Web Management Guide-R02

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Chapter 13
| Basic Administration Protocols
Ethernet Ring Protection Switching
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ports, this ring can only be a major ring, not a secondary ring (or sub-ring)
which can have only one physical ring port. The major ring therefore cannot be
set if the east port is already configured.
Version – Specifies compatibility with the following ERPS versions:
1 - ERPS version 1 based on ITU-T G.8032/Y.1344.
2 - ERPS version 2 based on ITU-T G.8032/Y.1344 Version 2. (This is the
default setting.)
In addition to the basic features provided by version 1, version 2 also supports:
Multi-ring/ladder network support
Revertive/Non-revertive recovery
Forced Switch (FS) and Manual Switch (MS) commands for manually
blocking a particular ring port
Flush FDB (forwarding database) logic which reduces amount of flush FDB
operations in the ring
Support of multiple ERP instances on a single ring
Version 2 is backward compatible with Version 1. If version 2 is specified, the
inputs and commands are forwarded transparently. If set to version 1, MS and
FS operator commands are filtered, and the switch set to revertive mode.
The version number is automatically set to “1” when a ring node, supporting
only the functionalities of G.8032v1, exists on the same ring with other nodes
that support G.8032v2.
When ring nodes running G.8032v1 and G.8032v2 co-exist on a ring, the ring ID
of each node is configured as “1”.
In version 1, the MAC address 01-19-A7-00-00-01 is used for the node identifier.
The R-APS Def MAC parameter has no effect.
MEG Level – The maintenance entity group (MEG) level which provides a
communication channel for ring automatic protection switching (R-APS)
information. (Range: 0-7)
This parameter is used to ensure that received R-APS PDUs are directed for this
ring. A unique level should be configured for each local ring if there are many R-
APS PDUs passing through this switch.
Revertive – Sets the method of recovery to Idle State through revertive or non-
revertive mode. (Default: Enabled)
Revertive behavior allows the switch to automatically return the RPL from
Protection state to Idle state through the exchange of protocol messages.
Non-revertive behavior for Protection, Forced Switch (FS), and Manual
Switch (MS) states are basically the same. Non-revertive behavior requires
the RPL to be restored from Protection state to Idle state using the Clear
command (Configure Operation page).