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

Choose MC APS Group (APS) from the object drop-down menu and click Create. The MC APS Group (Create) form opens.

Configure the Group Number parameter.

Select a Site Id and Network Interface Address in the First Element and Second Element panels.

Note: Only numbered IPv4 interfaces are listed.

The default interface is the NE system interface.

Click Apply. An MC APS Group Member icon appears under the APS Groups object in the navigation tree of the selected First Element and Second Element NEs.

Click on the Members tab to configure each MC APS group member.

Select a group member in the list and click Properties. The MC APS Group Member (Edit) form opens with the General tab displayed.

Configure the Description parameter.

Click on the APS Group tab and configure the required parameters.

Note: The Wait To Restore (seconds) parameter is configurable when the Revert Mode parameter is set to revertive.

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

Note: When a working channel or protection channel is added to the APS group, the channel inherits the current administrative state of the APS group. After the channel is added to the APS group, the administrative state of the physical port can be changed independently.

Click on the Multi Chassis tab and configure the required parameters.

To configure the working and protection channels for the APS group:

Note: Prior to completing this step, your NE device must be configured with a card that supports APS ports. See Table 38-2, APS port configurations for a list of cards that support APS ports.

Use the following steps:

1. Click on the APS Channels tab and click Create. The APS Channel (Create) form opens.

2. Configure the Channel Role parameter.

3. Select a port and click OK. The channel is listed on the MC APS Group (Edit) form.

4. Repeat 2 and 3 to add the protection channel or second working channel.

5. Click Apply.

To configure the operational state of the working and protection channels:

Use the following steps:

1. Choose a channel from the list and click Properties. The APS Channel - Type (Edit) form opens with the APS Channel tab displayed.

2. Configure the Command Switch parameter and click OK. The APS Channel - Type (Edit) form closes.

To configure the APS SONET channels for the APS group:

Use the following steps:

1. Right-click on the MC APS Group icon in the navigation tree and choose Create APS SONET Channel. The Channel Type Selection form opens.

2. Choose a channel type and click OK. The Stsn SONET channel (Create) form opens.

3. Configure the channels as described in To create VT15 (TU11) or VT2 (TU12) sub-channels .

Perform one of the following for the APS group:

1. To create individual SONET clear channels:

   Use the following steps:

   1. Right-click on the APS Common Config SONET channel icon and choose Create Channel. The DSO Channel Group, (Create) form opens.

   2. Configure the channel as described in To configure SONET clear channels .

2. To create the maximum number of channels on ports that support multiple sub-channels:

   Use the following steps:

   1. Right-click on the APS Common Config SONET channel icon and choose Create Maximum # of Channels. The Create Maximum # of Channels form opens.

   2. Configure the channels as described in To perform a bulk channel creation on ports that support multiple sub-channels .

Save your changes and close the form.

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