Validating the CFA

Validate the facility you want to assign services on to make sure spare channels exist. You can then copy the valid CFA Connecting Facility Assignment so that you can paste it into the appropriate fields when you prepare the request.

Note: If you do not know the facility designation or type, do a CLLI COMMON LANGUAGE® Location Identifier scan first as described in Locate Facility Between CLLI Codes (CLLI Scan).

1. Click the Pre-Order tab.

2. Click the CFA Validation tab. The CFA Validation form appears.

   

3. Fill in at least the required (*) fields.

4. Select the owning CCNA Customer Carrier Name Abbreviation. If you select Other, fill out the Letter of Authorization (LOA) box by selecting the check box and filling in the field for the owning CCNA.

5. Click Validate. (Or you can reset or clear the form if needed and start over. See Resetting or Clearing a Pre-Order Form.)

   Note: If you are not the owning CCNA for the facility, you will only be allowed to validate a single channel of the facility at one time.

   Result: For each channel you specified, the system lists the channel status (B- Busy, S- Spare, P- Pending, I- invalid, R- Restricted), the pending activity and due date, and the ECCKT Exchange Company Circuit ID. If the system is able to retrieve the NC Network Channel Code/NCI Network Channel Interface Code combination for the facility, that NC/NCI combination information appears at the top of the screen; otherwise, the message “NC/NCI combination unavailable” appears. Also, if any requested channel is busy, the CKR Customer Circuit Reference and PON Purchase Order Number of the ECCKT working in that channel will be displayed if available (as shown below).

6. Select the valid CFA information for your request and copy it so that you can paste it into the appropriate fields when you prepare the request.