This procedure validates a
service order but does not push the configuration to the device. Use
this procedure to perform the following tasks:
Validate a service request in the REQUESTED state.
Validate a service request in the INVALID state after
making necessary configuration changes on one or more PE devices associated
with the service order.
When you create a service order, it is is automatically validated
in Connectivity Services Director. However, if subsequent changes
to service configuration attributes and settings have occurred for
the devices or endpoints to which they are associated, you can use
the functionality to validate pending service order configuration.
You can validate the configuration of a service order that is in the
requested state, the scheduled state, the invalid state, or the failed
deployment state
To schedule a service order for validation, follow these
steps:
- From the View selector, select Service View. The workspaces that are applicable to routing and tunnel services
are displayed.
- Click the Deploy icon in the Service View of
the Connectivity Services Director banner. The functionalities that
you can configure in this mode are displayed in the task pane.
- From the Service View pane, which is the left pane in
the window, click the plus sign (+) next to Network Services to expand
the tree and display the different service types that you can configure.
- Click the plus sign (+) beside Connectivity to view services
based on protocols.
Expand the IP Services tree to select a IP
t service.
Expand the E-Line Services tree to select an
E-Line service.
Expand the E-LAN Services tree to select an
E-LAN service.
- From the task pane, select Service Provisioning >
Deploy Services. The top part of the right pane displays the
Manage Network Services page, with the table of services, and the
bottom part of the right pane displays the Manage Service Deployment
page, with the table of service orders.
- From the Manage Service Deployment page, select the service
order you want to validate and save.
- Open the Actions menu and click Validate
Pending Configuration.
The Schedule Service Request Validation window appears.
- You can validate a service now or at some future time:
To validate the service immediately, select Validate
now, and click OK.
To validate the service at a later time, select Validate
later, select a date and time for deployment, and then click OK.
Note: When specifying a time to validate the service, the time
field specifies the time kept by the server, but in the time zone
of the client.
After scheduling the service order for validation, the provisioning
software begins validating the service order.
- You can use the Job Management window to view
details about the service validation.
Note: Alternatively, to display the Job Management page, click
the System icon on the Connectivity Services Director banner,
and select Manage Jobs from the Tasks pane. You can also
view the CSD Deployment Jobs page in Deploy mode of Service View by
selecting the View Deployment Jobs option in the task pane.
