Chapter 8 Permanent Virtual Connections (PVCs and PVPs)

Table 8.1

Output from the pvc connection show command

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

 

 

Oper

The operational state of the PVC connection.

 

• If the state is “UP” then this PVC is functional.

 

• If the state is “DOWN” then this PVC is not functional. This may

 

be because either the PVC is disabled or a port (on this switch)

 

used by the PVC is down.

 

 

Type

Indicates whether this is a Point-to-Point PVC (PP) or a Point-to-

 

Multipoint (P2MP) PVC.

 

 

TrunkId

The trunk id that is used by the PMP call. New branches to existing

 

calls can be added using the existing trunk ID. The format is

 

<slot>.<index> where <slot> is the slot number of the module that

 

holds the root of the call.

 

 

Disabling a PVC connection

To temporarily disable an established PVC connection, use the pvc disable command.

Command:

M15-155s8:/>pvc

disable

<vclindex>

Example:

M15-155s8:/>pvc

disable

9.2.0.805

Parameter:

<vclindex> Index is one of the VCLs of the PVC connection

Note: If PP PVC - the PVC is disabled. If P2MP PVC -

If the VCL is Root VCL, the entire PMP tree and associated VCLs are disabled.

If the VCL Branch VCL, the designated PVC and it's associated VCLs are disabled.

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