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Protection Switching-EPSR The Network VLAN Manager Application - Configure Data
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6.13.3 The Network VLAN Manager Application - Configure Data Ring
6.13.3.1 Create/Protect EPS Data Ring
Usually, once the EPS Control Ring is created and configured (with its domain), a new EPS Data ring is created. There are sev-
eral ways to create this data protection ring, depending on what has already been configured:
• Option 1 - If a control ring has already been defined, it can be cloned to create a new protected data network VLAN (pro-
tected data ring). The protection ring matches the ports, devices (and therefore the domain) of the control ring.
• Option 2 - If a non-ring data network VLAN has already been defined, it can be associated with one of its possible control
rings; since the data network VLAN is not a ring, the application will complete the data protection ring (and create any
additional VLAN Interfaces as well).
• Option 3 - If a ring data network VLAN has already been defined, it can be associated with one of its possible control rings
and labeled as protected.
For option 1, the network VLAN that is a control ring is selected and right-clicked on Create/Protect EPS Data Ring... as
shown in the following figure.
FIGURE 6-120 Creating an EPS Data Protection Ring by Copying a Control Network VLAN
In the Protection Ring Configuration Panel, the user selects Configure Protection Scheme The Network VLAN Manager cre-
ates a “copy” of the control network VLAN (meaning creates a network VLAN that follows the same path as the selected Con-
trol VLAN), and brings up the create data ring dialog to assign a data VID. Refer to the following figure.