Specifying Card Redundancy - Cisco BPX 8620 Installation And Configuration Manual

Specifying Card Redundancy

Specifying Card Redundancy
You can set up port redundancy by installing two identical front and back card sets, connecting them with
a Y-cable on each paired port, then specifying redundancy with the addyred command. Redundancy
applies to the entire card and is not port or line-specific.
The following commands apply to Y-cable redundancy:
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During normal operation, the primary set is "active" and carrying traffic, while the secondary set is in
"standby." The primary set configuration is the configuration for both the primary and redundant set. If
you reset the primary cards or the primary card set becomes inactive for another reason, the secondary
card set becomes active.
BPX card sets may consist of the following:
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The following requirements apply to redundant card sets:
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Figure 13-7 illustrates the typical Y-cable connection of primary and secondary card sets. The single end
of a Y-cable (or base of the "Y") goes to the user equipment. One of the two connectors at the split end
goes to the primary back card, and the other connector goes to the secondary back card.
Switching to the standby card occurs only if the secondary card set is in a "Standby" or a "Standby-T"
state (but not "Failed"). For information on the states, refer to the definition for the dspcds command of
the Cisco WAN Switching Command Reference, Release 9.3.30.
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addyred
delyred
dspyred
prtyred
switchyred
BCC front card
BNI front card and T3, E3, or OC-3 back card
BXM front card and MMF, SMF, or SMFLR back card
BME front card and SMF back card
The primary and secondary card sets must be identical.
Secondary card sets must not be already active.
Neither the primary nor secondary card set may already be part of a redundant card set pair.
If an active card fails, is downed, or removed from the backplane, data automatically goes through
the secondary set.
Most service cards on the IGX and BPX nodes support Y-cable redundancy, with the exception of
MMF back cards which do not support Y-redundancy
Most trunk cards support trunk redundancy. For a description, see Chapter 9, "Installation in
Customer Cabinet."
Chapter 13 Installing the BPX Switch Cards
Release 9.3.30, Part Number 78-12907-01 Rev. E0, May 2005