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Cisco ONS 15327 User Documentation, R3.3
June 2002
Chapter 9 Ethernet Operation
Ethernet Circuit Configurations
Note
If you are building a shared packet ring configuration, you must manually provision the circuits.
Step 15 Click Next .
The Circuit Creation (Circuit Source) dialog box appears.
Step 16
From the Node menu, choose the circuit source.
Any shared packet ring node can serve as the circuit source.
Step 17 Choose Ethergroup from the Slot menu and click Next .
The Circuit Creation (Circuit Destination) dialog box appears
Step 18 Choose the circuit destination from the Node menu.
Step 19
Except for the source node, any shared packet ring node can serve as the circuit destination.
Step 20
Choose Ethergroup from the Slot menu and click Next .
The Circuit Creation (Circuit VLAN Selection) dialog box appears.
Step 21 Create the VLAN:
a.
Click the New VLAN tab.
The Circuit Creation (Define New VLAN) dialog box appears (Figure 9-9) .
b.
Assign an easily identifiable name to your VLAN.
c.
Assign a VLAN ID.
This VLAN ID number must be unique. It is usually the next available number not already assigned
to an existing VLAN (between 2 and 4093). Each ONS 15327 network supports a maximum of 509
user-provisionable VLANs.
d. Click OK .
e.
Highlight the VLAN name and click the >> button to move the VLAN from the Available VLANs
column to the Circuit VLANs column (Figure 9-10) .
By moving the VLAN from the Available VLANs column to the Circuit VLANs column, all the VLAN
traffic is forced to use the shared packet ring circuit you created.
Step 22
Click Next .
Step 23
Uncheck the Route Automatically check box and click Next .
Step 24
Click either span (green arrow) leading from the source node (Figure 9-12) .
The span turns white.