Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Manual page 463

Chapter 2 Alarm Troubleshooting
Step 5 In the Set West Protection Operation dialog box or the Set East Protection Operation dialog box, choose
Lockout Protect Span from the drop-down list.
Click OK.
Step 6
Step 7 Click Yes in the two Confirm BLSR Operation dialog boxes.
Initiate an Exercise Ring Switch on a BLSR
Log into a node on the network.
Step 1
Click View > Go to Network View.
Step 2
Click the Provisioning > BLSR tabs.
Step 3
Click the row of the BLSR you are exercising, then click Edit.
Step 4
Right-click the west port of a node and choose Set West Protection Operation.
Step 5
In the Set West Protection Operation dialog box, choose Exercise Ring from the drop-down list.
Step 6
Click OK.
Step 7
Step 8 Click Yes in the Confirm BLSR Operation dialog box.
Initiate an Exercise Ring Switch on a Four Fiber BLSR
Step 1 Log into a node on the network.
From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 2
Click the Provisioning > BLSR tabs.
Step 3
Click the row of the BLSR you are exercising, then click Edit.
Step 4
Right-click the west port of a node and choose Set West Protection Operation.
Step 5
In the Set West Protection Operation dialog box, choose Exercise Span from the drop-down list.
Step 6
Click OK.
Step 7
Step 8 Click Yes in the Confirm BLSR Operation dialog box.
Clear a BLSR External Switching Command
Log into a node on the network.
Step 1
From the View menu, choose Go to Network View.
Step 2
Click the Provisioning > BLSR tabs.
Step 3
Click the BLSR you want to clear.
Step 4
Right-click the west port of the BLSR node where you invoked the switch and choose Set West
Step 5
Protection Operation.
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2.9.2 Protection Switching, Lock Initiation, and Clearing
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