Verify Node Visibility For Other Nodes; Protection Switching, Lock Initiation, And Clearing; Initiate A 1+1 Protection Port Force Switch Command - Cisco ONS 15600 SDH Troubleshooting Manual

Chapter 2 Alarm Troubleshooting
Highlight the ring and click Edit.
Step 3
In the MS-SPRing window, right-click the node on the ring map.
Step 4
Select Set Node ID from the shortcut menu.
Step 5
Enter the new ID in the field.
Step 6
Click Apply.
Step 7

Verify Node Visibility for Other Nodes

In node view, click the Provisioning > MS-SPRing tabs.
Step 1
Highlight an MS-SPRing.
Step 2
Click Ring Map.
Step 3
Verify that each node in the ring appears on the ring map with a node ID and IP address.
Step 4
Click Close.
Step 5

2.8.2 Protection Switching, Lock Initiation, and Clearing

The following sections give instructions for port, ring, and span switching and switch-clearing
commands, as well as lock-ons and lockouts.

Initiate a 1+1 Protection Port Force Switch Command

This procedure switches 1+1 protection group traffic from one port in the group to the other using a
Force switch.
The Force command overrides normal protective switching mechanisms. Applying this command
Caution
incorrectly can cause traffic outages.
Traffic is not protected during a Force protection switch.
Caution
A Force command switches traffic on a working path even if the path has signal degrade (SD) or signal
Note
fail (SF) conditions. A Force switch does not switch traffic on a protect path. A Force switch preempts
a Manual switch.
In node view, click the Maintenance > Protection tabs.
Step 1
In the Protection Groups area, select the protection group with the port you want to switch.
Step 2
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