open Failure Report

Expands the Failure Report from the bottom of the Map. Data is populated after Restore.

Open Feasibility Report

Expands the Feasibility Report from the bottom of the Map. The report displays the data regarding Auto Regen Suggestions for channel feasibility.

Export

The Export menu includes options to export reports of Sites, Fibers, Services, SRLG, Waves, Messages, and BOM.

Options Description

CPZ

Export the .cpz design file of a network into your local system.

Sites

Exports site details such as x and y coordinates, grooming site flag, CLLI code, site address, site type, and site name.

Fibers

Exports fiber details such as length, loss to fiber, source and destination site, source and destination edge.

From Release 24.3.1, the exported fiber details contains the Raman information.

Services

Exports service details such as name, type, path, quantity, and protection.

SRLGs

Exports details about created SRLGs.

Waves (Available for non-SSON network)

Exports wave details such as Label, Source and Destination sites, Card Type, Wavelength, Utilization, Source port, Destination port, Demands, OTN Hops, OSNR, OSNRMarginEOL, StatusEOL, Excluded Channels, and Path of Wave.

Media Channels (Available for SSON network)

Exports media channel details such as Media Channel Label, Media Carrier Label, Source and Destination sites, Card Type, Wavelength, Utilization, Source port, Destination port, Demands, OTN Hops, OSNR, OSNRMarginEOL, StatusEOL, Excluded Channels, and Path of Media channel.

Circuits (Available for NCS1010 network)

Exports circuits details such as Circuit Label, Carrier Label, Source and Destination sites, Card Type, Traffic Type, Wavelength, Utilization, Source port, Destination port, Demands, OTN Hops, OSNR, OSNRMarginEOL, StatusEOL, Excluded Circuits, and Path of Circuit.

Messages

Shows the complete log of the analysis, including critical errors.

Excel

Download sample Excel file that can be used as a reference for creating networks using the Import Excel feature.

LNI Template

Download sample LNI file that can be used as a reference for creating networks using the Import feature.

Optical Source Template

Download sample Optical Source Excel file that can be used as a reference for creating User Defined/custom Optical Source using the Manage > Optical Sources feature.

BOM

Exports details about pricing and quantity of the network equipment

Failure Groups

This option is available only in the plan mode. You can add failed fibers to a failure group.

Failure Report

This option is available only in the plan mode. It shows the failed fibers, total channels, failed channels, restored channels, and fiber hotzones.

Optical Results

Exports details such as protection type, SOL, EOL, source, and destination

Device Configuration

Exports the Device Netconf XML file and COSM Netconf file.

Import

The Import menu imports an Excel file, a CPZ file, or an MPZ file.

Options Description
CPZ

Imports the .cpz network design files that are exported from another Cisco ONP instance

Excel

Imports an Excel file containing all the design parameters
Live

Imports a live deployed network by retrieving configurations of the nodes, provided in the LNI input Excel sheet
MPZ

Imports the .mpz network design files from CTP to Cisco ONP, to avoid recreating the networks that are already created in CTP

Manage

You can manage layout templates and optical sources.

Options Description
Layout Templates

Imports reusable templates to design layout configurations for a network
Optical Sources

Imports an optical source from your local system

Logs

System Logs

The System Logs option allows an admin user, or user with USER MANAGEMENT, and NETWORK MANAGEMENT permissions to view at logs the events that are initiated during a specific time interval. Examples of events are user login, user logout, password change, Live Network Import (LNI)-start, failed, completed and analysis-start, and failed.

The SYSTEM LOGS page includes the following fields:

Field

Description

Time Stamp

Provides the date and time of the specific event

Event Type

Shows the type of event, which includes user login, user logout, password change, and so on

Description

Describes the event, which includes user login success, user logout success, and so on

Username

Shows the user who has initiated specific events

Event Source

Shows the IP address of the device from where the event is initiated

Events that are captured in the System Logs are:

Event

Description

SIGNUP

New user sign-up for Cisco ONP

LOGIN

User log in to Cisco ONP

USER STATE CHANGE

User state change from Active to Inactive and the converse

USER ROLE CHANGE

User role change, such as admin to planner, and so on

LOGOUT

User log out from Cisco ONP

USER DELETION

Deletion of a particular user

UNAUTHORIZED

User enters invalid login credentials

LNI_START

Successful initiation of Live Network Import

LNI_COMPLETE

Successful completion of live import of a network

LNI_CANCEL

Cancellation of Live Network Import

LNI_PURGE

Imported Live network data is successfully purged

ANALYZE_LNI_START

Analysis of LNI network started successfully

ANALYZE_LNI_END

Analysis of LNI network completed successfully

LNI_POPULATE_DESIGN_DATA

Populating of L0 DesignData initiated

ANALYZE START

Starting of the network analysis

ANALYZE END

Completion of the network analysis

ANALYZE CANCEL

Cancellation of the network analysis

UPGRADE NETWORK

Entering the Upgrade mode

PLAN_INIT

Entering the Plan mode

PLAN_END

Exiting the Plan mode

PLAN_REROUTE

Checking for alternate paths to restore failed media channels or waves

PLAN_PROGRESS

Restoration of failed media channels or waves in progress

RELEASE_UPGRADE_NETWORK

Upgrading the system release of the network is in progress.

Component Logs

The Component Logs option allows you to access logs for multiple critical components such as cnp Backend (BE), ODE, GENE, and PCE, directly through the user interface. This streamlines the process, eliminating the need for server access and manual file navigation. This enhancement simplifies log management, aiding in performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and system insights.

The Component Logs page includes the fields:

Field

Description

Time Stamp

Provides the date and time of the specific event

Logs

Describes the events for the selected component

Component

Provides list of critical components to choose from. The available components are:

  • BE

  • ODE

  • GENE

  • PCE

Search

Locates specific log entries based in the entered value

Pages

Allows you to navigate through logs page by page

Job Monitor

The Job Monitor menu checks and manages tasks running in the background.

You can access this menu if you have ADMIN, NETWORK_MANAGEMENT, or NETWORK_PLANNING role.

The JOB MONITOR page has the following options:

Options

Description

Refresh

Refreshes the display information.

Filter

Applies one or more of the following filter options:

Task Type: Filters the display information based on the task type.

Select Start Date: Filters the display information based on the start date of the task.

Select End Date: Filters the display information based on the end date of the task.

Username: Filters the display information based on the username.

Created Date

The date on which the task is started by the user.

User Name

Name of the user who initiated the job.

Network Name

Name of the network on which the task is running.

Task Type

The type of background task: Valid values are ANALYZE and EPNM_IMPORT.

Messages

The current state of the task.

Cancel

Enables you to cancel or stop an ongoing background task:

  • The Admin can cancel any of the running background tasks. Other valid users can cancel only their own tasks.

  • If you want to cancel your ongoing network analysis, you can open Cisco ONP at the browser in incognito mode, or contact the Admin.

  • After a task is cancelled, it gets removed from the job monitor. You can check the status of a cancelled task from System logs page. Click Logs to open the System logs page.

Check Progress

Enables you to view the status of the LNI operation.

Clear all Completed Tasks

Removes all the completed tasks from the Job Monitor page.

Control Panel

Apart from designing, analyzing, and creating BOM for a network, a user with admin rights can activate, manage, and delete users and their roles.

To navigate to the control panel page, click Control Panel.

The admin or any user with USER_MANAGEMENT role can lock, unlock an individual user account, and manually expire the individual user password. For more information, see Manage Users and Roles.

Preferences

This menu contains the General Settings option to customize Cisco ONP settings such as the default map view and spectrum utilization percentage.

Field

Description

General Settings

Allows choosing the default map view and applying color codes for spectrum usage percentage

  • Default Map: Choose the Detailed or Minimal map from the drop-down list.

  • Spectrum Utilization Percentage: Click and drag to change the color code to indicate spectrum usage.

Help

This menu provides information about the Cisco ONP version.

Field

Description

About

Provides the Cisco ONP version.

Network Tree

Table 2. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Network Tree Enhancements

Cisco ONP Release 5.2

Now, you can use the Ellipsis icon at the right side of each element in the Network tree to perform various actions such as Expand All, Collapse All, Enable Multi-Select, and so on. Also, you have multiple entity-level options to filter the elements under the Network tree. These enhancements make the Network tree more intuitive.

The left pane of the Cisco ONP home page comprises a network tree. The network tree includes various network elements. When you click each element, the respective property is displayed under the network tree. You can edit the properties. For more information on editing the network properties, see Modify Network Properties.

Table 3. Network Tree Elements

Network Tree Elements

Description

Network name

Displays the name of the network.

Sites

Customer premise equipment that is located in a rack within a building.

When you click a site name in the network tree, the site will be highlighted in orange on the map.

When multiselect is enabled, the network tree displays checkboxes for each site, fiber, and circuit. Selecting multiple sites from the network tree highlights the same sites on the map.

Fiber

Optical fiber connecting two sites.

Fiber Couple

A fiber couple consists of two different fibers (clockwise and counterclockwise), one for transmission and another for reception.

Services

Service is the circuit through which traffic flows between nodes.

When you add services to the Traffic site (of the type 1K-2K-4K) in an SSON network, a DefaultGroup is created under the Services in the network tree. You can also create a new service group.

Waves or Medial Channel or Circuits

The wave or Media channel represents a DWDM channel. In a wave hierarchy, for each wave, there is a trail. When you expand a trail, there is a section under each trail. The trail is an optical path or a network section joining two traffic nodes. It can have more than one section depending on whether the trail has a regenerator site. For more information on regeneration, see Regeneration Support.

SRLG

Shared Risk Link Group (SRLG) is useful for routing the protected services. If there are Fiber 1 and Fiber 2 in the network, they are assumed to be diverse and are used as alternates for protection purposes. If Fiber 1 and Fiber 2 are in an SRLG, they are not true alternates, and they share the same risk of failure. Therefore, if Fiber1 fails, Fiber 2 also fails, and Fiber 2 cannot be used as a protected path.

Optical subnet

An optical subnet is a collection of spans with certain associated properties. When you create a new network, Cisco ONP automatically creates an optical subnet that is associated to the network. At least one optical subnet must exist for each network.

Use the Search box on top of the network tree to search for any specific site, fiber, or wave in the network tree panel. Click the Refresh icon to refresh your search.

Now, you can filter the elements available in the network tree using the Filter icon available next to the Search box. The following table explains the various filter options available.

Table 4. Network Tree Elements

Filters

Options Available Under Each Filter

Network Filter

Entity Type

Sites Filter

Site Type, and DWDM Site Type

Fibers Filter

Source Site, Destination Site, Source Edge, Destination Edge, and Raman

Services Filter

Protection Type, Source Site, Destination Site, Src Add-Drop Type, and Dst Add-Drop Type

Waves, Medial Channel, or Circuits Filter

Protection Type, Source Site, Destination Site, Src Add-Drop Type, and Dst Add-Drop Type

Design Palette

Table 5. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Intuitive Map Display

Cisco ONP Release 5.2

The new intuitive map display allows you to virtually rearrange networks for a clutter-free view without impacting the original design. This display simplifies adding new nodes to complex networks. Save the last modified network in the new view to retain the latest rearrangement. The new icons in the Design Palette that enable the intuitive display are:

  • Switch to Intuitive Arrangement/Switch to Coordinates Arrangement—Toggles the map between the intuitive and original displays.

  • Rearrange nodes—Overrides node coordinates and rearranges the map in a presentable manner.

At the right of the Cisco ONP home page, there is the design palette. You can use this design palette to create a network design. It consists of the following six icons:

Icons

Description

Switch to Zoom Mode/ Switch to Normal Mode

Click this icon to toggle between Normal and Zoom modes.

Zoom Mode: Highlights the selected node and automatically centers the map on the selected node. The size of labels, such as fiber and service names, adjusts according to the mode.

Normal Mode: Highlights the selected node on the map. Autozoom is disabled. You need to manually move the map to view the selected node if it is not visible.

Zoom In

Click this icon to magnify the map.

Zoom Out

Click this icon to minimize the map.

Reset Zoom

Click this icon to reset the map to its original size.

Switch to Intuitive Arrangement/Switch to Coordinates Arrangement

Click this icon to toggle between the intuitive and coordinates display. Save the last modified network in the Intuitive view to retain the latest rearrangement. The saved networks retain the map designs when reopened or shared with others. When you export the network as CPZ or Excel files, the exported files include both original and modified or rearranged coordinate data.

Rearrange nodes

Click this icon to rearrange the map in a presentable fashion.

Drawing Tool

 The Drawing Tool consists of the following icons:

  • Traffic Site: Select this icon, and click the working area to create traffic sites in the network.

  • ROADM Site: Select this icon, and click the working area to create ROADM sites.

  • OLA Site: Select this icon, and click the working area to create OLA sites.

  • Passthrough Site: Select this icon, and click the working area to create passthrough sites.

  • Link: Click this icon, and drag and drop between sites to create a fiber link.

  • OTN Service: Click this icon to create OTN service between sites.

  • DWDM channel: Click this icon to add a wave or medial channel between sites.

  • Select: The Select icon looks similar to the cursor tool. Click this icon to select a node, link service, and so on.

Layers Window

Use this icon to view or hide layers such as fiber link, service, text, and channel. The following are the four toggle icons:

  • Toggle Fiber: Click this icon to view or hide fiber link details from the network.

  • Toggle Service: Click this icon to view or hide service details from the network.

  • Toggle Wave: Click this icon to view or hide the channel or wave details from the network.

  • Toggle Text: Click this icon to view or hide the text from the network.

  • Toggle SVO associations: Click this icon to remove or add SVO associations.

  • Expand/Collapse All Demands: Click this icon to expand the waves or media channels so that you can view them clearly. Click this icon again to collapse the waves and media channels to their original shape and position.

The eye symbol in the icon indicates that you are currently viewing the respective details.

Zoom Tool

The icon below the Drawing Tool is the Zoom Tool. You can change the display of the working area by using this function. Click the arrow to view two sliders.

  • Map Fade: Move the Map Fade slider from right to left to fade the map from the background.

  • Zoom In/Out: To magnify the map, move the Zoom in or out slider from left to right.

Zoom Elements

Click the Zoom Elements icon to view four sliders.

  • Media Channel Width: Move this slider from left to right to increase the channel width.

  • Path Spread: Move this slider from left to right to increase the space between the paths.

  • Fiber Width: Move this slider from left to right to increase the fiber width.

  • Service Width: Move this slider from left to right to increase the service width.

Show Failed (available only in plan mode)

This icon shows the failed media channels in the map. Failed ones are marked with a red cross mark.

Traffic Monitor (available only in plan mode)

This icon shows the total number of impacted media channels, demands, or services that are working or failed in the entire network.

Switch to Minimal Map/Switch to Detailed Map

Click this icon to toggle between Minimal Map and Detailed Map.

Switch to Minimal Map: Focuses on Sites and Fibers, allowing you to view spectrum utilization, and supporting the spectrum and path finder.

Switch to Detailed Map: Displays all network components for a comprehensive view.

Entity Editor

The Entity Editor allows you to edit various properties of an element in the network. Choose Network > Entity Editor to open the Entity Editor window. The following table explains the operations that you can perform in the Entity Editor window.

Some properties in the Entity Editor are enhanced with descriptions in the form of tooltips.

Options

Description

Left pane filter

Includes check boxes to filter the network elements displayed under each tab:

  • For the SITE tab, you can choose whether to display OTN (only traffic node), DWDM (ROADM, OLA, or pass-through) node, or both.

  • For the FIBER tab, you can choose the fiber connecting a particular source and destination sites.

  • For the SERVICE tab, you can choose to display either services, waves, or both.

Right pane properties

Displays all properties of the selected network element. You can modify the properties as required.

Search

Searches for a particular network element.

Refresh

Refreshes the network elements that are listed under each tab.

Expand/Collapse

Expands or collapses the network elements available in the network tree under each tab.

Select Similar

Use this option to make a similar selection. For example, select a ROADM site, and click the Select Similar icon. All ROADM sites are selected.

You can change a property in all the selected sites at one time.

Allows you to identify and compare the property difference. For example, if a property is different among the selected sites, that property is dimmed. You can select an option that is applied to all the selections.

Un-Select All

Deselects all selections that you make under the network tree.

Delete

Deletes the selected network elements.

Add Contentionless Sides (available only under the Site tab for the NCS 2000 network)

Contentionless functionality on a site refers to the contentionless add/drop ability of an N-degree ROADM node to accommodate N wavelengths of the same frequency from a single add/drop device. For a ROADM to be contentionless, the number of drop units have to be equal to ROADM degrees.

  • Click the ROADM site to which you want to add contentionless sides.

  • Click the Add Contentionless Side icon.

  • Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of contentionless sides field.

  • Click OK.

After adding the contentionless side, you can edit the contentionless port property of the side at the right pane. You can select any of the values ranging from 1 to16. The default value is 16.

Add L-Band (available only under the Site tab for NCS 1010 site)

Use this icon to add L-Band sides to an NCS 1010 R7.9.1 site

  • Click the site or side to which you want to add L-band sides.

  • Click the Add L-Band icon.

Add Omni-Directional (available only under the Site tab for the NCS 1010 network)

Omnidirectional functionality on a site refers to the ability to route channels through any of the optical degrees in a multidegree topology during fiber cut without the need for physical fiber reconnections.

  • Click the ROADM site to which you want to add omnidirectional sides.

  • Click the Omni-Directional icon.

  • Enter the appropriate value in the Enter number of Omni Directional sides field.

  • Click OK.

Copy (available only under the Service tab)

Use this option to clone a service or wave that is connected between two sites.

  • Select a wave and click Copy.

  • Enter the quantity in the Clone Service/DWDM Channel dialog box, and click OK.

The label of the new wave has –1 appended to the label of the cloned wave. For example, Site-2-Site3-1-1 is the label of the new wave that is created by cloning the wave Site-2-Site3-1. You can rename the label.

You can also clone a service in a similar way.