Choose Manage→Redundancy→Node Redundancy from the NFM-P main menu. The Manage Node Redundancy form opens.

Choose MC APS Bundles (Bundle) and click Create. The MC APS Bundles (Create) form opens.

Configure the Bundle Number parameter.

Select a First Network Element and Second Network Element and click OK. The MC APS Bundle object appears in the navigation tree under the APS Bundles object for each specified NE.

Close the Manage Node Redundancy form.

To configure the MLPPP bundle for multiclass service transmission:

Note: Consider the following when you configure MC MLPPP.

• You must configure MC MLPPP before you add bundle members.

• MC MLPPP is configured on the main APS bundle and the parameters are propagated to the working and protection bundles.

Use the following steps:

1. Right-click on the new MC APS Bundle object in the navigation tree and choose Properties. The APS Bundles (Edit) form opens.

2. Click on the MLPPP tab and configure the required parameters.

3. Save your changes.

Click on the States tab and configure the Administrative State parameter.

Note: You must configure the End Point ID parameter on the APS PPP group before you set the Administrative State parameter to Up on the working and protection bundles.

Save your changes and close the form.

Configure the MC APS working and protection bundles.

Use the following steps:

1. Right-click on the MC APS Bundle object in the navigation tree and choose Properties. The APS Bundles (Edit) form opens.

2. Click on the Protection and Working Bundles tab and click Create. The Create APS Working/Protecting Bundle form opens.

3. Configure the required parameters.

4. Select a daughter card and click Next.

5. Configure the required parameters.

   Note:

   The working bundle must be on the same NE as the APS working channel and the protection bundle must be on the same NE as the APS protection channel.

6. Click Finish and then click Close. The Create APS Working/Protecting Bundle form closes.

7. Close the APS Bundles (Edit) form.

8. Repeat 1 to 7 to configure the MC APS protection bundle.

Configure the administrative state of the MC APS working and protection bundles.

Use the following steps:

1. Right-click on the working bundle object in the navigation tree and choose Properties. The Multilink Bundle (Edit) form opens.

2. Click on the States tab and configure the Administrative State parameter.

3. Save your changes.

4. Right-click on the protection bundle object in the navigation tree and choose Properties. The Multilink Bundle (Edit) form opens.

5. Repeat 2 and 3 .

Add multilink bundle members.

Use the following steps:

1. Right-click on the MC APS Bundle object on either NE in the navigation tree and choose Properties. The APS Bundles (Edit) form opens.

2. Click on the Bundle Members tab and click Add. The Add Bundle Member form opens.

3. Configure the Show Only Compatible Channels parameter and click Next. The Select Channels form opens.

4. Select a channel in the list.

   Note:

   When initially adding bundle members, you must first add one channel group and then repeat the procedure to select up to seven additional channel groups.

   Only compatible channels are listed. If you want to configure and use a channel that is currently incompatible, you can click Back, deselect the Show Only Compatible Channels parameter, click Next, select the channel, and click Properties.

   The channel group with the lowest Port ID is the primary member for the bundle. The Encap Type of the primary member is used for all other members. When adding members to a bundle at a later time, the Encap Type must be the same as the primary member Encap Type for the member to be compatible.

5. Click Finish.

6. Click Apply and then click Add. The Add Bundle Member form opens.

7. Configure the Show Only Compatible Channels parameter and click Next. The Select Channels form opens.

8. Select up to seven additional channels from the list and click Finish.

Save your changes and close the form.

End of steps