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Understanding the Performance Monitors and TCAs for IPLCs

Performance monitors enable you to examine and diagnose the health, working capacity, operational efficiency, and the traffic-handling condition of the integrated photonic line cards modules (IPLCs) at various points on the optical IPLC hardware. You can enable configure threshold-crossing alarms (TCA) for the optical IPLC performance monitors. TCAs are alarms that are activated when a certain configurable threshold—near-end measurement threshold or far-end measurement threshold—is crossed and remains so for 15 minutes

The IPLC supports the optical performance monitors listed in Table 1.

Table 1: IPLC Optical Performance Monitors

Performance Monitor

15 Min Bin

24 Hr Bin

TCA High

TCA Low

OSC TX power

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OSC RX power

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OSC/FPGA estimated fiber loss

Yes

Yes

No

No

Line OUT VOA attenuation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EDFA Input power (for both EDFAs)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EDFA Output power (for both EDFAs)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EDFA Signal output power (for both EDFAs)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EDFA Pump current (for both EDFAs)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EDFA Pump temperature (for both EDFAs)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OCM power readings (96 channels x 1 monitoring points)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Power monitor at ADD port

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Power monitor at EXPRESS IN port

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Each performance monitor supports:

  • 15-minute and 24-hour binning

  • Low and high threshold levels as described in Table 2.

Table 2: IPLC Threshold Crossing Alert Minimum and Maximum Values

TCA

Description

Granularity

Range Minimum/Maximum

Default and Recommended Value

erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) Input Power (for Both EDFAs)

edfa1-awg-high-tca

Ingress EDFA pump AWG high TCA

5s

390/440 mW

400 mW

edfa1-awg-low-tca

Ingress EDFA pump AWG low TCA

5/15 mW

5 mW

edfa1-express-high-tca

Ingress EDFA pump express high TCA

390/440 mW

400 mW

edfa1-express-low-tca

Ingress EDFA pump express low TCA

5/15 mW

5 mW

edfa1-in-power-high-tca

Ingress EDFA input power high TCA

0.5s

10/12 dBm

11 dBm

edfa1-in-power-low-tca

Ingress EDFA input power low TCA

—38/—34 dBm

-35 dBm

edfa1-out-power-high-tca

Ingress EDFA output power high TCA

20/21 dBm

20.5 dBm

edfa1-out-power-low-tca

Ingress EDFA output power low TCA

—1/0.5 dBm

edfa1-pump-current-high-tca

Ingress EDFA pump current high TCA

1s

10/300 mA

edfa1-pump-current-low-tca

Ingress EDFA pump current low TCA

edfa1-pump-temp-high-tca

Ingress EDFA pump temperature high TCA

0.1s

20°/25° C

edfa1-pump-temp-low-tca

Ingress EDFA pump temperature low TCA

edfa1-sig-power-high-tca

Ingress EDFA signal power high TCA

0.5s

10/12 dBm

11 dBm

edfa1-sig-power-low-tca

Ingress EDFA signal power low TCA >

—39/—35 dBm

—36 dBm

erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) Output Power (for Both EDFAs)

edfa2-awg-high-tca

Egress EDFA pump AWG high TCA

5s

390/440 mW

400 mW

edfa2-awg-low-tca

Egress EDFA pump AWG low TCA

5/15 mW

5 mW

edfa2-express-high-tca

Egress EDFA pump express high TCA

390/440 mW

400 mW

edfa2-express-low-tca

Egress EDFA pump express low TCA

5/15 mW

5 mW

edfa2-in-power-high-tca

Egress EDFA input power high TCA

0.5s

10/12 dBm

11 dBm

edfa2-in-power-low-tca

Egress EDFA input power low TCA

—38/—34 dBm

—35 dBm

edfa2-out-power-high-tca

Egress EDFA output power high TCA

20/21 dBm

20.5 dBm

edfa2-out-power-low-tca

Egress EDFA output power low TCA

—1/0.5 dBm

—0.5 dBm

edfa2-pump-current-high-tca

Egress EDFA pump current high TCA

1s

10/300 mA

edfa2-pump-current-low-tca

Egress EDFA pump current low TCA

edfa2-pump-temp-high-tca

Egress EDFA pump temperature high TCA

0.1s

20°/25° C

edfa2-pump-temp-low-tca

Egress EDFA pump temperature low TCA

edfa2-sig-power-high-tca

Egress EDFA signal power high TCA

0.5s

10/12 dBm

11 dBm

edfa2-sig-power-low-tca

Egress EDFA signal power low TCA

—39/—35 dBm

—36 dBm

Line OUT Variable Optical Attenuation (VOA)

lout-voa-high-tca

LOUT VOA high TCA

0.5

16/25 dBm

17 dBm

lout-voa-low-tca

LOUT VOA low TCA

N/A

N/A

Optical Channel Monitor (OCM) Power Readings (96 channels x 1 Monitoring Points)

ocm-power-high-line-out-tca

OCM Power Line Out high TCA

0.5 dBm

1/2 dBm per channel

1.5 dBm per channel

Note:

Assumes VOA setting =0

ocm-power-low-line-out-tca

OCM Power Line Out low TCA

—2/—1 dBm per channel

—1.5 dBm per channel

Note:

Assumes VOA setting =0

Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC) Estimated Fiber Loss

osc-fiber-loss-high-tca

OSC fiber loss high TCA

0.5 dB

36/39 dB

37 dB

osc-fiber-loss-low-tca

OSC fiber loss low TCA

N/A

N/A

Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC) RX Power

osc-rx-power-high-tca

OSC RX power high TCA

0.5 dBm

5/7 dBm

6 dBm

osc-rx-power-low-tca

OSC RX power low TCA

—47/—46 dBm

—46 dBm

Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC) TX Power

osc-tx-power-high-tca

OSC TX power high TCA

0.5 dBm

5.5/7 dBm

6 dBm

osc-tx-power-low-tca

OSC TX power low TCA

—2/-0.5 dBm

—1 dBm