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LSP Path Manual Switch

Manual switching allows you to select which LSP path is to be active for PCC-controlled LSPs where the path name is not empty. One use case for this feature is to proactively switch the active path in preparation for a maintenance event that would make the currently active path unavailable.

To manually switch the active path, perform the following steps:

  1. In the Tunnel tab of the network information table, right-click the LSP.

  2. Select Set Preferred Path to display the Select Preferred Path window.

    Note:

    This menu option is grayed out if the LSP is not a PCC-controlled LSP for which the path name is not empty.

  3. In the list of available paths, click the radio button for the path you want to make active. When you click a radio button, you can see the corresponding path highlighted in the topology map.

    Note:

    The list of paths comes from the router’s configuration under the path statement blocks. If the network does not run PCEP, you must first run a Netconf device collection task to populate the list of paths.

  4. Click Submit. The Op Status of the paths is updated in the network information table. In the Configured Preferred Path column, the manually-selected path is designated as Manual Preferred.

To remove the manual path designation, perform the following steps:

  1. In the Tunnel tab of the network information table, right-click the LSP.

  2. Select Set Preferred Path to display the Select Preferred Path window.

  3. In the list of available paths, click the radio button next to None.

  4. Click Submit. This returns the primary path to active state.