Nortel SONET AccessNode Manual page 87

Procedure 3-3 (continued)
Performing DS1 switching tests
Step
12
Lockout switch
13
14
Action
Operate a forced switch on mapper Gx by entering:
↵
forced op <gx>
↵
yes
where
<gx> is the number of the working mapper (g1 to g12)
DS1 traffic transfers to mapper P and the mapper P active LED is on.
DS1 traffic is error free.
The user interface protection screen indicates an asterisk (*) under the
Forced switch field (active) and a Request (R) replaces the asterisk (*) in the
Manual switch field.
Operate a lockout on mapper Gx by entering:
↵
lockout op <gx>
↵
yes
where
<gx> is the number of the working mapper (g1 to g12)
DS1 traffic transfers from mapper P to mapper Gx and is running error free.
The user interface protection screen indicates an asterisk (*) under the Lckt
switch field (Gx) and a request (R) replaces the asterisk (*) in the Forced
switch field (Gx).
The mapper Gx active LED is ON.
Release the lockout on mapper Gx by entering:
↵
lockout re <gx>
↵
yes
where
<gx> is the number of the working mapper (g1 to g12)
Traffic transfers to mapper P and is running error free.
The user interface protection indicates a period (.) instead of an asterisk (*)
in the Lckt switch field (Gx) and the request (R) in the Forced switch field is
replaced by an asterisk (*).
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