Field Descriptions - Searching and Verifying CFA

Channel Group Number

Indicates the Channel Group Number field designation assigned to the facility. This field can have a maximum of 5 alphanumeric characters. This is a mandatory field.

Channel

Indicates the number that identifies the specific circuit on the T1 that you would like to view. You can view detail data about a specified T1 circuit. The Channel field is always available, but it is only relevant for T1. It is ignored for T3 and SONET. This field can have a maximum of 5 alphanumeric characters. You can also select from a drop-down list that contains the entries 00001 to 00024. This is an optional field.

Facility Type

Indicates the facility type. This field can have a maximum of 5 alphanumeric characters. You can also select from a drop-down list containing the supported Facility Type entries: T1, T1F, T1U, T1UF, T1UZF, T1Z, T1ZF, T1ZT, TIZ7, TIZ7F, T3, T3X, T3Z, T3U, T4X, OC01, OC03, OC12, OC24, OC48, OC96, OC192, ST01, ST03, ST12, and ST48.  This is a mandatory field.

A-CLLI

Indicates the Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) that represents the "A" end of the facility. This field can have a maximum of 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters. You can also select from a drop-down list of your 50 most recently used CLLI codes. If you select a CLLI code from this list, the code also appears in the left-hand field. When you type a valid CLLI code and it is retrieved from CenturyLink, it is added to the CLLI list for future selection.

Z-CLLI

Indicates the Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) that represents the "Z" end of the facility. This field can have a maximum of 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters. You can also select from a drop-down list of your 50 most recently used CLLI codes. If you select a CLLI code from this list, the code also appears in the left-hand field. When you type a valid CLLI code and it is retrieved from CenturyLink, it is added to the CLLI list for future selection.

Previous Queries

This is a drop down list that supplies you with a scrollable list of your 50 most recently entered CFA queries to CenturyLink. The data elements in the saved query string are separated by slashes. When you select a query from the drop-down list, the fields on the screen are automatically filled with the relevant data.

Submit

Click this button to submit the details entered on screen.

Clear

Click this button to clear all the details on screen.