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Open Curriculum

Introductory digital learning courses covering technology, products and more.

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Open Curriculum Some of the digital communication

fundamentals that are common to all
Technology Overview computer networks
The Ethernet frame structure and the
B202 OTN Basics basics of how Ethernet networks
operate
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour
Common ways Ethernet is provided to
This Web-based training course homes and businesses
introduces the history, terminology,
B300 Fiber Cleaning, Inspection and Analysis
concepts, and basic operations of Optical
Transport Network (OTN).
OPEN, Duration: 40 minutes
B203 Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Basics
This training course is provides a brief
overview of optical fiber cleaning, fiber
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
inspection and end face analysis.
This Web-based training course
B301 Technology Series: Measuring Optical Loss
introduces the history, terminology,
concepts, and basic operations of MPLS.
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour
B205 Packet Networking Switch Overview
This Web-based training course is
designed for personnel responsible for
OPEN, Duration: 45 minutes
performing optical loss measurements
using standard optical power meters and
The intended audience for this course is
light sources.
technical managers, network planners,
equipment purchasing managers, or
The course covers optical power meter
others in a similar capacity, who desire a
features and functions, loss measurement
quick overview of the Packet Networking
procedures, and calculating optical link
products and associated training
power and loss budgets.
programs that are available from Ciena.

B207 Non Technical Network Foundations and Tech Support Aids

Cienas Role
CN06 ESD, Laser Safety, and Fiber Cleaning
OPEN, Duration: 30 minutes

This course is created for a non-technical OPEN, Duration: 30 minutes

audience. It answers the question, what
does Ciena do, and provides an overview
of Communication Networks.
E610 Ethernet Basics
This Web-based training course identifies
the precautions used to minimize the risk
of damage caused from Electrostatic
Discharge.

OPEN, Duration: 45 minutes Laser safety guidelines and equipment to

This course introduces the basic operation
and use of Ethernet networks.
General topics include:
Where Ethernet networks are employed
at home and in industry
protect users are also covered.
The course provides a basic overview of
how to properly handle fiber to prevent
damage to equipment and avoid injury to
people.

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F201B Fiber Optics Fundamentals
OPEN, Duration: 2 hours
This course introduces students to the
basic concepts of Fiber Optics, the various
optical fiber types and the common
measuring equipment used in
telecommunications transmission.
F301 Quality & Reliability - Soldering Basics
OPEN, Duration: 15 minutes
This web-based training course covers
soldering safety, good workstation
practices, soldering equipment and tools
and cleaning. It also covers de-soldering
basics.
CoreStream
C501 CoreStream Agility Product Overview
OPEN, Duration: 3 hours
This course is designed to provide a basic
understanding of the features, capabilities,
components, and operation of the
CoreStream Agility.
CoreDirector
D301 CoreDirector Product Overview
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
This training course is designed for users
seeking a high-level understanding of the
CoreDirector features, capabilities, rack
and chassis descriptions, components and
configuration, applications and
management.
Packet Networking Products
E601 Packet Networking Products Overview
OPEN, Duration: 2 hours
This Web-based training course provides
an overview of Ciena's Service
Aggregation Switch, Service Delivery
Switch, and 8700 Packetwave products.
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A brief description of where these
products are used is provided, along with
descriptions of the currently offered
products and an abbreviated comparison
of their features and software
specifications.
A brief overview of the supporting optical
transceivers is also presented.
E664 Spanning Tree Operations
OPEN, Duration: 15 minutes
This course provides an overview of
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) operation
and its implications when working with
Packet Networking switches.
E614 Ethernet Services Manager Overview and
User Training
OPEN, Duration: 20 minutes
This course includes an overview of the
following: the purpose of ESM, the security
capabilities built into ESM, the various
available clients, network maps, how
alarms are displayed and handled, log files,
templates, and the optional components
that are available.
8700
E330 8700 Chassis Overview
OPEN, Duration: 5 minutes
This module provides a basic overview of
the 8700 chassis and its components.
E331 8700 Features and Deployments
OPEN, Duration: 5 minutes
This module explains in brief what the 8700
Packetwave Platform is and what it does,
and where the 8700 may commonly be
deployed in a network.
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E332 8700 Modules Features and Operation
OPEN, Duration: 8 minutes
This presentation describes the functions
of the modules used on the 8700, and
should help you decide which modules are
required in a particular application and
which may be added later as needed.
4200
K901 4200 Product Overview Kit
OPEN, Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
This remote kit is comprised of three Web-
Based Training (WBT) courses which also
serve as prerequisites for the 4200 First
Line Maintenance (FLM), Turn-up and Test
(TU&T), and Operation, Administration,
Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P)
courses.
This kit includes the following web-based
courses:
L901 4200 Product Overview
L905 4200 Hardware Overview
L905 4200 Software Overview
L910 4200 Remote Network Manager Overview
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour
This Web-based training course is
designed for personnel requiring a basic
remote network management overview for
the Advanced Services Platform, including:
the 4200, 4200 MC, and 4200 RS.
ON-Center
O106 ON-Center Integrated Network Management
Suite (INMS) Overview
OPEN, Duration: 35 minutes
Topics in this course include an
introduction to: INMS; Network
Management; Integrated Network Manager
(INM); Core Transport Manager (CTM);
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Core Switching Manager (CSM); and,
Network Control System (NCS), 40G, and
Optical Automatic Protection Switch (O-
APS) Management.
O201 ON-Center Network and Service
Management Suite Overview
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
This course is designed to introduce you to
the ON-Center management suite and the
applications that make up the ON- Center
Suite.
You will also learn about launching or
logging on to ON-Center and the Graphical
User Interface (GUI) features of the main
control panel of the ON-Center client.
OneControl
O611 OneControl Unified Management System
Product Overview
OPEN, Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
This course describes the operation and
features of the OneControl Unified
Management System.
Blue Planet
C803 Blue Planet Orchestrate: Introduction and
Main Concepts
OPEN, Duration: 10 minutes
This video explains how services are
modeled and managed in Blue Planet
orchestrate while demonstrating the basic
features of the web user interface.
C804 Blue Planet Orchestrate: Activate a Virtual
Network Function
OPEN, Duration: 13 minutes
This video demonstrates how to use the
Blue Planet Orchestrate web UI to
instantiate a new virtual network function.

C829 Blue Planet: Introduction to Git
OPEN, Duration: 8 minutes
The video:
Introduces Git as a version control
system (VCS) for use in the tracking of
software development
Describes the basic concepts of a VCS
Discusses the specific features and
capabilities of Git
Demonstrates examples of Git usage for
a number of key Git functions
C834 Blue Planet: JSON Introduction and Overview
OPEN, Duration: 7 minutes
This video provides a brief introduction
and overview of Java Script Object
Notation, or JSON.
C821 Blue Planet: Introduction to Jinja
OPEN, Duration: 6 minutes
This course provides an overview of Jinja
and its role in Blue Planet. Jinja template
elements are described and shown in
examples of Jinja templates used in Blue
Planet.
C835 Blue Planet: Introduction to TextFSM
OPEN, Duration: 10 minutes
The Introduction to TextFSM course
provides an overview of TextFSM and its
role in Blue Planet. TextFSM template
elements are described, using an example
from Blue Planet Orchestrate.
NEW C833 Blue Planet: OpenStack Overview
OPEN, Duration: 30 minutes
This Web-based training course
introduces students to OpenStack uses,
terms, and concepts.
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NEW C837 Blue Planet: HOCON Introduction and
Overview
OPEN, Duration: 12 minutes
This video provides a brief introduction
and overview of Human Optimized Config
Object Notation or HOCON.
Blue Planet ONOS
C820 Blue Planet ONOS Overview
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour
This training course is designed for
personnel responsible for installing,
configuring, administering, using, or
managing the Blue Planet Open
Networking Operating System (ONOS)
controller software.
Ciena Smart
A400 Ciena Smart - Blue Planet: Understanding the
technology
OPEN, Duration: 10 minutes
Ciena Executive Joe Cumello provides a
review of NFV and the move from hardware
to software. He also identifies and explains
the challenges customers face when
moving to NFV.
A403 Ciena Smart - Monetizing Cloud Connectivity
Part 1: Market Drivers and Trends for Ethernet to
Cloud Services
OPEN, Duration: 7 minutes
In this video, Chip Redden, Senior Director
of Ciena's Global Consulting Group,
explains why enterprises are moving to the
cloud, and some of the challenges and
opportunities associated with this trend.
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A404 Ciena Smart - Monetizing Cloud Connectivity
Part 2: Dynamic Ethernet Services
OPEN, Duration: 8 minutes
In this video, Chip Redden, Senior Director
of Ciena's Global Consulting Group,
describes the new portfolio of services for
enterprises accessing the cloud.
A405 Ciena Smart - Monetizing Cloud Connectivity
Part 3: Case studies for Ethernet to Cloud Services
OPEN, Duration: 8 minutes
In this video, Chip Redden, Senior Director
of Ciena's Global Consulting Group, shares
some customer success stories for cloud
services solutions.
A406 Ciena Smart - Virtual Services with NFV/SDN
Part 1: Market Drivers and Trends for Virtual
Services
OPEN, Duration: 6 minutes
In this video, Chip Redden, Senior Director
of Ciena's Global Consulting Group,
explains why Service Providers so excited
about SDN and NFV technologies.
A407 Ciena Smart - Virtual Services with NFV/SDN
Part 2: Use cases for Virtual Services
OPEN, Duration: 5 minutes
In this video, Chip Redden, Senior Director
of Ciena's Global Consulting Group,
describes the features of different NFV-
based services and how they can benefit
an Enterprise.
A408 Ciena Smart - Virtual Services with NFV/SDN
Part 3: NFV Case Studies
OPEN, Duration: 6 minutes
In this video, Chip Redden, Senior Director
of Ciena's Global Consulting Group, shares
some business case studies that show
how NFV-based services, including
Orchestration, can deliver benefits such as
5X higher value to Managed Service
Providers.
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Photonic Network Capture
O353 Photonic Network Capture (PNC) Overview
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour
This course introduces the PNC
application and how it is used to retrieve
photonic network element data.
6500
O500 6500 Applications and Common Hardware
OPEN, Duration: 2 hours
This training course is designed for
personnel who require an overview of the
6500 Packet-Optical Platform Family. It
provides an overview of the various
platforms the 6500 supports and how they
evolved.
O501 6500 Broadband (BB) and Photonic Layer (PL)
Technology Overview
OPEN, Duration: 3 hours
This course provides fundamental
information about available circuit packs in
the Broadband (BB) and Photonic Layer
(PL) hardware.
O507 6500 Control Plane
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
The course is intended to provide a sound
background on Control Plane features and
functions, and the skills to perform Control
Plane activities on the 6500 Packet-Optical
Platform.
O508 6500 RAMAN Amplifier Overview and Demo
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
This course provides fundamental
information about the 6500 Packet-Optical
Platform RAMAN amplifier hardware and
how to turn up the RAMAN amplifier.
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O511 Photonic Layer Control Plane (Layer 0) O564 Basics of 6500 and Site Manager
Overview
OPEN, Duration: 4 hours
OPEN, Duration: 3 hours
This training course introduces a high level
This Web-based training course is overview of some Operations concepts on
designed for personnel responsible for the 6500, as well as the Site Manager
provisioning nodes and connections in a menus used to retrieve relevant
photonic network that utilizes Photonic information.
Control Plane (Layer 0).
Optical Communications
The audience is assumed to have prior
knowledge of Domain Optical Controller
OC01 An Introduction to Optical Communications
(DOC) optimized photonic networks.
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour
O512 6500 Encryption Card Overview
This course is designed for students who
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour
are interested in learning the basics of
Optical Communications.
This training course is designed for
personnel responsible for installing,
configuring, administering, maintaining, 5400 Family
and managing the 6500 Encryption card
(4x10G OTR w/Encryption). T401 5400 Family Product Overview

O514 6500 CDC Overview OPEN, Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

OPEN, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes This training course is a product overview

for the 5400 Packet- Optical Platform
This course is designed for personnel who Family. The 5400 Family includes the 5430
already have 6500 Photonic Layer and 5410 systems.
knowledge but who need an overview of
the Colorless, Directionless and V-WAN
Contentionless (CDC) application.
C701 V-WAN Solutions Product Overview
O558 6500 Broadband and Photonic Layer
Hardware and Application Overview
OPEN, Duration: 45 minutes
OPEN, Duration: 4 hour
This training course describes the
operation and features of the V-WAN
This course provides detailed information
Solutions products, which include the V-
on the 6500 Broadband (BB) and Photonic
WAN, MyPerformance, MyPortal,
Layer (PL) circuit packs and their typical
MyAccounting, and MyAdapter
applications.
applications.

V-WAN (Virtual Wide-Area Network) is

Ciena's network virtualization and
O540 6500 T-Series Product Overview
automation solution that delivers
Performance- on-Demand by automating
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
the allocation of shared network resources
among data centers on behalf of Cloud
This course is designed for anyone
operations.
responsible for installing, commissioning,
provisioning and maintaining a 6500 T-
Series Packet-Optical NE.

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OnePlanner
O510 OnePlanner Express Operations
OPEN, Duration: 2 hours
This OnePlanner Express Operations
course introduces you to the concepts and
applications of the design tool.
Through a series of demos, you will gain
enough knowledge to build a case study
network using the OnePlanner Express
tool.
Waveserver
W200 Overview Training
OPEN, Duration: 1 hour
This overview includes a hardware
overview of the physical characteristics of
the Waveserver, and also a description of
the features and functionality.
This course also provides an overview of
the Waveserver Essentials Application.
W201 Waveserver Essentials Planning and
Management
OPEN, Duration: 11 minutes
This training course demonstrates using
the Waveserver Essentials Application to
plan, order, and operate/manage a
Waveserver network.
W202 Waveserver Installation
OPEN, Duration: 40 minutes
This course contains video
demonstrations on how to unpack and
install the Waveserver into four
configurations of equipment frame, a video
on how to use the Temporary shelf support
tool
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W203 Waveserver Commissioning
OPEN, Duration: 15 minutes
This course contains a video
demonstration on how to commission two
Waveservers in the same photonic system.
NEW W207 Waveserver Essentials Logging Into
and Characteristics of the Application
OPEN, Duration: 5 minutes
This video course demonstrates launching
and logging into the Waveserver
Essentials application and also describes
the characteristics of the Waveserver
Essentials application dashboard.
NEW W208 Waveserver Essentials Planning and
Exporting a Commissioning Report and BOM
OPEN, Duration: 7 minutes
This video course demonstrates how to
plan a Waveserver network and export a
Commissioning Report and Bill of Materials
(BOM) using the Waveserver Essentials
application.
NEW W209 Waveserver Essentials Provision
Waveserver using the Commissioning Report
OPEN, Duration: 3 minutes
This video course demonstrates how to
provision the Waveservers in your network
using the CLI commands in the
Commissioning Report generated by the
Waveserver Essentials application.
NEW W210 Waveserver Essentials Planning a New
Site
OPEN, Duration: 4 minutes
This video course demonstrates how to
plan a new Waveserver site and remove a
Waveserver site using the Waveserver
Essentials application.
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NEW W215 Chalk Talk: Waveserver Ai
OPEN, Duration: 5 minutes
Capacity with minimal footprint. Power
efficiency. Ease of use. You told us your
requirements for DCI. We delivered. In this
Chalk Talk, Ciena Product Manager Joe
Shapiro introduces our newest stackable
interconnect platform, Waveserver Ai.
TC-OCAP OC-A Pre-Assessment
Z-Series
OPEN, Duration: Time limit of 45 minutes to complete
30 questions
Z810 Introduction to the Z-Series Platform
OPEN, Duration: 25 minutes
This training provides a high level overview
of the Ciena Z-Series product. This
overview includes features and
functionality as well as how Z-Series
operates within the Blue Planet platform of
solutions.
Ciena Technology Certification
Pre-Assessments
TC-CEAP CE-A Pre-Assessment
OPEN, Duration: Time limit of 45 minutes to complete
30 questions
This customized assessment is used to
determine the readiness of the participant
to be enrolled in the Carrier Ethernet
Associate Certification Training course.
instructor-led (CE-A ILT) training format-
prior to taking the exam.
0%-29%: Based on your assessment
results, we recommend that you take the
E610 Ethernet Basics, offered in a web-
based training format, prior to attending
the Carrier Ethernet Associate (CE-A)
Certification Course.
This assessment is used to determine the
readiness of the participant to be enrolled
in the Optical Communications Associate
Certification Training course.
Score Band Recommendation Key
90 -100%: Your results suggest that you
may have success passing the Optical
Communications Associate (OC-A)
Certification Exam without first attending
the OC-A certification course. Of course,
you do have the option to register for
and attend the 5-day instructor-led (OC-
A ILT) certification course prior to taking
the exam.
30%-89%: Based on your assessment
results, we recommend that you take the
OC-A certification course-available in a
5-day instructor-led (OC-A ILT)
certification course training format.

0%-29%: Based on your assessment

Score Band Recommendation Key
results, we recommend that you take the
OC01 An Introduction to Optical
90 -100%: Your results suggest that you
Communications course, offered in a
may have success passing the Carrier web-based training format, prior to
Ethernet Associate (CE-A) Certification attending the OC-A certification course.
Exam without first attending the CE-A
certification course. Of course, you do
have the option to register for and attend
the CE-A certification course prior to
taking the exam.

30%-89%: Based on your assessment

results, we recommend that you take the
Carrier Ethernet Associate (CE-A)
Certification Course-available in either
the online (CE-A WBT) or 5-day

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Deep digital learning courses focused on skills and knowledge.


e-Subscription
OneControl
K600 OneControl System Administration Remote
Learning Kit (RLK)
e-SUB, Duration: 5 hours, 15 minutes
This Remote Learning Kit is designed for
personnel responsible for performing
OneControl system administration tasks at
the server console, such as backup and
server startup and shutdown.
This RLK includes:
WBT O611 - OneControl Product
Overview
WBT O615 - OneControl Alarm
Monitoring and Audit Logging
WBT NA11 - OneControl Backup and
Restore
WBT NA12 - OneControl Server
Software Startup and Shutdown
WBT NA13 - OneControl Northbound
Interface Connection Troubleshooting
WBT NA14 - OneControl Network
Element Connection Troubleshooting
WBT NA15 - OneControl Failover in a
Geographic Redundancy Configuration
WBT NA16 - OneControl Server-side
Logging
WBT NA18 - OneControl Service Layer
Manager Process and Audit Logging
WBT NA19 - OneControl Map
Administration
WBT NA20 - ON-Center to OneControl
Transition
WBT NA21 - K600 OneControl System
Administration RLK Update
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O560 OneControl Product Overview with Alarm
Monitoring & Audit Logging
e-SUB, Duration: 3 hours, 15 minutes
The modules contained in this course
describe:
The operation and features of the
OneControl Unified Management
System
The use of the alarm monitoring and
audit logging interfaces
NEW O561 OneControl Wavelength Service
Management Application
e-SUB, Duration: 30 minutes
This training course is designed for
personnel responsible for managing the
Layer 0 services in a network with the
OneControl Wavelength Service
Management (WSM) application.
NEW Z130 OneControl Delta Training Release 6.1
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
This training course is designed for
customers who are upgrading to
OneControl Release 6.1. and covers new
enhancements in OneControl Release 6.1.
NEW Z128 OneControl Delta Training Release 6.0
e-SUB, Duration: 3 hours 10 minutes
This training course is designed for
customers who are upgrading to
OneControl Release 6.0. and covers new
enhancements in OneControl Release 6.0.
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ON-Center
O102 ON-Center Network and Service
Management Suite Administration
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour
In this course, you will learn about the
administration features of ON-Center Suite
applications including administering ON-
Center security; administrating archive,
backup, and restore procedures;
administrating software and database
upgrade procedures; administrating
configuration files for various ON- Center
software components; and various other
administration tasks associated with the
ON-Center Suite.
O103 ON-Center Layer 1 Connection Manager
e-SUB, Duration: 45 minutes
The course introduces the ON-Center
Layer 1 Connection Management software
that is used to provision and manage the
4200-based connections.
Topics include: Introduction to the Layer 1
Connection Manager, Layer 1 Connection
GUI, Layer 1 Connection Provisioning,
Routing Calculations, and Basic Layer 1
Connection Operations.
Blue Planet
NEW C823 Blue Planet: User Access Control
e-SUB, Duration: 12 minutes
This video provides an overview of Blue
Planet User Access Control and shows
how to manage Blue Planet tenants, user
accounts, and user access to resources.
NEW C824 Blue Planet: Centralized Logging
e-SUB, Duration: 11 minutes
This course provides an overview of
centralized logging as it pertains to Blue
Planet, with a specific focus on the
Kibana data and visualization platform.
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C825 Blue Planet: Introduction to Solution Manager
e-SUB, Duration: 5 minutes
This video provides an introduction to
Solution and Solution Manager with an
emphasis on using the Solution Manager
command line interface (CLI).
NEW C826 Blue Planet: High Availability and
Geographic Redundancy Overview
e-SUB, Duration: 16 minutes
This video provides an overview of Blue
Planet High Availability (HA) and
Geographic Redundancy (GR).
6100
O120 6100 Multiservice Optical Platform First Line
Maintenance
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
This Web-based training course is
designed for First Line Maintenance (FLM)
personnel responsible for local support
and maintenance of the 6100 product
family.
Packet Networking Products
E618 Ethernet Services Manager (ESM) User
Training
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
This training course is designed for End
Users that require an understanding of the
administrative ESM features.
These features include: setup parameters;
managing discovered networks and their
nodes; log settings; adding new users/
groups; Internet Protocol (IP) subnet,
hierarchical, and services maps; events
and alarms; security levels; and
provisioning templates.
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E609 SyncE and PTP Network Synchronization
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
This course describes the requirements
for providing network timing and
synchronization using Ethernet networks
and how to configure Ciena's Packet
Networking switches to support this need.
This course is designed for personnel
responsible for provisioning Ethernet
networks employing Ciena's Packet
Networking switches running Service-
Aware Operating System (SAOS) versions
6 and 8.
E612 Installation and First Line Maintenance for
Single Rack Unit Packet Networking Switches
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes
This Web-based training course is
designed for personnel requiring a basic
understanding of installing and performing
First Line Maintenance on single rack unit,
fixed port Packet Networking switches.
This includes the following products:
LE-311v, 3903, 3904, 3916 & 3916 Mini,
3920, 3930, 3932, 3938, 3940, 3942, 3960,
5142, and 5160.
E622 Installation and First Line Maintenance for
Multi Rack Unit Packet Networking Switches
e-SUB, Duration: 3 hours
This Web-based training course is
designed for personnel requiring a basic
understanding of Installing and performing
First Line Maintenance on the 5140, 5150,
and 5305 Service Aggregation switches.
E653 Packet Networking Switches System
Management
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours
This course is designed to provide a basic
understanding of managing these Packet
Networking Switches: LE-311v, 3902,
3903, 3903x, 3904, 3905, 3911, 3916,
3920, 3930, 3931, 3932, 3940, 3942, 3960,
5140, 5142, 5150, 5160, 5305, and 5410.
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E660 G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching
for Packet Networking Switches
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
This Web-based training course is
designed for personnel requiring an
understanding of ITU-T G.8032 Ethernet
Ring Protection Switching (ERPS)
operation and configuration on Packet
Networking switches.
Products affected include the 3911, 3916,
3920, 3930, 3931, 3932, 3940, 3942, 3960,
5140, 5142, 5150, 5160, 5305, 5410, and
the 8700 Packetwave Platform.
E670 Virtual Link Loss Indication (VLLI)
e-SUB, Duration: 30 minutes
This training course is designed for
personnel responsible for configuring and
managing Ciena Packet Networking
switches or the 8700 Packetwave
Platform, running Service-Aware Operating
System (SAOS) version 6 or 8.
General topics include: the purpose and
benefits of Virtual Link Loss Indication
(VLLI), VLLI theory of operation, VLLI
applications for signaling and responding
to network faults, and Configuring VLLI
using the Command Line Interface (CLI).
E674 SAOS 6 and 8 Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
e-SUB, Duration: 25 minutes
This course is designed for personnel
working with Ciena Packet Networking
switches running Service-Aware Operating
System versions 6 or 8, who require an
understanding of:
the purpose and operations supported
using ZTP
the network requirements to support
ZTP operation
how to configure command files for
automated provisioning
how to configure command files for
automated provisioning
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E658 RFC 2544 Benchmark Testing
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours
This course is designed for personnel
responsible for administering the RFC
2544 protocol, also known as Benchmark
Testing, for Ciena's Packet Networking
devices.
Ciena's implementation of RFC 2544
benchmarking tests is intended to
characterize conditions experienced by an
actual service as it ingresses and egresses
User Network Interface (UNI) ports.
E675 3903x Installation and Commissioning
e-SUB, Duration: 30 minutes
This course illustrates the concepts and
hands-on operations required to:
install and connect the 3903x to a
provider network
power-up the 3903x and verify proper
operation
verify the data connection to a remote
management host
download and run a configuration file if
required
E635 3905 Installation and First Line Maintenance
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour
This course describes the procedures
associated with installing the 3905 in three
locations: on a wall, on a pole, or on a wire
strand.
The course also covers how to connect the
unit to a local network and how to retrieve
reports that may be useful in
troubleshooting.
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E642 3931 Installation & First Line Maintenance
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours
The course provides information based on
both academic and practical criteria and is
designed to:
familiarize you with the 3931 Service
Delivery Switch
walk you through step-by-step
procedures for installing and preparing it
for provisioning
NEW Z133 SAOS 6.16 Delta Video
e-SUB, Duration: 12 minutes
This video describes some new features
released in the SAOS 6.16, 6.15, and 6.15.1
releases. It provides both an overview of
their operations and configuration via the
Command Line Interface.
8700
NEW E317 8700 First Line Maintenance (FLM)
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
This course is intended for personnel
responsible for the First Line Maintenance
of the Ciena 8700 Packetwave Platform.
This course includes the following
modules:
CN06 ESD, Laser Safety, and Cleaning
E333 8700 Maintenance Safety
Precautions
E334 8700 Chassis Modules and
Location
E335 8700 Modules Installation and
Replacement
E336 8700 Air Filter Installation and
Maintenance
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E333 8700 Maintenance Safety Precautions E339 8700 Configuring Ethernet Services

e-SUB, Duration: 4 minutes e-SUB, Duration: 20 minutes

This module describes the safety This module describes the operation and
requirements and procedures when configuration of Ethernet services on the
working with the 8700 chassis. 8700 Packetwave Platform.

E334 8700 Chassis Modules and Location E340 8700 Layer 2 Control Frame Tunneling

e-SUB, Duration: 11 minutes e-SUB, Duration: 10 minutes

This module describes the features and This module describes the operation and
capabilities of each 8700 module and their configuration of layer 2 control frame
location in the 8700 chassis. tunneling on the 8700 Packetwave
Platform.
E335 8700 Modules Installation and Replacement
E341 8700 QoS Overview
e-SUB, Duration: 22 minutes
e-SUB, Duration: 10 minutes
This module describes the process for
installing and replacing modules in the This module provides an introduction to
8700. Quality of Service operation in the 8700
Packetwave Platform.
E336 8700 Air Filter Installation and Maintenance
E342 8700 QoS Traffic Profile Configuration
e-SUB, Duration: 5 minutes
e-SUB, Duration: 5 minutes
This module describes how to service the
air filter in an 8700. This module provides an introduction to
Traffic Profile operation and configuration
E337 8700 Ethernet Port Settings in the 8700 Packetwave Platform.

e-SUB, Duration: 10 minutes E343 8700 QoS Flows Operation and Configuration

This module describes the various settings e-SUB, Duration: 6 minutes

associated with the Ethernet ports on
Packet Services Line Modules available for This module provides an introduction to
the 8700 Packetwave Platform. QoS flow operation and configuration in
the 8700 Packetwave Platform.
E338 8700 Link Aggregations
E344 8700 Network Discovery with LLDP
e-SUB, Duration: 8 minutes
e-SUB, Duration: 5 minutes
This lesson describes the operation and
configuration of link aggregations used This module describes the use of Link
with Packet Services Line Modules, Layer Discovery Protocol to discover
PSLMs, on the 8700 Packetwave Platform. network elements and their
interconnections.

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E345 8700 CFM
e-SUB, Duration: 30 minutes
This module describes the operation and
configuration of Connectivity Fault
Management, CFM, on the 8700
Packetwave Platform.
E346 8700 Management Overview
e-SUB, Duration: 5 minutes
This module provides an overview of
management connections and methods
for the 8700 Packetwave platform.
E347 8700 Local Management Access
e-SUB, Duration: 10 minutes
In this module, you will learn about local,
remote, direct and active management
interfaces.
E348 8700 User Account Management
e-SUB, Duration: 8 minutes
In this module, you will learn about the
types of user accounts and how to manage
user accounts.
E349 8700 Command Line Interface Operation
e-SUB, Duration: 11 minutes
In this module, you will learn about
accessing and using the CLI.
E350 8700 Remote Management
e-SUB, Duration: 5 minutes
In this module, you will learn about remote
management of the 8700.
E351 8700 Software Feature Licensing
e-SUB, Duration: 8 minutes
In this module, you will learn about the
various licenses required to use many of
the features in the 8700.
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E352 8700 Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) Support
e-SUB, Duration: 5 minutes
In this module, we will introduce SNMP
support and use on the 8700.
E353 8700 Rebooting the 8700
e-SUB, Duration: 5 minutes
In this module, we will discuss the types of
reboots which can be performed and how
reboots are initiated on the 8700.
E354 8700 File System Operations
e-SUB, Duration: 11 minutes
This module describes the file system in
the 8700's Command Line Interface.
E355 8700 Configuration File Operations
e-SUB, Duration: 10 minutes
This module describes how configuration
files are created, saved, and used to
reconfigure the 8700.
E356 8700 Software Operations
e-SUB, Duration: 11 minutes
This module describes how software is
processed by the 8700 and how software
upgrades are performed.
E324 8700 CSLM Optical Services Provisioning
e-SUB, Duration: 30 minutes
This course explains the basics of what is
necessary to provision the optical link
between two Ciena 8700s equipped with
CSLMs in order to pass traffic over an
Optical Transport Network (OTN)
encapsulated service.
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O520 6500 Troubleshooting Methodology
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour
This Web based course focuses on
reinforcing troubleshooting methodology
and the use of key troubleshooting
resources to help perform alarm clearing
on optical networks.
O552 6500 Commissioning (SLAT)
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour
Initial bring-up of cards
Configuring the domain optical controller
O556 6500 Provisioning
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Adding cards and traffic
Provisioning facilities
Mating Circuit Packs
Provisioning wavelengths
O554 6500 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
e-SUB, Duration: 4 hours
Configuring protection switching
Using loopbacks to enable testing
Finding fiber breaks
O562 6500 First Line Maintenance
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Laser safety and electrostatic discharge
Circuit pack replacement
Interpreting LEDs
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Z202 6500 Terrestrial Flexible Grid Overview
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
This course is designed for anyone that
requires information about 6500 Photonic
Layer (PL) Terrestrial Flexible Grid support
and operations.
O517 6500 Colorless Direct Attach (CDA) with
CCMD12 direct attach Overview
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour
This course is designed for personnel who
already have 6500 Photonic Layer
knowledge but who need an overview of
the Colorless Direct Attach (CDA) with
CCMD12 direct attach configuration.
Z129 6500 Release 11.2 Delta
e-SUB, Duration: 35 minutes
This course is designed for anyone that
requires 6500 S-Series delta information
on release 11.2 content, which include
Broadband, Photonic Layer and common
network management enhancements.
NEW Z131 6500 Release 12.0 S-Series Delta
Training
e-SUB, Duration: 45 minutes
This delta training course is designed to
provide information on the new hardware
and features introduced in 6500
S-Series Packet-Optical Platform
release 12.0.
NEW Z132 6500 Release 12.0 T-Series Delta
Training
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
This delta training course is designed to
provide information on the new hardware
and features introduced in 6500 T-Series
Packet-Optical Platform release 12.0.
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5400 Family 4200

K412 5400 FLM Kit K912 4200 FLM Remote Learning Kit

e-SUB, Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes e-SUB

This Remote Learning Kit (RLK) is designed
for students responsible for performing
the First Line Maintenance (FLM) activities
for 5400 Packet-Optical Platforms.
The 5400 Family includes the 5430 and
5410 Packet-Optical Platforms.
This kit contains:
This Web-based training kit prepares you
to perform First Line Maintenance (FLM)
activities on the 4200 Platform Family
which includes: the 4200, the 4200 MC,
and the 4200 RS. This kit includes the
following Web-based courses:
K901 - 4200 Product Overview Remote
Learning Program Kit:

CN06 - ESD, Laser Safety and Fiber
Cleaning
F201A - Fiber Optics Fundamentals
T401 - 5400 Product Overview
T412 - 5400 First Line Maintenance
T322 5400 Release 4.1 Delta Training
CN02 - ESD, Laser Safety, and Fiber
L901 - 4200 Family Product Overview
L905 - 4200 Family Hardware Overview
L906 - 4200 Family Software
L912 - 4200 Family First Line
Maintenance

F100 - First Line Maintenance

e-SUB, Duration: 20 minutes
Expectations and Process Overview
This training course:
L914 4200 Family EM6 / ESOM Operations and
Provisioning
Is designed for personnel responsible for
tasks related to planning, installation,
e-SUB, Duration: 30 minutes
operation and maintenance of the 5430
Packet-Optical Platform or the 5410
This training course is designed for
Packet-Optical Platform
operations and provisioning personnel
responsible for supporting the ESOM and
Provides descriptions of enhanced and
EM6 modules.
new features introduced with 5400
Release 4.1. Changes and additions to
This course provides demonstration
Node Manager screens are also covered in
scenarios for provisioning the ESOM and
the course.
EM6 modules.

CoreStream

C612 CoreStream First Line Maintenance

e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

This course prepares you to perform First

Line Maintenance activities on the
CoreStream Optical Transport System.

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V-WAN
C702 V-WAN Solutions Administration
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours
This Web-based training course describes
the post-installation administration tasks
for managing V-WAN Solutions products,
which include:
the V-WAN application
the MyPerformance application
the MyPortal application
the MyAdapter application
565/5100/5200
F512 565/5100/5200 First Line Maintenance
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes
This First Line Maintenance (FLM) course is
designed for FLM personnel responsible
for local support and maintenance of the
565, 5100, and 5200 Advanced Services
Platform.
Topics include:
Platform and Hardware Overview
Access and Navigation
Module Replacement and Maintenance
Z-Series
Z809 Z-Series Network Installation and Turn-Up
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
This training is geared toward technicians
who will install and turn-up Z-Series
networks.
It includes an overview of the installation
process for Z-Series chassis, external
shelves, and line cards.
You also learn how to perform node
commissioning and learn how to use the
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CyCT software to manage nodes and
create services.
OnePlanner
O350 OnePlanner Optical Switch Module (Layer 1)
Operations
e-SUB, Duration: 4 hours
The OnePlanner Optical Switching Module
Operations course provides instruction for
designing and analyzing Layer 1 optical
networks with the OnePlanner application.
The OnePlanner Optical Switching Module
is an optical network Layer 1 modeling and
optimization application for CoreDirector/
5400/6500 Family-based networks.
O352 OnePlanner Unified Design System Photonic
Module (Layer 0) Operations
e-SUB, Duration: 4 hours
This course on OnePlanner Tool Photonic
Module Operations introduces you to the
concepts and applications of the
OnePlanner software.
OnePlanner Photonic Module validates
Common Photonic Layer (CPL) and 6500
Packet-Optical Photonic link budgets and
generates different reports necessary to a
successful network deployment.
This course:
is not meant to provide equipment or
network engineering guidelines,
guidance, or recommendations
requires that the attendees already have
a solid understanding of the 6500
Packet-Optical platform as well as
network planning and engineering
experience
is targeted for a first time user of
OnePlanner who needs an introduction
to the tool's basic capabilities
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O354 OnePlanner Packet Layer Module (Layer 2) Tech Support Aids

Operations
F200 Fiber Optic Cable Installation
e-SUB, Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour
This course provides instruction for
designing and analyzing Layer 2 packet This Web-based training course provides
networks with the OnePlanner application. an overview of fiber optic cable handling
and installation workmanship standards.
The OnePlanner Packet Layer Module is a
Layer 2 modeling and optimization Topics include:
application for networks based on
supported Ciena Ethernet switches.
Safety and ESD guidelines
O356 OnePlanner Multi-Layer Operations Fiber optic cable connector types and
cleaning procedures
e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour
Guidelines for cable designations
This course introduces the concepts and
applications of the OnePlanner Multilayer Terminating fiber optic cables
design software. OnePlanner validates
Layer 1 TDM nodes over a 6500 Photonic Running fiber optic cables
Layer (PL) link budgets and generates
different reports necessary to a successful Installation workmanship examples
network deployment.

This course is intended for personnel who

already have knowledge of OnePlanner
Layer 0 and Layer 1 designs, but want to
use the OnePlanner Multilayer capability to
create Layer 1 over Layer 0 network in a
single design.

OneConnect

O355 OneConnect Photonic Control Plane Solution

Operations

e-SUB, Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

This course is designed to introduce

personnel to the equipment,
configurations, and functionalities that are
part of the OneConnect Photonic Control
Plane solution.

In this course includes overview material

and actual navigation demonstrations
about service activation preparation and
provisioning.

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