Configure a guard timer to control when the node should act on received R-APS (ring automatic protection switching) messages.
| ring-name | Alphanumeric string that identifies the ERPS ring. |
| default | The default value, 500 milliseconds. |
| milliseconds | The interval for the guard timer in milliseconds, with a range of 10 to 2000. |
The default is 500 milliseconds.
Use this command to configure a guard timer to control when the node should act on received R-APS messages.
The following command sets the guard timer to 1000 milliseconds for an ERPS ring named “ring1”:
configure erps ring1 timer guard 1000
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 15.1.