Traverse Advanced Provisioning

In this 3-day course, the student will gain the practical knowledge, skills and confidence required to install, turn-up and maintain Advanced Ethernet Services over SONET networks through Traverse 2000/1600/600 products. through lecture sessions and extensive hands on training, students will learn the advanced Ethernet features of the Traverse 2000/1600/600 and how to implement Traverse technologies associated with the aggregation and transport of Advanced Ethernet services over SONET networks. Students will also learn how to provision Traverse 2000/1600/600 utilizing either CLI or GUI associated with Advanced Ethernet technologies and how to maintain and troubleshoot utilizing either CLI or Graphical User Interface.

The course combines both lecture and labs, with significant time allocated for hands-on experience in the lab.

• Explain Ethernet Standards and Services
• Demonstrate the creation of a Tunnel SONET Service
• Managing Performance Monitoring
• Understanding components of Traffic Management Control Traffic Flow using classifiers, rate-limiters and policing
• Build Bridge Services and Service Circuits
• Construct Transparent LAN Services for drop and continue traffic
• Understand and distinguish between types of VLAN tagging
• Build Ingress Flow and Egress Flow Ethernet Services
• Identifying and managing alarms and events
• Generating Reports

Network engineers, technical support personnel and others responsible for implementing and/or maintaining the Force10 Networks products and features covered in this course.

This course benefits individuals responsible for implementing, monitoring, and troubleshooting Force10 S, C and E-Series products.

Day 1

Module 1: Traverse Overview

• Today’s Networking Needs
• Traverse Services
• Key Applications
• Multi-Service SONET/SDH Transport Application
• IP Video Transport
• Carrier Ethernet Application
• Wireless Backhaul Application
• International Transport Gateway
• New Generation Wideband DCS
• Traverse 2000
• Traverse 1600
• Traverse 600
• Traverse Management System

Module 2: CLI and TransNav Review

• User Interface Options
• CLI Overview
• Logging in to CLI
• CLI Initial Screen
• Help Command “?”
• Show Node General
• Show Node General (Set Vertical Output On)
• Show Node IP
• Show Diagnostics Route-Table
• Key Commands
• Other Useful Commands
• Line Editor Functions
• Initial Device Commissioning
• Initial Device Configuration
• Product Overview
• Management Servers
• Server Admin Window
• Initializing the server
• Starting the Server
• Management Server Set Up
• Execution Configuration
• Database Export
• Scheduling Automatic Reports
• Logging-Configure
• Database- Logging
• Client Keys
• Enable SNMP Agent
• Configure SNMP Access Control List
• TransNav GUI
• Software Installation
• GUI Login Process
• Initial Login screen
• User Preferences
• Creating Domain User Accounts & Groups
• Creating Node User Accounts
• Alarms
• Events
• Reports
• Device Discovery

Module 3: Ethernet Standards and Services

• Traverse Ethernet Services
• Governing Bodies
• OSI Model
• Ethernet Standards
• Carrier Ethernet Key Features
• Virtual Concatenation
• Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme
• Generic Framing Procedure (GFP)
• Traverse RSTP
• RSTP Bridge Management
• RSTP Port Management
• RSTP-Port Roles
• RSTP Port States
• Traverse RSTP Guidelines
• Link Aggregation Group
• Link Aggregation Control Protocol
• Link Integrity
• Carrier Ethernet Protection Pair
• Inter-Card LAG with CEPP
• Creating A CEPP
• Ethernet over SONET
• Ethernet over SDH
• EoS Port Protection
• EoP (Ethernet over PDH)
• Traffic Management
• Configuring Ethernet
• VLAN TAGS
• VLAN Bundles
• Auto Negotiation
• Viewing Negotiated Status
• Port MAC Learning
• View or EDIT MAC Addresses
• Ethernet Service Types
• Bridge Service
• Aggregate Bridge or E-Tree Service
• Line Service
• Multipoint Ethernet Control Channel Service
• VC Bundles
• Ethernet Service Modules
• NGE & NGE Plus cards
• 10 GbE & GbE-10 Cards
• EoPDH Cards

Day 2

Module 4: Review of Ethernet Service Connections

• Ethernet Services Without Traffic Management
• SONET Tunnels
• Creating A Manual SONET Tunnel
• Ethernet over SONET
• Ethernet over SDH
• Ethernet Over PDH
• Creating Ethernet Service Groups
• Ethernet Service Advanced Parameters
• Creating EoS Ports
• Advanced Parameters for EoS Port Members
• EoS 1+1Port Protection
• Creating EoP Ports
• EoP Port Advanced Parameters
• Creating Ethernet Services
• Guidelines to Ethernet Service Creation
• Configuring Ethernet Services
• Configuring Ethernet Services- General
• Configuring Ethernet Services- VLAN
• Configuring Ethernet Services- Advanced

Module 5: TransNav GUI Server Options and Basic Operations

• Troubleshooting Methodology
• SONET Messages
• Defects and Anomaly Tables
• ANSI/Bellcore Performance Analysis
• Bit Interleaved Parity Errors
• Alarms- Map & Shelf View
• Viewing Alarm Details
• Viewing Existing Alarm Profiles
• Editing & Creating New Alarm Profiles
• Events
• Event Detail
• Alarm Analysis
• Available Status (TR3.2.3)
• Search for Services
• Service Shortcut Menu
• Event Logs
• Performance Monitoring
• Viewing Performance Monitoring Counters
• Performance Monitoring
• PM Data for Services
• Viewing PM Data for Services
• Default PM Templates
• PM Thresholds
• Customizing PM Templates
• Collecting PM Data
• Generating PM Reports
• Report Generation
• Report Scheduler

Module 6: Ethernet Connectivity with Traffic Management

• Traffic Management
• Ingress Shaping Bandwidth Profiles
• Classification
• Priority-Based Classification
• Port-Based Classification
• Components of Traffic Management
• Random Early Discard (RED)
• RED Curves
• Ingress Traffic Flow
• Egress Traffic Flow
• Creating Classifiers
• Using Bandwidth Profiles & Policers
• Creating Bandwidth Profiles
• Creating Policers
• Creating Ethernet Port Queuing Policy
• Creating EOS Queues

Day 3

Module 7: Ethernet Services and VLANs

• Virtual Local Area Network
• Ethernet Frame
• VLAN Tagging Models
• Port and Customer Tagged
• Service Tagged and Untagged
• VLAN Bundles
• VLAN Tagging on Ethernet Ports
• VLAN Port Tagging Guidelines
• VLAN Configuration
• Packet Treatment on Tagged Ports
• Mix of Port-Based and Service Based Tags
• Customer-Tagged with Preservation
• Customer-Tagged without Preservation
• All Ports tagged as Service-Tagged
• Mix of Customer/Service Tagged with C-VLAN preservation not enabled
• Mix of Customer/Service Tagged with C-VLAN Preservation enabled
• Mix of Customer-Tagged & Service-Tagged Ports in Service
• Viewing VLAN Usage

Module 8: Building Additional Ethernet Services **

• Additional Ethernet Services
• Transparent LAN Services (TLS)
• Setting up a TLS
• Setting up Bridge Services using RSTP
• Enabling RSTP
• RSTP Port State

Students should have a basic understanding of LAN systems and a general knowledge of switching and routing. It is preferable that students have already taken the Force10 SONET/SDH Basics course.

All courses are available as open-enrollment Classroom events, instructor-led Live Virtual Classes, REAL-ILT™ or as custom Onsite Training for up to 12 students.