Dial Backup Commands
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Dial Backup Commands

Thefollowingsetofcommandsdefinesabackupdialline.
backup
ThiscommandsetbackupfunctionalityonSerial,Ethernetorsubinterfaces.Youcanalsospecify
adelaybeforeasecondaryinterfaceisbroughtupordownafteraprimaryinterfaceisbroughtup
ordown.Wesuggestthiscommandbeusedwhenlinessufferintermittentdisruptionscausing
theprimarylinetocomeupandfalltemporarily.Abackupdelayensuresthesecondarylinedoes
notcomeupanddownprematurely.
Syntax
backup interface dialer dialer-interface-number [delay enable-delay disable-delay
[never]][time-range hh:mm hh:mm]
Syntax of the “no” Form
Thenoformofthiscommandremovesbackupfromtheinterface:
no backup interface
Default
1second
Mode
Interfaceconfiguration:XSR(config-if<xx>)#
Example
Thefollowingexampleprovidesa10seconddelayinactivatingthesecondarylineanda20
seconddelayindeactivatingthesecondarylinewhentheprimaryseriallinegoesupanddown.
XSR(config)#interface serial 1/1
XSR(config-if<S1/1>)#backup delay 10 20
XSR(config-if<S1/1>)#no shutdown
Note: The XSR sets UTC for time-range calculation.
interface Dialer interface number used for backup.
delay
enable-delay
disable-delay
Backup enable delay, ranging from 0 to 99999999, followed by the backup disable
delay, ranging frm 0 to 99999999, or the keyword never indicating the backup,
once enabled, is not being disabled when the primary link comes up.
The enable-delay is the interval in seconds that elapses after the primary port goes
down. The disable-delay is the interval in seconds that elapses after the primary port
comes up.
never Stops the secondary port from being deactivated.
time-range
hh:mm hh:mm
Backup timer range - start from hh:mm to end hh:mm. When backup is not set, it is
is always active. Otherwise it is active during the configured time range only.