Erps Configuration; Erps Overview - ADTRAN Total Access 5000 Deployment Manual

Total Access 5000 Business Services Deployment Guide

ERPS Overview

ERPS provides carrier class protection for Ethernet traffic in a ring topology.
ERPS Guidelines
When provisioning ERPS, observe the following guidelines:
• The ERPS ring can only support up to 24 Nodes per ring
• The ERPS ring cannot subtend other ERPS rings, but can support subtended RPR rings
• Only provisioned Inband, internal, and mutlicast VLANs can be shared. VLANs cannot
NOTE
Only the Switch Module 2‐10G/2‐1 Gigabit, w/Ring Generator
(P/N 1187025G1/G2) currently supports ERPS provisioning.

ERPS Configuration

To configure ERPS, complete the following:
1. Ensure a physical ring exists on the selected Total Access 5000 network.
NOTE
The physical ring consists of fiber connections to the 10 GigE ports. Select the
ports on the nodes going from SM A to SM B in a chaining order until reaching
the original source node.
2. Select the GigE ports being used for ERPS.
NOTE
Remove any previously configured uplinks on the network port.
3. Configure ERPS ring interface on all the nodes.
N-2
be shared accross Nodes
For more information, refer to "Ring Interface Creation" on page N‐3.
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