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Appendix L
RPR Provisioning
Scope of this Appendix
Thisappendixdetailsthestepstoprovisionthe TotalAccess5000networkinaResilient
PacketRing(RPR)configuration.
In this Appendix
Thisappendixcontainsthefollowingtopics:
Basic RPR Rules
WhenprovisioningRPR,thefollowingrulesmustapply:
•RPRRingscanoriginatefromtheCOTNodeoraRTNode.Ifthe RingoriginatesatanRT
node,thenthatRPRcardmustbeconfiguredasaHub
•RingSpeedis2.5GwithAdd/Dropof1Gperspan
•ThesameVLANcannot
beconfiguredonMultiplenodeswithinaRing.Ifdone,the
ActiveRPRLineModuleraisesaVLAN MisConfigalarmontheCOTNode
•EnsuretheS‐tag TPIDintheSwitchModuleissetto0x8100
•RPRissupportedwithapairofcardsinadjacentsl ots(odd/evenpairs).Each
card
providesoneoftheNode’slinksonthering
Table L-1. Appendix L Topics
Topic See Page
BasicRPRRules L‐1
EthernetRingDiagrams L‐2
CentralOfficeTerminal(COT)NodeProvisioning L‐3
RemoteTerminal(RT)Provisioning L‐8