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show protection-group ethernet-ring interface

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Syntax

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show protection-group ethernet-ring interface

Description

Displays the status of the Automatic Protection Switching (APS) interfaces on an Ethernet ring.

Options

This command has no options.

Required Privilege Level

view

Output Fields

Table 1 lists the output fields for both the EX Series switch, and the ACX Series and MX Series router show protection-group ethernet-ring interface commands. Output fields are listed in the approximate order in which they appear.

Table 1: MX Series Routers show protection-group ethernet-ring interface Output Fields

Field Name

Field Description

Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group group-name

Output is organized by configured protection group.

Interface

Physical interfaces configured for the Ethernet ring. This can be an aggregated Ethernet link also.

Control Channel

(MX Series router only) Logical unit configured on the physical interface.

Direction

Direction of the traffic.

Forward State

State of the ring forwarding on the interface: discarding or forwarding.

Ring Protection Link End

Whether this interface is the end of the ring: Yes or No.

Signal Failure

Whether there a signal failure exists on the link: Clear or Set.

Admin State

State of the interface: For EX switches, ready, ifl ready, or waiting. For MX routers, IFF ready or IFF disabled.

Sample Output

show protection-group ethernet-ring interface (EX Series Switch Owner Node)

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user@host> show protection-group ethernet-ring interface
Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group pg101

Interface      Forward State  RPL End  Signal Failure  Admin State
 
ge-0/0/3.0     discarding     Yes        Clear          ready           
ge-0/0/9.0     forwarding     No         Clear          ready

show protection-group ethernet-ring interface (Owner Node MX Series Router )

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user@host> show protection-group ethernet-ring interface
Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group pg101

Interface  Control Channel  Direction  Forward State  RPL End  SF     Admin State
ge-1/2/0   ge-1/2/0.100     east       forwarding     No       Clear  IFF ready
ge-1/2/2   ge-1/2/2.100     west       forwarding     No       Clear  IFF ready

show protection-group ethernet-ring interface detail (Owner Node MX Series Router )

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user@host> show protection-group ethernet-ring interface detail 
Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group pg101

Interface name                 : ge-1/2/0
Control channel name           : ge-1/2/0.100
Interface direction            : east
Ring Protection Link End       : No
Signal Failure                 : Clear
Forward State                  : forwarding
Interface Admin State          : IFF ready

Interface name                 : ge-1/2/2
Control channel name           : ge-1/2/2.100
Interface direction            : west
Ring Protection Link End       : No
Signal Failure                 : Clear
Forward State                  : forwarding
Interface Admin State          : IFF ready

show protection-group ethernet-ring interface (EX Series Switch Ring Node)

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user@host> show protection-group ethernet-ring interface
Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group pg102

Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group pg101

Interface      Forward State  RPL End  Signal Failure  Admin State
 
ge-0/0/3.0     discarding     Yes        Clear          ready           
ge-0/0/9.0     forwarding     No         Clear          ready

show protection-group ethernet-ring interface detail (ACX Series and MX Series)

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user@host> show protection-group ethernet-ring interface detail
Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group Erp_1

Interface name                 : xe-0/0/0
Control channel name           : xe-0/0/0.1
Interface direction            : east
Ring Protection Link End       : No
Signal Failure                 : Clear
Forward State                  : forwarding
Interface Admin State          : IFF ready

Interface name                 : et-0/0/48
Control channel name           : et-0/0/48.1
Interface direction            : west
Ring Protection Link End       : No
Signal Failure                 : Clear
Forward State                  : forwarding
Interface Admin State          : IFF ready

show protection-group ethernet-ring interface detail (EX2300 and EX3400 Switches)

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user@switch>show protection-group ethernet-ring interface detail
Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group pg1001

Interface name                 : ge-0/0/14
Control channel name           : ge-0/0/14.0
Interface direction            : east
Ring Protection Link End       : No
Signal Failure                 : Clear
Forward State                  : forwarding
Interface Admin State          : IFF ready

Interface name                 : ge-0/0/18
Control channel name           : ge-0/0/18.0
Interface direction            : west
Ring Protection Link End       : No
Signal Failure                 : Clear
Forward State                  : forwarding
Interface Admin State          : IFF ready

show protection-group ethernet-ring interface detail (EX2300 and EX3400 Switches)

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user@switch>show protection-group ethernet-ring interface detail
Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group pg1001

Interface name                 : ge-0/0/42
Control channel name           : ge-0/0/42.0
Interface direction            : east
Ring Protection Link End       : Yes
Signal Failure                 : Clear
Forward State                  : discarding
Interface Admin State          : IFF ready

Interface name                 : ge-0/0/38
Control channel name           : ge-0/0/38.0
Interface direction            : west
Ring Protection Link End       : No
Signal Failure                 : Clear
Forward State                  : forwarding
Interface Admin State          : IFF ready

Release Information

Command introduced in Junos OS Release 9.4.

Command introduced in Junos OS Release 12.3X54 for ACX Series routers.

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