6 — 9500 MPR/9500 MPRe shelf object configuration
6-14 September 2013 Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager, Release 11.0 R5
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MPR User Guide
3 Expand the Shelf icon to display the available Radio Modem cards.
4 Right-click on one of the 9500 MPR link endpoints and choose Properties. The
Network Elements [Edit form] opens.
5 Right-click on the Radio Modem-MAIN card and choose Properties. The Card Slot,
Radio Modem [Edit] form opens with the General tab displayed.
6 Click on the Protection tab and choose one of the following Commands parameter
options on the Equipment Protection Scheme Parameters panel to initiate the
switchover:
• Manual (switchover condition checks are validated before the switch)
• Forced (switchover condition checks are skipped)
7 Click on the OK button to make the changes and close the Card Slot, Radio Modem
[Edit] form.
8 A confirmation box appears. Click the Yes button to proceed.
9 Repeat steps 4 to 8 on the second 9500 MPR link endpoint to complete the
switchover. The standby radio link becomes the in-service radio link and traffic is
re-routed over this link.
10 Verify the switchover occurred by repeating steps 4 to 5 on the Radio
Modem-SPARE card and clicking on the Protection tab and verifying that the Status
parameter on the Equipment Protection Scheme Parameters panel reads “Active”.
11 Right-click on an in-service radio link port and choose Properties. The Radio
Link-Physical Port (Edit) form opens with the General tab displayed.
12 Click on the Properties button for Endpoint A-Port. The Physical Port (Edit) form
opens with the General tab displayed.
13 Click on the Protection tab and choose one of the following Commands parameter
options on the Receiver Protection Scheme Parameters panel to initiate the
switchover:
• Manual (switchover condition checks are validated before the switch)
• Forced (switchover condition checks are skipped)
14 Click on the OK button to make the changes and close the Physical Port (Edit)
form. A confirmation box appears. Click the Yes button to proceed.
15 Repeat steps 11 to 14 for Endpoint B - Port on the same radio link to complete the
switchover. The standby radio link becomes the in-service radio link and traffic is
re-routed over this link.
16 Verify the switchover occurred by repeating steps 11 to 12 for the card and
clicking on the Protection tab and verifying that the Status parameter on the
Receiver Protection Scheme Parameters panel reads “Active”.