Web Management Guide-R04

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Chapter 13
| Basic Administration Protocols
Ethernet Ring Protection Switching
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CCMs are propagated by the Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
protocol as described under Connectivity Fault Management” on
page 517. If the standard recovery procedure were used as shown in the
following figure, and node E detected CCM loss, it would send an R-APS (SF)
message to the RPL owner and block the link to node D, isolating that non-
ERPS device.
Figure 325: Non-ERPS Device Protection
When non-ERPS device protection is enabled on the ring, the ring ports on
the RPL owner node and non-owner nodes will not be blocked when signal
loss is detected by CCM loss events.
When non-ERPS device protection is enabled on an RPL owner node, it will
send non-standard health-check packets to poll the ring health when it
enters the protection state. It does not use the normal procedure of waiting
to receive an R-APS (NR - no request) message from nodes adjacent to the
recovered link. Instead, it waits to see if the non-standard health-check
packets loop back. If they do, indicating that the fault has been resolved,
the RPL will be blocked.
After blocking the RPL, the owner node will still transmit an R-APS (NR, RB -
ring blocked) message. ERPS-compliant nodes receiving this message flush
their forwarding database and unblock previously blocked ports. The ring
is now returned to Idle state.
Holdoff Timer – The hold-off timer is used to filter out intermittent link faults.
Faults will only be reported to the ring protection mechanism if this timer
expires. (Range: 0-10000 milliseconds, in steps of 100 milliseconds)
In order to coordinate timing of protection switches at multiple layers, a hold-
off timer may be required. Its purpose is to allow, for example, a server layer
protection switch to have a chance to fix the problem before switching at a
client layer.
When a new defect or more severe defect occurs (new Signal Failure), this event
will not be reported immediately to the protection switching mechanism if the
provisioned hold-off timer value is non-zero. Instead, the hold-off timer will be
started. When the timer expires, whether a defect still exists or not, the timer
will be checked. If one does exist, that defect will be reported to the protection
switching mechanism. The reported defect need not be the same one that
started the timer.
Guard Timer – The guard timer is used to prevent ring nodes from receiving
outdated R-APS messages. During the duration of the guard timer, all received
R-APS messages are ignored by the ring protection control process, giving time
non-ERPS
A
non-ERPS
RPL
Owner
RPL
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blocked blocked
fault
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