Card Protection Groups

One card acts as working card and the other card of the same type can be configured to be protecting card. The protection card takes over all traffic when the working card fails.

To view and manage the card protection groups, go to Configuration > Layer 2 menu and click Card Protection Groups option. The Card Protection Groups page is displayed.

NOTE: Card protection groups can only be created on ST63E1/DS1 CEM and ST24E3/DS3 cards.

Manage Card Protection Groups

Card protection groups buttons

Button	Description	Refer the link for more information
	Click Create Card Protection Group button to create a new card protection group.	Create card protection groups
	Click Delete Card Protection Group button to delete the selected card protection group(s).	Delete card protection groups
	Click Edit Card Protection Group button to edit/modify the parameters of the selected card protection group.	Edit card protection groups
	Click Trigger External Command button to issue external command on the card protection group.	Trigger External Command
	Click Reports button to export the data to any of the four available formats namely PDF, CSV, XML, and HTML.	Export card protection groups data

Manage Card Protection Groups parameters

Field	Description
Name	Displays the name of the card protection group.
EMS Name	Displays the EMS name in which the node consisting of the card protection group is present.
IP	Displays the IP address of the node in which the card protection group is present.
Working Card	Displays the card configured to carry the traffic under normal working conditions.
Protection Card	Displays the card configured to carry the traffic under protected (failure of work card) conditions.
Reversion Mode	Displays whether the card protection group is provisioned as revertive or non-revertive. Revertive: This mode enables automatic switching to work card from protect card once the fault on work card is fixed. Non-Revertive: In this mode, traffic has to be manually switched from protect to work card. Until traffic is manually switched back to work card, traffic is carried on protect card.
WTR Time in Minutes	Displays the Wait-To-Restore time interval value (in minutes) in case of card protection group is provisioned in revertive mode.
Protection Status	Displays the status of protection. Click on the link against the desired card protection group for viewing the protection status.
Active External Command	Displays the current external command issued on the card protection group. Lockout: Prevents traffic from switching to protection card. Force Switch to Protect: Forces traffic to switch to the protection card regardless of signal fail/degrade condition existing on protection card. Force Switch to Work: Forces traffic to switch to the working card regardless of signal fail or degrade condition existing on working card. Manual Switch to Protect: Switches traffic to protection card only when it does not have signal fail/degrade condition existing on protection card. Manual Switch to Work: Switches traffic to working card when it does not have signal fail or degrade condition existing on working card. Manual Switch to working is applicable in the case of non-revertive connections only. Release: Clears previously issued commands.

Filtering Option

Perform the following steps to view the filtering options and search card protection group based on the options displayed on Card Protection Groups page:

To filter card protection groups based on node name enter the node name in text box or to search based on node IP, select the check box and then enter the IP Address in the text box. On entering a character, the list related to that character is displayed and the user can select from the options.
After entering the desired filtering criteria click Filter. The result is displayed on Card Protection Groups page.
Click Reset to clear the filtering criteria and re-enter Node/IP details.