User manual

20 Wide Bank 28 DS3 - Release 2.4

T3 Protection and Revertive Configuration

The following steps show how to retrieve the current DS3 equipment configuration and condition, and how to

change the DS3 protection and revertive properties. The unit can also provide automatic protection switching

(APS) if it has two DS3 lines as well as two DS3 controller cards.

1. Retrieve Current T3 Equipment Configuration

This will show the status of the DS3 controller cards and whether the unit can provide high-speed protection.

RTRV-EQPT:tid:[ALL]:ctag;

Example: RTRV-EQPT:tid:ALL:ctag;

Response: tid 2001-08-04 05:08:45

T3 Equipment Status Values

Equipment Status Description

DS3 -A, DS3-B Active Controller card is installed and in active mode (DS3 circuit

is active)

Standby Controller is installed and in standby mode

Not Present Controller is not installed

Not Ready Controller is present, but is not communicating with the

active card for unknown reasons

Fail Controller hardware failure

M ctag COMPLD

"DS3-A:ACTIVE,2.40.0"

"DS3-B:STANDBY,2.40.0"

"DS1-CARD-1:ACTIVE,"

"DS1-CARD-2:ACTIVE,"

"DS1-CARD-3:ACTIVE,"

"DS1-CARD-4:ACTIVE,"

"DS1-CARD-5:ACTIVE,"

"DS1-CARD-6:ACTIVE,"

"DS1-CARD-7:ACTIVE,"

"DS1-CARD-SPARE:ACTIVE,"

;

Status of DS3 controller cards.

Unit can provide high-speed

protection if one DS3 is ACTIVE

and one is STANDBY.