VCAT Circuit Routing Preferences


(ONS 15310-CL and ONS 15454 only) Use the VCAT Circuit Routing Preferences page to provision the virtual concatenated (VCAT) circuit routing parameters. The following table describes the VCAT Circuit Routing Preferences page fields and buttons.

Item

Description

Route Automatically

If checked, CTC routes the VCAT circuit automatically based on the parameters that you specify on this page.

Using Required Nodes/Spans

If checked, CTC allows you to choose nodes and spans to include in the automatically routed VCAT circuit path before circuit completion.

Review Route Before Creation

If checked, CTC allows you to review and modify the VCAT circuit route before circuit creation.

Common Fiber Routing

If chosen, CTC routes the VCAT circuit members on the same fiber.

Split Routing

(Link capacity adjustment scheme [LCAS] only) If chosen, CTC routes the VCAT circuit members on different fibers.

Member Preferences

Provisions the protection for individual VCAT circuit members. Valid entries are:

  • Name-Type a unique name to identify the member. The name can be alphanumeric and up to 48 characters (including spaces). If you leave the field blank, CTC assigns a default name to the circuit.

  • Protection-Choose the member protection type:

    • Fully Protected-Routes the circuit on a protected path.

    • Unprotected-Creates an unprotected circuit.

    • PCA-Routes the member on a bidirectional line switched ring (BLSR) protection channel.

    • DRI-(Split routing only) Routes the member on a dual ring interconnect circuit.

    • Node-Diverse Path-(Split routing only) Available for each member when Fully Protected is chosen.

Set Preferences for All Members

Set preferences for all members in a VCAT circuit:

  • Protection-Choose the member protection type:

    • Fully Protected-Routes the circuit on a protected path.

    • Unprotected-Creates an unprotected circuit.

    • PCA-Routes the member on a BLSR protection channel.

    • DRI-(Split routing only) Routes the member on a dual ring interconnect circuit.

  • Node-Diverse Path-(Split routing only) Available when Fully Protected is choose.

Back

Displays the previous Circuit Creation page. The page that appears depends on the circuit type and provisioning.

Next

Displays the next Circuit Creation page.

Cancel

Cancels circuit creation.

Help

Displays context-sensitive help.