Unidirectional Path Switched Rings
Figure 5-22 Using the span shortcut menu to display circuits
On the Circuits on Span dialog box
Step 3
circuits away menu:
CLEAR removes a previously-set switch command.
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•
MANUAL switches the span if the new span is error free.
FORCE forces the span to switch, regardless of whether the new span is error free.
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LOCKOUT locks out or prevents switching to a highlighted span. (LOCKOUT is only available
•
when Revertive traffic is enabled.)
FORCE and LOCKOUT commands override normal protective switching mechanisms. Applying
Caution
these commands incorrectly can cause traffic outages.
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(Figure
5-23), select the protection from the Switch all UPSR
Chapter 5
SONET Topologies
June 2002