Users Guide

Layer 2 Switching Commands 475
• Clear —The Clear command:
a Clears an active local administrative command (for example, forced
switch or manual switch).
b Triggers reversion before the Wait-to-Restore (WTR) or Wait-to-
Block (WTB) timer expires in case of revertive operation.
c Triggers reversion in case of a non-revertive operation.
• Forced switch —This action command attempts to forcefully cause a ring
protection switch by applying a block on the ring port on the local switch.
• Manual switch —In the absence of a failure or a forced switch, this
command forces a block on the ring port on the local switch.
Example
This example attempts to cause a protection switch by blocking the ring port
on the local switch for instance 1 of ring1.
console #g8032 command manual ring1 instance 1
Command History
Command introduced in firmware release 6.6.1.
show ethernet ring g8032 configuration
Use the show ethernet ring g8032 configuration command to show the
Ethernet Ring Protection configuration.
Syntax
show ethernet ring g8032 configuration [ring-name] [ instance [>instance-
id]]
• ring-name —The Ethernet ring name.
• instance —The Ethernet ring instance.
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.