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3-86 Packet Over SONET Module Installation and User Guide
Configuring the PoS Module
Commands for Configuring and Monitoring APS
Table 3-16 lists the ExtremeWare APS commands that support the PoS module. Each
command is described in detail in the sections that follow.
Table 3-16: APS Commands
Command Description
config aps <group#> [nonrevert |
revert <minutes>]
Configures APS operation in either nonrevertive
or revertive switching mode.
config aps <group#> add <port> [working |
protection <ipaddress>]
Adds a SONET port to an APS group.
config aps <group#> authenticate [off |
on <string>]
Configures authentication of APS control
messages.
config aps <group#> delete <port> Deletes a SONET port from an APS group.
config aps <group#> force [off | working |
protection]
Requests that an APS group be forced to use a
specified line as the active line.
config aps <group#> lockout [off | on] Controls whether a switch to the protection line is
locked out.
config aps <group#> manual [off | working |
protection]
Manually determines whether an APS group uses
its working line or its protection line as the active
line.
config aps <group#> timers <seconds>
<consecutive_misses>
Sets the values of the timers used in the APS
hello protocol that is exchanged between the
working and protection switches for an APS
group.
create aps <group#> Creates an APS group with the specified group
number.
delete aps <group#> Deletes the specified APS group.
disable aps Disables the APS function for an entire switch.
enable aps Enables the APS function for an entire switch.
show aps {<group#>} {detail} Displays APS group status information.
unconfig aps <group#> Resets the APS group configuration parameters
to their default values.