Issuing External Commands

Perform the steps given below to issue external commands.

Click Protection > Connections in the navigation pane. The Connection protection requests preview pane is displayed.
Under Select all field, select the check box against the cross-connect on which the command is desired to be issued.
Click the desired command to be issued.

External commands Protection requests

Parameter	Description
Release	Clears previously set commands.
Lockout Protection	Prevents traffic from switching to protect path.
Forced Switch to Protect	Forces traffic to switch to the protect path.
Forced Switch to Working	Forces traffic to switch to the work path.
Manual Switch to Protect	Switches traffic to protect path only when it does not have signal fail/degrade condition existing on it.
Manual Switch to Working	Switches traffic to protect path when it does not have signal fail/ degrade condition existing on it. Manual Switch is applicable only for non-revertive connections.