Viewing Performance Monitoring Details of Optical IPLCs for Detecting and Diagnosing Faults
To analyze and resolve any faults associated with optical integrated photonic line cards (IPLCs), it is essential to view the diagnostic data, warnings, and alarms for transport performance monitoring. The different types of parameters related to performance monitoring that are retrieved from the optical IPLCs enable you to ensure service availability and verify or monitor individual services and the service network performance.
The performance monitoring capability in Connectivity Services Director displays information about the health of your network and changing conditions of your optical IPLCs. Use this diagnosis and detection mechanism to identify problems with the equipment, pinpoint security attacks, or to analyze trends and categories of errors. This feature includes fault-monitoring details in the dashboard, in monitoring pages, and on a dedicated page that displays alarms, events, and system log messages that are generated. Performance monitoring parameters can be viewed in both chart and statistical formats. These charts and statistical details provide essential and cohesive information about system conditions, any discrepancies and malfunctioning, and protocols or components that need to be examined and debugged for better efficiency and working capacity. You can assess the performance of your network, not only at a point in time, but also over a period of time. This feature enables you to determine trending and network-health parameters; for example, whether service-level agreements (SLAs) have been violated.
To view the performance monitoring details of IPLC optics:
- From the Junos Space user interface, click the Build icon on the Connectivity Services Director banner.
The workspaces that are applicable to Build mode are displayed on the Tasks pane.
- From the View selector, select Device View.
The functionalities that you can configure in this view are displayed.
- From the Device View pane, click the plus sign (+) next
to the My Network tree to expand the tree and select the PTX300 router
for which you want to define the optical IPLC settings.
The network tree is expanded and the selected device is highlighted.
- From the Tasks pane, select Device Management > View
Physical Inventory.
An image of the device is displayed on the right pane.
- In the image of the device, select an optical IPLC in
the image of the device—for example, an optical integrated photonic
line card (IPLC) installed in a PTX3000 router.
The Component Info dialog box is displayed. At the lower part of the dialog box, the Equipment, Status/Config, Performance, and Line Connectivity tabs are displayed.
- Click the Performance tab at the bottom of
the pane.
The performance monitoring counters and metrics that pertain to the IPLC are displayed. The IPLC Optics PMs dialog box is displayed. This dialog box contains the Perf Mon and TCA Config tabs.
Line OUT VOA—Line-out Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA).
Line OUT VOA-Min—Minimum line-out VOA
Line OUT VOA-Max—Maximum line-out VOA
Line OUT VOA-Avg—Average line-out VOA
OSC Fiber Loss—Fiber loss of the Optical Service Channel (OSC)
OSC Fiber Loss-Min—Minimum fiber loss of the OSC
OSC Fiber Loss-Avg—Average fiber loss of the OSC
OSC Fiber Loss-Max—Maximum fiber loss of the OSC
OSC Tx Power—Transmitted power of the OSC
OSC Tx Power-Min—Minimum transmitted power of the OSC
OSC Tx Power-Avg—Average transmitted power of the OSC
OSC Tx Power-Max—Maximum transmitted power of the OSC
OSC Rx Power—Received power of the OSC
OSC Rx Power-Min—Minimum received power of the OSC
OSC Rx Power-Avg—Average received power of the OSC
OSC Rx Power-Max—Maximum received power of the OSC
Power AWG Add—Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) added power
Power AWG Add-Min—Minimum AWG added power
Power AWG Add-Avg—Average AWG added power
Power AWG Add-Max—Maximum AWG added power
Power Express In—Power of the express-in mode of the IPLC
Power Express In-Min—Minimum power of the express-in mode of the IPLC
Power Express In-Avg—Average power of the express-in mode of the IPLC
Power Express In-Max—Maximum power of the express-in mode of the IPLC
- Click the IPLC LineOut PMs header at the bottom
of the dialog box. The IPLC LineOut PMs pane is expanded and displayed.
This pane contains the PerfMon and TCA Config tabs.
The following fields are displayed in the Perf Mon tab of the IPLC LineOut PMs dialog box. The date and time at which the dialog box was last refreshed is shown.
OCM Power Channel—Power line-out reading of the Optical Channel Monitor (OCM)
OCM Power Channel-Min—Minimum power line-out of the OCM
OCM Power Channel-Avg—Average power line-out of the OCM
OCM Power Channel-Max—Maximum power line-out of the OCM
The power line-out values for 31 power channels that are present in the IPLC are listed in the IPLC LineOut PMs dialog box.
Note An optical channel monitor (OCM) with three points of observation including:
The booster EDFA (E1) output
The pre-amplifier EDFA (E2) output.
The combined channels of the local add function at the input of the WSS, which indicates which channels (both odd and even channels) are being added locally.
An optical supervisory channel (OSC), which communicates in-band with the far end IPLC modules and is used for the analysis of the fiber span characteristics, performance monitoring, and IPLC fault handing. Simple topology discovery logic communicates with the ILAs and PTX3000 nodes.
An optical splitter is used to broadcast the received signal from the output of the pre-amplifier (E2) towards both DROP and PT IN and PT OUT ports.
The following are the four power monitors:
AWG Add—Monitors the input of the wavelength selective switch (WSS) measuring the total input power of the combined channels of the local add function (both odd and even channels).
Express In—Monitors the input of the WSS measuring the total input power at the input to the WSS coming from the PT IN and PT OUT express ports.
Line In—Monitors the input at the LINE IN port, for detection of the incoming line signal optical power. The remaining PDs
Line Out—Monitors the output at the LINE OUT port, for detection of the outgoing line signal optical power.
- Click the IPLC EDFA PMs header at the bottom
of the dialog box. The IPLC EDFA PMs pane is expanded and displayed.
This pane contains the PerfMon and TCA Config tabs.
The following fields are displayed in the Perf Mon tab of the IPLC EDFA PMs dialog box. The date and time at which the dialog box was last refreshed is shown.
Ingress Input Power–Ingress EDFA input power
Ingress Input Power-Min–Minimum ingress EDFA input power
Ingress Input Power-Avg–Average ingress EDFA input power
Ingress Input Power-Max–Maximum ingress EDFA input power
Ingress Output Power–Ingress EDFA output power
Ingress Output Power-Min–Minimum ingress EDFA output power
Ingress Output Power-Avg–Average ingress EDFA output power
Ingress Output Power-Max–Maximum ingress EDFA output power
Ingress Signal Power–Ingress EDFA signal power
Ingress Signal Power-Min–Minimum ingress EDFA signal power
Ingress Signal Power-Avg–Average ingress EDFA signal power
Ingress Signal Power-Max–Maximum ingress EDFA signal power
Ingress Pump Current—Ingress EDFA pump current
Ingress Pump Current-Min—Minimum ingress EDFA pump current
Ingress Pump Current-Avg—Average ingress EDFA pump current
Ingress Pump Current-Max—Maximum ingress EDFA pump current
Egress Input Power–Egress EDFA input power
Egress Input Power-Min–Minimum egress EDFA input power
Egress Input Power-Avg–Average egress EDFA input power
Egress Input Power-Max–Maximum egress EDFA input power
Egress Output Power–Egress EDFA output power
Egress Output Power-Min–Minimum egress EDFA output power
Egress Output Power-Avg–Average egress EDFA output power
Egress Output Power-Max–Maximum egress EDFA output power
Egress Signal Power–Egress EDFA signal power
Egress Signal Power-Min–Minimum egress EDFA signal power
Egress Signal Power-Avg–Average egress EDFA signal power
Egress Signal Power-Max–Maximum egress EDFA signal power
Egress Pump Current—Egress EDFA pump current
Egress Pump Current-Min—Minimum egress EDFA pump current
Egress Pump Current-Avg—Average egress EDFA pump current
Egress Pump Current-Max—Maximum egress EDFA pump current
On the Perf Mon tab, for the TCA column, either a minus sign (–) is displayed that denotes that an alarm for threshold-exceed is not configured or a check mark is displayed and grayed out that indicates that the TCA for the particular attribute is configured.
- From the IPLC Optics PMs, IPLC LineOut PMs, or IPLC EDFA
PMs dialog boxes, in the 15 Mins column, click the Chart button for the performance monitoring parameter set for which you
want to view the statistics for the last 15 minutes. This option
enables you to view the statistics in a chart form. Performance monitoring
information for the different parameters are displayed for the current
15-minute interval. By default, 96 records of 15-minute intervals
are displayed.
A 15-Min parameter-name tab is displayed beside the TCA Config tab at the top-left corner of the Optics PMs dialog box. A graphical format of the statistics for the specified parameter is displayed on this tab.
- Click the 15 Mins parameter name tab.
Select one of the following options from the drop-down menu:
Select View Chart or the graphical icon (elliptical curve symbol) to display the chart of performance monitoring statistical metrics. A line graph is displayed with date and time along the horizontal axis and the parameter along the vertical axis. A color-coding format is used to display the different lines, and legends reference the parameter names corresponding to the lines displayed. Mouse over the points in the line graph to expand and show the value of the performance monitoring counters at a particular time.
Select View Grid to switch over to the tabular format of display of performance monitoring statistics.
The records are displayed in tabular format. A serial number of the count of entries, the day, month, and year at which the entry was collected, and the time at which the entry was collected are displayed. The timestamp is the UTC time in the database that is mapped to the local time zone of the client computer.
Select Save Chart, when you view the performance monitoring statistics in graphical format, to save the graph to a Microsoft Excel file, as a .png image. Click the pin icon on the upper-left corner to revert the tab to the original container panel.
Select Popout Tab or the light blue triangle icon to view the dialog box as a separate window.
In the pop-up dialog box, you can do one of the following:
In the From Date field, pull down the calendar and select the start date of the search. In the To Date field, pull down the calendar and select the end date of the search.
Click Reload to refresh the contents and display the updated information for the specified time period.
Click Export Data to transfer the data in graphical or statistical format to a spreadsheet or other business applications for future reference and archival. The comma-separated value (CSV) format takes the raw data from the report and delineates the fields with commas so that the data is imported into popular spreadsheet programs.
Click the View Chart button at the top-left corner of the dialog box to view the statistics in graphical format. Alternatively, click the View Grid button at the top-left corner of the dialog box to view the statistics in tabular format. The View Chart/Grid button is a toggle button.
Click OK to close the pop-up dialog box. Alternatively, press Esc to close the dialog box after you complete viewing the statistical details.
Click Close to close the 15-Min parameter-name tab.
- From the IPLC Optics PMs, IPLC LineOut PMs, or IPLC EDFA
PMs dialog boxes, in the 24-Hrs column, click the Chart button for the performance monitoring parameter set for which you
want to view the statistics for the previous day. This option enables
you to view the statistics in a chart form. Performance monitoring
information for the different parameters are displayed for the current
24-hour interval. By default, records pertaining to the last 30 days
are displayed when you view the performance monitoring counters for
the 24-hour duration.
A 24 Hours parameter-name tab is displayed beside the TCA Config tab at the top-left corner of the Optics PMs dialog box. A graphical format of the statistics for the specified parameter is displayed on this tab.
- Click the 24 Hours parameter name tab.
Select one of the following options from the drop-down menu:
Select View Chart or the graphical icon (elliptical curve symbol) to display the chart of performance monitoring statistical metrics. A line graph is displayed with date along the horizontal axis and the parameter along the vertical axis. A color-coding format is used to display the different lines, and legends reference the parameter names corresponding to the lines displayed. Mouse over the points in the line graph to expand and show the value of the performance monitoring counters at a particular time.
Select View Grid to switch over to the tabular format of display of performance monitoring statistics.
Select Save Chart, when you view the performance monitoring statistics in graphical format, to save the graph to a Microsoft Excel file, as a .png image. Click the pin icon on the upper-left corner to revert the tab to the original container panel.
Select Popout Tab or the light blue triangle icon to view the dialog box as a separate window.
In the pop-up dialog box, you can do one of the following:
In the From Date field, pull down the calendar and select the start date of the search. In the To Date field, pull down the calendar and select the end date of the search. Click Reload to refresh the contents and display the updated information for the specified time period.
Click Export Data to transfer the data in graphical or statistical format to a spreadsheet or other business applications for future reference and archival. The comma-separated value (CSV) format takes the raw data from the report and delineates the fields with commas so that the data is imported into popular spreadsheet programs.
Click the View Chart button at the top-left corner of the dialog box to view the statistics in graphical format. Alternatively, click the View Grid button at the top-left corner of the dialog box to view the statistics in tabular format. The View Chart/Grid button is a toggle button.
Click OK to close the pop-up dialog box. Alternatively, press Esc to close the dialog box after you complete viewing the statistical details.
Click Close to close the 24 Hours parameter-name tab.
You can click the Refresh (rotating arrow icon) button at the top of the dialog box to enable the latest performance monitoring statistics to be polled and displayed.