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Cisco Transport Manager Release 6.0 User Guide
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Building the Network
After you have planned your network, you can begin building the network components: groups, network
partitions, subnetworks, NEs, links, and network maps.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• 3.1 Overview, page 3-1
• 3.2 How Do I Build Groups?, page 3-2
• 3.3 How Do I Build Network Partitions?, page 3-4
• 3.4 How Do I Build Subnetworks?, page 3-6
• 3.5 How Do I Build NEs?, page 3-7
• 3.6 How Do I Build Links?, page 3-28
• 3.7 How Do I Use Network Maps?, page 3-46
• 3.8 How Do I Discover the Network for Optical and Routing Devices?, page 3-50
• 3.9 How Do I Discover the Network for MGX Voice Gateway Devices?, page 3-54
• 3.10 How Do I Synchronize the Network for Optical and Routing Devices?, page 3-55
• 3.11 How Do I Synchronize the Network for MGX Voice Gateway Devices?, page 3-64
• 3.12 How Do I Test Connectivity for Optical and Routing Devices?, page 3-66
• 3.13 How Do I Test Connectivity for MGX Voice Gateway Devices?, page 3-67
3.1 Overview
The CTM management domain is the top-level root node in the Domain Explorer tree. The management
domain contains NEs and groups of NEs. You can add, delete, and modify the following network
components:
• Groups—Collection of groups or collection of NEs. NEs are often grouped geographically or by
domain.
• Network Partitions—Logical segment of NEs (grouped in subnetworks) in which NEs of the same
model type are managed by a single NE service.
• Subnetworks—Sets of NEs interconnected at a specific network layer (such as physical, section,
line, and so on). Subnetworks are contained within network partitions. NEs must belong to the same
subnetwork in order to create circuits between them.