To create and configure Xconnect anchor ports

Purpose

Perform this procedure to create and configure anchor ports on FP4 daughter cards on 7750 SR and 7950 XRS NE variants, Release 21.5 and later. These anchor ports can be associated to a PXC; see To configure PXC loopback ports.

Steps
 
1 

On the equipment tree, navigate to the Xconnect object under the FP4 daughter card where you need to configure an anchor port.

Right-click on Xconnect and choose Create Xconnect Mac. The Create MDA Xconnect MAC wizard opens.

2 

Configure the MDA Xconnect MAC Properties.

Configure the required parameters and click Next. The Xconnect Mac object appears under the Xconnect object in the equipment tree.

3 

Configure the MDA Xconnect Loopback.

  1. Click Create.

  2. Configure the required parameters and click Finish.

The Anchor Port object appears under the Xconnect Mac object in the equipment tree (Port 1/1/m1/1).

4 

Close the wizard forms.

5 

Create a second anchor port, if required.

  1. Right-click on Xconnect Mac and choose Create Xconnect Loopback.

  2. Configure the required parameters and click Finish.

The Anchor Port object appears under the first created anchor port in the equipment tree (Port 1/1/m1/2).

6 

Close the wizard forms.

7 

To view details for Xconnect Mac, right-click the Xconnect Mac and choose Properties.

8 

Configure the anchor ports.

  1. Right-click on Anchor Port and choose Properties.

  2. Configure the required parameters.

  3. Save and close the forms.

End of steps