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Configuring Network Services Protection Switching-EPSR
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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
FIGURE 6-129 GUI for Configured Protection Data Ring
6.13.5.5 Reconfigure the Control and Data Rings
Now that the Control Ring and Data Ring are configured, another device may need to be added to the configuration.
Performing this involves combining many of the network services tasks, summarized as follows:
• Reconfigure the links between two current devices and the new device.
• Delete the link between the current devices.
• Add the links between the new device and the two current devices.
• Extend the VLANs to include the new device
• Associate the Control Ring with the extended VLAN Interface
• Select the VIF to configure the Control Ring
• Use the same domain name, and extend to the new device.
• Extend the Data Ring
• Delete the Network VLAN of the Data Ring
• Reclone the Data Ring from the Control Ring