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Choose Create→Equipment→Physical Link from the NFM-P main menu. The Physical Link (Create) form opens.
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Configure the required parameters.
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Perform one of the following to configure the Endpoint A parameters.
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If you set the Endpoint A Type parameter in
Step 2 to Port, go to
Step 4 .
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If you set the Endpoint A Type parameter in
Step 2 to Network Element, go to
Step 5 .
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If you set the Endpoint A Type parameter in
Step 2 to LAG, go to
Step 6 .
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If you set the Endpoint A Type parameter in
Step 2 to Bundle, go to
Step 7.
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Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint A - Port panel by performing one of the following steps.
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Click Select to choose a port as an endpoint.
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Choose a port from the equipment navigation tree:
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Select a port and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The port information is copied to the clipboard.
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Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - Port panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.
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Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint A - Network Element panel by performing one of the following steps.
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Click Select to choose a managed NE as an endpoint.
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Choose an NE from the equipment navigation tree:
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Select an NE and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The NE information is copied to the clipboard.
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Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - Network Element panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.
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Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint A - LAG panel by performing one of the following steps.
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Click Select to choose a LAG as an endpoint.
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Choose a LAG from the equipment navigation tree:
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Select a LAG and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The LAG information is copied to the clipboard.
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Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - LAG panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.
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Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint A - Bundle panel by performing one of the following steps.
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Click Select to choose a bundle as an endpoint.
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Click Search to populate the list of bundles:
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Select a bundle and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The bundle information is copied to the clipboard.
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Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - Port panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.
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Perform one of the following to configure the Endpoint B parameters.
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If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in
Step 2 to Port, go to
Step 9 .
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If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in
Step 2 to Network Element, go to
Step 10 .
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If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in
Step 2 to Unmanaged NE, go to
Step 12 .
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If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in
Step 2 to LAG, go to
Step 13 .
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If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in
Step 2 to Bundle, go to
Step 15.
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Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint B - Port panel by performing one of the following steps.
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Click Select to choose a port as an endpoint.
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Choose a port from the equipment navigation tree:
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Select a port and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The port information is copied to the clipboard.
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Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint B - Port panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.
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Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint B - Network Element panel by performing one of the following steps.
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Click Select to choose a managed NE as an endpoint.
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Choose an NE from the equipment navigation tree:
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Select an NE and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The NE information is copied to the clipboard.
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Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint B - Network Element panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.
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If the Endpoint B is an unmanaged NE that the NFM-P recognizes as an unmanaged mobile NE, go to
Step 16 .
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Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint B - Unmanaged NE panel.
Note: If the NFM-P is to manage endpoint B, configure the Unmanaged - Name parameter with the management IP address of the unmanaged NE.
When the NFM-P discovers the NE, the unmanaged endpoint of the physical link is displayed as the newly managed NE on the topology map.
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Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint B - LAG panel by performing one of the following steps.
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Click Select to choose a LAG as an endpoint.
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Choose a LAG from the equipment navigation tree:
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Select a LAG and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The LAG information is copied to the clipboard.
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Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint B - LAG panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.
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Go to
Step 17 .
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Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint B- Bundle panel by performing one of the following steps.
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Click Select to choose a bundle as an endpoint.
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Click Search to populate the list of bundles:
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Select a bundle and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The bundle information is copied to the clipboard.
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Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - Port panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.
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Click Select in the Endpoint B - Unmanaged NE (LTE) panel to choose an unmanaged mobile NE.
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If System Bandwidth Management is in use, configure the parameters on the Bandwidth tab as needed.
For Bundle links the bandwidth unit value is Kbps by default.
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Click OK to save your changes and close the form. The physical link is created between the two endpoints and is displayed in the physical topology map.
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If Service Bandwidth Management is enabled, perform a system-wide CAC audit to ensure that the bandwidth on each physical link is properly calculated. Perform the following:
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