To create a physical link

Purpose

An operator with Device Mgmt privileges can create, modify, and delete physical links.

Note: Each physical link endpoint must terminate on the same type of MDA.

You can configure only one physical link endpoint on a port.

Steps
 
1 

Choose Create→Equipment→Physical Link from the NFM-P main menu. The Physical Link (Create) form opens.

2 

Configure the required parameters.

3 

Perform one of the following to configure the Endpoint A parameters.

  1. If you set the Endpoint A Type parameter in Step 2 to Port, go to Step 4 .

  2. If you set the Endpoint A Type parameter in Step 2 to Network Element, go to Step 5 .

  3. If you set the Endpoint A Type parameter in Step 2 to LAG, go to Step 6 .

  4. If you set the Endpoint A Type parameter in Step 2 to Bundle, go to Step 7.

4 

Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint A - Port panel by performing one of the following steps.

  1. Click Select to choose a port as an endpoint.

  2. Choose a port from the equipment navigation tree:

    1. Select a port and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The port information is copied to the clipboard.

    2. Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - Port panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.

5 

Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint A - Network Element panel by performing one of the following steps.

  1. Click Select to choose a managed NE as an endpoint.

  2. Choose an NE from the equipment navigation tree:

    1. Select an NE and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The NE information is copied to the clipboard.

    2. Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - Network Element panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.

6 

Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint A - LAG panel by performing one of the following steps.

  1. Click Select to choose a LAG as an endpoint.

  2. Choose a LAG from the equipment navigation tree:

    1. Select a LAG and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The LAG information is copied to the clipboard.

    2. Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - LAG panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.

7 

Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint A - Bundle panel by performing one of the following steps.

  1. Click Select to choose a bundle as an endpoint.

  2. Click Search to populate the list of bundles:

    1. Select a bundle and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The bundle information is copied to the clipboard.

    2. Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - Port panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.

8 

Perform one of the following to configure the Endpoint B parameters.

  1. If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in Step 2 to Port, go to Step 9 .

  2. If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in Step 2 to Network Element, go to Step 10 .

  3. If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in Step 2 to Unmanaged NE, go to Step 12 .

  4. If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in Step 2 to LAG, go to Step 13 .

  5. If you set the Endpoint B Type parameter in Step 2 to Bundle, go to Step 15.

9 

Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint B - Port panel by performing one of the following steps.

  1. Click Select to choose a port as an endpoint.

  2. Choose a port from the equipment navigation tree:

    1. Select a port and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The port information is copied to the clipboard.

    2. Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint B - Port panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.

10 

Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint B - Network Element panel by performing one of the following steps.

  1. Click Select to choose a managed NE as an endpoint.

  2. Choose an NE from the equipment navigation tree:

    1. Select an NE and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The NE information is copied to the clipboard.

    2. Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint B - Network Element panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.

11 

If the Endpoint B is an unmanaged NE that the NFM-P recognizes as an unmanaged mobile NE, go to Step 16 .

12 

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.

13 

Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint B - LAG panel by performing one of the following steps.

  1. Click Select to choose a LAG as an endpoint.

  2. Choose a LAG from the equipment navigation tree:

    1. Select a LAG and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The LAG information is copied to the clipboard.

    2. Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint B - LAG panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.

14 

Go to Step 17 .

15 

Configure the required parameters in the Endpoint B- Bundle panel by performing one of the following steps.

  1. Click Select to choose a bundle as an endpoint.

  2. Click Search to populate the list of bundles:

    1. Select a bundle and click the Copy to Clipboard icon. The bundle information is copied to the clipboard.

    2. Click Paste from Clipboard in the Endpoint A - Port panel of the Physical Link (Create) form.

16 

Click Select in the Endpoint B - Unmanaged NE (LTE) panel to choose an unmanaged mobile NE.

17 

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.

18 

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.

19 

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:

  • Choose Manage→Service→Services from the NFM-P main menu. The Manage Services form opens.

  • Click CAC Audit.

End of steps