Nokia Advanced Optical Network
Management with NFM-T

Course number: TOP00006
Course duration: 5 days
Price: €4,000

Course overview

This course is designed for mid to senior-level network operations and management personnel. Participants will learn how to use the Nokia Network Functions Manager for Transport (NFM-T) for efficient and effective management of a Nokia 1830 PSS-based optical network. The course focuses on advanced optical network construction, configuration, and management. Topics include: introduction to NFM-T containers and processes; NRC-T and NSP overview; advanced node configurations (SWDM, cluster and dangling architectures); advanced services creation (based on: OTSiG tunnels, cascading configurations, ODUflex, alien lambdas, and channelized architectures); advanced ASON configurations (OTSiG tunnels in L0 core networks, L1 and mixed plane, overlay and MRN); network maintenance and transformation (traffic rerouting, current-to-nominal route conversion, link maintenance, add/remove service protection); and NFM-T main agents and processes. The course provides extensive hands-on lab exercises to ensure students gain practical skills on the topics presented.

Recommended prerequisites

Knowledge of optical transmission concepts and standard equipment
Familiarity with standard optical nodes architectures, such as FOADM, ROADM
Familiarity with NFM-T menus and basic concepts such as trail/services
Basic knowledge of GMPLS
Working knowledge of standard optical network management tasks

These prerequisites can be achieved by attending the following ONC courses:

Exam

Nokia Advanced Optical Network Management with NFM-T(4A0-260)

Certification

Nokia Optical Network Architect Certification

Self-paced learning

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Course objectives

After completing the course, students should be able to:

Describe the main purposes of NFM-T
Describe key features of NFM-T, including WebUI and menus
Describe the NFM-T container architecture & System administration
Describe the NSP purpose and main components
List some optical network node configurations and card types, including photonic equipment, cross-connect equipment, CPE devices and DCI-related equipment
Describe the Switched WDM (SWDM) node architecture
Explain the cluster configuration
Describe various node architectures, such as CDC-F (i.e., FlexGrid) v.1.0, v.2.0
Explain WDM/OTN convergence, by implementing cluster and SWDM
Describe advanced network configurations, such as mixed plane, cascading, overlay, MRN and managed plans

Explain key features of Automatically Switched Optical Networks Multi-region Networking (ASON MRN)
Describe L band needs, and C+L band support by NFM-T
Describe advanced optical network scenarios including L0 and L1 Control Plane and CDC-F with MRN
Describe the OTSiG tunnel and how to create services over OTSiG tunnels
Configure ODUflex services
Construct network architectures for alien services and lightpath
Explain link maintenance and traffic rerouting
Configure and de-configure protection mechanisms for existing services
Convert current GMPLS route to nominal
Describe NFM-T system processes and capabilities
Identify the process workflow used when a network is synchronized
Explain how to check the results and the logs
Identify the agents related with alarm propagation

Course modules

Module 1 – Architecture of NFM-T

Introduction to NFM-T
Containers and processes
NRC-T and NSP

Module 2 – Advanced node configurations

Node types supported by NFM-T
WDM and OTN convergence: SWDM nodes
Cluster and dangling configurations
Node architectures

Module 3 – Advanced service creation

Network creation
Service creation through an OTSiG tunnel
Cascading service creation
ODUFlex service creation
Alien service creation
Channelized service creation

Module 4 – Advanced ASON configurations

OTSiG tunnel in L0 core network
L1 and mixed plane services
Overlay and MRN

Module 5 – Network maintenance and transformation

Traffic rerouting
Convert current route to nominal
Link maintenance
Add/remove service protection

Module 6 – Description of NFM-T main agents and processes

NFM-T process structure
NFM-T synchronization
PM Management
Alarm propagation

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