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Chapter 14      Configuring Automatic Protection Switching
Multirouter Automatic Protection Switching
Step 4
Router(config)# ip route prefix mask 
{ip-address | interface-type interface-number 
[ip-address]} [distance] [name] [permanent] 
[tag tag] 
Configures a static IP address.
When configuring APS, we recommend that you specify the 
optional IP address of the interface to improve routing 
performance.
Step 5
Router(config)# interface type number 
Specifies the interface type and number. Enters interface 
configuration mode or controller configuration mode.
Step 6
Router(config-if)# ip route static update 
immediate 
(Optional) Specifies that static routes will be added to the 
routing table immediately after the interface becomes 
active.
Step 7
Router(config-if)# carrier-delay [seconds | 
msec seconds]
Sets the carrier delay timer value in seconds or 
milliseconds.
This command allows you to filter link outages and to not 
report them as a link down event if they occur before the 
carrier delay timer expires. In MR-APS, system 
performance can be enhanced if link-down event messages 
are kept to a minimum.
Step 8
Router(config-if)# aps group group-number
Permits more than one APS protect and working interface 
to be supported on a router.
Step 9
Router(config-if)# aps working circuit-number
Configures an interface as a working interface.
Step 10
Router(config-if)# exit
Exits interface configuration mode and returns to global 
configuration mode.
Step 11
Repeat steps 1 through 8 on the second router to configure the protect interface. Substitute the appropriate slot 
numbers, IP addresses, interface types, and interface numbers. After you complete step 8, go to step 12.
Step 12
Router(config-if)# aps protect circuit-number 
ip-address
Configures an interface as a protect interface.
The ip-address argument specifies the IP address of the 
router that has the working interface.
Step 13
Router(config-if)# exit
Exits interface configuration mode and returns to global 
configuration mode.
Command Purpose