Chapter 13
| Basic Administration Protocols
Ethernet Ring Protection Switching
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Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
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◆ Domain Name – Name of an ERPS ring. (Range: 1-12 characters)
◆ Domain ID – ERPS ring identifier used in R-APS messages. (Range: 1-255)
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◆ Domain Name – Name of a configured ERPS ring.
◆ ID – ERPS ring identifier used in R-APS messages.
◆ Admin Status – Shows whether ERPS is enabled on the switch.
◆ Ver – Shows the ERPS version.
◆ MEG Level – The maintenance entity group (MEG) level providing a
communication channel for ring automatic protection switching (R-APS)
information.
◆ Control VLAN – Shows the Control VLAN ID.
◆ Node State – Shows the following ERPS states:
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Init – The ERPS ring has started but has not yet determined the status of the
ring.
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Idle – If all nodes in a ring are in this state, it means that all the links in the
ring are up. This state will switch to protection state if a link failure occurs.
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Protection – If a node in this state, it means that a link failure has occurred.
This state will switch to idle state if all the failed links recover.
◆ Type – Shows node type as None, RPL Owner or RPL Neighbor.
◆ Revertive – Shows if revertive or non-revertive recovery is selected.
◆ W/E – Shows information on the west and east ring port for this node.
◆ West Port – Shows the west ring port for this node.
◆ East Port – Shows the east ring port for this node.
◆ Interface – The port or trunk which is configured as a ring port.
◆ Port State – The operational state:
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Blocking – The transmission and reception of traffic is blocked and the
forwarding of R-APS messages is blocked, but the transmission of locally