Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Command Reference Manual page 211

M Commands
mpls traffic-eng backup-path
To assign one or more backup tunnels to a protected interface, use the mpls traffic-eng backup-path
command. To restore the system to its default condition, use the no form of this command.
Syntax Description
tunnel-te
interface number
Defaults Enter this command on the interface to be protected (Link Protection), or on the interface whose
downstream node is being protected (Node Protection). You can enter this command multiple times to
select multiple backup tunnels for a given protected interface. An unlimited number of backup tunnels
can be assigned to protect an interface. The only limitation is memory. By entering this command on a
physical interface, LSPs using this interface (sending data out of this interface) can use the indicated
backup tunnels if there is a link or node failure.
Command Modes
Interface configuration mode
Supported User Roles
network-admin
vdc-admin
Command History Release
5.2(1)
Usage Guidelines This command requires the MPLS Services license.
Examples
This example shows how to configure an MPLS backup for this interface:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet 6/1
switch(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng bandwidth-path tunnel-te 1000
switch(config-if)#
Related Commands Command
interface tunnel-te
OL-24994-01
mpls traffic-eng backup-path tunnel-te interface number
no mpls traffic-eng backup-path tunnel-te interface number
Specifies a traffic engineering (TE) interface.
Interface number. The range is from 0 to 65503.
Modification
This command was introduced.
Description
Configures the traffic engineering (TE) interface.
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS MPLS Command Reference
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