Single Ring Configuration Tasks

To configure and enable an EAPS protected ring, do the following on each ring node:

1. Create an EAPS domain and assign a name to the domain as described in Creating and Deleting an EAPS Domain.
2. Create and add the control VLAN to the domain as described in Adding the EAPS Control VLAN.
3. Create and add the protected VLAN(s) to the domain as described in Adding Protected VLANs.
4. Configure the EAPS mode (master or transit) for the switch in the domain as described in Defining the Switch Mode (Master or Transit).
5. Configure the EAPS ring ports, including the master primary and secondary ring ports, as described in Configuring the Ring Ports.
6. If desired, configure the polling timers and timeout action as described in Configuring the Polling Timers and Timeout Action.
7. Enable EAPS for the entire switch as described in Enabling and Disabling EAPS on the Switch.
8. If desired, enable Fast Convergence as described in Enabling and Disabling Fast Convergence.
9. Enable EAPS for the specified domain as described in Enabling and Disabling an EAPS Domain.

Note

If you configure a VMAN on a switch running EAPS, make sure you configure the VMAN attributes on all of the switches that participate in the EAPS domain. For more information about VMANs, see VMAN (PBN) and PBBN.