- Preface
- Getting Started
- Creating and Analyzing Networks
- Viewing Network Reports
- Editing a Project
- Modelled Network Examples
- GUI Information and Shortcuts
- Cards and Pluggables
- Troubleshooting
- Third-Party DWDM Wavelength Interface Model
- Configuring CTP on a Server
- Pay As You Grow Licensing
- OSMINE Layout Rules
- Index
GUI Information and Shortcuts
This appendix describes the Cisco Transport Planner views, menus, tools, and shortcuts options. For more information about Cisco Transport Planner, refer to Chapter1, “Introduction”
A.1 Manage the Cisco Transport Planner Window
The Cisco Transport Planner window provides a menu bar, toolbar, a Project Explorer pane, a Properties pane, an Analyzer pane, and a Task Pane to allow you to manage a network design (Figure A-1). The Mgmt Tree tab displays the networks that you have created for a project. The NtVw Net# tab displays the sites for a network (identified by the Net# on the tab).
Figure A-1 Cisco Transport Planner Window with Network Tree
A.1.1 Menu and Toolbar Options
The Cisco Transport Planner window menu bar and toolbar provide primary Cisco Transport Planner functions. Table A-1 shows the actions that are available from the menu and toolbar.
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Creates a new Cisco Transport Planner project. See the “Creating a Project” section. |
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Opens an existing Cisco Transport Planner project. See the “Opening a Project” section. |
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Closes the current project without closing the Cisco Transport Planner session. If you have not saved the current project, Cisco Transport Planner will prompt you to save before closing. See the “Closing a Project” section. |
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Saves the current project. See the “Closing a Project” section. |
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Allows you to save the current project with a new file name. See the “Saving a Project” section. |
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Clears the file history from Cisco Transport Planner. Cisco Transport Planner maintains a list of the last ten open projects in the File menu. |
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Changes the Cisco Transport Planner display to the user default layout. Cisco Transport Planner allows you to define the default value for Platform Options, Project Options, and General Options. The defined value are used as default for each new created project. See the “Setting Cisco Transport Planner Options” section. |
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Returns the Cisco Transport Planner display to the system default layout. |
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Displays the commands available for the selected entity (network, site, duct, etc.). |
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Displays the Project Explorer pane, which includes folders for project notes, networks, sites, fibers, traffic demand groups, subnets, maintenance centers, restricted equipment list, and reports. Clicking the plus (+) sign by each folder expands the folder. Clicking the minus (–) sign by each folder hides the folder. contents. You can also right-click a folder and choose Expand from the shortcut menu to show folder contents. The default location of the Project Explorer pane is the upper left section of the Cisco Transport Planner window. |
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Displays the Properties pane, which shows parameter settings for the selected entity in the Project Explorer pane, Mgmt Tree tab, or NtVw Net# tab. The default location of the Properties pane is the lower left section of the Cisco Transport Planner window. |
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Displays the Analyzer Messages pane at the bottom of the Cisco Transport Planner window. The Analyzer Messages pane displays any error messages that occur during network analysis. |
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Displays Any-to-Any Finalization report at the bottom of the Cisco Transport Planner window. The Any-to-Any Finalization report pane displays the demands that are finalized in the network. |
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Opens the Options Explorer dialog box, where you can change the user default settings. See the “Setting Cisco Transport Planner Options” section. |
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Opens the PartsTreePanel dialog box, where you can view the list of available parts for each release. See the “Setting the Default Project Values” section. |
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Opens the Price Manager dialog box, where you can view maintenance contracts and add price databases. See the “Managing the Price List” section. |
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Opens the Export dialog box, which allows you to export user options, price lists, maintenance contracts, and parts database files. See the “Exporting User Options, Price Lists or Alien Definitions” section. |
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Opens the Import dialog box, which allows you to import user options, price lists, maintenance contracts, and parts database files. See the “Importing User Options, Price Lists or Alien Definitions” section. |
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Opens the Import dialog box, which allows you to import Layer 2 network designs using the Cisco Carrier Packet Transport system. |
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Opens the Tip of the Day dialog box, which provides helpful hints about using Cisco Transport Planner. Click the Next button to view the next tip and the Back button to view a previous tip. Check Show Tips on Startup to display the Tip of the Day dialog box when you launch Cisco Transport Planner. |
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Opens the Network Creation wizard when you click this icon and then click in the Cisco Transport Planner window. See the Creating a Project. |
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Opens the Site Creation wizard when you click this icon and then click in the Cisco Transport Planner window. See the Adding Sites. |
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Allows you to create a new duct between sites. See the Adding Fiber Spans. |
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Opens the Point to Point Demand Creation wizard when you click this icon and then click two sites. See the Understanding Contentionless Functionality. |
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Opens the P-Ring Creation wizard. See the Creating a Protected Ring Demand. |
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Displays the Any-to-Any demands that are finalized in the network. |
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Opens a TDM creation wizard. See the Creating TDM Aggregated Demands |
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A new tool that provides a Card View and Mesh View for analyzed networks. |
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Opens a Ethernet creation wizard. See the Creating Ethernet Aggregated Demands |
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Displays the CTP GUI Options dialog box where the wavelength options can be set. The wavelength information can be displayed in nm, as a channel number or both. |
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Hides or displays duct information (duct name, EOL), amplifier forcing, and circuits on the network map in the Network tab. |
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Hides or displays wavelength usage percentage in color on the network map in the Network tab. – To display the wavelength usage in color, click Wavelength Usage Information in the network view. This option is enabled only after network analysis is complete. – To highlight ducts that have selected wavelengths, choose the required wavelength from the adjacent drop-down list and then click Wavelength Usage Information. The default option is Auto, where all the wavelengths in the duct are selected. |
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Resizes the view so that all sites fit inside the NtVw Net# tab window. |
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Saves a JPEG of the network design. See the “Creating a JPEG of the Network Design” section. |
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Analyzes the selected network. See the “Analyzing the Network” section. |
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Puts the selected Design-Analyzed network back into the design mode for further changes. See the “Analyzing the Network” section. |
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Creates a copy of the selected Design-Analyzed network in the Upgrade state. See the “Creating an Upgrade Network” section. |
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Deletes the selected network. See the “Deleting a Network” section. |
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Copies the selected network. See the “Creating a Copy of the Network” section. |
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Creates a copy of the selected Design-Analyzed network in the Install state. See the “Creating a Network in the Install State” section. |
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Copies the selected network in the Design state. See the “Creating a Copy of the Network in Design State” section. |
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Opens the Reports Diff dialog box, which allows you to create a report that shows the differences between networks. |
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A.1.2 Cisco Transport Planner Panes
Cisco Transport Planner provides four panes that help you manage a network design: Project Explorer, Properties, Analysis, and Tasks Pane.
A.1.2.1 Project Explorer Pane
The Project Explorer pane provides a management tree for the entire project. Each network appears as a folder that contains the sites, fibers, traffic groups, subnets, maintenance centers, restricted equipment lists, and reports for that network. If you have made changes to a network design, that network folder and the changed item folder appear in blue italics in the pane.
By default, the Project Explorer pane is located in the upper-left section of the Cisco Transport Planner window. Table A-2 shows the actions that are available from the Project Explorer toolbar.
A.1.2.2 Properties Pane
The Properties pane shows all of the parameters set for a selected item (either in the Project Explorer pane, the Network Mgmt Tree tab, or the NtVw Net# tab). Many items are editable in the Properties pane. By default, the Properties pane is located in the lower-left section of the Cisco Transport Planner window.
Table A-3 shows the actions that are available from the Properties Pane toolbar.
A.1.2.3 Analyzer Pane
The Analyzer tab at the bottom of the Cisco Transport Planner window appears after you have analyzed a network design. Clicking the Analyzer tab opens the Analyzer pane. Table A-5 shows the actions that are available from the Analyzer pane.
A.1.2.4 Tasks Pane
The Tasks Pane lists the available commands and reports for a selected item. The commands change based on the selected item. For example, a selected site will have different commands available than a selected fiber span. By default, the Tasks Pane is located in the upper right section of the Cisco Transport Planner window. Table A-5 shows the actions that are available from the Tasks Pane toolbar.
A.1.3 Shortcuts
Cisco Transport Planner provides the following mouse shortcuts:
- Double-clicking a network icon in the Network Mgmt Tree tab opens the NtVw Net# tab, which shows the sites for that network.
- Right-clicking a report table column displays a shortcut menu that allows you to view or hide the columns in a report.
- Right-clicking an item in the Network Mgmt Tree tab or NtVw Net# tabs opens a shortcut menu that allows you to choose actions to perform on the selected item. The shortcut menu options differ based on the item selected and the network state. (Many commands are not available until a network is analyzed.) Table A-6 lists the shortcut menu actions that are available for each item.
- Right-clicking on multiple items in the Project Explorer pane opens a shortcut menu that allows you to choose actions to perform on multiple items. The shortcut menu options are Delete, Unlock, Unlock Pay As You Grow Bundles, and Insert Site. The Unlock Pay As You Grow Bundles option is available only for sites and the Insert Site option is available only for ducts.
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Networks in the following states: Design, Install, and Upgrade |
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– NE Update—Creates a configuration file for each site in the network See the “Saving the NE Update File” section. – Installation Parameters—Opens the Installation Parameters tab. See the “Viewing the Installation Parameters” section.
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If the network is analyzed, the following actions are also available:
– NE Update—Creates a configuration file for each site in the network. See the “Saving the NE Update File” section. – Installation Parameters—Opens the Installation Parameters tab. See the “Viewing the Installation Parameters” section.
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If the network is analyzed, the Unlock command is also available. See the Unlocking Parameters in the Network Design. |
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If the network is analyzed, the Unlock command is also available. See the Unlocking Parameters in the Network Design. |
A.2 Site Icons
A site icon indicates the functionality of site. Table A-7 lists the site icons.
A.3 Demand Editor Icons
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