Force10 Networks Inc. ... Force10 Networks Inc. TraverseEdge 100 System Documentation Release TE3.2.x Publication Date: June 2008 Document Number: 800-0010-TE322 Rev. B User Guide

Force10 Networks Inc.

TraverseEdge 100 System Documentation

Release TE3.2.x Publication Date: June 2008

Document Number: 800-0010-TE322 Rev. B

User Guide

Copyright © 2008 Force10 Networks, Inc.

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Trademarks Force10 Networks® and E-Series® are registered trademarks of Force10 Networks, Inc. Traverse, TraverseEdge, TraversePacketEdge, TransAccess, are registered trademarks of Force10 Networks, Inc. Force10, the Force10 logo, and TransNav are trademarks of Force10 Networks, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and other countries and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, Force10 Networks, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to products described in this document without notice. Force10 Networks, Inc. does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product(s) described herein.

TRAVERSEEDGE 100 USER GUIDE

Contents About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Section 1 Product Overview and Applications Chapter 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Chapter 2 Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Section 2 Product Description and Specifications Chapter 1 Platform Description and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Chapter 2 Electrical Ports Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Chapter 3 Ethernet Ports Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Chapter 4 SONET/STM Ports Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 Chapter 5 Alarm Interface Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27 Chapter 6 Timing Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31 Chapter 7 Management Interfaces Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35 Chapter 8 Power Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39 Chapter 9 Network Topologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43

Section 3 Installation and Configuration Chapter 1 Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Chapter 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Chapter 3 Common Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 Chapter 4 Hardware Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25 Chapter 5 Alarm Interface Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31 Chapter 6 Timing Interface Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39 Chapter 7 Power Cabling Procedures—DC/DC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45 Chapter 8 Power Cabling Procedures—AC/DC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57

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Chapter 9 Management Interfaces Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-63 Chapter 10 Node Start-up and Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69 Chapter 11 Network Interface Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-79 Chapter 12 Cable Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-87

Section 4 Provisioning the Network Chapter 1 Configuring the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Chapter 2 Configuring Network Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Chapter 3 Creating a UPSR/SNCP Protection Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17 Chapter 4 Creating 1+1APS/MSP Protection Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23 Chapter 5 Creating a 1+1 Optimized Protection Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27

Section 5 Creating TDM Services Chapter 1 Service Creation Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Chapter 2 Service Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Chapter 3 Common Procedures for Creating Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 Chapter 4 Configuring SONET Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17 Chapter 5 Creating SONET Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33 Chapter 6 Configuring SDH Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43 Chapter 7 Creating SDH Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

Section 6 Creating Ethernet Services Chapter 1 Ethernet Services Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Chapter 2 Configuring Ethernet Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Chapter 3 Ethernet Over SONET or SDH (EOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25 Chapter 4 Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37 Chapter 5 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-47

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Chapter 6 Ethernet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-57 Chapter 7 Ethernet Traffic Management on the TE-100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-71

Section 7 Appendices Appendix A Installation and Commissioning Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Appendix B Provisioning Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17 Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25

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TraverseEdge 100 User Guide [TE3.2.x] Document DescriptionDescription

About this Document

Introduction This documentation set covers the following product lines: • Traverse System Product Documentation • TraverseEdge 100 System Product Documentation • TraverseEdge 206 System Product Documentation • TransNav Management System Product Documentation • TransNav Xpert Management System Product Documentation • Operations Documentation • Information Mapping

Refer to “What’s New in the Documentation?” to review the new and changed features for this release.

Traverse System Product Documentation

The Traverse® system product documentation set includes the documents described in the table below.

Table 1 Traverse System Product Documentation

Document Description Target Audience

Traverse Product Overview

This document provides a detailed overview of the Traverse system. It also includes engineering and planning information.

Anyone who wants to understand the Traverse system and its applications.

Traverse Installation and Configuration

This document provides required equipment, tools, and step-by-step procedures for: • Hardware installation • Power cabling • Network cabling • Node power up • Node start-up

Installers, field, and network engineers

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Traverse Provisioning

This document provides step-by-step procedures for provisioning a network of Traverse nodes using the TransNav management system. See the TransNav Management System Product Documentation.

Network engineers, provisioning, and network operations center (NOC) personnel

Node-level GUI Guide

This document provides a description of the navigational components of the Traverse Node-level graphical user interface (GUI). The Node-level GUI is a shelf view of a specific node.

Field engineers

Table 1 Traverse System Product Documentation (continued)

Document Description Target Audience

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TraverseEdge 100 System Product Documentation

The TraverseEdge™ 100 (TE-100) User Guide includes the sections described in the table below.

Table 2 TraverseEdge 100 System Product Documentation

Section Description Target Audience

Product Overview This