
Enterasys Xpedition User Reference Manual 77
Configuring Automatic Protection Switching
When you create the point-to-point interface as shown above, the XP creates an
implicit VLAN called “SYS_L3_<interface-name>.” In the above example, the XP creates
the VLAN ‘SYS_L3_pos11.’
3. If you want to increase the MTU size on a port, specify the parameter mtu with the
‘port set’ command and define a value up to 65535 (octets). See Configuring Jumbo
Frames on page 98 for more information.
4. Specify the bit error rate thresholds, if necessary. See Specifying Bit Error Rate
Thresholds on page 79 for more information.
5. Modify any other PoS operating parameters, as needed. The following table lists the
operating parameters that you can modify and the configuration commands that you
use.
Configuring Automatic Protection Switching
Automatic protection switching (APS) provides a mechanism to support redundant
transmission circuits between SONET devices. The XP supports the following APS
features:
• Linear network topology. Ring topologies are not supported.
• 1+1 switching. Each working line is protected by one protecting line and the same
signal is transmitted on both the working and protecting lines. The two transmission
copies that arrive at the receiving end are compared, and the best copy is used. If there
is a line failure or line degradation, the end node switches the connection over to the
protecting line.
Note: In APS terminology, bridge means to transmit identical traffic on both the working
and protecting lines, while switch means to select traffic from either the protecting
line or the working line.
• Unidirectional switching, where one set of line terminating equipment (LTE) can
switch the line independent of the other LTE. Bidirectional switching (where both sets
of LTEs perform a coordinated switch) is not supported.
• Revertive switching. You can enable automatic switchover from the protecting line to
the working line after the working line becomes available.
Table 5: PoS Optional Operating Parameters
Parameter Default Value Configuration Command
Framing SONET sonet set <port> framing sdh|sonet
Loopback Disabled sonet set <port> loopback
Path tracing (none) sonet set <port> pathtrace
Circuit identifier (none) sonet set <port> circuit-id
Frame Check Sequence 32-bit sonet set <port> fcs-16-bit
Scrambling Enabled sonet set <port> no-scramble
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