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Chapter 13
| Basic Administration Protocols
Ethernet Ring Protection Switching
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a.
The RPL Owner Node, upon reception of an R-APS (NR)
message and in the absence of any other higher priority
request, starts the WTB timer and waits for it to expire. While
the WTB timer is running, any latent R-APS (MS) message is
ignored due to the higher priority of the WTB running signal.
b.
When the WTB timer expires, it generates the WTB expire
signal. The RPL Owner Node, upon reception of this signal,
initiates reversion by blocking the traffic channel on the RPL,
transmitting an R-APS (NR, RB) message over both ring ports,
informing the ring that the RPL is blocked, and flushes its FDB.
c.
The acceptance of the R-APS (NR, RB) message causes all ring
nodes to unblock any blocked non-RPL that does not have an
SF condition. If it is an R-APS (NR, RB) message without a DNF
indication, all Ethernet Ring Nodes flush their FDB. This action
unblocks the ring port which was blocked as a result of an
operator command.
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Recovery with non-revertive mode is handled as follows:
a.
The RPL Owner Node, upon reception of an R-APS (NR)
message and in the absence of any other higher priority
request does not perform any action.
b.
Then, after the operator issues the Clear command (Configure
Operation page) at the RPL Owner Node, this ring node blocks
the ring port attached to the RPL, transmits an R-APS (NR, RB)
message over both ring ports, informing the ring that the RPL is
blocked, and flushes its FDB.
c.
The acceptance of the R-APS (NR, RB) message triggers all ring
nodes to unblock any blocked non-RPL which does not have an
SF condition. If it is an R-APS (NR, RB) message without a DNF
indication, all ring nodes flush their FDB. This action unblocks
the ring port which was blocked as result of an operator
command.
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Major Domain – The ERPS ring used for sending control packets.
This switch can support up to six rings. However, ERPS control packets can only
be sent on one ring. This parameter is used to indicate that the current ring is a
secondary ring, and to specify the major ring which will be used to send ERPS
control packets.
The Ring Protection Link (RPL) is always the west port. So the physical port on a
secondary ring must be the west port. In other words, if a domain has two
physical ring ports, this ring can only be a major ring, not a secondary ring (or
sub-domain) which can have only one physical ring port. The major domain
therefore cannot be set if the east port is already configured.
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Node ID – A MAC address unique to the ring node. The MAC address must be
specified in the format xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx or xxxxxxxxxxxx. (Default: CPU MAC
address)