Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Related Documents
• Documentation Accessibility

1 Getting Started

• About Network Grooming
• Network Grooming Rules
• Groom Types
  • Channel/Bandwidth Modification Groom (Facility Groom)
    • Single-Facility Groom
    • Multiple-Facility Groom
    • Near-End Facility Groom
    • Far-End Facility Groom
  • Equipment Groom
• Network Grooming Preferences

2 Creating a Network Groom Project

• Creating a Facility Groom
• Creating an Equipment Groom

3 Grooming Scenarios

• Scenario 1: Grooming a T3 Facility
• Scenario 2: Grooming Eight T1 Circuits
• Scenario 3: Grooming Multiple T1 Equipment Port Assignments
• Scenario 4: Grooming Equipment Port Assignments and Facility Assignments
• Scenario 5: Grooming a Virtual Connection by Inserting a Node in its Path
• Scenario 6: Grooming Templated Physical Connections
• Scenario 7: Grooming an NPA/NXX Switch
• Scenario 8: Grooming a Virtual Connection by Changing its Terminating Bandwidth