Vsi Slave Redundancy Mismatch Checking; When Happens When You Add A Controller - Cisco BPX-BXM-155-8DX Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 23 Configuring BXM Virtual Switch Interfaces

VSI Slave Redundancy Mismatch Checking

To provide a smooth migration of the VSI feature on the BXM card, line and trunk Y-redundancy is
supported. You can pair cards with and without the VSI capability as a Y-redundant pair if the feature
is not configured on the given slot. As long as the feature is not configured on a given slot, switch
software will not perform "mismatch checking" if the BXM firmware does not support the VSI feature.
A maximum of two partitions are possible. The card uses a flag in the capability message to report
multiple partition capability. Firmware releases that do not support multiple partitions set this flag to
OFF. The multiple partitions capability is treated as a card attribute and added to the attribute list.
In a y-red pair configuration, the multiple partition capability is determined by the minimum of the two
cards. A card with no multiple partition capabilities will mismatch if any of the interfaces has an active
partition with ID higher than 1. Attempts to enable a partition with ID higher than 1 in a logical card
that does not support multiple partitions are blocked.

When Happens When You Add a Controller

You add a controller, including Label Switch Controllers, to a node by using the
add a redundant controller in the same way, except that you specify a partition that may already be in
use by another controller. The
manage the same partition.
Use the addctrlr command to attach a controller to a node for the purposes of controlling the node for
controllers that require Annex G capabilities in the controller interface. Note that you must first add the
shelf by using the
You add VSI capabilities to the interface by using the addctrlr command. The only interface that
supports this capability is an AAL5 feeder interface.
When adding a controller, you must specify a partition ID. The partition ID identifies the logical switch
assigned to the controller. The valid partitions are 1 and 2. The user interface blocks the activation of
partitions with ID higher than 1 if the card does not support multiple partitions.
To display the list of controllers in the node, use the command dspctrlrs.
The functionality is also available via SNMP using the switchIfTable in the switch MIB.
You can add one or more redundant MPLS controllers to one partition, and one or more redundant PNNI
controllers to the other partition.
When using the
ID. This is a number between 1 and 32 that uniquely identifies the controller. Two different controllers
must always be specified with different controller IDs.
The management of resources on the VSI slaves requires that each slave in the node has a
communication control VC to each of the controllers attached to the node. When a controller is added
to the BPX by using the
between the new controller port and each of the active slaves in the switch. The connections are set up
using a well known VPI.VCI. The value of the VPI is 0. The value of the VCI is (40 + (slot - 1)), where
slot
Note that once the controllers have been added to the node, the connection infrastructure is always
present. The controllers may decide to use it or not, depending on their state.
The addition of a controller to a node will fail if there are not enough channels available to set up the
control VCs in one or more of the BXM slaves.
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command.
addshelf
command to add a VSI controller to the switch, you must specify the controller
addshelf
addshelf
is the logical slot number of the slave.
command allows for the addition of multiple controllers that
addshelf
command, the BCC sets up the set of master-slave connections
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VSI Master and Slave Redundancy
command. You
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