CI-OCTMO

CTM Operation & Maintenance (OCTMO)

Audience

System engineers and Customers responsible for CTM product operation and maintenance.

Prerequisites

To gain maximum benefit from the course, students need experience in the provisioning and operation of DWDM or optical transport equipment, including the following basic SONET or SDH knowledge:

payload and overhead
topologies
protection

It is also recommended that students attending this class take the Cisco ONS 15454 Provisioning and Operation Training.

Course Objectives

After finishing this learning product, the student will be able to:

Identify and operate the major functions of CTM
Install and start the client software
Perform user administration and security management
Add new Network Elements (NEs)
Use the performance monitoring, fault management and alarm reporting features

Course Content

The Cisco Transport Manager (CTM) Operation and Maintenance course enables the student to use the CTM network management system to manage a variety of Cisco optical networking products from the Cisco 15000 family. Working in small groups of up to three people per node, students complete a wide range of tasks covering many features and functions. They start with the installation procedures, followed by the user administration. The focus of the course is on the element management, covering the inventory, configuration, performance, security and fault management, including reporting. The course concludes with system administration and troubleshooting discussion.