CISCO NCS 1000 Optical Network Planner User Guide

CISCO NCS 1000 Optical Network Planner User Guide

CHAPTER 1
Install Cisco Optical Network Planner 1
Cisco Optical Network Planner Overview 1
Hardware and Software Requirements 1
Install Cisco ONP 2
Upgrade Cisco ONP from Release 5.2 to 24.3.1 6
Log into Cisco ONP 7
Update the Default Self-Signed Certificates 7
Restart Cisco ONP 8
Restart LNI 8
Uninstall Cisco ONP 8
Install Cisco ONP on Laptop through Oracle VirtualBox 9
Install Cisco ONP on Laptop through Windows Shell (WSL) 10
Installing CONP in Ubuntu 10
Uninstall WSL Ubuntu 11
Docker Commands 11
Monitor Cisco ONP Health 11
Cisco ONP Logs 12

CHAPTER 2
Troubleshoot 13
Troubleshooting Tasks 13

Install Cisco Optical Network Planner

• Cisco Optical Network Planner Overview, on page 1
• Hardware and Software Requirements, on page 1
• Install Cisco ONP, on page 2
• Upgrade Cisco ONP from Release 5.2 to 24.3.1, on page 6
• Log into Cisco ONP, on page 7
• Update the Default Self-Signed Certificates, on page 7
• Restart Cisco ONP, on page 8
• Restart LNI, on page 8
• Uninstall Cisco ONP, on page 8
• Install Cisco ONP on Laptop through Oracle VirtualBox, on page 9
• Uninstall WSL Ubuntu, on page 11
• Docker Commands, on page 11
• Monitor Cisco ONP Health, on page 11
• Cisco ONP Logs, on page 12

Cisco Optical Network Planner Overview

Cisco Optical Network Planner (Cisco ONP) provides a way to model and test Optical Transport Network (OTN) and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optical networks in a graphical environment.
The primary use of Cisco ONP is to design and validate networks of NCS 1000 NCS 2000 and NCS 4000 series. Use the Cisco ONP tool, to create multiple instances of a network, modify different parameters in each instance and compare the instances.

Hardware and Software Requirements

The hardware and software requirements for installing Cisco ONP are:

Hardware Requirements
You need to have Ubuntu server with version 22.04.
Recommended Server Configuration for Cisco ONP and LNI:

• 8 CPU, 48 GB RAM, and 500GB server free space after installation, for 3 concurrent Parallel ONP analysis
• 8 CPU, 64 GB RAM, and 500GB server free space after installation, for 6 concurrent Parallel ONP analysis
• 8 CPU, 96 GB RAM, and 500GB server free space after installation, for 10 concurrent Parallel ONP analysis

Software Requirements

• Supported browser: Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge
• Recommended version of the Google Chrome browser:
• For Windows: Version 128.0.6613.113
• For Mac: Version 128.0.6613.113

Recommended version of the Microsoft Edge browser:

• For Windows: Version 128.0.2739.63
• For Mac: Version 128.0.2739.63

Note
Minimum 100Mbps internet speed is recommended for better Cisco ONP user experience.

Install Cisco ONP

Table 1: Feature History 

such as network designs, user profiles, optical sources, and so on, from Release 5.0 while upgrading to R5.1. Answering the required user prompt, you can opt for data migration during installation. After installing R5.1, all your existing R5.0 data such as user profiles and networks will be available in the new release too.

Table 2: Feature History

install the ONP package or ONP and LNI packages. This installation approach allows you to install the full or lightweight setup of Cisco ONP.

The Cisco ONP application is delivered as a bundled tar, signature file, and pubkey files package. The tar file (CONP-xx.xx.xx.xx.tar.gz) contains the following files

• ONP component
• LNI component
• A shell script (ONPLniInstaller.sh) to install both ONP and LNI components.

Use this procedure to install Cisco ONP by using the tar archive and the installation script:

Note
This procedure is also applicable for upgrading Cisco ONP 5.2 to Cisco ONP 24.3.1. If you are upgrading from software version prior to R5.2 to R24.3.1, you must upgrade to R5.2 and then to R24.3.1 to retain data from software version prior to R5.2.

Step 1
Log in to the Ubuntu server as root or a user with sudo privileges, where Cisco ONP is to be installed.
Step 2
Create the 24.3.1_Build folder under ONP_Builds to keep all the required files for the installation.

Example:

user@host: ~/Desktop$ mkdir ONP_Builds/24.3.1_Build

Note
The example path here /home/ user/Desktop/ONP_Builds/24.3.1_Build is referenced as $ONP_HOME in this document.

The $ONP_HOME directory can be any other directory in yourserver. You can create a directory of your choice and copy the ONP build tar file, signature file, and pubkey file to that directory

Step 3
Copy or download the Cisco ONP build tar, signature file, and public key file to the created ONP_Builds directory.
Step 4
Go to the $ONP_HOME directory.
Step 5
Assign full permission to the build tar.

Example:
cd /home/user/Desktop/ONP_Builds
sudo chmod 777 CONP-xx-xx.xx.xx.tar.gz

Step 6
Untar the Cisco ONP build.
tar -xvf CONP-xx-xx-xx.xx.tar.gz
Step 7
Set read, write, and execute permissions for the Install script, LNI, and ONP folders using the following commands. sudo chmod -R 777 ONP sudo chmod -R 777 LNI sudo chmod 777 ONPLniInstaller.sh

Step 8
Check whether curl is installed in the server by entering the following command:
root: ~/$ONP_HOME# curl
If you see the following output, curl is installed. Otherwise, install curl.
curl: try ‘curl –help’ or ‘curl –manual’ for more information

To install curl, run the following command:
root:~/$ONP_HOME# sudo apt install curl

Step 9
Start Cisco ONP installation. Type the command sudo ./ ,” and press Enter.

Example:
sudo ./ONPLniInstaller.sh CONP-xx.xx.xx.xx.tar.gz CONP-xx.xx.xx.xx_pem.pubkey

Step 10
Enter y or n to change the default IP address.
Would you like to change the IP (y/n)

If you enter n, the installation proceeds with the same IP address as mentioned above and if you enter y, you must provide the IP address and the installation proceeds with the IP address that is provided by you.
ONP Host IP: 10.76.82.14
LNI Host IP: 10.76.82.14

Step 11
Enter y or n to install the ONP or ONP and LNI packages.
Would you like to install complete ONP+LNI package ? (y/n) [default: n] If no, then only ONP will be installed:

By default, the value that is considered for installation is n.
Install complete ONP and LNI packages for Live Network Import (LNI) feature. Otherwise proceed with only ONP installation. Enter n for ONP package installation. Enter y for ONP and LNI packages installation.

Step 12
Enter your ONP database credentials:

Note

Make sure to use ONLY alphabets or numbers.
If you are installing Cisco ONP for the first time, you must set the username and password for the database.

Would you like to set database username and password (y/n).

The above option appears only when you already have the R5.2 image installed and upgrade to R24.3.1. Otherwise you are prompted to enter ONP database username.

If you enter y, then prompt appears and asks you to enter username and password. If you enter n, you can proceed with the next step.

Enter your ONP database username, only alphanumeric characters are valid [user]:
Enter your ONP database password, only alpha numeric characters are valid (len

= 8 and <= 64 characters) [password]:

Repeat your ONP database password.

Step 13
If you chose to install ONP package alone, go to Step 19, on page 5. Else continue with below steps which are required

for ONP and LNI packages installation.

Step 14
Enter your LNI database credentials:
Please enter your Username LNI database: (Maximum 12 chars)
Please enter Password for LNI database (Min chars, Maximum 64 chars):
Please repeat Password for LNI database (Min chars, Maximum 64 chars):

Step 15
Enter y or n to reserve disk space for log storage.

Application will reserve 10 GB for logs. Do you want to change this value? (y/n):

If you enter n, Cisco ONP allocates the default disk space. If you enter y, you must allocate the disk space.

Step 16
Enter the disk space for the log storage:
Please enter maximum available disk space in GB for log storage (from 5 to 50):

Step 17 Enter y or n to provide encryption key for device credentials.
Do you want to provide encryption key for device credentials (y/n):

If you enter n, Cisco ONP uses the default encryption key. If you want to provide encryption key for the LNI device, enter y and enter the encryption key.

Step 18
If you entered n, skip this step. Otherwise, enter the encryption key for device credentials:
Please enter encryption key for device credentials (Min 8 chars, Max 64 chars):

Step 19
Wait for the installation to complete.

Note
The Cisco ONP services start automatically, after you successfully install the build.
The install logs are located in the following path:

/var/log/cnp/install.log

Run the following command to see the list of services running:
root: ~/$ONP_HOME# sudo docker ps

You can confirm the successful installation based on whether the following services are up and running for more than five minutes:

For only ONP installation:

• cnp_cnp
• cnp_ode.1
• cnp_ode.2
• cnp_ode.3
• cnp_pce.1
• cnp_pce.2
• cnp_cnp_frontend
• cnp_gene
• cnp_postgres

For ONP and LNI installation, you can see the following services along with the services that are mentioned earlier for ONP only:

• lni_modelaggregatorservice
• lni_circuitservice
• lni_inventoryservice
• lni_topologyservice
• lni_collectorservice
• lni_lniBroker
• lni_devicemanager
• lni_apigw
• lni_ncs1kinventoryadapterservice
• lni_ncs4kinventoryadapterservice
• lni_ncs2kinventoryadapterservice
• lni_netconfadapterservice
• lni_tl1adapterservice
• lni_kafka
• lni_netconfPluginService
• cnp_postgres
• lni_postgres
• lni_servicediscovery
• lni_tl1PluginService
• lni_zookeeper

Step 20
After you confirm that all the mentioned services in the previous step are up, you can access the Cisco ONP using the Google Chrome browser pointing to Ubuntu server hostname or IP address.

Upgrade Cisco ONP from Release 5.2 to 24.3.1

Use this procedure to upgrade Cisco ONP software from Release 5.2 to 24.3.1:

Step 1
Install Cisco ONP 24.3.1 image using the steps 1 to 19 of the procedure Install Cisco ONP, on page 2.

Step 2
In the displayed table, find out the container ID that is corresponding to the image “cnp_postgress image – dockerhub.cisco.com/cnp-rpt- dev-docker/postgres:14.9″
Step 3
Use the following command to enter inside the container. #docker exec -it bash
Step 4
Use the command in the container to log into the database: psql -U CnpDB

Step 5
After you log in the database you will see the following: psql (14.9) Type “help” for help CnpDB=# Step 6 Enter the command Analyze;. This command takes a few minutes based on your database size.

Step 7
Enter Exit to come out of the database.

Step 8
Enter Exit to come out of the container.

Log into Cisco ONP

After installing Cisco ONP, use this procedure to log into the Cisco ONP user interface.

Step 1
Open the Google Chrome browser.
Note Clear the browser cache if you have used earlier versions of Cisco ONP.

Step 2
In the browser’s address bar, enter https://hostname or https://ipaddress, where hostname or IP address belongs to the

Ubuntu server used for Cisco ONP installation, for example: https://cisco- onp-server.cisco.com or https://10.76.82.14.

The Cisco ONP user interface displays the Login window.

Step 3
Enter admin and cisco123 as the default username and password.

Step 4
Click Login to log into Cisco ONP.

Note
Cisco ONPprompts you to change the administrator password, when you log in for the first time after installation.
Cisco recommends that you create a new user with valid email ID and administrative privileges. Do not use the default administrator username because the administrator password cannot be recovered, if forgotten.

Step 5
To change the administrator password, perform the following actions in the prompt:
a) Enter Old Password.
b) Enter New Password.
As you enter the password, the Cisco ONP prompt displays the strength of the password in different colors.
c) Enter Repeat New Password to confirm the new password.
d) Click Update.

Wait till Password updated successfully message appear.

Update the Default Self-Signed Certificates

Use this procedure to update the default self-signed certificates for Cisco ONP, after the installation:

Step 1 Log into the server where Cisco ONP is hosted.

Step 2
Go to the path /opt/cnp/nginx/conf/ssl using “cd” command.

Example:
cd /opt/cnp/nginx/conf/ssl

Step 3
Delete existing self-signed certificates.

Step 4
Copy Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificates and paste the certificates and key.
Note You need to have this required CA signed certificates.

Step 5
Restart Cisco ONP. See Restart Cisco ONP, on page 8

Restart Cisco ONP

Use this procedure to restart the Cisco ONP server:
Step 1
Go to $ONP_HOME.

Step 2
Execute the following command:
sudo docker stack rm cnp

Step 3
Go to $ONP_HOME/ONP:
cd /home/user/Desktop/ONP_Builds/ONP sudo docker stack deploy -c images/conf /docker-compose.yml –resolve-image=never cnp

Restart LNI

Use this procedure to restart the LNI services, if you have installed Cisco ONP and LNI.

Go to $ONP_HOME/LNI to restart LNI services.
cd /home/user/Desktop/ONP_Builds/LNI sudo bash ciscoLniInstaller.sh -o stop -t update -m offlinemode sudo bash ciscoLniInstaller.sh -o start -t update -m offlinemode

Uninstall Cisco ONP

Warning: When you uninstall Cisco ONP, you will lose all created networks and users. You must again set
the admin password.

Note
We suggest that you perform a database backup before uninstallation. For more information, see Backup Cisco ONP Database.

Use these commands to uninstall Cisco ONP:

Note
You must run the following commands one-by-one:

sudo docker stack rm cnp
sudo docker swarm leave –force
sudo docker network rm lni_network-lni
sudo apt -y purge docker-ce
sudo apt -y purge docker-ce-cli
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/postgresdb_cnp
sudo rm -rf /opt/cnp
sudo rm -rf /var/log/cnp
sudo rm -rf /var/log/nginx
sudo docker image prune -a -f
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/postgresdb_lni/
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/postgres_lni_db/
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/elasticsearch_data/*
sudo rm -rf ONP
sudo rm -rf LNI
sudo rm -rf ONPLniInstaller.sh

Install Cisco ONP on Laptop through Oracle VirtualBox

Use this procedure to install Cisco ONP on a Windows laptop or Apple MacBook.

Before you begin
Ensure that your Windows laptop or Apple MacBook has at least 16 GB of RAM.

Step 1
Download and install the latest version of Oracle VirtualBox on your Windows or Mac laptop. See
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5MhydijWmc.
We recommend downloading “macOS /Intel hosts” for the Apple MacBook.

Step 2
Download the Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop AMD64 image from the link: https://releases.ubuntu.com/focal/ and install it on
the VirtualBox.
Ensure that you allocate at least 30 GB of storage space on the VirtualBox, 8 GB of RAM and four virtual CPUs,
and mount a directory with full access for file sharing. See How to setup shared folders in VirtualBox 6.

Note
Step 3
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions to share the clipboard operations and to share the folder access between the Host and Guest operating systems. See Installing and Maintaining Guest Additions.

Step 4
Download the Cisco ONP tar build, public key, and signature files from https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/ optical-networking/optical-network- planner/series.html#%7Etab-downloads to the Host Windows laptop or MacBook, and copy it into the shared folder mounted as in Step 3.

Step 5
Log in to the VirtualBox and access the Cisco ONP tar build, public key, and signature files through the shared folder.

Step 6
Open the terminal in the VirtualBox, navigate to the shared folder and, install Cisco ONP. See Step 5 of the procedure,

Step 7
To log into Cisco ONP see Log into Cisco ONP.

Note
Try launching Cisco ONP through https://localhost if you are not able to launch it through ipaddress/hostname.

Install Cisco ONP on Laptop through Windows Shell (WSL)

Use this procedure to install WSL Ubuntu on your Windows PC or laptop.

Before you begin
Ensure that your Windows laptop has at least 16 GB of RAM. Use the procedure given below to install WSL Ubuntu on your Windows PC or laptop.

Step 1
Click Windows Start and search for Terminal.

Step 2
Right-click Terminal and select Run as administrator.

Step 3
Click Yes on the installation dialog box.

Step 4
Type wsl –install in the terminal window after the prompt and press Enter.
After step 4, the download and installation of Ubuntu starts. After the download and installation of Ubuntu completes successfully, follow the next step for restarting the PC or laptop.

Step 5
Restart the PC or laptop by typing the command shutdown /r /t 0 which applies all the new changes as required.

After thePC or laptop restarts, the Ubuntu terminal opens automatically, and there is a prompt for username and password.

Note
In case the Ubuntu terminal does not start automatically then search for it and launch it manually.

Installing CONP in Ubuntu

Before you begin
Download the tar file along with the signature key and public file in a Windows PC or laptop and then copy the files.

To copy files from Windows to an Ubuntu environment before installing Cisco ONP, follow these steps

Step 1
Open the file explorer, select, and open Ubuntu followed by Home and Username.

Step 2
Right-click the Username folder and select Properties.

Step 3
Uncheck Read-only permission and click Apply.

Step 4
Drag and drop the downloaded Cisco ONP files to the Ubuntu/Home/Username folder.

Step 5
Create the directory using mkdir CNPBuild

Step 6
Move the copied build files from Username to the CNPBuild directory.

Step 7
Open the terminal, navigate to the shared folder and, install CONP. See Step 5 of the procedure Step 5, on page 3.

Step 8
To log into Cisco ONP, see Log into Cisco ONP, on page 7

Note

• Try launching Cisco ONPthrough https://localhost, if it is not possible to launch it through ipaddress/hostname.
• If the containers are not enabled even after Cisco ONP is installed, try re-installing Cisco ONP once again.
• If this issue still persists, then re-install WSL Ubuntu and try installing Cisco ONP also once again.

Uninstall WSL Ubuntu

To uninstall WSL Ubuntu follow the steps given below.

Step 1
Click on the Windows Start button and search for Ubuntu.

Step 2
Right click on Ubuntu and select and click Uninstall.

Step 3
Open Windows PowerShell and type the command wsl -l.

Step 4
Unregister Ubuntu by typing the command wsl –unregister Ubuntu .

Docker Commands

The following table lists the docker commands, that you can use for performing a specific task:

Monitor Cisco ONP Health

To check the status or health of Cisco ONP, use the following command, which lists all running containers:
$sudo docker ps

Cisco ONP Logs

Cisco ONP provides the following logs:

Table 3: Logs

Logs| Description|
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Container Logs| The command sudo docker ps provides the list of running containers and their IDs. Copy the container ID of that container whose log you require.You can obtain the log or activities of the container by using the following command:sudo docker logs (container name/ID) > filename.log/txt| Example: sudo docker logs cnp > file.logsudo docker logs 274a5fc1152b > file.log
Application Logs| You can find Cisco ONP application logs in the following locations:

• var/log/cnp
• var/log/nginx

| ―
Install Logs| You can find Cisco ONP install logs in the following location:/var/log/cnp| ―

Troubleshoot

• Troubleshooting Tasks, on page 13

Troubleshooting Tasks

The following table describes the common error messages that are related to Cisco ONP installation and the workarounds:

Table 4: Troubleshooting Tasks forCisco ONP Installation

Warning Message or Error| Probable Reason for the Error| Workaround
---|---|---
Non-Responsive user interface| The Server is not reachable. OrThe internet connectivity is not stable.| Check whether cnp and onp_frontend containers are running using this command:$sudo docker psIf the containers are not up, Restart Cisco ONP, on page 8.OrCheck whether the internet connectivity is fine and log in to Cisco ONP again.
Installation not successful. Creating network “lni_network-lni” with driver “bridge” Pool overlaps with other one on this address space No container found for postgres_1.| Tar extraction may be partially completed due to exhausted server disk space. You may see an error message similar to “Error processing tar file(exit status 1): write/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/8/cc1plus: no space left on device” in the Installation logs.|

• Uninstall Cisco ONP.
• Remove unwanted files from the server and retain at least 20 GB of free space.
• Untar the Cisco ONP tar file and install again.

LNI services are not coming UP at the end of the installation.Getting timed out and all services are DOWN.| Network proxy may not be set, and the Host server does not have shared network access.OrNo proper permission is set on the docker volumes.| Check whether the network proxy is set in the file path, /etc/environment. If either of http_proxy, https_proxy, and no_proxy details are not present on this file, configure the required proxy on the server and then reinstall Cisco ONP.After you untar the Cisco ONP tar file, set read, write, and execute permissions for the Install script, LNI, and ONP folders using the following commands, and start the installation:sudo chmod -R 777 ONP sudo chmod -R 777 LNIsudo chmod 777 ONPLniInstaller.sh
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PostgresDb container is not starting within stipulated time Exiting.| Server disk space has exhausted.|

• Check the available disk space by using the command df -h.
• If the memory utilization is 100%, remove the unwanted files from the server.
• Retain at least 20GB of free space and reinstall Cisco ONP again.

After successful installation, not able to log in to Cisco ONP with default username and password (admin/cisco123)| Check whether any special characters are used in the Cisco ONP database username or password during installation.| Uninstall and reinstall Cisco ONP. Make sure that only alphanumeric characters are used in the database username or password.
Cisco ONP keeps on reverting to the login page after logging in.| Old browser cache may not be cleaned up.| Clear browser cache, relaunch browser and log in again.
CONP 5.2 PostgresDB volume (/var/lib/postgresdb_cnp) is not present. Data Migration Not Possible. Exiting CONP installation. Re-try CONP 24.3.1 installation without data migration option.| PostgresDB is not present.| Terminate installation using Ctrl+C and reinstall Cisco ONP without data migration option.
Error response from daemon : This node is not swarm manger. Use “docker swarm init”or “docker swarm join” to connect this node to swarm and try again.| Server is not in Swarm mode.|

1. Use the following command: $docker swarm init–advirtise-addr IP address of
2. Ubuntu Server Use the following command:$docker swarm join token Use the token that is generated after running command in previous step.
3. Re-install Cisco ONP.

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