Commissioning Wizard 

OLT Commissioning allows modification of the default profiles for attributes that are common across all OLTs. Since this changes the default profiles, it would affect all OLTs that use the default profiles. The OLT Commissioning Wizard should be run initially to set up the customized default profiles, since the OLAN OLT Wizard attempts to assign the default Profiles to the OLT, wherever applicable. 

The system emits a warning to remind you that this is potentially a service affecting the entire network and care should be taken when running this wizard after the EMS commissioning.

The default Profiles and Templates contain the attributes that are desired by the majority of the users supported by OLTs on the EMS server. They are automatically applied to every port when an OLT is added and as Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) are discovered. When a user requires certain attributes, unique profiles should be created and applied to that profile.

The Commissioning Wizard is designed to:

• Step the user through the initial turnup and configuration of an OLT and create, modify, and apply templates that bulk provision the configuration desired for the site.
• Update all default profiles on the OLT so that settings are defined in the Commissioning Wizard.
• Allow the creation of an appropriate set of profiles on the network.

Following the setting of the System Options (refer to “Prior to adding the first OLT" in the Panorama PON, it is recommended that global system options be set), and prior to adding any OLTs, the default Profiles and Templates are modified in the Commissioning Wizard.

Note: Administrator privileges are required to perform these procedures.

Use the following procedures to set up the default Profiles and Templates for all OLTs in the Commissioning Wizard.

1. From the Main Menu bar, select Tools > Wizard > Commissioning.
   
   

   Note: If there are any OLTs that have already been added to the EMS, the following Warning message is displayed.

   
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   Note: Selecting Yes to continue and any change made to any of the default profiles is applied to all existing OLTs upon completion. Selecting No will abort the Commissioning Wizard operation. Any change(s) made to an ONT Template requires the deletion of all ONTs from the hosted PON card(s), deleting the OLT, and then re-adding the OLT back to the EMS.

2. The Commission OLT Wizard > System Configuration dialog is displayed.
   
   

3. The Commissioning Wizard Opening screen has the following high-level options. These options control high-level behavior and what is visible for configuration later:

• ONT Configuration Model - User configures for either ONT Auto Configuration or ONT Manual Configuration. If Auto Provisioning is selected, then ONTs will be auto-accepted onto the PON without having to enter the serial number. Manual configuration requires the user to enter each serial number or use the unexpected ONT menu for adding ONTs.
• Network Policy Administration
  • Use Radius 802.1x Authentication - This check box enables 802.1x port-based authentication. 802.1x authentication requires the user to authenticate to the radius server prior to giving access to the port. A user's traffic will not be allowed to pass until successful authentication has occurred.
• End Point Management (LLDP MED)
  • Asset Management - Lets the system know if LLDP will be used to discover the information about neighbors that are attached to UNI ports via the LLDP protocol.
  • VLAN Configuration - Lets the system know that LLDP will be utilized to send the VLAN configuration to Neighbor Devices using LLDP. This is a common method to configure VoIP phones with the VoIP VLAN ID.
• VoIP Phone -  Lets the system know to identify Voice over IP.
• AC filtering - Lets the system know that the port using “Sticky MAC will use that MAC address in the ACL filter
  • Use Sticky MAC as source - Provides a convenient way to allow the user to create new ACL filters with sticky MAC as the source. Sticky MAC will learn the first MAC address it sees and then use that MAC in the ACL on the port.

4. In the System Configuration, typical options are specifically set in the ONT Configuration Model as follows:

• Auto Configuration - ONTs are auto-accepted on the PON without entering the serial number.
• Manual Configuration - ONTs are manually assigned a serial number or added using the Unexpected ONT menu option. Select an OLT from the Common Tree and select Unexpected ONTs to assign the serial number.

4. In Network Policy Administration, check Use RADIUS 802.1x Authentication to provide access to a port.
5. In End Point Management (LLDP MED), select either Asset Management or VLAN Configuration.
6. Check the Use VoIP checkbox to identify Voice over IP.”
7. Check Use Sticky MAC as source checkbox so that the port using “Sticky MAC” will use that MAC address in the ACL filter. 
8. Click the Next button. The Equipment Profiles dialog is displayed.
   
   
9. The Equipment Profiles dialog contains the PON Profile: default. The PON Profile defines the minimum (1) and maximum (32) number of ONT IDs used by the ONT autoconfiguration that are assigned to ONT as they are discovered on the PON. The ONT Auto Configuration option is enabled.
10. The DSCP Mapping table defines DSCP to p-bit mapping and is applied to all ONTs. The DSCP Mapping profile should be modified so that services used in the network are mapped to the appropriate layer 2 802.1 p-bits.
11. Click the Next button. The Port Profiles display six profile options. Port profiles define the default profile settings for use on all ports.
12. Click the down  arrow on each section to open a different profile setting. Use the up  arrow to roll up each profile in the Port Profiles screen.
    
    

13. Select the Ethernet Port Profile: default option. The Ethernet Port Profile defines the physical layer settings and Link control for detecting and reporting abnormal Link Events.
    
    

14. Enter the Hold Time in seconds.
15. In the Link Control option, select the appropriate checkboxes for the Link Control settings:
    • Link Flap Violation - Detects Link Flap motion.
    • Loopback Detection Violation - Detects loopback violations.
    • Trap Notification - Detects a trap notification level error.
16. Select the PoE Profile to define whether to enable PoE on the ports and settings for PoE. This profile will only be applied to ONTs that support PoE.
17. The PoE Profile: default dialog is displayed. Use the settings for the PoE, displayed on the screen. The PoE profile can only be applied to ONTs that support Power over Ethernet (PoE).
    
    
18. For PoE Admin State, select as appropriate:

• Enable - enables Administrative state.

• Disable - disables Administrative state.

19. For Port Power Priority, select as appropriate:

• Critical priority
• High priority
• Low priority

20. For PoE Hold Time settings, select as appropriate:

• Never Expire
• Immediate
• Hold Time (seconds)

21. Select either the Signal (alt A) or Spare (alt B) setting for PoE Power Pairs.
22. Select the RSTP Profile. 
    
    
23. The RSTP Profile: default dialog is displayed. The RSTP Profile defines the RSTP settings for the ONT UNI ports.
    
    
24. For Admin State, select the mode as appropriate:
    • Enable - enables Administrative state.

    • Disable - disables Administrative state.

25. For Port Priority, select either 128 or 144.
26. The Admin Point-to-Point MAC defines the port as a point-to-point link to another RSTP switch. Select as appropriate:
    • Auto
    •  Off
    •  On
27. Enter the Path Cost to set the per-hop path cost of the path to the root. Default is 20000.
28. Select the Port Hello Time using the drop-down list.
29. Select the PAE Profile.
30. The PAE Profile: default dialog is displayed. The PAE Profile defines the 802.1x port authentication setting for the ONT UNI ports.
    
    
31. For Admin State, select as appropriate:
    • Enable - enables Administrative state.
    • Disable - disables Administrative state.
32. Set the Authentication Controlled Port Control to Auto or Manual, as required.
33. Select the Port Control checkboxes, as appropriate:
    • PAE Auto-start
    • PAE Excessive Supplicant Violation
    • PAE Auto-Unauthenticate
34. Set the Limits control for the Maximum Authorized number of Supplicants from the drop-down list and type the number of maximum requests.
35. Set the Timers, as appropriate.
36. Select the NAC Profile.
37. The NAC Profile: default is displayed. The NAC Profile Defines the Network Access Control Profile for ONT UNI Ports.
    
    
38. For Auto Disable, select as appropriate:
    • Auto Disable - If checked, this flag will automatically disable the port when an Access Violation is detected.
    • Auto Enable Delay (Sec) - Set the duration of time in seconds that the port should remain disabled When an Access Violation is detected and Auto Disable is enabled. Range is 60 to 86400 seconds with a default of 300 seconds. M the end of the timeout the port will be re-enabled. 
39. Select the PAE Dynamic Service checkboxes, as appropriate
    • Enable PAE Dynamic Service - Enable Port Authentication Entity based Dynamic Service Provisioning
    • Enable Filter ID - Enable parsing of the RADIUS Filter ID attribute to look for a profile name to be used to configure the port. This allows per-user-based configuration to be applied to the port based on the filter ID specified at the RADIUS server..
    • Enable Tunnel - Enable parsing of the RADIUS Tunnel attributes in the RADIUS response.
    • Enable Egress Vlan - Enable taking of the VLAN ID from the RADIUS Tunnel attributes and using it to configure the Default vtAN for the port. 
40. Select the LLDP Profile.
    
    
41. The LLDP Profile: default is displayed. The LLDP Profile defines whether LLDP will be enabled and used to provide Inventory, PoE fine-grained power control, and PoE requested power..
42. Admin State - Enables transmission, reception and parsing of the LLDP messages to/from equipment attached to UNI ports. The Link Layer Discovery Profile is used for inventory of attached equipment, fine-grained control of PoE Power, communication of VLAN configuration to attached equipment. Each side will transmit attributes which it supports to the far end. (defaulted as checked) 
43. For Standard Type-Length-Values Activation, select as appropriate:
    • Chassis ID - Represents the chassis identification for the device that transmitted the LLDP frame. The receiving LLDP agent combines the Chassis ID and Port ID to represent the entity connected to the port where the frame was received. (defaulted as checked)
    • Port ID - Represents the identification of the specific port that transmitted the LLDP frame. The receiving LLDP agent combines the Chassis ID and Port to represent the entity connected to the port where the frame was received. (defaulted as checked)
    • Time to Live (TTL) - Represents the length of time that information contained in the receive LLDP frame shall be valid. If a value of zero is sent it can also identify a device that has shut down or is no longer transmitting, prompting deletion of the record from the local database,(defaulted as checked)
    • Port Description - Identifies information about the interface. This will include the name of the manufacturer, the product name, and the version of the interface hardware/software (per RFC2863).
    • System Name - Identifies the administratively-assigned name for the device (per RFC3418).
    • System Description - A textual description of the device. This value typically includes the full name and version identification of the system’s hardware type, software operating-system, and networking software (per RFC3418).
    • System Capabilities - Identifies the capabilities of the device and its primary function. (e.g. Repeater, Bridge, WLAN Access Point, Router, Telephone, DOCSIS cable device, Station only, etc.).
    • Management Address - Identifies the IP address or MAC address of the device.
44. For Standard Parameters, select as appropriate:
    • Chassis ID Source - Defaulted to ONT User label(TID)/Chassis(1)
    • Port Id Source - 

      Select from dropdown:

• Port User Label/ifAlias (1)
• ONT User label/Port (2)
• MAC Address (3)
• P/Network Address (4)
• Port AID/ifName (5)
• CID/Agent Circuit (6)
• Template/Local (7)
• Port Id Template

     Supports the following variables:

%TID%,%SLOT%,%PON%,%ONT%,%PORT%,%AID%,%PORT-LABEL%,%ONT-LABEL%,%PON -LABEL%

Meaning TID, Slot Number, PON Number, ONT Number, Port Number, Port AID, Port User Label, ONT User Label, and PON User Label, correspondingly.

21. For IEEE 802.1 Type-Length-Values Activation, select as appropriate:
    • Port VLAN ID (PVID) - Identifies the VLAN identifier associated with an untagged VLAN. Only one Port VLAN ID can exist in an LLDP PDU.
    • Port and Protocol VLAN ID (PPVID) - (Not Active) Allows the port to advertise if it supports port/protocol based VLANs, and their associated VLAN ID.
    • VLAN Name - Allows a device to advertise the textual name of any VLAN with which it is configured
    • Protocol Identify - (Not Active) Provides the protocols that are accessible through the LLDP port.
22. For IEEE 802.3 Type-Length-Values Activation, select as appropriate:
    • MAC/PHY Configuration - Determines more about the auto negotiation settings of the port, as well as the type of physical interface used.
    • Power via MDI - Advertises the power-via-MDI implementations supported by the port. Power Information allows for improved power management for endpoints utilizing IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE).
    • Link Aggregation - (Not Active) is capable of being aggregated, whether it is currently in an aggregation and if in an aggregation, the port of the aggregation).
      Note: Link Aggregation is deprecated for version SR30.0.
    • Maximum Frame Size (MTU) - Reports the maximum supported frame size for the port.
23. For LLDP-MED Type-Length-Values Activation, select as appropriate:
    
    
    • Capabilities - Selecting capabilities enables the LLDP-Med extensions, of which Network Policy is the only extension available at this time. If Capabilities is selected, the remaining options in this TLV are enabled.
    • Network Policy - (Not Active) Allows both network connectivity devices and endpoints to advertise VLAN configurations and associated Layer-2 and Layer-3 attributes for specific applications on that port. For example, the switch can notify a phone of the VLAN number that it should use. The phone can connect into any switch, contain its VLAN number, and then start communication with the configured call control.
    • Location - (Not Active) Location information for the LLDP MED interface.
    • Extended Power via MDI (PSE) - Advertises the power source equipment type, power source, power priority, and power value of the port. It is the responsibility of the PSE device (network connectivity device) to advertise the power priority on a port.
    • Extended Power via MDI (PD) - (Not Active) Advertises the power device type, power source, power priority, and power value of the port. It is the responsibility of the PD device (network connectivity device) to advertise the power priority on a port.
    • Inventory - (Not Active) Advertises inventory information about itself to the switch to which it is attached.
24. For LLDP-MED Parameters, select as appropriate:
    • Location Source - Select from the dropdown: Port AID, User Label, Port LLDP MED Location, or Template.

      Note 1: If Port LLDP_MED Location is selected, Location Type allows the selection of Civic Address or ECS ELIN.

      Note 2: If a Template is selected, Location Type allows the selection of ECS ELIN.
    • Location Type - Template for the Civic or ECS ELIN Location Type.
25. For Notifications Activation, select as appropriate:
    • Port Config Notifications - Advertises Port Configuration notifications.
    • LLDP-MED Notifications - Advertises LLDP_MED SNMP notifications.
26. Click the Next button to continue.
27. The ACL Profile: default is displayed. The ACL Profile defines an ACL that is located on ports and assigns specific rules related to an ONT Type.
    
    
28. Select the Create Rule button. For details about setting up ACL rules, refer to Basic ACL Rules - Basic ACL rules are lightweight rules used to bind a user on a port to a configured MAC address and/or IP address range or subnet. This application behavior uses few system resources and is scalable.” and Extended ACL Rules - Extended ACL rules allow deeper filtering into the body of the packet and on most of the fields of IPv4, IPv6, and other EtherType packets. Refer to “Create an ACL Profile” for details about setting up the ACL profile. It can contain as many as eight rules.

29. The Create ACL Rule dialog is displayed.
    
    

30. In the Filter Name, enter the name relating to a rule.
    • Select an ACL Type from the drop-down list: Basic or Extended rule.

    • Select an Action from the drop-down list.

31. The Filter Name and the ACL Type are displayed.
32. Select the Filter Type, as appropriate:
    • IPv4/ARP
    • IPv6
    • EtherType 0x
33. Select the Source MAC(s) from the drop-down list, categorized as:
    • Authorized MACs
    • Any MACs
    • Static MACs
    • Sticky MACs
    • Gratuitous ARP
34. In the Source and Destination section, select as appropriate for the port:
    • N/A
    • Single
    • Range
35. Enter the port number and port end in the appropriate fields.
36. Click the Save button in the Create ACL Rule dialog.
37. The ACL Profile default displays previously created rules.
    
    
38. Use the Edit Rule or Remove Rule button to modify or delete any created rules.
39. Click the Next button to continue.

40. The ONT Template: default dialog displays created rules.
    
    

41. The ONT Template: default defines the profiles applied to the ONT type. If the ONT autoconfiguration is enabled, it is used to configure the ONT level settings.
42. Click the Replace Selected Rule button to replace a rule.
43. Click the Next button to display the LLDP Attributes: OLT.
    
    
44. The LLDP Attributes: OLT dialog is displayed. The LLDP attributes provide PoE power management for the OLT.
45. Select the Admin State, as appropriate:
    • Disabled
    • TxOnly
    • RxOnly
    • TxRx
46. Enter the Tx Interval (seconds) and the Tx Hold Multiplier into each field.
47. Enter the Tx Delay (seconds), Tx Re-init Delay (seconds) and Rx Notification Interval (seconds) into each field.
48. Click the Next button after setting up the LLDP attributes. If the LLDP profile had an enabled Admin state from a previous profile configuration, a message appears as follows:
    
    

    Note: If you change a profile in the Commissioning Wizard from a previous wizard execution, other configuration settings for profiles not previously set up are not affected by settings modified within the wizard. Use the appropriate profile in question, to make the desired changes to that profile. Refer to “Ethernet Port Profiles” for more details.

49. Click the Close button to exit the Message.

50. Click the Confirm and Apply button after all profile settings are provisioned.
    
    

51. Click the Back button to modify any profile settings in previous screens.
52. Click the Next button on the Confirmation screen. The progress bar is displayed.
    
    

53. The Confirmation message is displayed.
    
    

54. Click the Finish button to automatically implement profiles for all active OLTs.
55. After setting up profiles and templates in the OLT Commissioning Wizard, the user can invoke the Add OLT Wizard to automate the creation of VLANs, profiles and uplinks. This operation is performed only after running the Commissioning Wizard.

Summary

The OLT Commissioning Wizard allows the user to prep the system with all the appropriate profiles and templates in one single action. The Add OLT Wizard automates the creation of VLANs, profiles, and uplinks. This, combined with the Auto ONT Configuration, default templates and profiles, it is now possible to have true touchless provisioning of an ONT on installation. The ONT will be automatically accepted, configured, and the ports configured without manual intervention.