Chapter 14 Configuring Resilient Packet Ring on the ML-Series Card

Configuring RPR

RPR Cisco IOS Configuration Example

Figure 14-5 on page 14-8shows a complete example of an RPR Cisco IOS configuration. The associated Cisco IOS code is provided in Examples 14-1, 14-2, and 14-3. The configuration assumes that ML-Series card POS ports are already linked by point-to-point SONET circuits configured through CTC.

Example 14-1 SPR Station-ID 1 Configuration

bridge irb

interface SPR1 no ip address no keepalive spr station-id 1 bridge-group 10

bridge-group 10 spanning-disabled hold-queue 150 in

interface FastEthernet0 no ip address bridge-group 10

bridge-group 10 spanning-disabled

interface FastEthernet1 no ip address shutdown

interface POS0 no ip address carrier-delay msec 0 spr-intf-id 1

crc 32

interface POS1 no ip address carrier-delay msec 0 spr-intf-id 1

crc 32

!

Example 14-2 SPR Station-ID 2 Configuration

bridge irb

interface SPR1 no ip address no keepalive spr station-id 2 bridge-group 10

bridge-group 10 spanning-disabled

interface FastEthernet0 no ip address bridge-group 10

bridge-group 10 spanning-disabled

interface FastEthernet1 no ip address shutdown

interface POS0

 

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15310-CL, 15310-MA specifications

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