Circuit Provisioning via Manual or Automatic Routing
The FOXMAN-UN NP assists the operator with the circuit provisioning. If more than one route through the network is possible, NP offers two approaches in selecting the preferred route to provision a circuit:
• Manual Routing (Step by step provisioning):
At each node where one or more routes are possible, each valid “next hop” is offered, and is selected manually by the operator.
• Automatic Routing:
NP makes a selection based upon the defined routing criteria.
The two routing approaches have their individual characteristics - please read the notes at the beginning of the two chapters.