MC APS

Overview

You can use APS to protect against NE failure by configuring the working channel of an APS group on one 7705 SAR-8, 7705 SAR-8v2, 7705 SAR-18, or 7750 SR, and configuring the protection channel of the same APS group on a different 7705 SAR-8, 7705 SAR-8v2, 7705 SAR-18, or 7750 SR. The two NEs connect using an IP link that is used to establish a signaling path between them.

The working channel on the near-end NE must connect to the working channel on a peer NE, and the protection channel on the far-end NE must connect to the protection channel on a peer NE.

When an MC APS group is configured, the NFM-P automatically creates a container which aggregates the MC APS group configurations of each NE.

Multi-chassis APS configuration is supported for ATM clear channel interfaces.