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).

The OLT is delivered from the factory with 3 LAGs auto configured.

• NET1: Contains the 4x10G SFP+ ports in a LAG, vlan 101 untagged
• NET2: Contains the 4x40G QSFP+ ports in a LAG, vlan 102 untagged
• NET3: Contains the 2x100G QSFP28 ports in a LAG, vlan 103 untagged
• These default LAGs can be removed by the user if they are not in use.

Connecting to BOLT

Connect via Console Serial RJ45

The BOLT is equipped with a Console Serial RJ45 interface (labeled CONSOLE) 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 to 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: 

• 115200, N, 8, 1

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

Reset Bolt to Factory Resets

To ensure a clean system, do a Factory Reset.

1. Turn on the OLT and allow it to boot.  In the GUI, wait for the following initial prompt message to display.  The running software release is shown in the window.  It is recommended that the latest official release be used during normal operations.

Loading PCIE proxy driver
Maple/Aspen netlink-based raw driver transport driver
OLT Type                  : BOLT
Switch Type               : XPON16P28
System Version            : SR34.0_620216
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: tellabs 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.  
   To execute a factory reset, go to the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input tolt system reset factory-reset and press Enter. 
4. Input YES and press Enter.
5. Output similar to the following is displayed, showing the current attributes.

   MDS1-ESUA# tolt system reset factory-reset <enter> Value for 'confirm'[NO,YES]: YES <enter> (system will delete all configuration data from the unit, reset the database with default values and reboot the system} MDS1-ESUA login#

Note: Holding the Reset Button on the face of the unit for 20 sec will activate and run Factory Reset.  This works well if you do not know the previous credentials on the OLT.

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.)
• If needed, reset to factory defaults
• Serial Port access is required, settings are 115200, N, 8, 1
• Login using the default account (admin/tellabs)
• Change the password
• Disable ZTP
• Create the Management VLAN 
• Assign the management VLAN to the uplink LAG
• Set the LAG default to 1
• Set the management VLAN Static IP address
• Set the management VLAN Gateway IP address
• Test the IP address using the Ping Command 
• Download the current software and Switch
• Add the BOLT OLT to the EMS

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, in the GUI, wait for the following initial prompt message to display.

OLT Type                  : BOLT
Switch Type               : XPON16P28
System Version            : SR34.0_620216
Starting crond: OK

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: tellabs 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 new password prompt is 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 ? and press Enter. 
2. Output similar to the following is displayed.

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

    

3. From the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt system ztp config ztp-mode disabled and press Enter. 
4. 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> commit complete MDS1-ESUA(config)# exit <enter> MDS1-ESUA# _

Create a Management VLAN

1. From the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt system vlan properties 3022 and press Enter. 
2. From the MDS1-ESUA(config-properties-3022)# command line, input enable-dai true and press Enter. 
3. From the MDS1-ESUA(config-properties-3022)# command line, input commit and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed.

   MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system vlan properties 3022 <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config-properties-3022)# ? <enter> possible completions acl-mode the acl mode of the vlan bridge type indicates bridging behavior for this vlan description Enable-dai whether or not ot enable dai stp-id --- commit Commit current set of changes describe Display transparent command information help Provide help information no Negate a command for set its defaults pwd Display current mode path top Exit to top level and optioally run command MDS1-ESUA(config-properties-3022)# ensble-dai true <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config-properties-3022)# commit <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config-properties-3022)# exit <enter> MDS1-ESUA# _

Assign the Management VLAN to the Uplink LAG

1. From the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt system vlan assignments ? and press Enter. 
2. From the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt system vlan assignments NET1 3022 and press Enter. 
3. From the MDS1-ESUA(config-config-NET1/3022)# command line, input commit and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed.

MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system vlan assignments NET ? <enter>
possible completions
  range
  NET1  10G  SFP net Interface
  NET2  40G  QSFP net Interface
  NET3  100G QSFP net Interface 
MDS21-ESUA(config)# tolt system vlan sssignments NET1 3022 <enter> 
MDS21-ESUA(config-assignments-NET1/3022)# commit <enter> 
MDS21-ESUA(config-assignments-NET1/3022)# exit <enter> 
MDS1-ESUA# _

Creation of Management IP and the Configuration of Management VLAN

1. Go into config mode at the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input config and press Enter.
2. Set the static IP address as follows, go to the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt system mgmt config ip-mode static ipv4-address 172.30.122.141 ipv4-netmask  255.55.255.0  ipv4-gateway 172.30.122.1 vlan-id 3022 and press Enter.

3. MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system mgmt config ip-mode static ipv4-address 172.29.122.137 ipv4-netmask 255.55.255.0 ipv4-gateway 172.29.122.1 vlan-id 3022 <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt interfaces net config NET1 pvid 1 <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config-config-NET1)# commit <enter> Commit complete. MDS1-ESUA(config-config-NET1)# exit <enter> MDS1-ESUA# _ exit <enter>

4. To return the pvid of the uplink net interface back to the default to 1: Go to the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt interfaces net config NET1 pvid 1 and press Enter. 

   Note: Config NET1 pvid 1 sets the pvid back to the default value of 1.

5. From the MDS1-ESUA(config-config-NET1)# command line, input commit and press Enter. 
6.  

   Go to the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input show tolt system vlan to see the current VLAN configuration and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed, showing the vlans created and associated with uplinks.

   MDS1-ESUA# show tolt system vlan <enter> tolt system mgmt config ip-mode static tolt system vlan assignments NET1 101 is-ipmc-source    false enable-igmp-proxy false priority-profile  "" ! tolt system vlan assignments NET1 3022 is-ipmc-source    false enable-igmp-proxy false priority-profile  "" ! tolt system vlan assignments NET2 102 is-ipmc-source    false enable-igmp-proxy false priority-profile  "" ! tolt system vlan assignments NET3 103 is-ipmc-source    false enable-igmp-proxy false priority-profile  "" ! tolt system vlan properties 101 bridge-type full acl-mode    disabled stp-id      0 description <vlan-id> enable-dai  false ! tolt system vlan properties 102 bridge-type full acl-mode    disabled stp-id      0 description <vlan-id> enable-dai  false ! tolt system vlan properties 103 bridge-type full acl-mode    disabled stp-id      0 description <vlan-id> enable-dai  false ! tolt system vlan properties 3022 bridge-type full acl-mode    disabled stp-id      0 description <vlan-id> enable-dai  false ! MDS1-ESUA#

Test the IP address using the Ping Command 

1. Go to the MDS1-ESUA(config)# command line, input tolt diagnostics ping start destination 172.30.122.1 and press Enter.
2. Output similar to the following is displayed.

   MDS1-ESUA# config <enter> MDS1-ESUA(config)# tolt system diagnostics ping start destination 172.30.122.1 <enter> Possible completions:   count         Number of pings to send (default 4)   destination   Destination hostname or IP address   infinite      Run ping indefinitely until stopped   interval      Delay between packets in seconds   size          ICMP payload size in bytes MDS1-ESUA# tolt diagnostics ping start destination 172.30.122.1 count 5 result PING 172.30.122.1 (172.30.122.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 172.30.122.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=2.53 ms 64 bytes from 172.30.122.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.191 ms 64 bytes from 172.30.122.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.224 ms 64 bytes from 172.30.122.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.232 ms 64 bytes from 172.30.122.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=0.225 ms --- 172.30.122.1 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4069ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.191/0.680/2.530/0.924 ms action-success true MDS1-ESUA (config)#

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. You can use the no tolt interfaces net <net name> to remove unwanted LAGs.
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#

    

Documentation for 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.

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 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 (will take some time) and confirmation is displayed.
   
   
8. When the OLT has been added the confirmation is displayed.
   
   
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.
10.  
    The OLT has been added to the Network listing.