Cisco NCS 2000 Deploying 96-Channel Flex Spectrum

This course is designed for technical professionals who need to know how to deploy a Cisco NCS 2000 Series DWDM network with FlexSpectrum.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe Hardware and components required and used with the Flex Spectrum feature
• Design optical networks in the Cisco Transport Planner software
• Install the hardware, including multishelf nodes
• Perform node turn-up and create circuits using the Cisco Transport Controller software
• Configure optical networks with multidegree ROADM multishelf nodes
• Configure optical networks with colorless, contentionless, omnidirectional, and MPO cross-connect advanced features
• Use the features and documentation with Transport Controller to perform maintenance, testing, and basic troubleshooting

Module 1: NCS 2000 FlexSpectrum Product Fundamentals

Module 2: Shelf Layout and Software

Module 3: Documentation

Module 4: Cisco Transport Controller

Module 5: Cisco Transport Planner

Module 6: Shelf and Card Installation

Module 7: MultiShelf Fundamentals

Module 8: Node Turn-Up

Module 9: Ring Network

Module 10: Optical Channel Network Connection

Module 11: 10 x 10 card and 10G Muxponders and Transponder

Module 12: Optical Channel Client Connection

Module 13: 40, 100, and 200 Gigabit Ethernet Transponders and Muxponders

Module 14: Two-Degree ROADM

Module 15: Colorless and Contentionless Add/Drop

Module 16: Mesh Network and MPO Cross-Connects for Complex Nodes

Module 17: Omnidirectional, Colorless, and Contentionless Add/Drop for Complex Nodes

Module 18: Maintenance and Performance Monitoring

Module 19: NCS 2000 Troubleshooting

Labs

• Lab 1: Start the Cisco Transport Controller software and access the NCS shelves
• Lab 2: Configure the Cisco Transport Planner and create FlexSpectrum networks
• Lab 3: Setup the three-node FlexSpectrum network
• Lab 4: Install optical-channel network circuits and inspect power levels
• Lab 5: Optical Channel Client Connections
• Lab 6: Install 40 Gigabit Ethernet transponders on colorless ports and change the wavelength
• Lab 7: Install circuits into omnidirectional contentionless add/drop
• Lab 8: Explore maintenance and performance monitoring capabilities
• Lab 9: Troubleshooting FlexSpectrum

Attendees should meet the following prerequsites:

• Completed the Cisco Fundamentals of Fiber Optics Technology (FFOT) video training.

Recommended as preparation for the following exams:

• 500-210 - SP Optical Technology Field Engineer Representative

Students should also review the NCS 2000 and NCS 4000 Technical Overview e-learning as well before taking this exam