
Release 9.2.1 of this tool has evolved significantly from the original, simpler version, to support the new and advanced functions provided by the Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP.

This tool was originally developed to help create BoMs for customer-specific designs. The Cisco Transport Planner tool supports you from the design phase to the deployment phase of a DWDM network. The Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP solution can help you design, maintain, and optimize your DWDM network to maximize network performance and save on operational costs.Ĭisco Transport Planner Product Overview and Applications These benefits surpass those that are available from a simple hardware-based solution.

Many different parameters must be accounted for because of linear and nonlinear effects.

The intelligent DWDM functions of the Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP dynamically monitor and adjust wavelength power and signal conditions to help ensure optimal compliance with service-level agreements (SLAs), giving providers proactive control over a customer’s service experience.ĭesigning DWDM networks has always been a complex task because of the intrinsic nature of optical transmission, which is based on analog technology despite the transport of digital signals. The benefits of designing with Cisco Transport Planner extend beyond deployment to the in-service phase supported by MSTP features that significantly reduce the operating expenses (OpEx) traditionally associated with wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks and optical add/drop multiplexers (OADMs) by automating labor-intensive operations. The output from Cisco Transport Planner provides content beneficial to both the design and deployment phases, including system performance reporting, bill-of-materials (BoM) generation, graphical layouts of racks and shelf configurations, optical connections between nodes, and downloadable provisioning and configuration settings for each optical node. Cisco Transport Planner uses the latest in optical transport technologies from the Cisco Optical portfolio, featuring the Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP with fully integrated multidegree ROADM technology, to help engineer the optimal DWDM infrastructure capable of any-to-any service delivery for linear, ring, multiring, and mesh networks. The Cisco Transport Planner is a fully comprehensive DWDM network design and design management tool (for example, delta planning, rack layout definition, and cabling procedure) that allows Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP customers to concentrate on service definition and availability while radically simplifying the process of comparing alternative service-delivery and investment scenarios. Cisco Transport Planner Release 9.2.1 GUI
