The NFM-T (Network Functions Manager - Transport), now part of the WaveSuite Network Operations Center (WS-NOC), is the centralized management system for Nokia's optical portfolio. The Deploy menu is the primary engine for operationalizing the network. Its fundamental purpose is to create and provision new network instances, which encompasses the lifecycle of the transport infrastructure.

Specifically, this menu allows operators to establish physical connections (fiber links between nodes), build out the infrastructure (defining the topology and node roles), and most importantly, provision services (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.