Command Mode
ERPS Configuration
Command Usage
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Only one RPL owner can be configured on a ring. The owner blocks traffic on
the RPL during Idle state, and unblocks it during Protection state (that is, when
a signal fault is detected on the ring or the protection state is enabled with the
erps forced-switch
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The east and west connections to the ring must be specified for all ring nodes
using the
the west ring port is automatically set as being connected to the RPL.
Example
Console(config-erps)#rpl owner
Console(config-erps)#
version
This command specifies compatibility with ERPS version 1 or 2.
Syntax
version {1 | 2}
1 - ERPS version 1 based on ITU-T G.8032/Y.1344.
2 - ERPS version 2 based on ITU-T G.8032/Y.1344 Version 2.
Default Setting
2
Command Mode
ERPS Configuration
Command Usage
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In addition to the basic features provided by version 1, version 2 also supports:
Multi-ring/ladder network support
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Revertive/Non-revertive recovery
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Forced Switch (FS) and Manual Switch (MS) commands for manually
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blocking a particular ring port
Flush FDB (forwarding database) logic which reduces amount of flush FDB
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operations in the ring
Support of multiple ERP instances on a single ring
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Version 2 is backward compatible with Version 1. If version 2 is specified, the
inputs and commands are forwarded transparently. If set to version 1, MS and
FS operator commands are filtered, and the switch set to revertive mode.
or
erps manual-switch
ring-port
command. When this switch is configured as the RPL owner,
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command).