Hi Aleksandar,   thanks - but I will remain with the 32bit version for now, and still using the CSM java based client on my laptop, but looks like the CSM server is defintely useful.   is there any other document i should refer to for the 'manual' upgrade 32bit ?   Mark ... View more

Hi Martin,   I originally opened this thread for link from CPAK on ASR9k to breakout patch panel for 10x10G SR For this Im quite sure we had used Type A   Now I need to ASR9k CPAK back to back to another ASR9k CPAK, again 10x10G SR. Can you confirm that type A (female key up to female key down) is required for both cases ?   It does not sound correct somehow, as for the router to router I need to connect TX to RX, while for the breakout I need a straight cable as the TX->RX is taken care of by the regular (ie non MPO) patch fibre from the LC connector on the breakout towards my 10G router port no ?  (as otherwise i would swap TX and RX twice over)   thanks   mark ... View more

great and thanks for the fast reply. I had googled ITU grid and checked the config guide but they didnt match, hadnt figured that the datasheet was the one to go with ! thanks again mark ... View more

hi xander, this worked great - thanks for your help it took me a while to figure out which value to use for the wavelength i needed.(plus the 44 i realised was the port, and 1 was the lamda in your example). it was trial and error, as i could not find a mapping table. happen to have a link for that, as the itu map or the asr9k map did not seem to be valid ? cheers mark ... View more

Hi xander, perfect thanks question for you:  how do i map the number to the wavelength. You use 44 for 1566.77  - I dont see 44 mapped to 1566.77 in itu mapping for 50Ghz, neither in "show controllers dwdm 0/0/1/1 wavelength-map" on my 9904 host. I need to setup with 1530.33nm on the satellite, whats the number I need to use, or can i use different cli and use wavelength ? cheers Mark ... View more

Hi xander, spot on ! the tunable in the satellite is indeed transmitting at 1561.02 i must have missed that in my troubleshooting before, even if same sfp back in the 9k host transmits at the intended/programmed wavelength. satellite version is as per below Satellite 305 ------------- Status: Connected (Stable) Type: asr9000v2 Description: Sat305 Displayed device name: Sat305 MAC address: d42c.4452.2ed8 IPv4 address: 10.1.49.1 (auto, VRF: **nVSatellite) Serial Number: CAT2036U0HD Remote version: Compatible (latest version) ROMMON: 128.1 (Latest) FPGA: 1.13 (Latest) IOS: 533.102 (Latest) Configured satellite fabric links: Bundle-Ether305 --------------- Status: Satellite Ready Remote ports: GigabitEthernet0/0/0-43 Discovered satellite fabric links: TenGigE0/0/1/1: Satellite Ready; No conflict So if you can give me a pointer for the inband mgmt on the 9000v you mention, so we make it persistent across reboots that would be great ! Im understanding that just tuning the SFP in a 9k host router before using it in the 9000v is not sufficient, but we also need to tell the satellite that it has a tunable SFP in its port ? cheers Mark ... View more

Hi, I seem to have an issue with tunable optics in the 9000v2.  As per xander's comment in one of the posts, I tuned the optic on a router before placing it in the satellite and sending it to the remote site, but still seem to have issues.  here is what I did: - I initially setup satellite and host back to back with standard single mode optics to verify that functionality is correct.  I also upgraded the satellite to the software matching the XR version on the host (5.3.3) - I setup 2 tunable optics in host router and verified they were both transmitting correct wavelength as tuned, by verifying the wavelength of the transmitted light with a light meter. both ok - I moved SFP to the satellite and the link failed to come up over the DWDM network. I initially suspected the DWDM network filters etc.. but while troubleshooting I also checked if the SFP on the satellite was still transmitting.   and this is the tough part: Although there was a light signal which was sufficiently strong coming from the satellite SFP, the same light meter could not pick up which wavelength was being trasmitted, and in fact at the host router side, it was not receiving anything at all.  Looks like the SFP was no longer functioning as expected when moved to the satellite !! - So I moved the SFP back to the host and verified (with no actions on the host) that the SFP was transmitting at correct wavelength, it was perfectly fine. So im stuck and need someone to help me figure out whats going on cheers Mark ... View more

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hi xander, thanks for the reply. just realised i forgot the details of the platform ;) bundle is shared across two mod80 10GE ports. 4x10GE MPA on each MOD80, running rsp440 with 5.3.3 So in essence, I dont need BNG pie or license for simple relay, as I will not be doing any specific subscriber termination, just traffic flow (termination will happen elsewhere on a wireless controller and isg) Being MOD80 with one NPU per MPA, and bundle shared across both MOD80, Lpts will allow for total 2000pps.  So if we assume 10pps per DHCP transaction (which is a huge margin ?) we can safely do 200 DHCP transactions per second before LPTS kicks in cheers Mark ... View more