Devices Configuration

About the Devices Configuration Page

To access this page, click the Devices tab and select Configuration in the left-nav bar.

The Devices Configuration page is the top level page where you manage sites and devices in your network. It consists of a mini-left-nav bar that displays the device tree and a main pane that is in context with the selection in the device tree. The device tree is a hierarchical representation of the device’s component model.

The device tree can be categorized by device type or by site. When you categorize the device tree by site, the Devices Configuration (Sites) page appears. When you categorize the device tree by device type, the Devices Configuration (Device Types) page appears.

Tasks You Can Perform

You can perform the following tasks from this page:

View a list of sites or device types in your network.
Create a new site.
Delete a site.

Field Descriptions

Table 12 and Table 13 describe the fields in the Devices Configuration (Sites) page and the Devices Configuration (Device Types) page. To switch between these two pages, see Navigating the Device Tree.

Table 12: Fields in the Devices Configuration (Sites) Page

Field	Description
Site Name	The name of the site. You configure the name when you create the site.
Description	The description of the site. You add the description when you create the site.
Devices	The number of devices at that site. Passive equipment such as a multiplexer/demultiplexer is not included in this count. Passive equipment is modeled as a circuit pack on an active device.

Table 13: Fields in the Devices Configuration (Device Types) Page

Field	Description
Model Name	The model name of the device. This information is retrieved from the device.
Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the device. This information is retrieved from the device.
Devices	The number of devices for that device type. Passive equipment such as a multiplexer/demultiplexer is not associated with a device type and is therefore not included in this count. Passive equipment is modeled as a circuit pack on an active device.

Navigating the Device Tree

Procedure

Use this procedure to navigate the device tree. When you go to the Devices Configuration page, the mini-left-nav bar shows a collapsed device tree categorized by either device type or site depending on how it was last categorized.

The tree is arranged hierarchically as follows:

Device type or site (highest level)
Device
Shelf
Circuit pack (one or more levels)
Port (lowest level)

In order to provide a consistent look-and-feel, the proNX Optical Director maps all devices into the above hierarchy.

Where needed, the hierarchy is extended to include additional levels. For example, an MX Series router has a chassis that contains FPCs that in turn contain MICs that in turn contain transceivers and ports. The proNX Optical Director represents this as a device containing a shelf containing an FPC circuit pack containing a MIC circuit pack containing a transceiver circuit pack containing a port.

In contrast, TCX Series devices do not have shelves or circuit packs, so the proNX Optical Director represents TCX Series devices as devices containing a single shelf that contains a single circuit pack.

To view the device tree categorized by site, click the Sort icon below the device tree and select Site. To view the device tree categorized by device type, click the Sort icon and select Device Type.
To expand an entry in the device tree, click the expansion arrow to the left of the entry. Only entries that contain branches have expansion arrows. To collapse an entry, click the expansion arrow again.
To select an entry, expand the device tree and click the entry you want to select., The main pane shows information in context with the selected entry.
To select multiple entries, press the Ctrl key (or Cmd key in Mac OS X) before selecting each entry.
To search for an entry by name or IP address, click the Search icon beneath the device tree and type the search string in the search box. As you type, a list of matching entries is shown. Continue typing to narrow down the list or move your mouse over the desired entry to highlight it. Once the desired entry is highlighted, click or press Enter to select it.
The device tree expands and highlights the selected entry.
To close the search box, click the Search icon again.
To collapse the entire tree, click the Collapse icon below the device tree.

Component Naming

The proNX Optical Director displays components in the device tree and elsewhere using names that are native to the device being managed. For example, pic:2/0/0 represents a PIC in FPC 2, MIC 0, and PIC 0.

For the TCX Series devices, see Table 14 to Table 17.

Table 14: TCX1000-RDM20 Component Naming

Component	Name	Description
Device	Assigned by user	This is the name that you configure as part of the system information.
Shelf	TCX1000-RDM20	This is the name used for the TCX1000-RDM20 shelf. There is one shelf per device.
Circuit Pack	roadm:1/1	The ROADM capability in the TCX1000-RDM20 is modeled as a circuit pack using a <chassis>/<index> format. There is one ROADM per shelf. The <chassis> is always 1 and the <index> is always 1.
Port	port:1/1/U0-U19	Universal ports for add/drop access and to connect to other ROADM elements within the same ROADM node.
	port:1/1/LINE	Line port for connecting to another ROADM node.
	port:1/1/OSC0	OSC 0 port for add/drop access to one of the two OSC wavelengths. For information on usage, see the TCX1000 Programmable ROADM Hardware Guide.
	port:1/1/OSC1	OSC 1 port for add/drop access to the second of the two OSC wavelengths. For information on usage, see the TCX1000 Programmable ROADM Hardware Guide.
	port:1/1/OSC	OSC port for connecting to the OSC 0 or OSC 1 port to select which OSC wavelength to add/drop. For information on usage, see the TCX1000 Programmable ROADM Hardware Guide.
	port:1/1/ETHCRAFT	Ethernet craft interface for local craft access. For information on usage, see the TCX1000 Programmable ROADM Hardware Guide.
	port:1/1/DCN0-DCN1	DCN ports to connect to the management network.

Table 15: TCX1000-ILA Component Naming

Component	Name	Description
Device	Assigned by user	This is the name that you configure as part of the system information.
Shelf	Chassis	This is the name used for the TCX1000-ILA shelf. There is one shelf per device.
Circuit Pack	ILA	This is the name used for the TCX1000-ILA circuit pack. There is one circuit pack per shelf.
Port	LINE-A	Line port for the span in one direction.
Port	LINE-B	Line port for the span in the other direction.

Table 16: FMD96 Component Naming

Component	Name	Description
Device	Assigned by user	This is the name of the TCX1000-RDM20 that the multiplexer/demultiplexer belongs to.
Shelf	TCX1000-RDM20	This is the shelf that the multiplexer/demultiplexer belongs to.
Circuit Pack	md:0/<index>	The multiplexer/demultiplexer is modeled as a circuit pack using a <chassis>/<index> format. The <chassis> is always 0 for a passive device. The <index> is the index that you assign when you create the mutliplexer/demultiplexer.
Port	port:0/<index>/C1-C96	Client ports for add/drop access to individual wavelengths. Each client port is associated with a specific wavelength. See the TCX1000 Programmable ROADM Hardware Guide for the client port to wavelength mapping.
Port	port:0/<index>/L1	Line port for connecting to the ROADM device. The FMD96 has a single line port to connect to a single degree.

Table 17: 2D8CMD Component Naming

Component	Name	Description
Device	Assigned by user	This is the name of the TCX1000-RDM20 that the multiplexer/demultiplexer belongs to.
Shelf	TCX1000-RDM20	This is the shelf that the multiplexer/demultiplexer belongs to.
Circuit Pack	cmd:0/<index>	The multiplexer/demultiplexer is modeled as a circuit pack using a <chassis>/<index> format. The <chassis> is always 0 for a passive device. The <index> is the index that you assign when you create the mutliplexer/demultiplexer.
Port	port:0/<index>/C0-C7	Client ports for add/drop access to individual wavelengths. The 2D8CMD is ’colorless’. Each client port has access to all wavelengths.
Port	port:0/<index>/L0-L1	Line ports for connecting to the ROADM devices. The 2D8CMD has two line ports to connect to two degrees.

Creating a New Site

Procedure

Use this procedure to create a new site. There are different ways to create a new site. This procedure describes how to do this from the Devices Configuration (Sites) page.

Click the Devices tab, select Configuration in the left-nav bar, and sort the device tree by site.
Click New to create a new site.
The Create a Site window depicting a map of the world appears.
To pan around the map, click and hold anywhere in the map background and drag the map until the desired part of the map comes into view.
To zoom in and out:
To zoom in, click the in the lower right corner. Alternatively, you can zoom in by using your mouse scroll wheel.
To zoom out, click the in the lower right corner. Alternatively, you can zoom out by using your mouse scroll wheel.
Note If you zoom out such that two or more sites are on top of each other, a single icon is displayed. To see the sites represented by the icon, click the icon.
To create a new site, click the spot on the map where you want to create the site. For better accuracy, zoom in on the map to get better location resolution.
The New Site dialog appears.
Type the Site Name of the new site and click Save.
The site appears on the map.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 to create another site. When you are finished creating sites, click OK to close the Create a Site window.

Deleting a Site

Procedure

Use this procedure to delete a site. There are different ways to delete a site. This procedure describes how to do this from the Devices Configuration (Sites) page.

Click the Devices tab, select Configuration in the left-nav bar, and sort the device tree by site.
Select a site from the table of sites and click Delete.
You can only delete a site that does not contain any devices.
Click Delete in the confirmation dialog.
The deleted site is removed from the table of sites and from the device tree.

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