OLT Turnup

The process of turning up an OLT is essentially providing the OLT with enough information to allow it to establish connectivity and be manageable by Panorama. Once this is accomplished, the OLT can be added to the Panorama PON Element Management System and configured as desired using the graphical user interface or managed via CLI and / or NETCONF-based controllers. 

Turnup Video

BOLT Initial Configuration

BOLT is shipped with the Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) feature enabled. This feature allows rapid hands-free setup and turnup of the OLT if the network is set up properly. Documentation for the ZTP feature can be found by clicking the following location: Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP).

Upon completion of the ZTP step, the OLT will have completed the following steps: 

• Obtained a DHCP management IP address
• Updated the software to the version(s) configured for use at this site. This is configured in the ZTP configuration file.
• Load an initial restore file that allows site-specific customization of the OLT setup. This is often helpful for setting up resources common to all OLTs (syslog server/SNMP settings/NTP, etc.).

Connecting to BOLT

Connect via SSHv2

BOLT can be accessed via SSHv2 via the IP address that is assigned by DHCP or via the static IP address defined by configuration of the static management IP.  ZTP functionality requires that the ZTP URL either be explicitly set by a user, or be obtained via DHCP.  See the ZTP documentation for more details on the setup of the DHCP server to accommodate this.

The initial configuration of the BOLT unit when configured with ZTP is as follows: 

• NET1, NET2, and NET3 LAGs are created.
  • NET1 will include the 4x10G SFP ports
  • NET2 will include the 4x40G QSFP+ ports
  • NET3 will include the 2x100G QSFP28 ports
• Each NET interface will include an untagged VLAN, which the OLT will DHCP to obtain an IP and ZTP URL.  
• The first interface that returns a valid ZTP URL will be used to pull the ZTP configuration for the box from the ZTP server.
• All other configuration will be set up via the ZTP configuration file.

Connect via Console Serial RJ45

The BOLT is equipped with a Console Serial RJ45 interface which provides direct access to the Command Line Interface (CLI) found on all Tellabs OLTs. To use this interface, attach a standard Cisco serial cable from the OLT Console port to any serial port or USB to serial cable.

Once the cable is connected, open a serial terminal program (TeraTerm, putty, HyperTerminal, etc.) Typically, a serial port for the connection is automatically created. Select the correct port and login to the BOLT CLI interface to begin the turnup process.

The serial settings for the serial port are: 

• 115, 200 bit/s, N, 8, 1

The default login to the system is username: admin/tellabs and must be changed on first use.

Turning up the BOLT using manual configuration

The Steps for Manual Configuration with a static IP are as follows:

• Access the Command Line Interface (CLI) by opening a serial terminal program (TeraTerm, putty, HyperTerminal, etc.)
• Disable ZTP
• Set a Static IP address
• Modify Uplinks as required
• Create and Assign the Management VLAN (if required)
• Ensure Network Connectivity
• Add the BOLT OLT to  the EMS
• Download the current software and Switch

Once connectivity has been established, the user will have access to the OLT CLI. The CLI is used to perform the initial configuration (or turnup) of the BOLT. After turnup, the OLT will be added to and managed by the Panorama PON graphical user interface.

BOLT OLTs that are managed by the EMS should use a static IP to ensure that the EMS can always connect to a well-known IP address.  If DHCP is utilized, it is recommended that a reservation be put in the DHCP server for the BOLT OLT so that it will always get the same IP.

Access OLT Command Line Interface (CLI)

To turnup the OLT, perform the following steps:

1. Power cycle the OLT to reboot, at the GUI, wait for the following initial prompt message to display.

Kernel images and FPGA validated.

OLT Type                  : BOLT
Switch Type               : XPON16P28
System Version            : SR34.0_620146
Starting crond: OK

Tellabs Linux BOLT 3.1.33 MDS1-ESUA ttyS0

MDS1-ESUA login:  

2. Log into the OLT CLI. The initial username and password for the system are: admin/tellabs

   Tellabs Linux BOLT 3.1.33 MDS1-ESUA ttyS0 MDS1-ESUA login: MDS1-ESUA login: admin Password: Welcome, admin! Last login: Mon Sep 15 18:22:55 EDT 2025 from 10.99.99.110 on pts/1 admin connected from 127.0.0.1 using console on MDS1-ESUA

3. On initial login, the administrative password must be changed. The system will prompt for the current password in order to allow the change. Type tellabs at the prompt and press Enter.

   You are required to change your password immediately (administrator enforced).

4. The password policy settings and new password prompt are displayed. Enter a new password, in accordance with the security policy and press Enter. Confirm the new password when prompted.

   Changing password for admin. Current password: ******* New password:******** Retype new password: ******** Welcome, admin! admin connected from 127.0.0.1 using console on MDS1-ESUA MDS1-ESUA#

5. From the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input ?, to display a list of commands available in the current context. Output similar to the following is displayed.

   MDS1-ESUA# ? <return> Possible completions:   autowizard             Automatically query for mandatory elements   clear                  Clear parameter   commit                 Confirm a pending commit   compare                Compare running configuration to another configuration or a file   complete-on-space      Enable/disable completion on space   config                 Manipulate software configuration information   describe               Display transparent command information   display-level          Configure show command display level   exit                   Exit the management session   help                   Provide help information   history                Configure history size   id                     Show user id information   ignore-leading-space   Ignore leading whitespace (true/false)   leaf-prompting         Automatically query for leaf values   logout                 Logout a user   no                     Negate a command or set its defaults   paginate               Paginate output from CLI commands   prompt1                Set operational mode prompt   prompt2                Set configure mode prompt   pwd                    Display current mode path   quit                   Exit the management session   screen-length          Configure screen length   screen-width           Configure screen width   send                   Send message to terminal of one or all users   show                   Show information about the system   show-defaults          Show default values when showing the configuration   terminal               Set terminal type   timestamp              Enable/disable the display of timestamp   tolt   who                    Display currently logged on users MDS1-ESUA#

Note 1: The CLI displays the available commands, options, parameters and help (for the current context) whenever ? is typed.

Note 2: CLI commands, parameters and options can be entered using abbreviations. The abbreviations are specified using capitalization in the help listings and context menus. For example, the wizard command is displayed in the help listing as WIZard. This case convention indicates that the command can be invoked using either wizard or the abbreviated form wiz.

Note 3: The CLI also provides for tab completion to speed input. Usually, typing the first character of the command, parameter or option and then pressing Tab will provide command auto-completion.

 

6. To perform any changes to the system, you will need to first enter configuration mode.  In addition, changes need to be committed for the change to take effect. Changes are buffered in the candidate database until changes are committed.
7. From the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input config, and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed:

   MDS1-ESUA# config <enter> Entering configuration mode terminal MDS1-ESUA(config)#

Disable ZTP

1. From the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt system ztp config ztp-mode disabled and press Enter. 
2. From the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input commit and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed.

   MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system ztp config ztp-mode disabled <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config)# commit <enter> tolt system ztp config ztp-mode disabled MDS1-ESUA(config)# exit <enter> MDS1-ESUA# _

Set a Static IP address

1. To display the system management configurable attributes, go to the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input show running-config tolt system mgmt and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed, showing the current attributes.

   MDS1-ESUA# show running-config tolt system mgmt <enter> tolt system mgmt config ip-mode dhcp tolt system mgmt config ip-version ipv4 tolt system mgmt config vlan-id 101 tolt system mgmt config vlan-priority 7 MDS1-ESUA#

2. Go into config mode at the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input config and press Enter.
3. Go to the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt system mgmt config ? and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed, showing the possible completions

   MDS1-ESUA# config <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system mgmt config ? <enter> Possible completions: ip-mode ip-version vlan-id vlan-priority MDS1-ESUA#

4. Change the ip-mode from dhcp to static as follows: Go to the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt system mgmt config ip-mode static ? and press Enter.
5. Output similar to the following is displayed, showing the possible completions

   MDS1-ESUA# config <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system mgmt config ip-mode static ? <enter> Possible completions: ip-version ipv4-address ipv4-gateway ipv4-netmask software-server-url vlan-id vlan-priority MDS1-ESUA (config)#

6. Set the static IP address as follows, go to the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt system mgmt config ip-mode static ip-version ipv4 ipv4-gateway 172.29.122.1 ipv4-address 172.29.122.137 ipv4-netmask  255.55.255.0 and press Enter.
7. From the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input commit and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed.

   MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system mgmt config ip-mode static ip-version ipv4 ipv4-gateway 172.29.122.1 ipv4-address 172.29.122.137 ipv4-netmask 255.55.255.0 <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config)# commit <enter> Commit complete. MDS1-ESUA(config)# exit <enter> MDS1-ESUA# _ exit <enter>

   Note: Please note that, for the time being, a reboot is required after making changes to the management interface for the changes to take effect.

8. Power cycle the BOLT OLT and wait until the BOLT OLT comes back to the login prompt.  Output similar to the following is displayed.

   MDS1-ESUA login: _

9. Login to the system, go to the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input show running-config tolt system mgmt and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed, showing the configured static IP address.

   MDS1-ESUA# show running-config tolt system mgmt <enter> tolt system mgmt config ip-mode static tolt system mgmt config ip-version ipv4 tolt system mgmt config ipv4-address 172.29.122.137 tolt system mgmt config ipv4-netmask 255.255.255.0 tolt system mgmt config ipv4-gateway 172.29.122.1 tolt system mgmt config vlan-id 101 tolt system mgmt config vlan-priority 7 MDS1-ESUA#

10. To show the IP address by when system is set up for DHCP, go to the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input show tolt system mgmt and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed, showing the dynamic IP address that was negotiated with DHCP.

    MDS1-ESUA# show tolt system mgmt <enter> tolt system mgmt config ip-mode static tolt system mgmt config ip-version ipv4 tolt system mgmt config ipv4-address 172.29.122.137 tolt system mgmt config ipv4-netmask 255.255.255.0 tolt system mgmt config ipv4-gateway 172.29.122.1 MDS1-ESUA#

     

Modify Uplinks as required

1. The system is delivered with three LAGs created by default:

   Note: The example below assumes that only 1 uplink module was initially installed. The management VLAN and IP configuration used in the example are for demonstration purposes only. Use the appropriate data for your specific installation.

         - NET1: Contains SFP1-1-1 through SFP1-1-1, defaulted to 10G
         - NET2: Contains QSFP1-2-1 through QSFP1-2-4, defaulted to 40G
         - NET3: Contains QSFP1-2-5 through QSFP1-2-6, defaulted to 100G.
2. If you need to modify any of the uplink LAGs, you can modify them using the actions defined for the NET interfaces which are documented in the Bolt CLI manual. To access the BOLT CLI Manual, click on the following link: Net LAG Interfaces. 
3. To view the NET or LAG actions, go to the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input tolt interfaces net ? and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed.

   MDS1-ESUA# tolt interfaces net ? <enter> Possible completions:   add-ports      Adds Ports to a NET interface.   create         Creates a NET interface by AID.   delete         Deletes a NET interface by AID.   remove-ports   Adds Ports to a NET interface. MDS1-ESUA#

    

Create and Assign the Management VLAN (if required)

• For information on settings for Managing VLANS (mgmt vlans), click on the following link: Tolt System Management. 

Ensure Network Connectivity

• For information on setting up LACP on the OLT, click on the following link: Bolt Interface net config lacp-config.

Note: If you are using a BOLT during the LA (Limited Availability) release, your OLT may be delivered with software prior to SR34.0_620165, if that is the case for your OLT, you will need to manually update it to 165 (or the current LA release) prior to adding to the EMS.  If your BOLT is at SR34.0_620165 or above, skip this step.

Update BOLT OLT LA Software

To update the OLT use the following steps: 

1. Enable the non-secure download port on the EMS.  This is done by modifying the following file on the EMS server machine: \Tellabs\PanoramaPON\bbmgr\server\data\DownloadManagerSubsystem\DownloadManagerSubsystem.properties
2. Update the following flag in the DownloadManagerSubsystem.properties as follows: 
    HTTPSecureOnly=false
3. Restart the EMS server using the normal procedure.
4. Install the latest OLT software onto the EMS using the normal process of executing the OLT software executable.
5. Ensure that once you receive a GA release of the product that the flag HTTPSecureOnly is set back to true.
6. Then, on the BOLT OLT set the software-server-url to point to your EMS IP and the port 8095.  This will allow the BOLT to retrieve software from the EMS computer's disk.  You can see before this, only local loads are listed and afterward, you can see that loads hosted on the EMS computer are now available.  This allows you to download and install those loads.

   MDS1-ESUA# tolt system software list image-list SR34.0_620162 (local) image-list SR34.0_620163 (local, previous) image-list SR34.0_620165 (local, running) image-list SR34.0_620801 (local) image-list SR34.0_620927 (local) image-list SR34.0_620928 (local) MDS1-ESUA# config Entering configuration mode terminal MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system mgmt config software-server-url http://172.28.6.166:8095/ MDS1-ESUA(config)# commit Commit complete. MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system software list image-list SR34.0_620162 (local) image-list SR34.0_620163 (local, previous) image-list SR34.0_620165 (remote) image-list SR34.0_620166 (remote)  <<<< If talking to the EMS you will see the software on the EMS listed as remote.  For you 165 should appear remote. image-list SR34.0_620167 (remote) image-list SR34.0_620168 (remote) image-list SR34.0_620801 (local) image-list SR34.0_620927 (local) image-list SR34.0_620928 (local) MDS1-ESUA(config)# #

    
7. Update the software to the latest release using the software update command, the system will reboot and come up on the new release:

   MDS1-ESUA# tolt system software upgrade image SR34.0_620165 The system will reboot                             GNU GRUB  version 2.04                                                                              Ŀ    copyA                                                                          *copyB                                                                           copyA-single                                                                    copyB-single                                                                    rescue                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Use the  and  keys to select which entry is highlighted.       Press enter to boot the selected OS, `e' to edit the commands       before booting or `c' for a command-line.    The highlighted entry will be executed automatically in 0s. .... Start kernel images and FPGA validation: DO NOT POWER DOWN THE UNIT Kernel images and FPGA validated. OLT Type                  : BOLT Switch Type               : XPON16P28 System Version            : SR34.0_620165 Starting crond: OK MDS1-ESUA login:

8. You can then add the OLT to the EMS using the normal procedure shown below.

Add the BOLT OLT to the EMS 

1. Login to Panorama PON EMS and right click on Network and select the Add OLAN OLT tab.
   
   

2. Enter the IP Address and select READ or ERASE radio selection.  For BOLT, it is often best to select READ as you may have pre-configured data on the OLT.
   
   

3. Select the Next button. Current OLT Information will be displayed.
4. Select the Next button to proceed.
   
   

5. Update the Target Identifier (TID) if necessary, it will default to the serial number of the OLT.
   
   

6. Press the Next button, then the Confirm and Apply button.
   
   

7. The OLT is added to the system and confirmation is displayed.
8. The OLTs can be managed, for the most part, the same way as all other OLTs are managed today. 
   
   
9. Press the Finish button to complete the turnup.  You can now manage the BOLT OLT using all the same methods as any other Tellabs OLT.