What is the purpose of the NFM-T deploy menu?

TheNFM-T (Network Functions Manager - Transport), now part of theWaveSuite Network Operations Center (WS-NOC), is the centralized management system for Nokia's optical portfolio. TheDeploy menuis the primary engine for operationalizing the network. Its fundamental purpose is tocreate and provision new network instances, which encompasses the lifecycle of the transport infrastructure.

Specifically, this menu allows operators to establishphysical connections(fiber links between nodes), build out theinfrastructure(defining the topology and node roles), and most importantly, provisionservices(such as ODUk or Optical Channel services). While the EPT (now WaveSuite Planner) designs the network, and those files can be used as a reference, the actual "birth" of a service in the live network—mapping it from the source transponder to the destination through the required ROADM degrees—is executed via the Deploy menu. It translates the high-level intent into specific cross-connect commands sent to the individual Network Elements (NEs), ensuring that the underlying hardware is correctly configured to carry client traffic.