DIGITAL LINK VIEWER FOR DATA CENTER INTERCONNECT NODES

• US 20170033864A1
• Filed: 10/09/2015
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infinera Corp.
• Original Assignee: Infinera Corp.
• Inventors: ANKIREDDY, Ravindarreddy, PYDI, Kasi Viswanadham, NAGARAJAN, Karthikeyan Mathruboodham, KUMAR, Yashpal, QAMRI, Musab
• Granted Patent: US 10,153,861 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/077 using a supervisory or additional signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/0773 Network aspects, e.g. central monitoring of transmission parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/02 Wavelength-division multiplex systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0267 Optical signaling or routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/08 Time-division multiplex systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/54 Store-and-forward switching systems packet switching systems H04L45/00, H04L47/00

Abstract

A device may receive optical network information associated with a first optical node and a second optical node. The first optical node may be associated with a first group of optical devices. The second optical node may be associated with a second group of optical devices. The device may identify a first mapping in which a first group of optical channels is associated with the first group of optical devices and a second mapping in which a second group of optical channels is associated with the second group of optical devices. The first group of optical channels may correspond to the first group of payloads, and the second group of optical channels may correspond to the second group of payloads. The device may provide information depicting the first mapping and information depicting the second mapping.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive optical network information associated with a first optical node and a second optical node,

the first optical node being associated with a first group of optical devices corresponding to a first group of payloads,

the second optical node being associated with a second group of optical devices corresponding to a second group of payloads;

identify a first mapping in which a first group of optical channels is associated with the first group of optical devices,

the first group of optical channels carrying the first group of payloads from the first group of optical devices;

identify a second mapping in which a second group of optical channels is associated with the second group of optical devices,

the second group of optical channels carrying the second group of payloads from the second group of optical devices;

determine alert information that identifies whether there is a communication mismatch between the first group of optical devices and the second group of optical devices; and

provide, for display, information depicting the first mapping, information depicting the second mapping, and the alert information.

2. The device of claim 1, where the communication mismatch includes one or more of a capacity mismatch, a wavelength mismatch, or a modulation mismatch.

3. The device of claim 1, where the first optical node is associated with a first group of computer systems;

where the second optical node is associated with a second group of computer systems; and

where the first optical node and the second optical node provide a point-to-point optical connection between the first group of computer systems and the second group of computer systems.

4. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further configured to:

identify an alert associated with the first optical node or the second optical node based on the first mapping and the second mapping; and

provide other information that identifies the alert.

5. The device of claim 1, where the communication mismatch is a capacity mismatch where the first optical node is configured to transmit at a first data rate and the second optical node is configured to transmit at a second data rate,

the first data rate being different from the second data rate.

6. The device of claim 1, where the communication mismatch is a wavelength mismatch where the first optical node is configured to use a first optical channel group and the second optical node is configured to use a second optical channel group,

the first optical channel group being different from the second optical channel group.

7. The device of claim 1, where the communication mismatch is a modulation mismatch where the first optical node is configured to use a first modulation format and the second optical node is configured to use a second modulation format,

the first modulation format being different from the second modulation format.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive optical network information associated with a first optical node and a second optical node,

the first optical node being associated with a first group of optical devices corresponding to a first group of payloads,

the first optical node being associated with the second optical node, and

the second optical node being associated with a second group of optical devices corresponding to a second group of payloads;

identify a first mapping in which a first group of optical channels is associated with the first group of optical devices,

the first group of optical channels corresponding to the first group of payloads from the first group of optical devices;

identify a second mapping in which a second group of optical channels is associated with the second group of optical devices,

the second group of optical channels corresponding to the second group of payloads from the second group of optical devices;

provide information to depict the first mapping between the first group of optical devices and the first group of optical channels,

the information to depict the first mapping causing the first mapping to be provided for display via a user interface; and

provide information to depict the second mapping between the second group of optical devices and the second group of optical channels,

the information to depict the second mapping causing the second mapping to be provided for display via the user interface concurrently with the first mapping being provided for display via the user interface.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the first optical node is associated with a first group of computer systems;

where the second optical node is associated with a second group of computer systems; and

where the first optical node and the second optical node provide a point-to-point optical connection between the first group of computer systems and the second group of computer systems.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the optical network information associated with the first optical node and the second optical node includes an optical power, a modulation type, an alarm, or a service state associated with an optical channel;

and

where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to;

provide information that identifies the optical power, the modulation type, the alarm, or the service state associated with the optical channel,

the information that identifies the optical power, the modulation type, the alarm, or the service state associated with the optical channel causing the optical power, the modulation type, the alarm, or the service state associated with the optical channel to be provided via the user interface.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the optical network information associated with the first optical node and the second optical node includes an optical power or a service state associated with an optical device associated with the first optical node or the second optical node;

and

where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to;

provide information that identifies the optical power or the service state associated with the optical device,

the information that identifies the optical power or the service state associated with the optical device causing the optical power or the service state to be provided via the user interface.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

identify an alert associated with a first optical device of the first optical node based on the first mapping and the second mapping,

where the first optical device is associated with a particular optical channel that is included in the first group of optical channels and the second group of optical channels, and

where the second optical node does not include a second optical device that is associated with the particular optical channel; and

provide information that identifies the alert,

the information that identifies the alert causing the alert to be provided for display via the user interface.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

identify an alert associated with a first optical device, associated with the first group of optical devices, and a second optical device associated with the second group of optical devices

where the first optical device and the second optical device are associated with a particular optical channel that is included in the first group of optical channels and the second group of optical channels, and

where the first optical device and the second optical device are associated with different data rates; and

provide information that identifies the alert,

the information that identifies the alert causing the alert to be provided for display via the user interface.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

identify an alert associated with the first optical node and the second optical node that indicates the first optical node is associated with a different optical channel group or a different modulation format than the second optical node; and

provide information that identifies the alert,

the information that identifies the alert causing the alert to be provided for display via the user interface.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device, optical network information associated with a first optical node and a second optical node,

the first optical node being associated with a first group of optical devices, corresponding to a first group of payloads,

the first optical node being associated with the second optical node, and

the second optical node being associated with a second group of optical devices corresponding to a second group of payloads;

identifying, by the device, a first mapping in which a first group of optical channels is associated with the first group of optical devices,

the first group of optical channels being provisioned to carry the first group of payloads from the first group of optical devices;

identifying, by the device, a second mapping in which a second group of optical channels is associated with the second group of optical devices,

the second group of optical channels being provisioned to carry the second group of payloads from the second group of optical devices;

providing, for display and by the device, information depicting the first mapping that is associated with the first optical node;

providing, for display and by the device, information depicting the second mapping that is associated with the second optical node;

identifying, by the device, an alert associated with the first optical node or the second optical node based on the first mapping and the second mapping; and

providing, for display and by the device, information that identifies the alert.

16. The method of claim 15, where the first group of optical channels includes an optical channel that is included in the second group of optical channels.

17. The method of claim 15, where the first optical node is associated with a first group of computer systems;

where the second optical node is associated with a second group of computer systems; and

where the first optical node has a point-to-point optical connection with the second optical node that connects the first group of computer systems and the second group of computer systems.

18. The method of claim 15, where the alert is based on a first optical device, of the first group of optical devices, that does not correspond to a second optical device of the second group of optical devices,

where the first optical device corresponds to the second optical device when the first optical device and the second optical device are associated with a particular optical channel that is included in the first group of optical channels and the second group of optical channels.

19. The method of claim 15, where the alert is based on a first optical device, of the first group of optical devices, being associated with a different data rate, optical channel group, or modulation format than a second optical device of the second group of optical devices.

20. The method of claim 15, where the alert is based on a communication mismatch between the first optical node and the second optical node,

the communication mismatch including one or more of a capacity mismatch, a wavelength mismatch, or a modulation mismatch.