NTRN10DB.2 (6500 R10.1 Planning) Issue2

6500 Packet-Optical Platform
Planning, Part 2 of 4
Release 10.1
What’s inside...
Applications and upgrades
User interface description
Ordering information
See Part 1 for the following...

Introduction
Feature overview
Shelf and equipment descriptions

Pluggable modules
Technical specifications

Data communications planning
NTRN10DB - Standard Issue 2

February 2015
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Contents 0
New in this release and documentation roadmap vii
Applications and upgrades 4-1

Unprotected configuration 4-2
1+1/MSP linear 4-6
1+1 OTN 4-8
1+1 TPT 4-8
1+1 ETS 4-8
BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS 4-9
2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing 4-9
4-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS 4-10
UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP configuration 4-12
Ethernet point-to-point (P2P) application 4-13
Layer 2 point-to-point (P2P) application 4-14
Layer 2 multipoint-to-multipoint (A2A) application 4-14
Layer 2 resilient packet ring 4-15
G.8032 ERP 4-15
Intra-office application 4-16
PDH application 4-17
OMX applications 4-18
Compatible circuit packs and pluggables 4-20
Network sites 4-24
OMX DWDM configurations 4-24
Next generation modulation (NGM) technology and applications 4-28
Electronic Dynamically Compensating Optics (eDCO) 4-28
NGM Technology overview 4-29
ITU.T OTN G.709 operation 4-30
40G applications 4-34
100G, Flex2, and Flex3 applications 4-36
6500 Photonics applications 4-39
6500 Control Plane applications 4-39
6500 Submarine applications 4-39
VoIP orderwire 4-40
Network reconfiguration 4-41

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Upgrade support 4-41

Software 4-41
Hardware 4-41
User interface description 5-1

6500 Site Manager 5-1
OAM&P description 5-3
Commissioning and testing 5-4
System parameters 5-5
Visualization tool 5-5
Shelf Level View 5-5
Equipment management 5-6
Facility management 5-7
Troubleshooting tools 5-7
Connection and bandwidth management 5-9
Tandem Connection Monitoring 5-11
Data Services 5-12
Photonic Services 5-18
Synchronization management 5-21
Control Plane 5-22
TODR Profiles 5-23
Backup and Restore 5-23
Installing and upgrading network element software 5-23
Span of Control 5-24
Alarm and event management 5-24
6500 data communications 5-27
SNMP 5-27
Performance monitoring and operational measurements 5-28
Security and administration 5-31
Equipment and traffic protection 5-33
Synchronization protection 5-34
TL1 interface 5-35
SNMP support 5-35
6500 Command line interface (CLI) 5-35
SAOS-based Command Line Interface (SAOS CLI) 5-36
Ordering information 6-1

New items in Release 10.1 6-1
RoHS compliant equipment 6-12

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New in this release and documentation

roadmap 0
This Technical Publication supports 6500 Packet-Optical Platform (6500)

Release 10.1 software and subsequent maintenance releases for Release
10.1.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, references to Release 10.1 in the

Planning Guides and technical publications apply to Release 10.1 and
Releases 10.1x.
Issue 2
This document has been up-issued to specify that the following circuit packs
are supported in Release 10.11 and up:
• Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band Type 2
circuit pack (NTK539BN)
• Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band circuit
pack (NTK539QN)
• 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Submarine C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack
(NTK538UN)
Issue 1
The following section details what’s new in 6500 Planning, Part 2 of 4,
NTRN10DB, Standard Issue 1 for Release 10.1.
The following new/enhanced features are covered in this document:

• new circuit packs and modules
— 4x10G OTR w/Encryption 4xXFP/4xSFP+ circuit pack (NTK530QE)
— Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
Type 2 circuit pack (NTK539BN)
Note: NTK539BN is supported in software release 10.11.
— Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Premium with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band

circuit pack (NTK539QJ)

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— Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Enhanced with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band

circuit pack (NTK539QK)
— Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Standard with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band
circuit pack (NTK539QL)
— Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Basic with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band circuit
pack (NTK539QM)
— Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band
circuit pack (NTK539QN)
Note: NTK539QN is supported in software release 10.11.
— 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Premium C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack

(NTK538UJ)
— 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Enhanced C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack
(NTK538UK)
— 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Standard C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack
(NTK538UL)
— 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Basic C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack
(NTK538UM)
— 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Submarine C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack
(NTK538UN)
Note: NTK538UN is supported in software release 10.11.
— 100G MUX Multi-Protocol 2xQSFP+/2xSFP+ circuit pack

(NTK529EA)
— 8-Degree 16-Channel Colorless Mux/Demux (CCMD8x16 C-Band
1xCXM) circuit pack (NTK508HA)
— CCMD8x16 C-Band Expansion Module (CXM C-Band Type 1)
(NTK576BA)
— Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) Flex C-Band w/OPM 20x1 circuit
pack (NTK553MA)
— Fiber Interconnect Module (FIM) Type 1 (NTK504CA)
— Fiber Interconnect Module (FIM) Type 2 (NTK504CB)
— Optical Power Monitor (OPM Flex C-band) 2-Port circuit pack
(NTK553PB)
— 10 Group Mux/Demux (GMD10) C-Band module (NTT862GA)
— 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot) chassis (174-0064-900)
— 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot) chassis with 19 inch, 23 inch,
and ETSI brackets (K80-0002-901)

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— 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot) chassis with 19 inch, 23 inch,

and ETSI brackets and cover (K80-0002-902)
— 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-Slot) 19 inch, 23 inch, and ETSI
bracket kit (174-0096-900)
— 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot) cover (174-0095-900)
— PKT I/F GE 48xSFP circuit pack (NTK642AA)
• new common equipment and shelf accessories
— Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive,
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 1 meter (NTTC97AA)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 2 meters (NTTC97AB)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 3 meters (NTTC97AC)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 5 meters (NTTC97AD)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 7 meters (NTTC97AE)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 10 meters (NTTC97AF)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 13 meters (NTTC97AG)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 15 meters (NTTC97AH)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 20 meters (NTTC97AJ)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 25 meters (NTTC97AK)
12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, 30 meters (NTTC97AL)
— Bracket Kit, 6500 7-slot Type 2, 19-inch rack, 465 mm center-to-center
mounting holes, 50 mm setback, EIA hole pitch (NTK509PG)
— Cable Assembly, STP Cat 5E, RJ45, TIA568B, Straight, Single, 3 m
(NTTC09DM)
• new pluggables
— 40GBASE-LR4, 4x10G CWDM, SMF, 1310nm, 10km QSFP+ (160-
9501-900)
— Multirate 1528.38 nm to 1568.77 nm (1-88) 50GHz Tunable Type 3
DWDM XFP (NTK583AC)

x New in this release and documentation roadmap
• At the time of publication, Release 10.1 supports upgrades from Releases

9.20/9.21/9.22/9.30/9.31/9.32/10.0/10.05
Supporting documentation
The following is a list of application-specific documents that are applicable to
the 6500.
• The 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide, NTRN15BA,
provides detailed information on data concepts, applications, and
engineering rules.
• The 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Control Plane Application Guide,
NTRN71AA, provides detailed information on Control Plane concepts,
applications, and engineering rules.
• The Universal AC Rectifier Application Note for Packet-Optical Transport,
009-2012-900, provides configuration, installation, operating,
maintenance and planning information related to this AC Rectifier solution.
• The 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Photonic Layer Guide, NTRN15DA,
provides detailed information on Photonic concepts, applications, and
engineering rules.
• The 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Submarine Networking Application
Guide, NTRN72AA, provides detailed information on Submarine
applications and engineering rules.
• The SAOS-based Packet Services Command Reference, 323-1851-610,
the SAOS-based Packet Services Configuration, 323-1851-630,
the SAOS-based Packet Services Fault and Performance, 323-1851-650,
and the SAOS-based Packet Services MIB Reference, 323-1851-690,
provide detailed information for the eMOTR and PKT/OTN cross-connect
circuit packs. eMOTR and PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs use an
operating system based on the Service Aware Operating System (SAOS)
for Layer 2 services.

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6500 Packet-Optical Platform technical publications

The following roadmap illustrates the structure of the 6500 technical
publications library.
Planning a Network Installing, Managing and Maintaining and Circuit Pack-Based
Commissioning and Provisioning Troubleshooting Documentation
Testing a Network a Network a Network
Planning - Installation - Administration Fault Management - Common Equipment

Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 General Information and Security Performance (323-1851-102.1)
(NTRN10DB) (323-1851-201.0) (323-1851-301) Monitoring
(323-1851-520) Electrical
Documentation Installation - Configuration - (323-1851-102.2)
Roadmap 2-slot Shelves Provisioning
(323-1851-201.1) Fault Management -
(323-1851-090) and Operating OC-n/STM-n
Alarm Clearing
Parts 1 and 2 (323-1851-102.3)
Installation - 7-slot & Parts 1 and 2
Planning - (323-1851-310)
6500-7 packet-optical (323-1851-543) 40G/100G/OSIC/
Ordering Information
Shelves Configuration - ISS/SLIC10 and
(323-1851-151)
(323-1851-201.2) Bandwidth & Data Fault Management - 200G Services
Latency Services Parts 1,2,3 Module (323-1851-102.4)
Specifications Installation - Replacement
14-slot Shelves (323-1851-320)
(323-1851-170) (323-1851-545)
(323-1851-201.3) Broadband/SMUX
Pluggable Configuration - OTN FLEX MOTR
Datasheets Installation - Fault Management -
Control Plane (323-1851-102.5)
and Reference 32-slot Shelves SNMP
(323-1851-330)
(323-1851-180) (323-1851-201.4) (323-1851-740)
Photonics Equipment
Installation - Encryption and FIPS (323-1851-102.6)
TL-1 Description 2150 Passive Optical Security Policy Fault Management -
(323-1851-190) Multiplexer Chassis Overview and Customer Visible
Data and Layer 2
(3 & 6 slot versions) Procedures Logs
Site Manager (323-1851-102.7)
(323-1851-201.5) (323-1851-340) (323-1851-840)
for 6500 & CPL
Fundamentals Commissioning OTN I/F, PKT I/F, &
(323-1851-195) and Testing PKT/OTN I/F
(323-1851-221) (323-1851-102.8)
SAOS-based Command Fault and MIB

Configuration
Packet Services Reference Performance Reference
(323-1851-630)
Documentation (323-1851-610) (323-1851-650) (323-1851-690)
6500 Photonic 6500 Data 6500 / 5400 Common

Layer Guide Application Guide Interworking Solution Photonic Layer
Supporting (NTRN15DA) (NTRN15BA) (323-1851-160) Technical Publications
Documentation
Submarine Networking 6500 Control Plane Universal AC Rectifier Network Interworking
Application Guide Application Guide Application Note Guide
(NTRN72AA) (NTRN71AA) (009-2012-900) (NTCA68CA)

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4-1
Applications and upgrades 4-
This chapter describes how the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform (6500) fits in a
network and interworks with other Ciena products. This chapter also
describes the upgrade considerations for 6500. Table 4-1 lists the topics in this
chapter.
Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide,

NTRN15BA, for detailed information on data concepts, applications, and
engineering rules supported in this release of 6500.
Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Photonic Layer Guide, NTRN15DA,

for detailed information on Photonic concepts, applications, and engineering
rules supported in this release of 6500.
Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Control Plane Application Guide,

NTRN71AA, for detailed information on Control Plane concepts, applications,
and engineering rules supported in this release of 6500.
Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Submarine Networking Application

Guide, NTRN72AA, for detailed information on Submarine applications and
Table 4-1
Topics in this chapter
Topic Page
Unprotected configuration 4-2
1+1/MSP linear 4-6
1+1 OTN 4-8
1+1 TPT 4-8
1+1 ETS 4-8
BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS 4-9
UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP configuration 4-12
Ethernet point-to-point (P2P) application 4-13

4-2 Applications and upgrades
Table 4-1 (continued)

Topic Page
Layer 2 point-to-point (P2P) application 4-14
Layer 2 multipoint-to-multipoint (A2A) application 4-14
Layer 2 resilient packet ring 4-15
Intra-office application 4-16
PDH application 4-17
OMX applications 4-18
Next generation modulation (NGM) technology and applications 4-28
40G applications 4-34
100G, Flex2, and Flex3 applications 4-36
6500 Photonics applications 4-39
6500 Control Plane applications 4-39
6500 Submarine applications 4-39
VoIP orderwire 4-40
Network reconfiguration 4-41
Upgrade support 4-41
Unprotected configuration
An unprotected connection configuration has a single transmit/receive
interface that is used to interconnect network elements and is supported on
all interface circuit packs available in this release:
• 1xOC-192/STM-64
• 2xOC-48/STM-16
• 8xOC-3/12/STM-1/4 (including STM-1e electrical interfaces)
• 16xOC-n/STM-n 5G STS-1/HO
• 16xOC-n/STM-n 5G VT1.5/LO
• 16xOC-n/STM-n 10G STS-1/HO
• 16xOC-n/STM-n 10G VT1.5/LO
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n STS-1/VC-3 20G
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n STS-1/VC-3 OTN 20G
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n LO 20G
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n LO OTN 20G
• 8xOC-n/STM-n 5G VT1.5/LO SFP

• MXC
• 4xGE Ethernet Private Line (EPL)
• 1x10GE Ethernet Private Line (EPL)
• 24xDS3/EC-1
• 24xDS3/E3
• 24x10/100BT EPL
• L2SS
• 20G L2SS
• PDH gateway
• L2 MOTR
• FLEX MOTR
• 8xOTN Flex MOTR
• (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR
• RPR (open ring configuration)
• SuperMux
• 63xE1
• 16xSTM-1e
• TMUX
• 84xDS1 TM (DSM)
• 10G OC-192/STM-64 WT
• 10GEL WT
• 10G OTU2 WT
• 10G OTR
• 2x10G OTR
• 4x10G OTR
• 2.5G MOTR
• 10G OTSC
• 40G OCLD
• Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD
• 40G OCI
• 40/43G OCI
• 40G+ CFP OCI
• 40G MUX OCI

• 40G UOCLD
• 100G OCLD
• 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD
• Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD
• Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD
• 10x10GE MUX
• 10x10G MUX
• 100G (2xQSFP+/2xSFP+) MUX
• 100GE OCI
• 100G OCI
• 100G WaveLogic 3 OTR
• 40G XCIF
• 40G OTN XCIF
• 100G PKT/OTN XCIF
• 16xFLEX OTN I/F
• 48xGE PKT I/F
• 10x10G PKT/OTN I/F
Figure 4-1 on page 4-5 shows an example of the 6500 network elements
supporting unprotected line configuration between 6500 network elements
and between other network elements.
For more information about unprotected configuration rules, see Planning -

Ordering Information, 323-1851-151. For more information about the
unprotected protection scheme, refer to Part 2 of Configuration - Provisioning
and Operating, 323-1851-310.

Figure 4-1
Unprotected configuration (example)
HDX/HDXc or
5430/Core Director
6500 NE 6500 NE
Working Working
Unprotected
- OC-768/STM-256
Working
Working
Working
Working
- OC-192/STM-64
- OC-48/STM-16
- OC-12/STM-4
- OC-3/STM-1
- STM-1e
- GE and 10GE
- 10/100BT
- OTM0
- OTM1
SONET/SDH GE or - OTM2 SONET/SDH GE or
NE 10/100BT NE 10/100BT
For a list of circuit packs supporting this type of protection configuration, refer
to Part 1 of 6500 Planning, NTRN10DB (chapter 2).

1+1/MSP linear
1+1/multiplex section protection (MSP) linear is a line level traffic protection
scheme and consists of a point-point configuration with two optical fiber/
coaxial cable pairs carrying the traffic (one for working and the other for
protection). Traffic is carried on both working and protection lines and the
receiving interfaces determine which line to select based on signal quality or
user-initiated actions.
1+1/MSP protection is also provided on the GE ports of the 4xGE EPL circuit
packs (for more information, refer to Part 2 of Configuration - Provisioning and
Operating, 323-1851-310).
The 6500 supports 1+1/MSP linear protection switching on a per-port basis

provisionable through Site Manager. The 6500 carries working and protection
lines on the same port on adjacent slots for equipment redundancy.
In case of 1+1/MSP linear protection switching on 40G XCIF circuit packs, two
pairs of 40G OCLD/40G XCIF or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD/40G XCIF
circuit packs (or one pair of 40G OCLD/40G XCIF and one pair of Wavelength-
Selective 40G OCLD/40G XCIF) and two cross-connect circuit packs form the
40G protected TR group where the OC192/STMn traffic on the working 40G
XCIF circuit pack is protected by the protection 40G XCIF circuit pack. This is
called 40G protected TR group. When the 40G protected TR group is created,
it is seen by the cross-connect circuit packs as a double-slot circuit pack with
40G of XC access capacity. Physically and in 14-slot shelf types other than 14-
slot packet-optical shelf types, 20G of capacity is routed directly between the
cross-connect circuit packs and the 40G XCIF. The other 20G is relayed
through the 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD (passively) to the
40G XCIF. This is done since the 40G XCIF has 40G of XC access capacity
but the slot only supports 20G so the other 20G is relayed through the 40G
OCLD's or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD’s slot via special tracks that are
on the 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit pack. In some
shelves such as 14-slot packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503SA), each slot
has up to 50G capacity and therefore all 40G of capacity is routed directly
between the cross-connect circuit packs and the 40G XCIF.
Figure 4-2 on page 4-7 shows an example of 6500 network elements

connected by 1+1/MSP linear protection between 6500 network elements and
between other network elements.

Figure 4-2
1+1/MSP linear configuration
HDX/HDXc or
5430/Core Director
6500 NE 6500 NE
Working Working
Protection Protection
1+1/MSP linear
Protection
Protection
- OC-192/STM-64
Working
Working
- OC-48/STM-16
- OC-12/STM-4
- OC-3/STM-1
- STM-1e
- GE
SONET/SDH SONET/SDH
NE NE
For a list of circuit packs supporting 1+1/MSP traffic protection scheme, refer
For more information about the 1+1/MSP traffic protection scheme and
maximum configurations in each shelf type, refer to Part 2 of Configuration -
Provisioning and Operating, 323-1851-310.

1+1 OTN
The 6500 supports 1+1 OTN line-side (inter-card) and 1+1 OTN line-side
(intra-card) protection configurations. See below for two examples on how 1+1
OTN works.
• Example for 1+1 OTN line-side (inter-card):
For 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs, three
40G circuit packs form the protection triplet (1+1 OTN line-side
protection). Two 40G OCLDs or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLDs circuit
packs are carrying the working and protection paths with a 40G OCI, 40/
43G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40G MUX OCI circuit pack in between. The
40G triplet must be equipped in consecutive slots. The working 40G OCLD
or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit pack must be in the left slot of
the triplet and the protection 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G
OCLD circuit pack must be in the right slot of the triplet. Mixing 40G OCLD
and Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs in the same protection
group is also supported. That is, using a 40G OCLD circuit pack as the
working (or protection) circuit pack and using a Wavelength-Selective 40G
OCLD as the protection (or working) circuit pack.
• For 40G UOCLD circuit packs in 1+1 OTN line-side protection, the
protection triplet occupies five slots (since the 40G UOCLD is a double-
slot circuit pack), with the working 40G UOCLD circuit pack in the two left
slots of the triplet and the protection 40G UOCLD circuit pack in the two
right slots of the triplet. Two 40G UOCLD circuit packs are carrying the
working and protected paths with a 40G MUX OCI, 40G OCI, 40/43G OCI,
or 40G+ CFP OCI circuit pack in between.
• Example for 1+1 OTN line-side (intra-card):
1+1 OTN (single card) line protection is made across any two OTM1 line
ports for a single client or a multiplexed group of clients.
1+1 TPT
For information about the TPT traffic protection scheme, refer to Common
Equipment, 323-1851-102.1 (Chapter 4) and Part 2 of Configuration -
1+1 ETS
For information about the ETS traffic protection scheme, refer to Common
Equipment, 323-1851-102.1 (Chapter 4) and Part 2 of Configuration -

BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS
This release of 6500 supports 2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing and 4-Fiber BLSR/
MS-SPRing/HERS as described below.
2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing
A 2-Fiber bidirectional line-switched ring (BLSR)/multiplex section shared
protection ring (MS-SPRing) is a line level traffic protection scheme. A 2-Fiber
BLSR/MS-SPRing is a ring network of nodes interconnected by a pair of
optical fibers. Each optical fiber carries both working and protection channels,
the bandwidth being divided into two equal halves, one half for working and
the other half for protection. The user assigns traffic to the working channels
in either direction around the ring. The protection channels travel around the
ring in the opposite direction to the working channels that they protect.
Figure 4-3 shows 6500 network elements connected by 2-Fiber BLSR/MS-

SPRing protection between 6500 network elements.
Figure 4-3
2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing configuration
6500 NE 6500 NE
Working/protection
Working/protection
Working/protection
2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing
- OC-192/STM-64
- OC-48/STM-16
Working/protection
6500 NE 6500 NE

For more information about the 2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing traffic protection

scheme and maximum configurations in each shelf type, refer to Part 2 of
Configuration - Provisioning and Operating, 323-1851-310.
4-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS
A 4-Fiber bidirectional line-switched ring (BLSR)/multiplex section shared
protection ring (MS-SPRing)/head-end ring switching (HERS) is a line level
traffic protection scheme. A 4-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS is a ring
network of nodes interconnected by pairs of optical fibers. Four optical fibers
connect each node to each of its two adjacent nodes. The four optical fibers
are:
• two working fibers (one for each direction)
• two protection fibers (one for each direction)
4-Fiber HERS is used for transcontinental and transoceanic applications that

can take ring circumference beyond the 1200km specified in the standard
specifications for 4-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing. Figure 4-4 shows 6500 network
elements connected by 4-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS protection between
6500 network elements.

Figure 4-4
4-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS configuration
6500 NE 6500 NE
Working
Protection
4-Fiber
Protection
Working
Working
Protection
BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS
- OC-192/STM-64
Protection
Working
6500 NE 6500 NE
For more information about the 4-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing traffic protection


UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP configuration
The 6500 supports subtending unidirectional path switched ring (UPSR)/
subnetwork connection protection (SNCP)/Arbitrary subnetwork connection
protection (ASNCP) configurations.
The UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP function provides:

• the capability of eliminating subtending head-end nodes with back-to-back
tributaries by terminating the UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP directly on the 6500
• a single 6500 network element to terminate several UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP
systems, as well as providing unrestricted cross-connects across all
UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP configurations in a non-blocking fashion
• simplicity (no coordination required between the network elements)
In a UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP configuration, traffic is transmitted simultaneously

on two separate ports. The traffic is transmitted via different routes through the
network to the destination node which selects one of the two paths based on
the quality of the received signal (see Figure 4-5). For example, in a ring
configuration, the traffic can be transmitted simultaneously on the working
fiber in the clockwise direction and on the protection fiber in the counter-
clockwise direction.
Figure 4-5
UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP configuration
Node B
Node A Node C
Legend
Node D
= Signal
= Path selector

For more information about the UPSR/SNCP/ASNCP traffic protection

Ethernet point-to-point (P2P) application

The 6500 supports GE, 10GE, 10/100BT, L2SS, 20G L2SS, and PDH
gateway point-to-point applications by mapping the GE, 10GE, or 10/100BT
client signal into SONET/SDH containers (or ODU and straight encapsulation
into Ethernet streams via filtering/policing/etc.) using:
• Framed-Generic Framing Procedure (GFP-F)
• Transparent-Generic Framing Procedure (GFP-T)
This mapping enables the assignment of STS/VT/VC level connections

across OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, or OC-192/STM-64 for
transport across the 6500 network or handoff to other SONET/SDH networks.

The 6500 maps GE, 10GE, or 10/100BT signals to STS/VT/VC containers

which are assigned as STS/VT/VC level connections. The traffic protection
scheme supported by the OC-n/STM-n interface circuit packs can therefore
provide a protected GE, 10GE, or 10/100BT service without requiring a
redundant handoff from the subtending GE, 10GE, or 10/100BT equipment. If
required, 1+1 protection can be provided on the Ethernet side of the GE or
SuperMux circuit packs (but not on the 10/100BT circuit packs). For more
information, refer to Part 2 of Configuration - Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310. The assignment of GE, 10GE, or 10/100BT to SONET/SDH
containers and the use of contiguous and virtual concatenation enables users
to provide either full rate or sub rate GE, 10GE, or 10/100BT services. The
assignment flexibility allows users to offer Ethernet services from 1.5 Mbit/s
(10/100BT and L2SS/PDH gateway circuit packs), 50 Mbit/s (20G L2SS, GE,
and 10GE EPL circuit packs), or 150 Mbit/s (10GE EPL circuit packs) to
1200 Mbit/s (full rate). The L2 MOTR and 20G L2SS circuit pack allows users
to provision Ethernet traffic from 10 Mbit/s to 1000 Mbit/s in 10 Mbit/s
increments in EVPL traffic when Tx conditioning is enabled on UNI ports.
Figure 4-6 on page 4-14 shows an example of a GE or 10/100BT point-to-

point application across a 6500 1+1/MSP linear system and GE handoff to an
SONET/SDH network through OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16,
or OC-192/STM-64 interfaces.

Figure 4-6
6500 Ethernet point-to-point application
6500 NE 6500 NE
Working Working
SONET/SDH
Network
Protection Protection
1+1/MSP linear
- OC-192/STM-64
Working
Working
- OC-48/STM-16
- OC-12/STM-4
- OC-3/STM-1
Hand-off to SONET/SDH network
at OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4,
OC-48/STM-16, or OC-192/STM-64
GE or GE or
10/100BT 10/100BT
Layer 2 point-to-point (P2P) application

The 6500 supports, 48xGE PKT I/F, L2 MOTR, and eMOTR gateway
point-to-point applications by mapping the Ethernet client signal into OTN
containers. This provides the ability to provision individual service connectivity
between two ports. A service may be one or more CVIDs, untagged or all
traffic on a port.
For more information about Layer 2 point-to-point applications, see 6500

Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide (NTRN15BA) and
SAOS-based documents (323-1851-6xx).
Layer 2 multipoint-to-multipoint (A2A) application

The 6500 provides multipoint-to-multipoint support on the L2SS circuit packs
(20G L2SS, L2SS, and PDH Gateway), 48xGE PKT I/F, PKT/OTN
cross-connect, eMOTR, and L2 MOTR circuit packs. In point-to-point
configurations only two virtual circuit endpoints are associated with a virtual
circuit segment and traffic forwarding is based on the VLAN ID. For multipoint-
to-multipoint, there can be two or more virtual circuit endpoints associated
with a virtual circuit segment and traffic forwarding based on the VLAN ID and
on MAC entries in a forwarding database (FDB) is required.

For multipoint-to-multipoint, one FDB is created per virtual circuit segment.

The FDB is segmented per virtual circuit segment and supports the learning
of unicast MAC addresses. Unknown unicasts, multicasts, and broadcasts are
flooded out on all ports. Both static and dynamic FDB entries are supported.
For more information about Ethernet multipoint-to-multipoint applications, see

6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide, NTRN15BA.
Layer 2 resilient packet ring

The layer 2 resilient packet ring (RPR) circuit pack provides a ring based
network that enables bandwidth sharing, high reliability, and network simplicity
across multiple Ethernet ports for efficient transport of packets. The RPR
circuit pack provides layer 2 RPR protection (IEEE 802.17) and is typically
used in distributed layer 2 switch applications.

G.8032 ERP
G.8032 Ethernet ring protocol (ERP) is a solution made of:
• Ring control plane: The ring control plane allows the G.8032 ERP nodes
to communicate with each other and perform protection switching as
defined in the ITU-T G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP) Standard.
ERP is a mechanism used in carrier Ethernet networks for reliable and fast
protection switching. ERP supports loop prevention by blocking one of the
ring spans. ERP can be used with single and multi-ring configurations.
• Traffic and data plane: The traffic and data plane includes the
encapsulation method (e.g. stacked VLAN) and traffic management
functions (e.g. classifier, policer, scheduler, etc.).
• OAM plane: The OAM plane includes troubleshooting and management
tools (e.g. performance monitoring and operational measurements).
The L2 MOTR circuit pack also has the ability to use 802.1ag "port" or "down"
MEPs to trigger G.8032 protection by linking the MEP to the ring port.
Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide

(NTRN15BA) and SAOS-based documents (323-1851-6xx), for detailed
information on data concepts, applications, and engineering rules supported
in this release of 6500.

Intra-office application
The 14-slot electrical shelf types support DS1, DS3/EC-1, E1, E3, and STM-
1e intra-office applications where DS1, DS3, EC-1, E1, E3, and STM-1e
interfaces are used as the primary intra-office connection medium.
The 6500 maps the DS1, DS3, EC-1, E1, E3, or STM1e signals to SONET/
SDH containers (VT1.5/VC11 for DS1, STS1/VC3 for DS3 and EC-1, VT2/
VC12 for E1, STS1/VC3 for E3, VC12, LO_VC3, and VC4 for STM1e) which
are assigned as appropriate connections. The traffic protection scheme
supported by the OC-n/STM-n interface circuit packs can be used provide a
protected service through the SONET/SDH network.
The 6500 provides 1:N equipment protection of the DS3/EC-1, DS3/E3, E1,
and STM-1e circuit packs (2 banks of 1:4 protection) and 1+1 protection of the
DS1 circuit packs on the DSM. If any of the working circuit packs fail or are
removed, the system switches all the services to the protection circuit pack to
maintain the availability.
Figure 4-7 shows an example of an intra-office application and handoff to an

SONET/SDH network through OC-n/STM-n.
Figure 4-7
6500 intra-office application
Copper digital
distribution frame
(DDF)
DS1,
SONET/SDH DS3/EC1,
NE E1, E3 6500 NE
STM-1e
Long Haul Metro
SONET/SDH SONET/SDH
network network
BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS
1:N (DS3/EC1, DS3/E3, Hand-off to SONET/SDH
E1 and STM-1e) or 1+1 (DS1) network at OC-3/STM-1,
equipment protection OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16,
or OC-192/STM-64

PDH application
By introducing the PDH gateway application, Ciena allows the service
providers to fully leverage their vast installed base of PDH-based private lines
with next generation packet-switched optical networking. PDH-based private
line circuits can be directly terminated onto the 6500 platform in a variety of
different ways. The PDH gateway circuit solution builds upon the successful
introduction of L2SS that integrates L2 packet-switching functionality directly
into the 6500 which also supports TDM and optical services. The PDH
gateway inherits the same L2SS feature content with the additional capability
of being able to directly terminate PDH circuits carrying Ethernet services
within the same 6500. Figure 4-8 illustrates an example of the PDH gateway
solution.
Figure 4-8
PDH gateway solution
SONET/SDH
Encapsulated Ethernet Access
PDH Private
Lines
SONET/SDH Access Network
T1/T3/E1/E3
Ethernet or L0/L1 backhaul
SONET/SDH to the core and/or metro
Grooming
VT/VC-Mapped DS1/DS3/E1/E3
Bonded
8 x T1/E1
DS-n/E-n Mapper
TransMUX Server
SONET/
PDH Gateway
OC-n/STM-n
OC-n/STM-n
SDH
Metro/Core
Network
1 x T3/E3
GE
Direct PDH
Encapsulated
Ethernet Access

OMX applications
The optical multiplexer (OMX) module is a multiplexer and demultiplexer used
to perform the optical add/drop function. The 6500 supports either 4 channel
or 16 channel OMX modules on a 100 or 200GHz channel grid as follows:
• OMX 4CH DWDM capable of supporting up to four wavelengths (one
200GHz band, or one half of a 100GHz band). Each OMX module
contains passive optical filters that add and drop up to four wavelengths
(channels) in the assigned wavelength band. The OMX module can
multiplex four wavelengths (channels) into an optical band. The bands can
then be optically combined into a single optical fiber and can be added to
other bands in an optical fiber path. See Figure 4-9 on page 4-20 for an
example.
Additional OMX modules are required for each DWDM band. The DWDM
bands can be multiplexed onto one optical fiber to daisy-chain the OMX
modules together.
• OMX 16CH DWDM capable of supporting up to sixteen wavelengths (all
16 C-band channels or all 16 L-band channels on the 200GHz grid or one
half of the 100GHz grid). Each OMX module contains passive optical
filters that add and drop up to sixteen wavelengths (channels) in the
assigned wavelength band. The C-band OMX 200GHz 16CH DWDM
includes an L-band upgrade port that allows connection with the L-band
OMX 16CH for 32 channel support. Only the 100GHz OMX modules have
optical pass through capabilities.
OMX modules can be interconnected to provide a working and protection

traffic path. A single OMX module supports unprotected traffic.
The distinguishing features of the OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz are as follows:
• The OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz supports 32 channels in the C-band.
• The physical design of the OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz module is the
same as the original 200 GHz variants.
• Each OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz multiplexes and demultiplexes 16
channels. Two variants of the OMX 16CH DWDM module are available;
OMX 16CH DWDM C-band (NT0H32JB\JC).
• The C/L splitter and coupler components are integrated into the C-band
OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz module. The C&L splitter/coupler inside the
C-band OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz module does not support any
faceplate accessible monitoring taps and has a lower isolation in order to
reduce the insertion loss. Direct optical monitoring of the line-side fibers
(OTS IN and OTS OUT) is supported with the OSC Splitter/Coupler.
• The OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz supports THRU IN and THRU OUT
functions.

• The OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz C-band has a Thru In port and a Thru
Out port, eliminating the need for C&L splitter/coupler trays. These Thru
ports support L-band signals as well as the other C-band signals (OMX
16CH DWDM100 GHz Band 1 and Band 2 supports Band 3, Band 4, and
L-band signals on Thru ports. OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz Band 3 and
Band 4 supports Band 1, Band 2, and L-band signals on Thru ports). The
OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz also supports optical Pass-Thru.
• Like the existing 200 GHz variants, the OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz
module is typically deployed at terminal sites in point-to-point networks or
at the hub of a ring network. In unamplified networks, the OMX 16CH
DWDM100 GHz module permits in-service channel addition and removal
without the need to disable line-side traffic.
• To fully fill 565, 5100 and 5200 Advanced Services Platform DWDM
systems with 32 channels, it is possible to deploy either 100 GHz bands
(C-Band only) or 200 GHz Bands (C-Band and L-Band). It is also possible
to deploy both 100 GHz bands using the newer OMXs in the C-Band and
200 GHz bands using the older OMXs in L-band on the same optical layer
bringing the total number of channels in the system to 48. For the OMX
16CH DWDM 100 GHz, if a band is designated as 100 GHz, then this
band together with its adjacent band (band 1 is adjacent to band 2 and
band 3 is adjacent to band 4 due to hardware) will also be designated as
a 100 GHz band.
• 100 GHz Bands and 200 GHz Bands can be deployed using both the older
and newer OMXs on the same unamplified optical layer. However, if a
band is designated as 100 GHz, all OMX modules on that band must be
an OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz module.
• The OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz module permits in-service channel
addition and removal without the need to disable line-side traffic. If you
plan to fully fill your 565, 5100 and 5200 Advanced Services Platform
DWDM system with 48 channels, you must deploy the OMX 16CH DWDM
100 GHz C-band module prior to adding the L-band module.
• The OMX 16CH DWDM 100 GHz module is supported in all
configurations.

Figure 4-9
6500 and OMX interconnect
6500 6500 6500 6500 6500 6500 6500 6500
λ8 λ7 λ6 λ5 λ4 λ3 λ2 λ1
4CH OMX 4CH OMX
Single
patch fiber
Single fiber
6500 6500 6500 6500 6500 6500
λ16 λ15 λ4 λ3 λ2 λ1
16CH OMX
Single fiber
Compatible circuit packs and pluggables

When using OMX modules, only OMX compliant DWDM circuit packs, XFP,
2.5G DPOs, and SFPs can be used. If using the tunable circuit packs or
tunable DWDM XFPs, ensure that only wavelengths compatible with the OMX
channel plan are provisioned.
Table 4-2 on page 4-21 details the fix wavelength circuit packs, 10G XFP, 2.5G
DPOs, and 2.5G SFPs that can be used with the OMX modules. You must
consider the link budget before using this table.

Table 4-2
OMX compatible circuit packs and pluggables (10G DWDM, 2.5G DPO, 2.5G SFP, 10G XFP),
examples
OMX Wavelength Frequency PEC
Band Channel (nm) (GHz) 10G DWDM 2.5G DPO 2.5G/2.7G 10G XFP
SFP
1 1 1528.77 196.1 NTK526/27AA NTK580AA NTK585AA/ NTK587AAE5/
NTK586AAE5 NTK587EAE5/
NTK588AAE5
1 5 1529.55 196.0 – – NTK586ACE5 NTK587ACE5/
NTK587ECE5/
NTK588ACE5
1 3 1530.33 195.9 NTK526/27AE NTK580AE NTK585AE/ NTK587AEE5/
NTK586AEE5 NTK587EEE5/
NTK588AEE5
1 7 1531.12 195.8 – – NTK586AGE5 NTK587AGE5/
NTK587EGE5/
NTK588AGE5
1 4 1531.89 195.7 NTK526/27AJ NTK580AJ NTK585AJ/ NTK587AJE5/
NTK586AJE5 NTK587EJE5/
NTK588AJE5
1 6 1532.68 195.6 – – NTK586ALE5 NTK587ALE5/
NTK587ELE5/
NTK588ALE5
1 2 1533.47 195.5 NTK526/27AN NTK580AN NTK585AN/ NTK587ANE5/
NTK586ANE5 NTK587ENE5/
NTK588ANE5
1 8 1534.25 195.4 – – NTK586AQE5 NTK587AQE5/
NTK587EQE5/
NTK588AQE5
2 1 1538.19 194.9 NTK526/27BA NTK580BA NTK585BA/ NTK587BAE5/
NTK586BAE5 NTK587FAE5/
NTK588BAE5
2 5 1538.98 194.8 – – NTK586BCE5 NTK587BCE5/
NTK587FCE5/
NTK588BCE5
2 3 1539.77 194.7 NTK526/27BE NTK580BE NTK585BE/ NTK587BEE5/
NTK586BEE5 NTK587FEE5/
NTK588BEE5
2 7 1540.56 194.6 – – NTK586BGE5 NTK587BGE5/
NTK587FGE5/
NTK588BGE5


examples
SFP
2 4 1541.35 194.5 NTK526/27BJ NTK580BJ NTK585BJ/ NTK587BJE5/
NTK586BJE5 NTK587FJE5/
NTK588BJE5
2 6 1542.14 194.4 – – NTK586BLE5 NTK587BLE5/
NTK587FLE5/
NTK588BLE5
2 2 1542.94 194.3 NTK526/27BN NTK580BN NTK585BN/ NTK587BNE5/
NTK586BNE5 NTK587FNE5/
NTK588BNE5
2 8 1543.73 194.2 – – NTK586BQE5 NTK587BQE5/
NTK587FQE5/
NTK588BQE5
3 1 1547.72 193.7 NTK526/27CA NTK580CA NTK585CA/ NTK587CAE5/
NTK586CAE5 NTK587GAE5/
NTK588CAE5
3 5 1548.51 193.6 – – NTK586CCE5 NTK587CCE5/
NTK587GCE5/
NTK588CCE5
3 3 1549.32 193.5 NTK526/27CE NTK580CE NTK585CE/ NTK587CEE5/
NTK586CEE5 NTK587GEE5/
NTK588CEE5
3 7 1550.12 193.4 – – NTK586CGE5 NTK587CGE5/
NTK587GGE5/
NTK588CGE5
3 4 1550.92 193.3 NTK526/27CJ NTK580CJ NTK585CJ/ NTK587CJE5/
NTK586CJE5 NTK587GJE5/
NTK588CJE5
3 6 1551.72 193.2 – – NTK586CLE5 NTK587CLE5/
NTK587GLE5/
NTK588CLE5
3 2 1552.52 193.1 NTK526/27CN NTK580CN NTK585CN/ NTK587CNE5/
NTK586CNE5 NTK587GNE5/
NTK588CNE5
3 8 1553.33 193.0 – – NTK586CQE5 NTK587CQE5/
NTK587GQE5/
NTK588CQE5


examples
SFP
4 1 1557.36 192.5 NTK526/27DA NTK580DA NTK585DA/ NTK587DAE5/
NTK586DAE5 NTK587HAE5/
NTK588DAE5
4 5 1558.17 192.4 – – NTK586DCE5 NTK587DCE5/
NTK587HCE5/
NTK588DCE5
4 3 1558.98 192.3 NTK526/27DE NTK580DE NTK585DE/ NTK587DEE5/
NTK586DEE5 NTK587HEE5/
NTK588DEE5
4 7 1559.79 192.2 – – NTK586DGE5 NTK587DGE5/
NTK587HGE5/
NTK588DGE5
4 4 1560.61 192.1 NTK526/27DJ NTK580DJ NTK585DJ/ NTK587DJE5/
NTK586DJE5 NTK587HJE5/
NTK588DJE5
4 6 1561.42 192.0 – – NTK586DLE5 NTK587DLE5/
NTK587HLE5/
NTK588DLE5
4 2 1562.23 191.9 NTK526/27DN NTK580DN NTK585DN/ NTK587DNE5/
NTK586DNE5 NTK587HNE5/
NTK588DNE5
4 2 1563.05 191.8 – – NTK586DQE5 NTK587DQE5/
NTK587HQE5/
NTK588DQE5
5 1 1570.42 190.9 NTK526/27EJ – NTK586EJE5 –
5 3 1572.06 190.7 NTK526/27EN – NTK586ENE5 –
5 4 1573.71 190.5 NTK526/27ES – NTK586ESE5 –
5 2 1575.37 190.3 NTK526/27EW – NTK586EWE5 –
6 1 1580.35 189.7 NTK526/27FJ – NTK586FJE5 –
6 3 1582.02 189.5 NTK526/27FN – NTK586FNE5 –
6 4 1583.69 189.3 NTK526/27FS – NTK586FSE5 –
6 2 1585.36 189.1 NTK526/27FW – NTK586FWE5 –
7 1 1590.41 188.5 NTK526/27GJ – NTK586GJE5 –
7 3 1592.10 188.3 NTK526/27GN – NTK586GNE5 –
7 4 1593.79 188.1 NTK526/27GS – NTK586GSE5 –


examples
SFP
7 2 1595.49 187.9 NTK526/27GW – NTK586GWE5 –
8 1 1600.60 187.3 NTK526/27HJ – NTK586HJE5 –
8 3 1602.31 187.1 NTK526/27HN – NTK586HNE5 –
8 4 1604.03 186.9 NTK526/27HS – NTK586HSE5 –
8 2 1605.74 186.7 NTK526/27HW – NTK586HWE5 –
Note: Multirate 15xx.yy – 16xx.yy Tunable Dispersion Tolerant DWDM 3200 ps/nm XFPs (NTK589xxE6) are
also compatible with OMX. Refer to Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151 for supported ordering
codes for NTK589xxE6 XFPs.
Network sites
These are the types of sites in a 6500 network:
• terminal sites
• optical add/drop multiplexer sites (OADM)
Terminal sites consist of single or multiple 6500 shelves where wavelengths

must be added or dropped. Terminal sites are sometimes called hub sites
when used in hubbed-ring configurations.
At an OADM site, single or multiple 6500 shelves are placed to gain access to
specific wavelengths in the system, so that some wavelengths are terminated,
and some are optically passed through at that location. OADM sites are
sometimes called remote sites.
OMX DWDM configurations

The following OMX DWDM configurations are supported:
• hubbed-ring
• a meshed-ring
• linear point-to-point
The OMX 4CH DWDM modules can be used in any of these configurations.
Of the OMX 16CH DWDM modules, the 200GHz versions do not support
optical pass-through connections and can only be used in linear point-to-point
configurations.

Hubbed-ring configuration
The hubbed-ring configuration is optimized for traffic flows that are
characteristic of access networks. For an example of a hubbed-ring
configuration, see Figure 4-10 and Figure 4-11.
Multiple 6500 shelves can be installed at the terminal to provide one

wavelength for each wavelength dropped at the OADM shelves in the hubbed
ring. Four wavelengths are grouped into one band. The same wavelength
band is assigned to the terminal shelves and the corresponding OADM
shelves.
Figure 4-10
Physical connections in a hubbed-ring configuration
Terminal site
OMX OMX OMX

1 2 3
OADM site
OADM site
OMX
1
OMX
3
OMX
2
Figure 4-11
Logical connections in a hubbed-ring configuration
Terminal
6500 6500 6500

1 2 3
OADM
OADM 6500
1
6500
3
6500
2

Meshed-ring configuration
The meshed-ring configuration is optimized for traffic flows that are
characteristic of interoffice networks. For an example of a meshed-ring
configuration, see Figure 4-12 and Figure 4-13 on page 4-27.
Individual wavelengths can be added or dropped at different locations. You

can also reuse wavelengths.
Figure 4-12
Physical connections in a meshed-ring configuration
OADM or
Terminal site
6500 6500
1 2
OADM–site C OADM–site A
6500 6500
OADM–site B
6500 6500

Figure 4-13
Logical connections in a meshed-ring configuration
OADM or
Terminal site
6500 6500
1 2
OADM–site C OADM–site A
6500 6500
OADM or
Terminal site B
6500 6500
Band meshing and channel meshing are both supported. Band meshing
allows the system to drop and add all wavelengths of a given band at one node
or at multiple nodes in the network. Other bands can be passed through the
system.
Channel meshing provides the capability for any channel from one node in the
network to be terminated (added or dropped) at any other node in the network
and at multiple nodes in the network.
Linear point-to-point
A point-to-point configuration transports traffic between two sites on a
protected OMX DWDM system. Two fiber spans between the sites in a DWDM
point-to-point configuration have the same functionality as up to 32 fiber spans
in a non-DWDM point-to-point configuration. An OMX shelf is required at both
sites. The fiber connects to the OTS OUT on the OMX module at one site, and
the OTS IN on the OMX module at the other site. For an example of a point-
to-point configuration for four channels, see Figure 4-14 on page 4-28.

Figure 4-14
DWDM point-to-point configuration
Physical Connections Logical Connections
6500 6500 6500 6500
OMX OMX
6500 6500 6500 6500
6500 6500 6500 6500

OMX OMX
6500 6500 6500 6500
Next generation modulation (NGM) technology and applications

The following sections describe the use of NGM technology in 6500.
Electronic Dynamically Compensating Optics (eDCO)

The NGM design philosophy (which has been marketed as eDCO) focuses on
increasing the intelligence of the system electronics to drive cost out of the
optics. In a typical optical communication link of significant length, optical
components at the line amp sites represent a majority of the total link cost.
Reducing the optical component count in exchange for additional (relatively
inexpensive) system electronics achieves significant net cost reduction at the
system level. This philosophy is realized in transmitters and receivers that
employ digital signal processing and techniques originally developed for radio
modem systems to compensate for non-idealities of the line system and fiber
plant.
This approach also enables use of advanced modulation schemes and

coherent detection, opening an in-service upgrade path to 40G transceivers
(and potentially higher data rates) on individual 50 GHz spaced wavelengths
without changes to the line system or mux/demux hardware. The Ciena
optical line portfolio direction focuses on a common photonic line without
optical DCMs using NGM as a common terminal E/O engine.

NGM Technology overview

The NGM (eDCO 10G) concept is based on a flexible amplitude and phase
modulator, compared to legacy modulators that primarily control optical signal
intensity (and can perform some basic phase control via modulator chirp).
This complex modulation capability allows pre-compensation for the fiber
plant with the launched optical signal, through use of digital signal processing.
A key benefit of this technique is the capacity to pre-compensate for chromatic
dispersion of the entire fiber plant at the transmitter, permitting elimination of
Dispersion Compensation Modules (DCM) from the line system, thus greatly
reducing initial cost.
Figure 4-15 illustrates the NGM link concept. Transmitter and receiver are
joined by a link consisting of fiber spans and associated line amp sites, none
of which contains an optical DCM. Due to the pre-compensation processing
performed on the launched signal, the transmit eye is closed, and propagation
through the fiber link naturally reopens the eye at the receiver.
The dispersion map in both directions is composed of a large negative step

representing the transmitter precompensation, followed by a monotonic ramp
to near-zero dispersion at the receiver. Receiver to transmitter feedback is
used to maintain optimum dispersion compensation, and to adapt to changes
in the net link dispersion due to slow processes such as aging and
temperature effects.
Rapid adaptations to step changes in net link dispersion due to optical

switching or OADM reconfiguration can potentially also be performed with
some assistance from the network management tools.
Figure 4-15
NGM technology overview
Link Dispersion Map L Distance

Net
dispersion
Zero net
Precomp. dispersion
dispersion Slope: +D/L
at end of link
-D
Tx Rx
eye eye
Tx closed open Rx

ITU.T OTN G.709 operation

The 6500 NGM interface line format complies with the optical transport
network (OTN) International Telecommunication Union —
Telecommunications Standardization sector (ITU-T) G.709 OTN standard.
ITU-T G.709 provides full payload transparency, out-of-band forward error
correction (OOB FEC), and added performance management parameters.
Figure 4-16 shows the layered approach of the ITU-T G.709 frame structure
(format) that includes optical transport, data and payload unit overhead, the
client payload, and OOB FEC. The optical payload unit (OPU) is defined within
the optical data unit (ODU), which in turn is defined within the optical transport
unit (OTU). At the ITU-T G.709 on ramp, the client signal is adapted to the ITU-
T G.709 rate, and ITU-T G.709 overhead and FEC are added before the signal
is transmitted as a dense wavelength division multiplexer (DWDM) signal. At
the off ramp, a DWDM OTN G.709-compliant signal is detected, FEC is
decoded, G.709 overhead is processed before the client signal is transmitted
to the subtending equipment.
Figure 4-16
ITU-T G.709 format and 6500 implementation
OTM2
Payload area
(3808 x 4) bytes
ITU-T G.709 FEC overhead
OTU2 ODU2 OPU2 Client signal OTU2
overhead (256 x 4) bytes
OH OH OH (SONET/SDH) FEC
(16 columns
x 4 rows)
bytes Client
Payload ( ~ SONET path/SDH path)
Data ( ~ SONET line/SDH MS)
Transport ( ~ SONET section/SDH RS)
Legend
MS = multiplex section
ODU = optical data unit
OPU = optical payload unit
OTU = optical transport unit
OTM = optical transport module
RS = regenerator section

Overhead frame structure

The ITU-T G.709 standard defines the fields of ITU-T G.709 overhead. Figure
4-17 shows the overhead frame structure and the bytes supported in this
release. For details on the definition of the standard, see the ITU-T G.709
standard.
Figure 4-17
Detailed overhead frame structure
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 OA1 OA2 MFAS TTI SM GCC0 RES
2 RES TCM ACT TCM6 TCM5 TCM4 FTFL OPUk

overhead
3 TCM3 TCM2 TCM1 TTI PM EXP
4 GCC1 GCC2 APS/PCC RES
Column
Row 1 ........................................ 7 8 ........................................ 14 15 16
1 Frame alignment area OTU specific overhead area
2 OPU specific
overhead
3 ODU specific overhead area
area
4
Legend
Not supported in this release
Supported in this release
Note: TCM 1-6 can be selected for NTK530QE variant of 4x10G OTR
circuit packs to use for encryption failure detection. GCC2 can be also
used on NTK530QE variant of 4x10G OTR circuit packs when configured
in Segregated SP Proxy mode for remote key mgmt.
Figure 4-18 on page 4-32 shows the implementation of the SM and PM

overhead (OH) bytes at different segments of the ITU-T G.709 network. In this
example, the network consists of two terminals, one at either end of the
network, and four regenerators. With the signal traversing from left to right, the
first terminal serves as the on ramp and the second terminal serves as the off
ramp. At the on ramp (the beginning of the ITU-T G.709 network), both SM

and PM bytes are set to zero. In 6500 regenerator sites, back-to-back NGM
interfaces extract and re-insert both SM-BIP and PM-BIP. At the off ramp, the
SM-BIP and PM-BIP are extracted, enabling full visibility of the performance
of the network at every stage.
Figure 4-18
ITU-T G.709 PM
Insert PM-BIP and SM-BIP at

the on ramp
10 Gbit/s Extract PM-BIP 10 Gbit/s
SONET/SDH and SM-BIP at the off ramp SONET/SDH
ODUk/PMOH-BIP
Router Router
IP/ATM IP/ATM
switch Terminal Regen Regen Regen Regen Terminal switch
OTUk/SM-BIP
Extract SM-BIP and PM-BIP at

the ITU-T G.709 Regen (see note)
Insert SM-BIP and PM-BIP at
the on ramp
Note: OTU2-capable client circuit packs operate as true OTN REGEN circuit packs
where only OTU2 is terminated but the entire IDU2 (including GCC1/2, PM, etc.)
passed through transparently. In other words, while using back-to-back REGEN circuit
packs whose client facility is OTU2-capable, OTU2 overhead is always generated and
terminated on the line and client side, i.e. only SM-BIP is extracted and re-inserted but
PM-BIP is untouched.
Improved link budgets

The Ciena 6500 eDCO10G interfaces provide a functionally standardized
G.709 (OTU2V) frame format which allows the use of higher coding gain FEC
algorithm within the same allocated number of bytes available for FEC in the
OTU2 frame format. This algorithm, known as Product FEC (PFEC) offers a
coding gain benefit that is roughly 1.5 dBQ (~ 3 dB of OSNR margin) better
than that provided by Reed-Solomon 8 (RS8) FEC (see Table 4-3). Since the

6500 FEC coding gain is far superior to any legacy terminal, all existing line
systems like Common Photonic Layer, Long Haul 1600G and MOR+ deployed
with legacy terminals also support 6500 matching current link budgets.
Coupled with eDCO, 6500 services can be supported on high-reach
greenfield applications with links up to 1600 Km without regen and Raman
amplification.
Table 4-3
FEC coding gain
Protocol FEC coding gain (dB)

Proprietary FEC 9.2
SCFEC 8.8
RS8 FEC 6.2
Note: The RS8 FEC algorithm is also known as ITU-T G.709 RS-8.
SCFEC FEC algorithm is also known as ITU-T G.975 I.4.
UFEC FEC algorithm is also known as ITU-T G.975 I.7.
OTN Optical Performance Monitoring

The 6500 offers optical monitoring on the OTN line interfaces. OTN
performance parameters is binned in SONET/bit (CVs) or SDH/block (BBEs)
reporting. For more information, refer to Fault Management - Performance
Monitoring, 323-1851-520.
Enhanced transparency
The 6500 NGM, FLEX MOTR, 8xOTN Flex MOTR, and
(1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR circuit packs applications offer enhanced service
signal transparency on all client-service interfaces. For example, the NGM WT
1xOC192/STM64 1x10.7G DWDM circuit pack provides full overhead
transparency of the 10 Gbit/s SONET/SDH framed signals (OC-192, STM-64
or 10Gigabit Ethernet WAN PHY). The 10 Gbit/s SONET/SDH signal is
mapped into the ITU-T G.709 format. B1 and J0 overhead bytes are monitored
at on and off ramps. OC-192/STM64 and 10GE WAN services are also offered
for added transparency when regeneration occurs due to the use of the
NTK530AC/BC/CC NGM circuit packs for regen applications.
Note: Under alarm and signal conditioning scenario, it is possible that

some overhead bytes are no longer transparent as depicted in the
standards. Consider the case of an LOS; an AIS signal is transmitted
downstream, the K1/K2 and B2 (among other bytes) are no longer
transparent because the signal is reconstructed to accurately depict the
current system condition.

Another example is the NGM WT 1x10GE LAN 1x11.1G DWDM circuit pack
whose bandwidth is sufficient to carry the entire 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
(10.3125 Gbit/s) client signal. Hence there is no reason for the NGM WT
1x10GE LAN 1x11.1G DWDM circuit pack to flow control the client signal and
consequently, the NGM WT 1x10GE LAN 1x11.1G DWDM circuit pack does
not originate any IEEE 802.3 pause frame.
40G applications
The 6500 40 Gbit/s line circuit packs employ a dual polarization (DP)
quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) modulation format that uses a
frequency spectrum similar to a standard 10 Gbit/s signal. While the baud rate
is only 10 Gbaud/s, two bits per baud can be encoded with the QPSK format
which doubles the bit rate to 20 Gbit/s. Simultaneously transmitting data over
two orthogonal polarizations further doubles the bit rate to 40 Gbit/s.
The 40 Gbit/s transmitter is tunable over the entire C-band. Digital signal
processing provides framing, interleaving, coding and delay compensation
between the four 10 Gbit/s channels. At the receiver, a local oscillator at the
same frequency as the transmitter beats with the incoming signal. Digital
signal processing provides automatic delay and bandwidth compensation,
plus real-time active tracking of carrier phase, state of polarization, line
dispersion (chromatic and PMD) and PDL.
Note that while NGM (eDCO10G) interfaces perform pre-compensation in the

transmitter (Tx), the eDC40G OCLDs or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLDs
perform post-compensation in the receiver (Rx). With either interface,
adaptation to changes in the net link dispersion due to slow processes such
as aging and temperature effects is assured.
The 6500 offers the 40G transparent wavelength services and interworking
capabilities, including support for:
• transparent OC-768/STM-256 services via 40G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or
40/43G OCI and 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, or 40G
UOCLD circuit packs
• transparent OTU3 services via 40G+ CFP OCI or 40/43G OCI and
40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, or 40G UOCLD circuit
packs
• transparent 40GE services via 40G+ CFP OCI and 40G OCLD,
Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, or 40G UOCLD circuit packs
• transparent OC-192/STM-64/10GbE WAN PHY, OTM2, 10GE LAN PHY
services via 40G Mux OCI and 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G
OCLD, or 40G UOCLD circuit packs

• 40G Regen (via back to back 40G OCLD/40G OCLD, 40G OCLD/40G
UOCLD, 40G OCLD/Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, Wavelength-
Selective 40G OCLD/Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, Wavelength-
Selective 40G OCLD/40G UOCLD, or 40G UOCLD/40G UOCLD pair)
• 40G interworking with Common Photonic Layer or 6500 Photonic layer for
terrestrial applications
• 40G interworking with Optical Long Haul 1600 (LH1600G) line-systems
(Specific engineering considerations apply - Contact your Ciena
representative)
• 40G OTN line-side protection configuration using two 40G OCLD,

Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, or 40G UOCLD circuit packs
• STS-n /VCn grooming capabilities between 6500 MSPP interfaces and
6500 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs by
using the 40G XCIF circuit packs and the shelf cross-connect circuit pack.
This results in
— 40G line integration within 6500 MSPP applications
— 40G interfacing with the existing cross-connect architecture
— leveraging of the existing STS traffic routing and protection capabilities
of the cross-connect for 40G circuit packs
The 40G applications key values are:

• 40G solution offers improved density, footprint, and power consumption
• transparent transport of client signals using 4x10G MUX OCI and 40G
OCI interfaces
• superior performance
— advanced DP-QPSK modulation/coherent detecting
— high FEC coding gain for improved link budgets
— best-in-class dispersion and PMD compensation
• full C-band tunable DWDM transmitters
— reduces sparing requirements
— only one PEC code per circuit pack type
• operational simplicity
— high dynamic-range receivers
— Nodal SLAT Assistant tool (NSAT)
• global platform (ETSI/ANSI; SDH/SONET)
• single shelf with modular flexible configurations

Refer to 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G
Services, 323-1851-102.4 (Chapter 1) for more details on different functions
offered by 40G circuit packs in this release of 6500.
100G, Flex2, and Flex3 applications

The 6500 eDC100G OCLD circuit packs (NTK539TxE5) are based on CoFDM
(coherent optical frequency division multiplexing) of two 58.2G subcarriers
sharing the same 50GHz ITU channel. In the transmit path, the two
subcarriers are combined via an optical coupler. In the receive direction, an
optical splitter distributes the incoming optical signal to the two 50G coherent
receivers. Each coherent receiver of the CoFDM pair acts as an extremely
narrow tunable optical filter used to select a single subcarrier. An EDFA is
required in the receive direction due to losses from optical splitting.
The 6500 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD and 100G WaveLogic 3 OTR circuit
packs (NTK539Ux and NTK538Ux) employ a dual polarization (DP)
quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) modulation format. While the baud rate
is 34.4619 Gbaud/s, two bits per baud can be encoded with the QPSK format
which doubles the bit rate to 68.9238 Gbit/s. Simultaneously transmitting data
over two orthogonal polarizations further doubles the bit rate to 137.85 Gbit/s.
The 100 Gbit/s transmitter is tunable over the entire C-band.
The 6500 Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack (NTK539Bx) is provisionable

to either dual polarization quadature phase shelf keying (DP-QPSK) or dual
polarization binary phase shelf keying (DP-BPSK).
• In QPSK modulation format mode, the Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit
pack transmits at 34.4619 Gbaud, carrying two bits per baud on each of
two polarizations, for an equivalent bit rate on the fiber of 137.85 Gbits/s.
• In BPSK mode, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack transmits at
34.6073 Gbaud, carrying one bit per baud on each of two polarizations, for
an equivalent bit rate on the fiber of 69.2146 Gbits/s.
The Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack transmitter is tunable over the
entire C-band.
The 6500 Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack (NTK539Qx) is provisionable

to either dual polarization quadature phase shelf keying (DP-QPSK), dual
polarization binary phase shelf keying (DP-BPSK), or dual polarization 16
quadrature amplitude modulation (DP-16QAM).
• In QPSK modulation format mode, the Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit
pack transmits at 34.4619 Gbaud, carrying two bits per baud on each of
two polarizations, for an equivalent bit rate on the fiber of 137.85 Gbits/s.

• In BPSK mode, Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack transmits at

34.6073 Gbaud, carrying one bit per baud on each of two polarizations, for
an equivalent bit rate on the fiber of 69.2146 Gbits/s.
• In 16QAM mode, Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack transmits at
34.4619 Gbaud, carrying four bits per baud on each of two polarizations,
for an equivalent bit rate on the fiber of 275.50 Gbits/s.
The Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack transmitter is tunable over the
entire C-band.
Digital signal processing provides framing, interleaving, coding, and delay

compensation. At the receiver, a local oscillator at the same frequency as the
transmitter beats with the incoming signal. Digital signal processing provides
automatic delay and bandwidth compensation, plus real-time active tracking
of carrier phase, state of polarization, line dispersion (chromatic and PMD)
and PDL. Note that while NGM (eDCO10G) interfaces perform pre-
compensation in the transmitter (Tx) and the eDC40G OCLDs or Wavelength-
Selective 40G OCLDs perform post-compensation in the receiver (Rx), the
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, 100G WaveLogic 3 OTR, Flex3 WaveLogic 3
OCLD, and Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs perform pre-compensation
in the transmitter (Tx) and post-compensation in the receiver (Rx). Adaptation
to changes in the net link dispersion due to slow processes such as aging and
temperature effects is assured.
The 100G, Flex3, and Flex2 services of 6500 offer the following advantages:
• the network architecture is designed to minimize the equipment necessary
to deliver a service, therefore minimizing cost and increasing reliability.
• the network architecture can be adapted to each customer network
• the network architecture can be optimized on performance to meet the
availability requirements
• increased productivity
• the network architecture is designed around independent layers:
— open solution
— multi-vendor environment
— horizontal integration
— minimize development cost of new applications
— distributed intelligence instead of centralized
• support for existing / aging infrastructure
• support for new emerging services

• increased reach, PMD robustness, high shelf density, and colorless

networking support by using Ciena WaveLogic 3 Coherent technology in
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, 100G WaveLogic 3 OTR, Flex3 WaveLogic 3
OCLD, and Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs
The 6500 offers the 100G transparent wavelength services and interworking
capabilities, including support for:
• transparent 10GE LAN PHY services via 10x10GE Mux and 100G OCLD,
Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, or 100G WaveLogic
3 OCLD circuit packs
• transparent various services via 10x10G Mux and 100G OCLD, Flex2
WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, or 100G WaveLogic 3
OCLD circuit packs
• transparent various services via 100G (2xQSFP+/2xSFP+) MUX and
Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, or 100G WaveLogic
3 OCLD circuit packs
• transparent OC-192/STM64, 10GE, and OTU2 services via 100GE OCI
and 100G OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, or
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs
• transparent 100GE LAN PHY and OTU4 services via 100G OCI and 100G
OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, or 100G
WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs
• transparent 100GE LAN PHY and OTU4 services via 100G WaveLogic 3
OTR circuit packs
• 100G Regen (via back to back 100G OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD,
Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, 100G WaveLogic 3 OTR, or 100G WaveLogic
3 OCLD pair)
• 100G interworking with Common Photonic Layer Release 4.0 or higher
and with the exception of SCMD8 modules), a foreign Photonic line
system, or 6500 Photonic layer (Release 7.0 or higher) for terrestrial
applications.
• 100G OTN line-side protection configuration using two 100G WaveLogic
3 OCLD, Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, or Flex2 WaveLogic 3 circuit packs
The 100G applications key values are:

• 100G solution offers improved density, footprint, and power consumption
• SE of 2 b/s/Hz; 9 Tb/s in C-band
• transparent transport of client signals using 100G (2xQSFP+/2xSFP+)
MUX, 10x10G MUX OCI, 100G WaveLogic 3 OTR, and 100G OCI
interfaces

• superior performance
— advanced DP-QPSK and DP-BPSK modulation/coherent detecting
— high FEC coding gain for improved link budgets
— best-in-class dispersion and PMD compensation
• full C-band tunable DWDM transmitters
— reduces sparing requirements
— only one PEC code per circuit pack type
• operational simplicity
— high dynamic-range receivers
• global platform (ETSI/ANSI; SDH/SONET)
• single shelf with modular flexible configurations
Refer to 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G
Services, 323-1851-102.4 (Chapter 2) for more details on different functions
offered by 100G circuit packs in this release of 6500.
6500 Photonics applications

Note: Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Photonic Layer Guide,
NTRN15DA, for detailed information on Photonic concepts, applications,
6500 Control Plane applications

Note: Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Control Plane
Application Guide, NTRN71AA, for detailed information on Control Plane
concepts, applications, and engineering rules supported in this release of
6500.
6500 Submarine applications

Note: Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Submarine Networking
Application Guide, NTRN72AA, for detailed information on Submarine
applications and engineering rules supported in this release of 6500.

VoIP orderwire
The 6500 provides orderwire between 6500 network elements by using voice
over IP (VoIP) telephony. Orderwire provides a voice channel for
communications during equipment installation and upgrades, while
performing maintenance, and when identifying network fault conditions.
Figure 4-19 shows an example of a VoIP orderwire application.
The DCN network is used for signaling traffic between the IP telephones and
the VoIP server and for voice traffic between IP telephones. For an example
configuration, see “Data communications planning” in Part 4 of this guide.
Figure 4-19
VoIP EOW application
VoIP
Server
DCN
IP telephone
6500 NE DCC 6500 NE
DCC
DCC
6500 NE
IP telephone

Network reconfiguration
For a list of software upgrade procedure (SUP) for supported network
reconfigurations, see Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.
Some other network reconfiguration scenarios are available on-demand.

Contact your Ciena representative for more information (see Documentation
Roadmap, 323-1851-090).
The 6500 also supports non-standard network reconfigurations. Contact your

Ciena representative for more information (see Documentation Roadmap,
323-1851-090).
Upgrade support
This section provides information when planning upgrades on the 6500.
Software
At the time of publication, Release 10.1 supports upgrades from Releases
9.20/9.21/9.22/9.30/9.31/9.32/10.0/10.05. When upgrading to Release 10.1,
you must also upgrade the Site Manager software.
Upgrades must be performed following a specific procedure. For more details

and detailed upgrade procedures, see the Software Upgrade Procedures:
NTRN38DK for Software Upgrade Procedure for 6500 Packet-Optical

Platform and Common Photonic Layer to Release 10.1 from Release 9.2x,
Release 9.3x, and Release 10.0x (where x=0 or higher)
Hardware
The following hardware upgrade is strongly recommended when upgrading to
the new release of 6500 (apart from using the new circuit packs when you
require the new functionality provided by the new circuit packs):
• Shelf processors:
— As of 6500 Release 7.0, Ciena does not offer NTK555AAE5 variant of
Shelf processor (SP) circuit pack (NTZF01xx shelf processor kit).
Therefore, although a network element running a pre-R7.0 release on
SP shelf processor (NTK555AAE5 or NTK555ABE5) can be upgraded
to a newer release, it cannot support services that are exclusively
supported by SP-2 shelf processors (NTK555CAE5, NTK555EAE5, or
NTK555FAE5). Using SP-2 shelf processors is mandatory if you are
planning to use one or more of the services provided by the following
circuit packs:
– 40G UOCLD circuit packs
– 100G circuit packs
– OTN I/F circuit packs

– PKT I/F circuit packs

– PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs
– SLIC10 circuit packs
– SLIC10 Flex circuit packs
– SMD circuit packs
– CCMD12 circuit packs
– CCMD8x16 circuit packs
– eMOTR circuit pack
– ISS C-Band circuit packs
– X-Conn 600G PKT/OTN circuit packs
– X-Conn 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 circuit packs
– X-Conn 1600G PKT/OTN circuit packs
– X-Conn 3200G PKT/OTN Type 2 circuit packs
If these circuit packs are not present, SP cards are supported with 6500
Release 7.0 (or newer release), however it is recommended to replace the
SP shelf processor with SP-2 in order to support those functionalities in
the future. For the SP reconfiguration procedure, see Fault Management -
Module Replacement, 323-1851-545.
— As of 6500 Release 9.2 (or later) and at a primary shelf of TID
consolidated nodes (TIDc), it is mandatory to replace shelf processor
(SP) (NTK555AAE5 or NTK555ABE5) with SP-2 shelf processor
(NTK555CAE5, NTK555EAE5, or NTK555FAE5) before upgrading to
6500 Release 9.2 (or later). For the SP reconfiguration procedure, see
Fault Management - Module Replacement, 323-1851-545.
Note 1: The NTK555EAE5 variant of SP-2 circuit pack only operates with
Release 9.1 or later software loads.
Note 2: As of 6500 Release 9.3 (or later), NTZF02xxE5 shelf processor
kit that contains SP shelf processors (NTK555ABE5) also excludes the
Site Manager load, the MIBs, and the OTN FLEX MOTR interface loads.
As of 6500 Release 10.0 (or later), Ciena does not offer NTZF02xxE5
shelf processor kit containing SP shelf processors (NTK555ABE5).
— As of 6500 Release 9.2 (or later), if you require photonic services
(excluding FGA) in slots 1 and 2 in a 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf
(NTK503LA), it is required to replace the Shelf processor w/access
(SPAP) (NTK555LA) with Shelf processor w/access panel (SPAP-2) w/
2xOSC 2xSFP (NTK555NA).

5-1
User interface description 5-
This chapter provides an overview of the user interfaces available for the 6500
Packet-Optical Platform (6500). Table 5-1 lists the topics in this chapter.
Table 5-1
Topic Page
6500 Site Manager 5-1
OAM&P description 5-3
TL1 interface 5-35
SNMP support 5-35
6500 Command line interface (CLI) 5-35
6500 Site Manager

The Site Manager is the primary OAM&P interface for the 6500. The 6500
supports the Site Manager consolidated craft interface, which is a common
launch pad for craft interfaces in different Ciena Packet-Optical Transport
products such as:
• 6500 Packet-Optical Platform
• 6110 Multiservice Optical Platform
• Common Photonic Layer
Each product still retains its own craft application which can be started/
launched using a common tool. The Site Manager framework is used as the
common launcher application:
• Site Manager is started first to login to different network element types
• the Site Manager launcher provides a consolidated alarm banner and fault
summary.

5-2 User interface description
The Site Manager installer can be obtained from DVD. Installation of the Site
Manager is a user-friendly, graphical user interface installation procedure that
guides the user through the complete installation process. Starting in 6500
Release 6.0, the Site Manager installer for Windows can be launched directly
from a Web browser point at the network element by using the Java Web Start
(JWS) technology. As a result, the Site Manager Windows installer is no
longer resident on the shelf processor and therefore there is no need to
download and install Site Manager from the network element. Site Manager
Windows installer (consolidated craft) is available on DVD for Windows,
Solaris, and Linux.
For more information about Site Manager and consolidated craft, see Site
Manager for 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Release 10.1 Fundamentals, 323-
1851-195.
The 6500/CPL Site Manager craft user interface is a graphical, nodal

management tool that is available on a DVD or can be launched from the shelf
processor. Site Manager is loaded and installed from the DVD or shelf
processor on to a computing platform. The craft user interface provides full
access to the 6500/CPL network element across TCP/IP and to other 6500/
CPL network element visible across DCC or locally across the network
element's 10/100Base-T and RS232 ports.
Site Manager provides support for the following functions for 6500:
• Login and user management
• Fault and alarm management
• Nodal SLAT Assistant Tool (SAT)
• Visualization tool
• Node information and inventory
• Equipment and facility management
• Cross-connections management including path connection management,
Transponder connection management, OTN connection management,
photonic connection management, and EVPL connection management
• Data services application for data circuit packs (L2SS, PDH gateway,
20G L2SS, L2 MOTR, and RPR)
• Photonic services including Photonic Configuration Management, OTS
Management, Domain Optical Controller (DOC), Shelf Wavelength
Topology, Differential Provisioning, SCMD Cascading Order, and Optical
Loopback
• Ring APS provisioning
• Synchronization management
• Test toolkit for test access operations

• Performance monitoring and operational measurements

• Backup and restore
• OTN Control Plane
• Release, upgrade and software download
• DCN communications management
• SNMP trap destination/agent/community strings provisioning
• Performance monitoring and graphing
• Nodal security management
• Protection provisioning, status, and control
• OTN Protection provisioning, status, and control
• Standalone help viewer
6500 Release 10.1 Site Manager can support 6500 Release 9.20/9.21/9.22/
9.30/9.31/9.32/10.0/10.05/10.1.
OAM&P description
This section provides the operations, administration, maintenance and
provisioning (OAM&P) supported in 6500 Site Manager. Table 5-2 lists
OAM&P features this release of 6500.
Table 5-2
6500 OAM&P features
Topic Page
Commissioning and testing 5-4
System parameters 5-5
Visualization tool 5-5
Equipment management 5-6
Facility management 5-7
Troubleshooting tools 5-7
Connection and bandwidth management 5-9
Data Services 5-12
Photonic Services 5-18
Synchronization management 5-21
Control Plane 5-22
TODR Profiles 5-22
Backup and Restore 5-23


6500 OAM&P features
Installing and upgrading network element software 5-23
Span of Control 5-24
Alarm and event management 5-24
6500 data communications 5-27
SNMP 5-27
Performance monitoring and operational measurements 5-28
Security and administration 5-31
Equipment and traffic protection 5-33
Synchronization protection 5-34
Commissioning and testing

Commissioning and testing is a three part process consisting of
commissioning a 6500 network element, site testing, and system testing.
Commissioning and site testing bring a newly installed 6500 network element
to an in-service state ready to carry traffic. System testing verifies the end-to-
end traffic continuity and performance of the network.
The Nodal SLAT Assistant Tool (SAT) is a task based application that guides
the user through the nodal SLAT process step by step. The SAT application is
accessible from the 6500: Nodal SLAT Assistant Tool application in the
Tools menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Nodal SLAT Assistant Tool application and
corresponding procedures, see Commissioning and Testing, 323-1851-221.
Node Setup application

To reduce the number of commissioning steps, the Node Setup application is
used. This application supports a small number of data communication
configurations (DCN Direct Connect and Proxy ARP using Single Public IP).
For other data communication configurations, the Site Manager Comms
Setting Management application or Advanced SAT can be used.
The Node Setup application is accessible from the Tools menu of Site
Manager.
For more information on the Node Setup application and corresponding

procedures, see Commissioning and Testing, 323-1851-221.

System parameters
The 6500 supports system or network element wide parameters. The user
provisions and views system parameters from the Node Information
application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Node Information application and corresponding

procedures, see Administration and Security, 323-1851-301.
Global support
The 6500 is a global platform that can be deployed in SONET, SDH, and SDH-
J environments. The network element (NE) mode determines the overall
function of the network element in either a SONET, SDH, or SDH-J
environment. The NE mode is managed using Node Information application
in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. For more information on the
Node Information application and corresponding procedures, see
Administration and Security, 323-1851-301.
Visualization tool
The Visualization tool provides a graphical representation of a 6500 network,
Broadband adjacencies, Photonic OTS instances, site equipment, and the
physical shelf, along with relevant data in tabular, pop-up, and tool-tip formats.
The Visualization application is accessible from the Visualization application

in the Tools menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Visualization application and corresponding

Shelf Level View

The Shelf Level View application can be used for the day-to-day management
of 6500 network elements. The application displays a realistic graphical
representation of the layout of the shelf. Equipment in the shelf is graphically
represented so that you can determine the position, the slot number, and the
purpose of the circuit pack or module.
The shelf level view is accessible from the Shelf Level View application in the
Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Shelf Level View application and corresponding

Equipment management
In 6500, equipment is a logical entity and is the software representation of a
circuit pack. Two types of equipment entities exist in the 6500 platform as
follows:
• provisionable equipment – represents equipment that can be provisioned
and managed by user commands. An example of a provisionable
equipment is traffic-carrying circuit packs such as 2x10G OTR circuit
packs. For a list of supported provisionable equipment and to know which
slots of a 6500 network element these equipment reside in, see Part 1 of
6500 Planning, NTRN10DB (chapter 3).
• non-provisionable equipment – represents equipment not managed by
user commands but required to operate a 6500 network element. An
example of a non-provisionable equipment is cooler units or access panel.
For a list of supported non-provisionable equipment and to know which
slots of a 6500 network element these equipment reside in, see Part 1 of
6500 Planning, NTRN10DB (chapter 3).
Managing provisionable equipment

Provisionable equipment refers to any equipment entity that can be
provisioned and managed by user commands.
After insertion into the shelf, the system creates the circuit pack and pluggable
module attributes. The attributes are visible/manageable in the OAM&P
management system through applications such as Shelf Inventory, Facility
Inventory, Equipment Group, and Equipment & Facility Provisioning in
the Configuration menu of Site Manager or Visualization in the Tools menu
of Site Manager.
For more information on the Shelf Inventory application and corresponding

procedures, see Part 1 of Configuration - Provisioning and Operating, 323-
1851-310.
For more information on the Facility Inventory application and corresponding

1851-310.
For more information on the Equipment Group application and

corresponding procedures, see Part 1 of Configuration - Provisioning and
Operating, 323-1851-310.
For more information on the Equipment & Facility Provisioning application

and corresponding procedures, see Part 1 of Configuration - Provisioning and
Operating, 323-1851-310.
For more information on the Visualization application and corresponding


Facility management
A facility represents an equipment’s OAM&P capabilities that allow the user to
provision, inspect, and control that equipment. Facilities can be divided into
two categories for the 6500 platform as follows:
• payload facilities: these facilities are endpoints of a SONET/SDH
connection. Examples of these facilities are VT1.5/VC11, VT2/VC12,
STS1/VC3, STS3c/VC4, STS12c/VC4-4c, STS24c/VC4-8c, STS48c/
VC4-16c, and STS192c/VC4-64c.
• non-payload facilities: these facilities refer to the optical and electrical
interfaces, synchronization, DCC, management ports, OTN, and data
facilities that are not payloads. Examples are ETH, E3, PTP, and
OPTMON. For the full list of supported non-payload facilities, refer to Part
1 of Configuration - Provisioning and Operating, 323-1851-310.
The user manages facilities from the Equipment & Facility Provisioning
application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. For more information
on the Equipment & Facility Provisioning application and corresponding
1851-310.
Troubleshooting tools
Loopbacks
The 6500 supports the following types of loopback:
• Facility - for MSPP and OTN applications, the received line signal is looped
back towards the transmitter interface immediately on entering the circuit
pack.
• Facility - for Broadband applications and on the client interface of the
circuit pack, facility loopback connects the incoming received signal to the
transmitter in the return direction. For 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective
40G OCLD, 40G UOCLD,100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, 100G WaveLogic 3
OTR, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, and 100G
OCLD circuit packs, the received line signal is looped back towards the
transmitter interface immediately on entering the circuit pack.
• Terminal - the line signal just prior to the transmitter interface is looped
back towards the cross-connect circuit pack. For an OTR or MOTR circuit
pack, the terminal loopback is an internal loopback from the port where it
is active back to the port where the signal entered the circuit pack. The
SuperMux, 8xOTN Flex MOTR, and (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR circuit packs
use an on-board cross-connect device.
• EFM Remote - the signal at the remote customer premises equipment is
looped back towards the 6500.

• Channelized (path level) loopback - An individual cross-connect is looped

back on a port (rather than all the cross-connects on the port as for port
loopbacks). See “Test access” on page 5-8.
You must perform facility, terminal, and EFM Remote loopbacks from the
Equipment & Facility Provisioning application in the Configuration menu
of Site Manager.
For more information on the Equipment & Facility Provisioning application

Operating, 323-1851-310.
Test access
The test access feature provides the capability to monitor and test the signal
quality of circuits. The feature provides access for a test probe access to the
node through a test access port (TAP), and provides an interface to direct live
traffic to/from the test access port, thus providing monitoring and test signal
insertion capabilities. This provides quick and reliable confirmation of service
performance and assists in fault isolation when failures occurs within a
network.
The test access feature also provides the ability to perform channelized
loopback. You must manage TAPs and perform channelized loopback from
the Test Toolkit application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Test Toolkit application and corresponding

procedures, see Part 2 of Configuration - Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310.
Integrated test set

The Integrated test set feature provides the capability to test the 100G circuits
in the network and is accessible from the Integrated Test Set application in
the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Integrated Test Set application and

Operating, 323-1851-310.

Connection and bandwidth management

The Cross Connection application in the Configuration menu of the Site
Manager contains the following connection related applications in this release
of 6500.
• Path Connections application
• Count Path Connections application
• Transponder Connections application
• Photonic Connections application
• EVPL Connections application
• OTN Connections application
Path Connections application

The path connections are applicable to MSPP and SuperMux circuit packs
(not applicable to OTN I/F, PKT I/F, Broadband, and Photonic circuit packs).
The path traffic is switched between ports on interface circuit packs through
the cross-connect circuit packs. Two cross-connect circuit packs provide
redundant equipment protection. The exception is SuperMux circuit packs
where the on-board cross-connect device in the SuperMux circuit pack makes
the SuperMux circuit pack capable of operating with or without a normal 6500
shelf cross-connect circuit pack.
For path connections, the connection management tool uses a nodal, port-to-
port connection management philosophy that takes protection schemes into
account to rearrange connections at the physical level to implement traffic
protection.
The Cross Connections: Path Connections application in the

Configuration menu of Site Manager allows the user to manage path
connections.
For more information on the Path Connections application and

corresponding procedures, see Part 1 of Configuration - Bandwidth and Data
Services, 323-1851-320.

Count Path Connections application

The 6500 supports retrieving the number of path connections for each rate in
all the shelves that belongs to a consolidated TID.
Site Manager provides the support for count path connections through the
Cross Connections: Count Path Connections application in the
Configuration menu.
For more information on the Count Path Connections application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Transponder Connections application

The Transponder connections are used
• for all Broadband circuit packs except SuperMux circuit packs (not
applicable to OTN I/F, PKT I/F, MSPP, and Photonic circuit packs).
• to mate Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, 40G OCLD, or 40G UOCLD
and 40G XCIF circuit packs.
• to mate 100G OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex3 WaveLogic 3
OCLD, or 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD and 100G (2xQSFP+/2xSFP+) MUX,
10x10GE MUX, or 10x10G MUX circuit packs.
The Cross Connections: Transponder Connections application in the

Configuration menu of Site Manager allows the user to manage Transponder
connections.
For more information on the Transponder Connections application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Photonic Connections application

The Photonic connections are applicable to Photonic circuit packs (not
applicable to OTN I/F, PKT I/F, MSPP, and Broadband circuit packs).
The Cross Connections: Photonic Connections application in the

Configuration menu of Site Manager allows the user to manage Photonic
connections.
For more information on the Photonic Connections application and

Services, 323-1851-320.


EVPL Connections application

The EVPL connections are applicable to 20G L2SS, L2 MOTR, and FLEX
MOTR circuit packs (not applicable to OTN I/F, PKT I/F, MSPP, Photonic, or
other and Broadband circuit packs).
The Cross Connections: EVPL Connections application in the

Configuration menu of Site Manager allows the user to manage EVPL
connections.
For more information on the EVPL Connections application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
OTN Connections application

OTN connections are applicable to OTN I/F circuit packs and Broadband
circuit packs mated with a 40G OTN XCIF circuit pack. They are not applicable
to MSPP circuit packs, unmated Broadband circuit packs, or Photonic circuit
packs. Since the 40G OTN XCIF does not have any fiber interfaces, it must be
mated with a 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, 40G UOCLD,
40G+ CFP OCI, or 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5 variant only).
The Cross Connections: OTN Connections application in the

Configuration menu of Site Manager allows the user to manage OTN
connections.
For more information on the OTN Connections application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Tandem Connection Monitoring

The 6500 supports connection monitoring from the Tandem Connection
Monitoring application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
Tandem Connection Monitoring (TCM) enables an operator to monitor traffic

quality for traffic transported between different segments in the network, and
to trace errors and defects along the path to a particular segment. This is
particularly important when the optical signal path passes through multiple
networks for one or more operators.
A TCM is a tandem entity to an ODU Path that can be used to monitor any
segment of that ODU Path, in parallel to the ODU Path itself. TCM is
supported for any ODU Path. TCMs have alarms and performance monitoring
(PM) similar to an ODU Path.
For more information on the Tandem Connection Monitoring application

and corresponding procedures, see Fault Management - Performance
Monitoring, 323-1851-520.

Data Services
The 6500 supports RPR, L2SS, 20G L2SS, L2 MOTR, 48xGE PKT I/F, PKT/
OTN cross-connect, eMOTR, and PDH gateway circuit packs for layer 2
services. The layer 2 service switch circuit packs provide a packet aware
optical transport module with switching, aggregation, and quality of service
(QoS) functionality. The 6500 also supports RPR circuit pack that can support
layer 2 services with layer 2 RPR protection and provides a ring based
network that enables bandwidth sharing, high reliability, and network simplicity
across multiple Ethernet ports for efficient transport of packets.
Note: Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide

(NTRN15BA) and Service Aware Operating System (SAOS)-based
documents (323-1851-6xx) for detailed information on data concepts,
applications, and engineering rules supported in this release of 6500.
The Data Services application in the Configuration menu of the Site

Manager contains the following data related applications to provision and
manage those layer 2 circuit pack (except for eMOTR circuit packs):
• Receive Class of Service Profiles application
• Transmit Class of Service Profiles application
• Class of Service Scheduler application
• Service Activation Setup application
• Bandwidth Profiles application
• Segment Management application
• Endpoint Management application
• Endpoint Mappings application
• RPR Ring Management application
• RPR Ring Information application
• Connectivity Provisioning application
• Forwarding Database application
• Queue Group Profiles application
• Queue Group Drop Profiles application
• Queue Group Scheduler Profiles application
• G.8032 ERP Node Information application
• G.8032 ERP Group List application
• G.8032 ERP Management application
• Ethernet OAM Provisioning application

Note: Refer to the SAOS-based Packet Services Command Reference,

323-1851-610, for detailed information on CLI commands used to
provision Layer 2 services on 48xGE PKT I/F, and eMOTR circuit packs in
this release of 6500.
Receive Class of Service Profiles application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to provision receive class of
service profiles by using the Data Services: Receive Class of Service
Profiles menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. A receive class of
service profile is one of the attributes of a WAN, ETH, ETH10G, LAG facility,
or VCE. A receive class of service profile maps the Pbits (customer priority)
and CFI usage in the service provider network to one of the eight Ciena
classes of service (CoSs).
For more information on the Receive Class of Service Profiles application

and corresponding procedures, see Part 2 of Configuration - Bandwidth and
Data Services, 323-1851-320.
Transmit Class of Service Profiles application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to provision transmit class of
service profiles by using the Data Services: Transmit Class of Service
Profiles menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. A transmit class
of service profile is one of the attributes of a WAN, ETH, ETH10G, LAG facility
or VCE. A transmit class of service profile maps one of the eight Ciena class
of services (CoSs) to the Pbits (customer priority) and CFI usage in the
service provider network.
For more information on the Transmit Class of Service Profiles application

Class of Service Scheduler application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to manage the egress traffic for
LAN (ETH), LAG, and WAN ports for resilient packet rings (RPRs) by using
the Data Services: Class of Service Scheduler menu in the Configuration
menu of Site Manager. The scheduler weight parameters determine the
weightings to assign to the port on a class-of-service basis. The rate limiting
parameters set limits for the amount of egress traffic for the port based on the
class of service and the committed or excess information rates.
For more information on the Class of Service Scheduler application and

Services, 323-1851-320.

Service Activation Setup application

Site Manager guides you through various tasks to complete the L2SS, PDH
gateway, 20G L2SS, L2 MOTR, or RPR data service activation by using the
Data Services: Service Activation Setup menu in the Configuration menu
of Site Manager. The application contains three tasks; Profiles Provisioning,
Virtual Circuit Service Activation, and Tunnel Service Activation and ensures
that you execute every step for successful virtual circuit and tunnel creation.
For more information on the Service Activation Setup application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Bandwidth Profiles application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to create and manage different
bandwidth profiles for policing the bandwidth on a port by using the Data
Services: Bandwidth Profiles menu in the Configuration menu of Site
Manager. Bandwidth profiles apply to the ingress of UNI interfaces (L2SS,
PDH gateway, 20G L2SS, L2 MOTR, and RPR circuit packs) and to the ingress
of NNI interfaces (L2SS, 20G L2SS, L2 MOTR, and PDH gateway circuit
packs).
For more information on the Bandwidth Profiles application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Segment Management application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to create and manage virtual
circuit segments (VCSs), virtual circuit endpoints (VCEs), tunnel segments,
and tunnel endpoints by using the Data Services: Segment Management
menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Segment Management application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Endpoint Management application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to manage virtual circuit
segments (VCSs), virtual circuit endpoints (VCEs), tunnel segments, and
tunnel endpoints or to create and manage virtual circuit endpoint maps and
tunnel endpoint maps by using the Data Services: Endpoint Management
menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Endpoint Management application and

Services, 323-1851-320.

Endpoint Mappings application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to manage virtual circuit
endpoint maps and tunnel endpoint maps by using the Data Services:
Endpoint Mappings menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Endpoint Mappings application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
RPR Ring Management application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to provision and manage
resilient packet rings (RPRs) by using the Data Services: RPR Ring
Management menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the RPR Ring Management application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
RPR Ring Information application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to view the automatically
discovered topology information for resilient packet rings (RPRs) by using the
Data Services: RPR Ring Information menu in the Configuration menu of
Site Manager.
For more information on the RPR Ring Information application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Connectivity Provisioning application

operations, administration, and management (OAM) parameters used for
echo testing for resilient packet rings (RPRs), to Operate or release (cancel)
an echo test, and to provision the Internet Protocol (IP) address used
communicate with RPR circuit packs for transparent domain connectivity
(TDC) testing for resilient packet rings by using the Data Services:
Connectivity Provisioning menu in the Configuration menu of Site
Manager.
For more information on the Connectivity Provisioning application and

Services, 323-1851-320.

Forwarding Database application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to provision and manage the
forwarding databases for resilient packet rings (RPRs), L2 MOTR, L2SS, 20G
L2SS, and PDH gateway circuit packs and also to provision and manage static
entries in forwarding databases by using the Data Services: Forwarding
Database menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Forwarding Database application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Queue Group Profiles application

different queue group profiles by using the Data Services: Queue Group
Profiles menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. A queue group
specifies which scheduler profile, drop profiles and multipliers to be used for
creating a port. Typically one queue group will be used for P2P traffic, a
second queue group will be used for A2A traffic.
For more information on the Queue Group Profiles application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Queue Group Drop Profiles application

different queue group drop profiles by using the Data Services: Queue
Group Drop Profiles menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. A
queue group drop profile specifies the queue length, the threshold
(percentage of queue length) to start dropping some green packets, the
threshold to drop all green packets, the threshold to start dropping some
yellow packets and the threshold to drop all yellow packets. The queue group
drop profiles are used by the queue group application which requires a queue
group drop profile for each class of service.
For more information on the Queue Group Drop Profiles application and
Services, 323-1851-320.
Queue Group Scheduler Profiles application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to manage the class of service
(CoS) weights used by the scheduler on the egress of ETH or ETH10G (LAN),
LAG, or WAN facilities on L2SS, 20G L2SS, L2 MOTR, or PDH gateway circuit
packs by using the Data Services: Queue Group Scheduler Profiles menu
in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.

For more information on the Queue Group Scheduler Profiles application

G.8032 ERP Node Information application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to view G.8032 ERP node
information for L2 MOTR or 20G L2SS circuit packs by using the Data
Services: G.8032 ERP Node Information menu in the Configuration menu
of Site Manager. G.8032 ERP specifies protection switching mechanisms and
protocol for ETH layer Ethernet rings. G.8032 ERP is an Ethernet shared ring
technology that provides a flexible class-of-service-aware packet ring
technology.
For more information on the G.8032 ERP Node Information application and
Services, 323-1851-320.
G.8032 ERP Group List application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to provision and manage VLAN
ranges for G.8032 ERP configurations by using the Data Services: G.8032
ERP Group List menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. A ring
group (RGRP) represents a collection of services that will be treated the same
way by the G.8032 ERP control protocol.
For more information on the G.8032 ERP Group List application and
Services, 323-1851-320.
G.8032 ERP Management application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to provision and manage rings,
ring ports, ringlets, and ringlet ports for G.8032 ERP on 20G L2SS and L2
MOTR circuit packs by using the Data Services: G.8032 ERP Management
menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. A ring group (RGRP)
represents a collection of services that will be treated the same way by the
G.8032 ERP control protocol.
For more information on the G.8032 ERP Management application and

Services, 323-1851-320.

Ethernet OAM Provisioning application

maintenance domains (MDs), maintenance associations (MAs), maintenance
intermediate points (MIPs), maintenance end points (MEPs), and remote
maintenance end points (RMEPs) for L2SS, 20G L2SS, PDH Gateway, and
L2 MOTR circuit packs by using the Data Services: Ethernet OAM
Provisioning menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. This
application can be also used to view link trace information or defect
information and operating or releasing loopbacks.
For more information on the Ethernet OAM Provisioning application and

Services, 323-1851-320.
Photonic Services
The Photonic Services application in the Configuration menu of the Site

Manager contains the following photonic related applications in this release of
6500.
• Photonic Configuration Management application
• OTS Management application
• Domain Optical Controller (DOC) application
• Shelf Wavelength Topology application
• Differential Provisioning application
• SCMD Cascading Order application
• Connection Validation application
• Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
• OTDR Graph View
Photonic Configuration Management application

The Photonic Configuration Management application is used to define the
OTS type and specify equipment connectivity.
The user performs Photonic configuration management from the Photonic

Services: Photonic Configuration Management application in the
For more information on the Photonic Configuration Management

application and corresponding procedures, see Part 2 of Configuration -

OTS Management application

The Optical Transport Section (OTS) Management application is a Photonic
application that manages Optical Transport Sections at the photonic
equipment level. An OTS is defined as a group of equipment all serving the
same fiber pair.
The user performs OTS management from the Photonic Services:

OTS Management application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the OTS Management application and

Operating, 323-1851-310.
Domain Optical Controller (DOC) application

The Domain Optical Controller (DOC) application is a Photonic application
that displays and manages the DOC sites associated with the 6500 NE. The
user performs DOC management from the Photonic Services:
Domain Optical Controller (DOC) application in the Configuration menu of
Site Manager.
For more information on the Domain Optical Controller (DOC) application

Operating, 323-1851-310.
Shelf Wavelength Topology application

The 6500 Photonic layer topology feature enables multi-level topology
information to be displayed to the user via the Site Manager Craft interface.
The topology feature includes:
• Shelf Wavelength Topology (SWT): channel topology for a 6500 network
element
The Shelf Wavelength Topology application is a Photonic application that
displays the wavelength topology as it travels the OTS from entry (ingress)
to exit (egress) points. The user performs shelf wavelength topology
viewing from the Photonic Services: Shelf Wavelength Topology
For more information on the Shelf Wavelength Topology application and
Operating, 323-1851-310.
• Network Channel Topology (NCT): channel topology across an optical
domain of control
This feature is not user-visible and is handled by the system.

Differential Provisioning application

Differential Provisioning allows groups (or classes) of channels to be
prioritized to achieve a different relative optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) to
other channels. By doing this it allows channels with very different propagation
characteristics (for example 10G and 40G) to be optimized to different OSNR
targets.
With Photonic differential provisioning

• traffic with different transmission characteristics is grouped into different
classes and assigned a bias offset from the peak power target
• the peak target is not a compromise value but a baseline to select the best
peak power for traffic types with different transmission characteristics
The user performs Photonic differential provisioning from the Photonic

Services: Differential Provisioning application in the Configuration menu
of Site Manager.
For more information on the Differential Provisioning application and

Operating, 323-1851-310.
SCMD Cascading Order application

The SCMD Cascading Order application allows you to define the cascading
order for the SCMD4 circuit packs.
The user performs Photonic SCMD cascading order from the Photonic
Services: SCMD Cascading Order application in the Configuration menu
of Site Manager.
For more information on the SCMD Cascading Order application and

Operating, 323-1851-310.
Connection Validation application

The Connection Validation application allows you to validate the fiber inter-
connections in the Colorless configuration.
The user performs optical loopbacks from the Photonic Services:

Connection Validation application in the Configuration menu of Site
Manager.
For more information on the Connection Validation application and

Operating, 323-1851-310.

Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

The 6500 supports performing manual Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
(OTDR) traces and downloading Standard OTDR Record (SOR) files from the
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer application in the Configuration menu
of Site Manager.
The OTDR functionality is provided by SRA and ESAM circuit packs to

characterize a fibre optic cable. It injects pulses of light (at 1527 nm) and
measures the strength of the return pulses as a function of time. The data is
written into a file in SOR format.
For more information on the Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

application and corresponding procedures, see Part 2 of Configuration -
OTDR Graph View

The 6500 supports displaying the OTDR traces graphically using the OTDR
Graph View application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
The OTDR Graph View application uses SOR files to display the OTDR
traces graphically.
For more information on the OTDR Graph View application and

Operating, 323-1851-310.
Synchronization management
Synchronization is a network level application that ensures all nodes across a
network can trace back to the same clock source. Within a single node,
synchronization prevents buffer overflow or underflow, which avoids bit errors.
The network element provides all required synchronization source information
from Site Manager. The user views and provisions synchronization
parameters for a 6500 network element from the Synchronization in the
Configuration menu of Site Manager. For more information on the
Synchronization application and corresponding procedures, see Part 2 of

Control Plane
Note: Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Control Plane
Application Guide, NTRN71AA, for detailed information on Control Plane
concepts, applications, and engineering rules supported in this release of
6500.
The Control Plane application in the Configuration menu of the Site

Manager contains the following Control Plane related applications in this
release of 6500.
• OSRP Provisioning application
• Routing Profiles application
• Sub-Network Connection application
OSRP Provisioning application

The OSRP Provisioning application is a Control Plane application that allows
you to commission OSRP on a 6500 node and also to provision the OSRP
nodes, links, and lines.
The user performs OSRP provisioning from the Control Plane:

OSRP Provisioning application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the OSRP Provisioning application and
corresponding procedures, see Configuration - Control Plane, 323-1851-330.
Routing Profiles application

The Routing Profiles application is a Control Plane application that allows you
to manage routes, cascaded routes, and routing lists.
The user sets up routing profiles from the Control Plane:

Routing Profiles application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. For
more information on the Routing Profiles application and corresponding
procedures, see Configuration - Control Plane, 323-1851-330.
Sub-Network Connection application

The SNC tab of the Sub-Network Connection application (under Control
Plane) in the Configuration menu of Site Manager allows the user to view,
add, edit, and delete sub-network connections (SNCs) and virtual end points
(VEPs). The application also provides functionality to regroom, manually
switch to protect, and revert SNCs.
The Co-Routed SNC tab of the Sub-Network Connection application (under

Control Plane) in the Configuration menu of Site Manager allows the user to
view, add, edit, and delete co-routed sub-network connections (CR-SNCs).
The application also provides functionality to regroom, manually switch to
protect, and revert CR-SNCs. For more information on the Sub-Network
Connection application and corresponding procedures, see
Configuration - Control Plane, 323-1851-330.

TODR Profiles
The TODR Profiles application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager
allows the user to view, add, edit, and delete TODR profiles for OTN SNCs/
CR-SNCs and ASNCP configurations.
For more information on the TODR Profiles application and corresponding

procedures, see Configuration - Control Plane, 323-1851-330.
Backup and Restore

The user manages database backups from the Backup and Restore
application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. The application
allows the user to manage backup copies of the network element database for
each network element within a network and restore the network element
database to an operational state following a system initialization.
For more information on the Backup and Restore application and

corresponding procedures, see Administration and Security, 323-1851-301.
Installing and upgrading network element software

The 6500 Release 10.1 network element software is factory installed on the
circuit packs and is also available on a DVD in the event the network element
software needs to be re-installed on the circuit packs. For the DVD product
code, see Chapter 6, “Ordering information”.
Upgrading of the network element software is performed by two applications

in Site Manager:
• Release Management
• Upgrade Management
Software upgrades must be performed following a specific procedure. For

more details and detailed upgrade procedures, see the software upgrade
procedure (SUP), NTRN38DK.
Release Management
The release management feature allows the user to transfer a software load
to the network element by using the Release Management application in the
For more information on the Release Management application and


Upgrade Management
The upgrade management feature allows the user to upgrade the network
element software, upgrade the shelf processor (SP) software only without
upgrading other circuit packs (when an SP is inserted in a shelf running a
lower or higher software release), or activate or deactivate a service pack by
using the Upgrade Management application in the Configuration menu of
Site Manager.
For more information on the Upgrade Management application and

Span of Control
When the logged in gateway network element (GNE) is in private IP mode and
by default, the remote NEs in its span of control are not visible in the Site
Manager navigation tree. The Span of Control application allows a remote
network element (RNE) within the span of control of the GNE to be added to
the navigation tree, and therefore be accessed from the navigation tree.
The user can access to span of control by selecting the Span of Control
For more information on the Span of Control application and corresponding

Alarm and event management

Active alarms are indicated on the 6500 equipment and are visible from the
Site Manager user interface. The 6500 provides the following alarm and event
management managed from Site Manager:
Consolidated Alarms
Site Manager provides the user with the ability to display alarms from all
logged in network elements according to user’s last filter settings and the
alarm points that are not disabled. The user views a list of consolidated alarms
by selecting the Consolidated Alarms application in the Tools menu of Site
Manager.
For more information on the Consolidated Alarms application and

corresponding procedures, see Parts 1 and Part 2 of Fault Management -
Alarm Clearing, 323-1851-543.

Active alarms
Site Manager provides the user with a visual summary of all active alarms for
all 6500s logged in to through the alarm banner. The user views a list of active
alarms on a 6500 shelf by selecting the Active Alarms application in the
Faults menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Active Alarms application and corresponding

procedures, see Parts 1 and Part 2 of Fault Management - Alarm Clearing,
323-1851-543.
Historical Fault Browser

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to filter and sort events and
perform manual refresh of the event list by using the Historical Fault
Browser application in the Faults menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Historical Fault Browser application and

Active Disabled Alarms

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to view the alarms that have
been disabled from the alarm profiles application (and therefore not displayed
in the Active Alarms application) by using the Active Disabled Alarms
application in the Faults menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Active Disabled Alarms application and

Alarms Cut-off
Site Manager provides the user with the ability to clear the audible alarms from
the Site Manager by using the Alarms Cut-off application in the Faults menu
of Site Manager.
For more information on the Alarms Cut-off application and corresponding

323-1851-543.
Clear Security Alarms

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to clear all security alarms
(except those raised against the Primary and Secondary RADIUS servers) on
a network element by using the Clear Security Alarms application in the
Faults menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Clear Security Alarms application and


Alarms & Controls

The Alarms & Controls application in the Configuration menu of the Site
Manager contains the following alarms and controls related applications in this
release of 6500.
• Alarm Profiles application
• External Alarm Provisioning application
• External Controls application
Alarm Profiles application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to manage alarm profiles by
using the Alarms & Controls: Alarm Profiles menu in the Configuration
menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Alarm Profiles application and corresponding

323-1851-543.
External Alarm Provisioning application

The 6500 network element and each provisioned DSM has 16 parallel
telemetry input points. The input points allow remote monitoring of other
equipment in the office in which the network element is located. For example,
the input points can monitor room temperature alarms or office door open
alarms. Specific external alarms must be set up during provisioning. The
alarm types are assigned to a specific contact pin.
Site Manager provides the user with the ability to display external alarm
attributes (telemetry input points), edit the environmental alarm attributes on
the network element or a DSM, and delete defined environmental alarm
attributes on the network element or a DSM by using the Alarms & Controls:
External Alarm Provisioning menu in the Configuration menu of Site
Manager.
For more information on the External Alarm Provisioning application and


External Controls application

Site Manager provides the user with the ability to retrieve and display the
labels and status of the four external controls relays for the 6500 network
element and each provisioned DSM by using the Alarms & Controls:
External Controls menu in the Configuration menu of Site Manager. The
6500 network element allows the user to operate or release these relays to
turn external equipment on and off (for example, air conditioning, fan,
sprinkler) and edit the labels of the relays.
For more information on the External Controls application and

6500 data communications

The detailed 6500 communications planning is covered in Part 4 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DB.
The interfaces/protocols are configured from the Comms Setting

Management application available from the Configuration menu item in Site
Manager.
For more information on the Comms Setting Management application and

Operating, 323-1851-310.
For more information on the Encryption Access application (available from

the Interface type tab) and corresponding procedures, see Encryption and
FIPS Security Policy Overview and Procedures, 323-1851-340.
SNMP
The 6500 simple network management protocol (SNMP) is an application-
layer protocol that provides a way to monitor and manage networking devices.
For more information on the SNMP, refer to “SNMP support” on page 5-35.
Site Manager provides the user with access to the SNMP tool by using the
SNMP application in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the SNMP application and corresponding

procedures, see Fault Management - SNMP, 323-1851-740.

Performance monitoring and operational measurements

Performance monitoring (PM) refers to the continuous collection, analysis,
and reporting of the performance data of a monitored entity. This monitoring
allows early detection of service degradations and facilitates preventive
maintenance without interruption of service. PM can also be used to facilitate
trouble/fault isolation. The 6500 provides the following Performance
monitoring and operational measurements capabilities managed from Site
Manager:
Performance Monitoring
The PM counts can be viewed from the Performance Monitoring application
in the Performance menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Performance Monitoring application and

corresponding procedures, see Fault Management - Performance Monitoring,
323-1851-520.
Operational Measurements
For MSPP services, the GE, 10GE, 10/100BT, L2SS, 20G L2SS, PDH
gateway, and RPR circuit packs collect operational measurements (OMs),
which contain a set of counters not specific to any LAN interface type. For
Broadband services, the 10GEL WT, 10G OTR, 10G OTSC, 2x10G OTR,
4x10G OTR, SuperMux, L2 MOTR, eMOTR, FLEX MOTR, 8xOTN Flex
MOTR, (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR, 40G MUX OCI, 10x10GE MUX, 10x10G
MUX, 100G (2xQSFP+/2xSFP+) MUX, 100G WaveLogic 3 OTR, and 100GE
OCI circuit packs collect operational measurements on their Ethernet, Fiber
Channel, FLEX, and WAN facilities, which contain a set of counters. For OTN
transport and switched services, 16xOTN FLEX I/F and 40G MUX OCI circuit
packs collect operational measurements for ETTP and WAN facilities, which
contain a set of counters. For PKT transport and switched services, 48xGE
PKT I/F circuit packs collect operational measurements for ETTP and WAN
facilities, which contain a set of counters.
The counters are combined for unicast, multicast, and broadcast packets.
These operational measurements are asynchronously retrieved and cleared
and are not stored in bins. These counts can be viewed and cleared from the
Operational Measurements application in the Performance menu of Site
Manager.
For more information on the Operational Measurements application and

323-1851-520.

PM Profiles
The PM thresholds management is available in the PM Profiles application in
the Performance menu of Site Manager. The PM Profiles application
provides the user with the ability to create default thresholds that can be
applied across many facilities. A profile contains all the facility and physical
PM parameters that are supported on the selected entity.
For more information on the PM Profiles application and corresponding

procedures, see Fault Management - Performance Monitoring, 323-1851-520.
Facility PM Query
OTMj facilities have counts for OTU CV/BBE, ES, SES, SEFS/OFS, FEC,
HCCS, pre-FEC BER, Max Pre-FEC BER, and post-FEC BER estimate
parameters. The untimed counts for parameters can be viewed from the
Performance Monitoring application and cleared. A subset of these
parameters (OTU CV/BBE, FEC, HCCS, and SEFS/OFS) can be viewed and
cleared from the Facility PM Query application available in the Performance
menu of Site Manager. Clearing the untimed counts from this application
clears the untimed counts for all monitor types for the selected OTMj facilities.
For more information on the Facility PM Query application and

323-1851-520.
Facility PM Attributes
The OTU HCCS count has an associated reference attribute (HCCSREF). An
HCCS error occurs when the number of FEC corrections in one second (when
converted to dBQ) exceeds the provisioned value. The HCCS reference value
(default 0 dBQ) is the point where post-FEC errors are approximately equal to
a rate of 1E-15. The HCCSREF parameter can be viewed and edited from the
Facility PM Attributes application available in the Performance menu of Site
Manager.
For more information on the Facility PM Attributes application and

323-1851-520.
PM Graphing
PM graphing is available in the PM Graphing application in the Performance
menu of Site Manager. The PM graphing application allows you to
• graphically view and retrieve PM data by any combination of shelf, facility
type, facility, monitor type, location, direction, and display type (Trend or
Snapshot).
• graph the PM data by history (15-minute bins) or by channel powers per
port
• display the current untimed value and the baseline value at the same time

• zoom in on a selected area of the graph for more detail, and reset the
graph back to display the original ranges
• save and print the graph
• manually refresh the graph to get an updated view
For more information on the PM Graphing application and corresponding

Supervisory Query and Control

The Supervisory Query and Control application allows you to:
• send Query commands to retrieve data from submarine (wet plant)
devices managed by Supervisory Channels (represented by OSIC and
ISS C-Band circuit pack OTM2 facilities)
• view Query results when a successful message exchange completes for
a specific device or selection of devices
• send Control commands (non-Query commands) to wet plant devices
managed by Supervisory Channels and view the command results
• filter device data retrieved from commands sent based on the selection of
the following criteria (using drop-down lists)
• perform “one-button provisioning”
• manually save/export the data to a CSV file
• manually refresh the data to get an updated view
The Supervisory Query and Control application is used for submarine

applications. For further details and procedures related to Supervisory
Channel monitoring, refer to the Submarine Networking Application Guide,
NTRN72AA.
Supervisory Query and Control can be viewed from the Supervisory Query
and Control application in the Performance menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Supervisory Query and Control application,

see Fault Management - Performance Monitoring, 323-1851-520.

Round Trip Delay

This application allows you to retrieve the round trip delay measurement for
• FLEX MOTR circuit pack FLEX facilities
• 8xOTN Flex MOTR circuit pack FLEX client port OTM0 or OTM1 mapping
facilities
• (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR circuit pack FLEX client port OTM0, OTM1, or
OTMFLEX mapping facilities
• 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, and ESAM circuit pack OSC facilities
• SPAP-2 w/2xOSC circuit pack OSC facilities
The round trip delay measurement can be viewed from the Network
Measurements Tools: Round Trip Delay application in the Performance
For more information on the Round Trip Delay application and corresponding
Security and administration

The 6500 provides the following security and administration capabilities
managed from Site Manager:
User Profile, Change Password, and Invalid Passwords
The user performs local password management from the User Profile,
Change Password, and Invalid Passwords applications in the Security
For more information on the User Profile, Change Password, and Invalid
Passwords applications and corresponding procedures, see Administration
and Security, 323-1851-301.
Active Users
The user forces out users from the Active Users application in the Security
For more information on the Active Users application and corresponding

Set Shared Secret

The user changes the shared secret for a network element or the primary or
secondary RADIUS server of a network element by using Set Shared Secret
application in the Security menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Set Shared Secret application and


Manage Keys
The user manages SSH/SFTP and SSL keys for a network element by using
Manage Keys application in the Security menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Manage Keys application and corresponding

Security Logs
The security log, by default, records all commands issued on the network
element that require level 2 access or higher. The Security Logs application
is available from the Security menu in Site Manager.
For more information on the Security Logs application and corresponding

Intrusion Attempt Handling

Intrusion attempts on the 6500 network elements are alarmed and displayed
when an incoming access attempt fails due to incorrect user ID or password.
This alarm alerts administrators of intrusion after a provisionable number of
failed login attempts. Intrusion attempt handling can be configured from the
Intrusion Attempt Handling application in the Security menu of Site
Manager.
For more information on the Intrusion Attempt Handling application and

Advanced Security Settings

The user enables or disables user ID and password authentication on the
debug port by using Advanced Security Settings application in the Security
For more information on the Advanced Security Settings application and

Centralized Security Administration

The centralized authentication mechanism provides additional security when
accessing 6500 network elements. The Centralized Security Administration
feature can be configured from the Centralized Security Administration
application in the Security menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Centralized Security Administration

application and corresponding procedures, see Administration and Security,
323-1851-301.

Challenge/Response Calculator
This application is used to generate a response for a challenge using the local
shared secret. The network element uses the same shared secret to validate
if the response is correct for the challenge.
The Challenge/Response Calculator application is available from the Tools

menu in Site Manager.
For more information on the Challenge/Response Calculator application

and corresponding procedures, see Administration and Security, 323-1851-
301.
Syslog Server Provisioning

The 6500 uses SysLog to remotely store the security log events generated by
each network element on the active, provisioned SysLog servers. When a
security log is generated, a corresponding syslog message is sent to all active
SysLog servers. SysLog server provisioning is accessible through the
SysLog Server Provisioning application from the Security menu in Site
Manager.
For more information on the Syslog Server Provisioning application and

IP Access Control List

The IP access control list (ACL) feature adds filtering to any ingress traffic on
a given physical interface. The filtering rules are used to determine whether
incoming DCN traffic is allowed or denied based upon a combination of IP
address and subnet provisioning. ACL provisioning is accessible through the
IP Access Control List application from the Security menu in Site Manager.
For more information on the IP Access Control List application and

Equipment and traffic protection

Equipment protection detects an equipment failure that causes a loss of
service and restores the failed services from a redundant piece of equipment.
Equipment protection manages core functions and services in a network
element that are normally traffic affecting.
Traffic protection is a mechanism to enhance the dependability of a transport

service. The 6500 provides a variety of protection mechanisms which can be
deployed to tailor the resilience of the platform to that required by the
customer. The system monitors the traffic facilities for performance
degradation and failure and performs protection switching when these
conditions are present.

The user performs non-OTN traffic protection switches from the Protection
Status application in the Protection menu of Site Manager for non-OTN I/F
circuit packs. The user performs OTN traffic protection switches from the OTN
Protection Status application in the Protection menu of Site Manager for
OTN I/F circuit packs.
The user performs non-OTN protection group provisioning from the

Protection Provisioning application in the Protection menu of Site Manager
for non-OTN I/F circuit packs. The user performs OTN protection group
provisioning from the OTN Protection Provisioning application in the
Protection menu of Site Manager for OTN I/F circuit packs.
Traffic protection exerciser

The traffic protection exerciser allows you to verify the protection functionality
without affecting the traffic. By running the protection exerciser, you can detect
silent protection-related failures before the failures become service-affecting.
The traffic protection exerciser is a routine that tests the integrity of the
protection switching bytes (K-bytes) communication between an optical
interface pair of a 1+1/MSP linear or BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS configuration.
If the two ends fail to exchange the K-bytes, the test fails and alarms are
raised.
The user performs protection exerciser from the Protection Exerciser

application in the Protection menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Protection Exerciser application and

Operating, 323-1851-310.
Synchronization protection
The 6500 provides system synchronization using 1+1 redundant
synchronization hardware on the cross-connect circuit packs (or on-board
cross-connect device in the SuperMux circuit pack) to protect against
synchronization equipment failure. Synchronization hardware protection is
performed by the system automatically. The 6500 also supports the protection
of the timing reference used for timing generation and timing distribution.
The user views and provision protection status of the provisioned

synchronization hierarchies for a 6500 network element from the
Synchronization in the Protection menu of Site Manager.
For more information on the Synchronization application and corresponding

1851-310.

TL1 interface
Transaction Language 1 (TL1) is the 6500 interface language and is used for
messages exchanged between the 6500 and Site Manager, OneControl, or
other management systems. The 6500 user interface is optimized/designed to
be Site Manager. TL1 is based on Telcordia specifications and supports all of
the 6500 functions including autonomous fault reports (alarms), provisioning
change notifications, and other events.
The 6500 TL1 interface conforms to standards GR-831, GR-833, and GR-199
for syntax, information structure, and transactions. TL1 is available over Telnet
to the network element and has four classes of users, each with restrictions
on what commands are available to the user. The 6500 also supports TL1
command builder that can be used to edit and run TL1 commands or to build,
edit, and run scripts. Refer to Administration and Security, 323-1851-301 for
more information on the TL1 command builder.
SNMP support
The 6500 simple network management protocol (SNMP) is an application-
layer protocol that provides a way to monitor and manage networking devices.
Refer to Fault Management - SNMP, 323-1851-740 for information on SNMP.
Refer to Service Aware Operating System (SAOS)-based documents (323-
1851-6xx) for information on SNMP implementation for eMOTR.
6500 Command line interface (CLI)

The 6500 command line interface (6500 CLI) is a human to network element
interface with a look and feel common to 6500 CLI interfaces supported on
similar Ciena products. The 6500 CLI command set includes:
• CLI session customizing commands
• FDB retrieval commands
• NSAP retrieval command
• clping command
• coping command
• netping command
• ping command
• telnet command
• traceroute command
• eMOTR equipment group command (to retrieve and connect to eMOTR
groups)

You can access the 6500 CLI using the following methods:
• through a Telnet session to port 10010 or 10020 on the shelf processor, or
• through a Secure Shell (SSH) connection to port 20002, or
• through a Remote TL1 Gateway session from Site Manager, or
• through a terminal session from Site Manager
There can be a maximum of:

• 10 simultaneous 6500 CLI user sessions per network element equipped
with an SP-2 (NTK555CAE5, NTK555EAE5, or NTK555FAE5) or SPAP-2
w/2xOSC (NTK555NA).
• three simultaneous 6500 CLI user sessions per network element
equipped with a shelf processor other than listed above
• 18 Telnet sessions per network element, including 6500 CLI sessions.
For more information about the 6500 CLI, see Administration and Security,
323-1851-301.
SAOS-based Command Line Interface (SAOS CLI)

The SAOS-based Command Line Interface is an application-layer protocol
that provides a way to retrieve information and manage OneOS-based circuit
packs such as eMOTR, 48xGE PKT I/F, 100G PKT/OTN XCIF,
10x10G PKT/OTN I/F, and PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs.
Site Manager provides the user with the access to the SAOS-based
Command Line Interface tool by using the Command Line Interface menu in
the Configuration menu of Site Manager. For more information on SAOS
management and corresponding procedures, see
• SAOS-based Packet Services Command Reference, 323-1851-610
• SAOS-based Packet Services Configuration, 323-1851-630
• SAOS-based Packet Services Fault and Performance, 323-1851-650
• SAOS-based Packet Services MIB Reference, 323-1851-690

6-1
Ordering information 6-
This chapter provides the ordering information for the new items introduced in
6500 Packet-Optical Platform (6500) Release 10.1.
Note: It is recommended to review Planning - Ordering Information,

323-1851-151, which contains all orderable items before ordering.
New items in Release 10.1

The following tables lists the ordering codes for new items in Release 10.1 of
6500:
• New bay in Table 6-1 on page 6-2
• New common equipment in Table 6-2 on page 6-2
• New trays, cables, brackets, tools, and accessories in Table 6-3 on page
6-4
• New circuit packs and modules in Table 6-4 on page 6-5
• New pluggables in Table 6-5 on page 6-8
• New software, licenses, and services in Table 6-6 on page 6-9
• New documentation in Table 6-7 on page 6-10

6-2 Ordering information
Table 6-1
6500 Release 10.1 new items (bay)
Description Order Code
PTE2000-EEA (44RU extended equipment aperture, 600 mm wide x 300 mm NTRU6501SIF
deep x 2125 mm high) frame (SIF application with cushioned palette)
• This PEC is for a 44U version of the PTE2000-EEA bay. This frame is suitable for
use in Telcordia GR-63-CORE (NEBS) operating environments and ETSI EN 300
119-3 applications. The ETSI mounting holes are 515 mm center-to-center (500 mm
aperture between the uprights) and are typically used in equipment at a 100 mm
setback. Frame rail adapters are available to convert all or part of the frame for
mounting 19-inch equipment with EIA hole spacing (465 mm center-to-center in a
450mm wide aperture) at a 127 mm (5-inch) setback. The PTE2000-EEA frame can
be extended to 2200 mm ETSI standard height via the 70 mm frame extender listed
in Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151 (Chapter 2).
• The frame is shipped attached to a cushioned pallet that is suitable for transport of
a frame (which may have equipment mounted to it) in a vertical position. Order this
item if any equipment is being mounted in the frame before shipping as part of a
Ciena hot staging or cold staging service or if any equipment will be mounted into a
frame at one site and then repackaged for transport to another site (other
considerations apply such as use of packs-in-place kits as required). Contact your
Ciena representative for more information.
Table 6-2
6500 Release 10.1 new items (common equipment)
6500 Release 10.1 NTK555CAE5 Shelf Processor (SP-2 for 6500-7/14) Kit NTZF03KB
This kit includes one shelf processor, NTK555CAE5, and one 6500 and CPL Release
10.1 software load (NTK561KB). Order one per 6500 shelf if shelf processor
protection is not required. Order two per 6500 shelf if shelf processor protection is
required. For more information and engineering rules about this shelf processor kit,
refer to Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151 (Chapter 3).
6500 Release 10.1 NTK555EAE5 Shelf Processor (SP-2 for 6500-7/14/32) Kit NTZF05KB
This kit includes one shelf processor, NTK555EAE5, and one 6500 and CPL Release
6500 Release 10.1 NTK555FAE5 Shelf processor (SP-2 Dual CPU for 6500-7/14/ NTZF06KB
32) Circuit Pack Kit
This kit includes one shelf processor, NTK555FAE5, and one 6500 and CPL Release


6500 Release 10.1 new items (common equipment)
6500 Release 10.1 NTK503MAE5 2-Slot Shelf w/SP + OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP NTZF10KB
(DC-Pwr) Kit
This kit includes a DC-variant 2-slot 6500 shelf assembly (NTK503MAE5 variant
including an NTK507NAE5/NTK507NA cooling fan module), one integrated shelf
processor, and Release 10.1 software load (NTK561KB) already loaded on this
integrated shelf processor. Since the shelf processor is an integrated part of a 2-slot
6500 shelf assembly, you cannot order NTK503MAE5 shelf assembly separately.
Instead, order NTZF10KB. For more information and engineering rules about this
shelf processor kit, refer to Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151
(Chapter 3).
6500 Release 10.1 NTK503NAE5 2-Slot Shelf w/SP + OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP (AC- NTZF11KB
Pwr) Kit
This kit includes a AC-variant 2-slot shelf assembly (NTK503NAE5 variant including
an NTK507NAE5/NTK507NA cooling fan module), one integrated shelf processor,
and Release 10.1 software load (NTK561KB) already loaded on this integrated shelf
processor. Since the shelf processor is an integrated part of a 2-slot shelf assembly,
you cannot order NTK503NAE5 shelf assembly separately. Instead, order
NTZF11KB. For more information and engineering rules about this shelf processor kit,
6500 Release 10.1 NTK555LA Shelf Processor (SPAP for 6500-2 Type 2) Kit NTZF12KB
This kit includes one shelf processor w/access panel, NTK555LA, and one 6500 and
CPL Release 10.1 software load (NTK561KB). Order only one per 2-slot 6500 shelf
since the shelf processor protection is not supported in a 2-slot shelf. This kit is only
used in 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly (NTK503LA) (not used in 7-slot, 14-slot,
or 32-slot 6500 shelf type). For more information and engineering rules about this
shelf processor kit, refer to Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151
(Chapter 3).
6500 Release 10.1 NTK555NA Shelf Processor (SPAP-2 w/2xOSC for 6500-2/7 NTZF14KB
Type 2) Kit
This kit includes one Shelf processor w/access panel (SPAP-2) w/2xOSC 2xSFP,
NTK555NA, and one 6500 and CPL Release 10.1 software load (NTK561KB). Order
only one per 2-slot or 7-slot shelf since the shelf processor protection is not supported
in a 2-slot or 7-slot shelf. This kit is only used in 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly
(NTK503LA) or 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly (NTK503KA) (not used in
NTK503PAE5 variant of 7-slot, 14-slot, or 32-slot 6500 shelf type). For more
information and engineering rules about this shelf processor kit, refer to Planning -
Ordering Information, 323-1851-151 (Chapter 3).

Table 6-3
6500 Release 10.1 new items (cables, brackets, and accessories)
Bracket Kit, 6500 7-slot Type 2, 19-inch rack, 465 mm center-to-center mounting NTK509PG
holes, 50 mm setback, EIA hole pitch
The 7U mounting bracket kit contains left and right mounting brackets for one 6500 7-
slot optical Type 2 shelf (NTK503KA). The bracket kit also contains mounting screws
and washers. The installation of the washers is essential to prevent the screws from
entering the cooling fan module housing.
Use these brackets with frames equipped with 465 (18.3 in.) center-to-center
mounting holes and EIA hole pitch (50 mm setback).
Cable Assembly, STP Cat 5E, RJ45, TIA568B, Straight, Single, 3 m NTTC09DM
This shielded twisted-pair cable provides an external slot inventory interface from the
6500 access panel to a photonic layer module that is mounted in the same bay. These
are OSC Filter (1516.9 nm), PPC6, OMX, OMD4, CMD44, UBMD2, MBMD2, GMD10,
FIM Type 1 and FIM Type 2, BMD2, DSCM modules and Transponder Protection Tray
(TPT).
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AA
1 meter
Also see Note
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AB
2 meters
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AC
3 meters
Also see Note
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AD
5 meters
Also see Note
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AE
7 meters
Also see Note
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AF
10 meters
Also see Note
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AG
13 meters
Also see Note
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AH
15 meters
Also see Note


6500 Release 10.1 new items (cables, brackets, and accessories)
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AJ
20 meters
Also see Note
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AK
25 meters
Also see Note
Optical patchcord, MPO(F)-MPO(F), SM, riser, bend insensitive, 12 Fiber, Tx-Rx, NTTC97AL
30 meters
Also see Note
Note: Single-mode bend insensitive MPO cables with 12 integrated fibers (MPO NTTC97**) are used
for colorless-directionless-contentionless (CDC) applications with the CCMD8x16 circuit pack, WSS
Flex C-Band w/OPM 20x1 circuit pack, and FIM Type 1 and FIM Type 2 modules. When using this cable
type with an optional standard depth shelf door/cover, the fiber boot can be formed to create a 90 degree
exit. There may be minor interference as the cable touches the interior surface of the door/cover,
however, with negligible performance impact. An extended depth cover solution provides additional
space in front of the circuit pack. The jacket color for this cable is yellow.
Table 6-4
6500 Release 10.1 new items (circuit packs and modules)
4x10G OTR w/Encryption 4xXFP/4xSFP+ circuit pack NTK530QE
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 4x10G OTR w/Encryption 4xXFP/4xSFP+
circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer to Broadband,
SuperMux, and OTN FLEX MOTR Circuit Packs, 323-1851-102.5.
Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Premium with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band circuit pack NTK539QJ
If you order this PEC, you will receive a Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Premium with EDFA
NxOTU4 C-Band circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer to
40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G Services,
323-1851-102.4.
Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Standard with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band circuit pack NTK539QL
If you order this PEC, you will receive a Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Standard with EDFA
323-1851-102.4.


Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band circuit pack NTK539QN
If you order this PEC, you will receive a Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with
EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer
to 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G Services,
323-1851-102.4.
NTK539QN is supported in software release 10.11.
Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Enhanced with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band circuit pack NTK539QK
If you order this PEC, you will receive a Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Enhanced with
EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer
to 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G Services,
323-1851-102.4.
Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Basic with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band circuit pack NTK539QM
If you order this PEC, you will receive a Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Basic with EDFA
323-1851-102.4.
Flex2 WaveLogic 3e OCLD Submarine with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band Type 2 circuit NTK539BN
pack
If you order this PEC, you will receive a Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with
EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band Type 2 circuit pack. For more information about this circuit
pack, refer to 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G Services,
323-1851-102.4.
NTK539BN is supported in software release 10.11.
8-Degree 16-Channel Colorless Mux/Demux (CCMD8x16 C-Band 1xCXM) circuit NTK508HA
pack
If you order this PEC, you will receive an 8-Degree 16-Channel Colorless Mux/Demux
(CCMD8x16 C-Band 1xCXM) circuit pack. For more information about this circuit
pack, refer Photonics Equipment, 323-1851-102.6.
CCMD8x16 C-Band Expansion Module (CXM C-Band Type 1) NTK576BA
If you order this PEC, you will receive a CCMD8x16 C-Band Expansion Module (CXM
C-Band Type 1). For more information about this module, refer Photonics Equipment,
323-1851-102.6.
Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) Flex C-Band w/OPM 20x1 circuit pack NTK553MA
If you order this PEC, you will receive a Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) Flex
C-Band w/OPM 20x1 circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer
Photonics Equipment, 323-1851-102.6.
Fiber Interconnect Module (FIM) Type 1 NTK504CA
If you order this PEC, you will receive a Fiber Interconnect Module (FIM) Type 1. For
more information about this module, refer Photonics Equipment, 323-1851-102.6.


Fiber Interconnect Module (FIM) Type 2 NTK504CB
If you order this PEC, you will receive a Fiber Interconnect Module (FIM) Type 2. For
more information about this module, refer Photonics Equipment, 323-1851-102.6.
10 Group Mux/Demux (GMD10) C-Band module NTT862GA
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 10 Group Mux/Demux (GMD10) C-Band
module. For more information about this module, refer Photonics Equipment,
323-1851-102.6.
PKT I/F GE 48xSFP circuit pack NTK642AA
If you order this PEC, you will receive a PKT I/F GE 48xSFP circuit pack. For more
information about this circuit pack, refer OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.8.
100G MUX Multi-Protocol 2xQSFP+/2xSFP+ circuit pack NTK529EA
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 100G MUX Multi-Protocol 2xQSFP+/2xSFP+
circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS,
and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G Services, 323-1851-102.4.
100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Premium C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack NTK538UJ
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Premium C-band LR4
Multirate circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer 40G, 100G,
OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G Services, 323-1851-102.4.
100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Enhanced C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack NTK538UK
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Enhanced C-band
LR4 Multirate circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer 40G,
100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G Services, 323-1851-102.4.
100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Standard C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack NTK538UL
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Standard C-band LR4
100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Basic C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack NTK538UM
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Basic C-band LR4
100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Submarine C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack NTK538UN
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Submarine C-band
LR4 Multirate circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer 40G,
100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G Services, 323-1851-102.4.
NTK538UN is supported in software release 10.11.


Optical Power Monitor (OPM Flex C-band) 2-Port circuit pack NTK553PB
If you order this PEC, you will receive an Optical Power Monitor (OPM Flex C-band)
2-Port circuit pack. For more information about this circuit pack, refer Photonics
Equipment, 323-1851-102.6.
2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot) chassis with 19 inch, 23 inch, and ETSI K80-0002-901
brackets
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot)
chassis (174-0064-900 with removable slot divider 410-6065-001) with 19 inch, 23
inch, and ETSI brackets (174-0096-900). The 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot)
chassis is a stand-alone passive chassis designed to accommodate up to three
passive modules. For more information about this passive module, refer Photonics
Equipment, 323-1851-102.6.
2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot) chassis with 19 inch, 23 inch, and ETSI K80-0002-902
brackets and cover
If you order this PEC, you will receive a 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot)
chassis (174-0064-900 with removable slot divider 410-6065-001) with 19 inch, 23
inch, and ETSI brackets (174-0096-900) and 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot)
cover (174-0095-900). The 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot) chassis is a
stand-alone passive chassis designed to accommodate up to three passive modules.
For more information about this passive module, refer Photonics Equipment, 323-
1851-102.6.
Table 6-5
6500 Release 10.1 new items (pluggables)
Description Order Code Notes
40GBASE-LR4, 4x10G CWDM, SMF, 1310nm, 10km QSFP+ 160-9501-900 1, 2
Multirate 1528.38 nm to 1568.77 nm (1-88) 50GHz Tunable Type 3 NTK583AC 2
DWDM XFP
Note 1: QSFP+ modules have a similar form-factor as a XFP modules but support 4x10G+ optical
channels.
Note 2: For more ordering information on this pluggable module, see Planning - Ordering Information,
323-1851-151. For the list of circuit packs that support this pluggable module, refer to Part 3 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DB (chapter 7). For technical specifications of this pluggable module, refer to Part 3
of 6500 Planning, NTRN10DB (chapter 8).

Table 6-6
6500 Release 10.1 new items (Software, licenses, and services)
Software
6500 and CPL Release 10.1 NE+SM Software DVD-ROM NTK562KB
This code provides one copy of the 6500 and CPL Release 10.1 network element
software load (NTK561KB), one copy of CPL-6500 mixed TID network element
software load, one copy of 6500 Site Manager software for craft access to the 6500,
and a copy of the Site Manager for 6500 Release 10.1 installation procedures on a
DVD-ROM. Network element load includes Site Manager software to deliver Site
Manager Java WEB Start to the shelf processor (for delivery of Site Manager via the
HTTP server). Order this DVD-ROM for 6500 nodes or for 6500-CPL mixed TID
nodes.
Licenses
6500 Release 10.1 Certificate NTK569KB
One 6500 Release 10.1 Certificate is required for each 6500 network element running
Release 10.1 software.
6500 Release 10.1 Site Manager RTU NTNM34UG
One 6500 Release 10.1 Site Manager RTU is required for each 6500 shelf running
Release 10.1 software.
6500 Release 10.1 Site Manager Upgrade RTU NTNM34QG
One 6500 Release 10.1 Site Manager Upgrade RTU is required for each 6500 shelf
if upgrading the software to Release 10.1 from a previous release.
6500 SLTE Gridless WSS RTU (per WSS) NTK560DT
One 6500 SLTE Gridless WSS RTU (per WSS) is required for each WSS supporting
Gridless functionality.
6500 Advanced Ethernet & OAM perpetual software license RTU (per PKT I/F GE NTK560EU
48xSFP circuit pack)
One 6500 Advanced Ethernet & OAM perpetual software license RTU is required for
each PKT I/F GE 48xSFP circuit pack (NTK642AA) when using one or more of the
following features: 802.3 ah EFM, 802.1ag OAM, Y1731 OAM, RFC2544 generation,
Twamp and Y1564, 1588v2, LAG or intercard LAG, and QiQ services.
6500 Advanced Ethernet & OAM perpetual software license RTU (per PKT/OTN NTK560EW
I/F 100G 10xXFP circuit pack)
One 6500 Advanced Ethernet & OAM perpetual software license RTU is required for
each PKT/OTN I/F 100G 10xXFP circuit pack (NTK667AA) when using one or more
of the following features: 802.3 ah EFM, 802.1ag OAM, Y1731 OAM, RFC2544
generation, Twamp and Y1564, 1588v2, LAG or intercard LAG, and QiQ services.
6500 10G Encryption RTU NTK560FE
One 6500 10G Encryption RTU is required for each 10G encrypted port.


6500 Release 10.1 new items (Software, licenses, and services)
6500 200G STORM RTU NTK560FP
One 6500 200G STORM RTU is required for each Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit
pack using STORM. The Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs must be in 16QAM
modulation format.
6500 Extended Chromatic Dispersion RTU (per line port) NTK560GF
One RTU is required for each 100G WaveLogic 3 OTR (NTK538UN variant) or Flex2
WaveLogic 3 OCLD (NTK539BN variant) that requires extended chromatic dispersion
tolerance (80000 ps/nm or greater).
Table 6-7
6500 Release 10.1 new items (documentation)
6500 Release 10.1 technical publication and guides (CD-ROM) NTK564KB
See Table 6-8 for a list of documents in the Technical Publications suite.
6500 Release 10.1 Planning NTRN10DB
This item is not an orderable item, it is available to registered users on
www.ciena.com, and it is also included when you order technical publication CD-ROM
(NTK564KB).
Software Upgrade Procedure for 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and Common NTRN38DK
Photonic Layer to Release 10.1 from Release 9.2x, Release 9.3x, and Release 10.0x
(where x=0 or higher)
This item is not an orderable item, it is available to registered users on
www.ciena.com.
Table 6-8 lists the 6500 Technical Publications.
Table 6-8
6500 Technical Publications
Technical Publications Document code

6500 Packet-Optical Platform Planning Release 10.1 NTRN10DB (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and
Part 4)
6500 Packet-Optical Platform Photonic Layer Guide NTRN15DA
6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide NTRN15BA
6500 Packet-Optical Platform Control Plane Application NTRN71AA
Guide
Submarine Networking Application Guide NTRN72AA
Documentation Roadmap 323-1851-090



Common Equipment 323-1851-102.1
Electrical Circuit Packs 323-1851-102.2
OC-n/STM-n Circuit Packs 323-1851-102.3
40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs and 200G 323-1851-102.4
Services
Broadband, SuperMux, and OTN FLEX MOTR Circuit Packs 323-1851-102.5
Photonics Equipment 323-1851-102.6
Data and Layer 2 Circuit Packs 323-1851-102.7
OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F Circuit Packs 323-1851-102.8
Planning - Ordering Information 323-1851-151
6500 / 5400 Interworking Solution 323-1851-160
Latency Specifications 323-1851-170
Pluggable Datasheets and Reference 323-1851-180
TL1 Description 323-1851-190
Site Manager for 6500 Packet-Optical Platform 323-1851-195
Fundamentals Release 10.1
Installation - General Information 323-1851-201.0
Installation - 2-slot Shelves 323-1851-201.1
Installation - 7-slot and 6500-7 packet-optical Shelves 323-1851-201.2
Installation - 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer Chassis (3 323-1851-201.5
and 6 slot versions)
Commissioning and Testing 323-1851-221
Administration and Security 323-1851-301
Configuration - Provisioning and Operating 323-1851-310 (Parts 1 and Part 2)
Configuration - Bandwidth and Data Services 323-1851-320 (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3)
Configuration - Control Plane 323-1851-330
Encryption and FIPS Security Policy Overview and 323-1851-340
Procedures
Fault Management - Performance Monitoring 323-1851-520
Fault Management - Alarm Clearing 323-1851-543 (Parts 1 and Part 2)



Fault Management - Module Replacement 323-1851-545
SAOS-based Packet Services Command Reference 323-1851-610
SAOS-based Packet Services Configuration 323-1851-630
SAOS-based Packet Services Fault and Performance 323-1851-650
SAOS-based Packet Services MIB Reference 323-1851-690
Fault Management - SNMP 323-1851-740
Fault Management - Customer Visible Logs 323-1851-840
RoHS compliant equipment

Customers who operate within the EU must order the RoHS compliant version
of 6500 equipment for equipment being supplied after 1st July 2006. There is
no change to the behavior or functionality of equipment that has been updated
to become RoHS compliant, nor is there any change required to the software
deployed - the revised RoHS compliant equipment is backward compatible
with the non-RoHS compliant version.
RoHS compliant equipment include labels which indicate the RoHS

compliance level.
• adding “E5”, “E6”, “L6” or “ZL6” as a suffix to the existing product
equipment code (PEC):
— E5 indicates that it is RoHS 5/6 compliant,
— E6 indicates that it is RoHS 6/6 compliant, and
— L6 and ZL6 indicates that it Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) and
RoHS 6/6 compliant
Note 1: The majority of components introduced in 6500 Release 9.0 (or
later) no longer feature the suffix.
Note 2: The PEC displayed does not include the E5/E6 suffix used in
some ordering codes if applicable.
• changing a single digit in the PEC (for example, ‘NTRU0501’ changes to
‘NTRU6501’ where the 5th digit is changed to ‘6’ to indicate that it is RoHS
6/6 compliant). This only applies to PECs introduced prior to 6500
Release 9.0.
The PEC for equipment that is already RoHS compliant remains the same.
For details of conversion between the non-RoHS and the RoHS codes, see
Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

6500 Packet-Optical Platform
Planning, Part 2 of 4
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New in this release and documentation roadmap vii

Applications and upgrades 4-1

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Upgrade support 4-41

User interface description 5-1

Ordering information 6-1

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New in this release and documentation

This Technical Publication supports 6500 Packet-Optical Platform (6500)

Unless specifically stated otherwise, references to Release 10.1 in the

The following new/enhanced features are covered in this document:

— Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Premium with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band

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— Flex3 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Enhanced with EDFA NxOTU4 C-Band

— 100G OTR WaveLogic 3 Premium C-band LR4 Multirate circuit pack

— 100G MUX Multi-Protocol 2xQSFP+/2xSFP+ circuit pack

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— 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer (3-slot) chassis with 19 inch, 23 inch,

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• At the time of publication, Release 10.1 supports upgrades from Releases

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6500 Packet-Optical Platform technical publications

Planning - Installation - Administration Fault Management - Common Equipment

SAOS-based Command Fault and MIB

6500 Photonic 6500 Data 6500 / 5400 Common

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Applications and upgrades 4-

Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide,

Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Photonic Layer Guide, NTRN15DA,

Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Control Plane Application Guide,

Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Submarine Networking Application

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Table 4-1 (continued)

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For more information about unprotected configuration rules, see Planning -

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The 6500 supports 1+1/MSP linear protection switching on a per-port basis

Figure 4-2 on page 4-7 shows an example of 6500 network elements

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Figure 4-3 shows 6500 network elements connected by 2-Fiber BLSR/MS-

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For more information about the 2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing traffic protection

4-Fiber HERS is used for transcontinental and transoceanic applications that

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