Optical channel tracing in a link viewer

A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive network information for an optical network,
• the network information originating from at least one network device included in the optical network,
• provide a user interface for display based on the network information,
• the user interface including first display elements representing physical components in the optical network,
• the user interface including second display elements representing logical components in the optical network,
• the user interface including third display elements representing physical connections in the optical network,
• the user interface including fourth display elements representing logical connections in the optical network,
• the user interface including fifth display elements indicating optical channels transmitted via one or more of the physical components, one or more of the logical components, one or more of the physical connections, and one or more of the logical connections;
• receive a selection of a subset of the optical channels via the user interface;
• filter the user interface based on the selection to form a filtered user interface,
• the filtered user interface including a subset of the fifth display elements that are associated with the subset of the optical channels;
• and
• provide the filtered user interface for display.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a device, network information for an optical network,
• the network information originating from at least one network device included in the optical network,
• providing, by the device, a user interface for display based on the network information,
• the user interface including first display elements representing physical components in the optical network,
• the user interface including second display elements representing logical components in the optical network,
• the user interface including third display elements representing physical connections in the optical network,
• the user interface including fourth display elements representing logical connections in the optical network,
• the user interface including fifth display elements representing a plurality of super-channels transmitted via one or more of the physical components, one or more of the logical components, one or more of the physical connections, and/or one or more of the logical connections;
• receiving, by the device, a selection of a super-channel of the plurality of super-channels via the user interface;
• and
• causing, by the device, the user interface to visually distinguish, based on the selection, a transmission path associated with the super-channel,
• the transmission path including at least one of the physical components, at least one of the logical components, at least one of the physical connections, and/or at least one of the logical connections.