Provisionable Patchcords
Use the Provisionable Patchcord tab to provision a link that is advertised by Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) throughout the network when a data communications channel (DCC) or ITU-T G.709 control channel (GCC) is not available. Provisionable patch cords, also called virtual links, are needed in the following situations:
An optical port is connected to a transponder or muxponder client port provisioned in transparent mode.
An optical ITU port is connected to a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical channel card.
Two transponder or muxponder trunk ports are connected to a DWDM optical channel card and the GCC is carried transparently through the ring.
Transponder or muxponder client and trunk ports are in a regenerator group, the cards are in transparent mode, and DCC/GCC termination is not available.
Provisionable patch cords are required on both ends of a physical link. The provisioning at each end includes a local patch cord ID, slot/port information, remote IP address, and remote patch cord ID. Patch Cords appear as dashed lines in CTC network view.
Note To set up a provisionable patch cord between an optical port and a transponder/muxponder, an add/drop multiplexer, or multiplexer/demultiplexer port, the optical port must have SDCC/LDCC termination provisioned. If the port is the protection port in a 1+1 group, the working port must have SDCC/LDCC termination provisioned.