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Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, R5.0
March 2005
Chapter 20 DLPs A300 to A399
DLP-A365 Initiate an Optical Protection Switch
Step 4 Click Ye s when the confirmation dialog box appears.
Step 5 Click OK when the “Lost connection to node, changing to Network View” dialog box appears.
Note For LED behavior during a TCC2/TCC2P reboot, see Table 19-2 on page 19-33.
Step 6 Confirm that the TCC2/TCC2P card LED is amber (standby).
Step 7 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A365 Initiate an Optical Protection Switch
Step 1 In node view, click the Maintenance > Protection tabs.
Step 2 In the Protection Groups area, select the protection group you want to switch.
Step 3 In the Selected Group area, select the card and port you want to switch.
Step 4 Click Manual or Force.
If you choose a Manual switch, the command will switch traffic only if the path has an error rate less
than the signal degrade bit error rate threshold. A Force switch will switch traffic even if the path has
SD or SF conditions; however, a Force switch will not override an SF on a 1+1 protection channel. A
Force switch has a higher priority than a Manual switch.
Step 5 In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes .
Step 6 Return to your originating procedure (NTP).
DLP-A366 Initiate an Electrical Protection Switch
Purpose This procedure explains how to initiate a Manual or Force switch on an
optical port.
Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures DLP-A60 Log into CTC, page 17-66
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Maintenance or higher
Purpose This task explains how to initiate a traffic switch on an electrical card.
Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures DLP-A60 Log into CTC, page 17-66
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite or remote
Security Level Maintenance or higher