To turn up the MC rings in an MC ring group

Purpose

Note: You cannot administratively enable an MC ring group in one operation; you must turn up the MC rings in the MC ring group individually.

If a Problems Encountered form is displayed when you try to turn up an MC ring, you can perform one or both of the following to view information about the problem.

  • Select the listed problem and click Properties.

  • View the Operational State and Failure Reason indicators on the State tab of the MC ring properties form.

The NFM-P performs a series of checks to determine whether an MC ring can be turned up. The checks include verifying the following:

  • The synchronization tag is configured on the BSA.

  • The VLAN-level synchronization tag is valid.

  • The IES or VPRN interface for the IB-RCC is configured.

  • BFD is enabled on the IB-RCC interface.

  • The IES or VPRN interface is operationally up.

  • The IB-RCC interface is not in use by another MC ring.

  • The IB-RCC interface is on the port used for MC synchronization.

  • The IB-RCC destination IP address is configured.

  • The IB-RCC destination IP address is not the same as the IB-RCC source IP address.

  • The IB-RCC destination IP address is not in the same subnet as the IB-RCC source IP address.

  • The MVPLS or VPLS site is not an endpoint for redundant spoke SDPs.

Steps
 
1 

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

2 

Choose MC Ring Group (Multi-Chassis) from the drop-down menu and click Search. A list of MC ring groups is displayed.

3 

Select an MC ring group and click Properties. The MC Ring Group (Edit) form opens.

4 

Perform one of the following.

  1. Turn up the MC ring using the MC ring properties form.

    Note: Using this method enables you to view real-time MC ring status information while the NFM-P turns up the MC ring.

    Perform the following steps:

    1. Click Properties beside the Site ID parameter in the Multi-Chassis Ring on First Site panel. The MC Ring (Edit) form opens.

    2. Click on the State tab.

    3. Set the Administrative State parameter to Up.

    4. Click Apply. The NFM-P attempts to turn up the MC ring.

    5. View the dynamically updated Operational State indicator.

    6. Close the MC Ring (Edit) form.

    7. Click Properties beside the Site ID parameter in the Multi-Chassis Ring on Second Site panel. The MC Ring (Edit) form opens.

    8. Repeat Step 4 a 2 to 6 .

  2. Turn up the MC ring using the navigation tree.

    Perform the following steps:

    1. Click on the Components tab.

    2. Right-click on the first site object and choose Turn Up. The NFM-P tries to turn up the MC ring.

    3. Right-click on the second site object and click Turn Up. The NFM-P tries to turn up the MC ring.

5 

Close the MC Ring Group (Edit) form.

End of steps