• Channel Partner/Reseller
• Customers
• Employee

• SONET or SDH structure and hierarchy
• DWDM basics
• Optical test equipment use

• Identify the major components, features, and functions of the Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP system.
• Identify laser, fiber optic, electrical, and electrostatic discharge (ESD) safety topics associated with the ONS 15454 MSTP.
• Identify the major components of optical fiber cables and connectors.
• Identify the major steps required to properly clean optical fiber cables and connectors.
• Install and provision common control, electrical, optical and Ethernet cards.
• Identify types of IP addressing and common IP addressing scenarios.
• Perform system setup and login.
• Use the Cisco Transport Controller software.
• Identify specific DWDM optics and technology relevant to this course.
• Create MetroPlanner configurations.
• Perform a node turn up procedure.
• Perform optical signal verification tests.
• Create ONS 15454 MSTP network connections.
• Create ONS 15454 MSTP point-to-point circuits.
• Configure an ONS 15454 MSTP amplifier.
• Configure an ONS 15454 MSTP amplified OADM.
• Configure an ONS 15454 Multishelf.
• Configure an ONS 15454 MSTP amplified ring.
• Configure ONS 15454 MSTP fiber protection.
• Install ONS 15454 MSTP 10 Gbps muxponder and transponder cards.
• Install ONS 15454 MSTP MXP_MR_2.5G and MXP_MR_10DME cards.
• Perform basic troubleshooting on the ONS 15454 MSTP.
• Install ONS 15454 MSTP Ethernet connections.

The Cisco ONS 15454 is a fast and powerful yet easy-to-use optical platform that lowers the cost and increases the efficiency of bandwidth delivery within

optical transport networks. In this instructor-led course, you'll get hands-on training on a 6-node ONS 15454 system.

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The course outline is as follows:

• ONS 15454 Product Overview
• SONET
• Safety
• Optical Fiber
• Documentation
• ONS 15454 Shelf Layout and Components
• ONS 15454 System Set-up
• Lab: ONS 15454 Card Installation, System Set-up, and Login
• Timing for SONET
• Lab: Set up ONS 15454 Timing
• ONS 15454 Protection Groups
• Lab: Create ONS 15454 Protection Groups
• ONS 15454 Point-to-Point and Linear ADM Configurations
• ONS 15454 Circuits and Cross Connections
• Lab: Provision and Test an ONS 15454 Point-to-Point Network
• Lab: Create ONS 15454 Manually Routed DS-3 Circuits
• ONS 15454 Unidirectional Path-Switched Rings
• Lab: Provision and Test an ONS 15454 UPSR
• ONS 15454 Virtual Tributary (VT) Tunnels and Circuits
• Lab: Create ONS 15454 VT Tunnels and DS-1 Circuits
• ONS 15454 Bidirectional Line-Switched Rings (BLSR)
• Lab: Provision and Test an ONS 15454 Four-Fiber BLSR
• ONS 15454 Maintenance and Performance Monitoring
• Loopbacks
• Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
• Ethernet
• ONS 15454 Multi-Service Over SONET / SDH Applications
• Lab: Create and Test ONS 1454 Ethernet Circuits
• Lab: ONS 15454 Basic Troubleshooting
• Add an ONS 15454 BLSR Node
• Lab: Add an ONS 15454 BLSR Node
• Remove an ONS 15454 BLSR Node
• Lab: Remove an ONS 15454 BLSR Node
• Bridge and Roll
• Lab: Perform a Bridge and Roll in an ONS 15454 BLSR