EAPS, Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching

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Description:

Protocol suite: TCP/IP.
Protocol type:Network layer protocol.
Ethertype:0x8100.
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MAC header EAPS header Data :::

EAPS header, version 1:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415 1617181920212223 2425262728293031
Destination MAC [0 .. 4]
Destination MAC [5 .. 6] Source MAC [0 .. 1]
Source MAC [2 .. 5]
Ethertype PRI VLAN ID
Frame length DSAP SSAP
Control OUI 0x00 0xBB
0x99 0x0B EAPS length
Version Type CTRL VLAN ID
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
System MAC [0 .. 3]
System MAC [4 .. 5] Hello timer
Fail timer State 0x00
Hello sequence 0x00 0x00
Reserved [0 .. 35]

Destination MAC. 6 bytes.
Always set to 0x00E02B000004.

Source MAC. 6 bytes.

Ethertype. 16 bits.
Always set to 0x8100.

PRI, Priority. 4 bits.
3 bits of priority with 1 bit reserved.

VLAN ID. 12 bits.

Frame length. 16 bits.

DSAP. 8 bits.
Always set to 0xAA.

SSAP. 8 bits.
Always set to 0xAA.

EAPS length. 16 bits.

Version. 8 bits.
EAPS version number. Always set to 1.

Type. 8 bits.

TypeDescription
0
-
4
reserved.
5HEALTH.
6RING-UP-FLUSH-FDB.
7RING-DOWN-FLUSH-FDB.
8LINK-DOWN.
9
-
255
reserved.

CTRL VLAN ID. 16 bits.
The VLAN ID for the Control VLAN in use.

System MAC. 6 bytes.
MAC Address of the sending node.

Hello timer. 16 bits.
Set by the Master Node.

Fail timer. 16 bits.
Set by the Master Node.

State. 8 bits.

StateDescription
0IDLE.
1COMPLETE.
2FAILED.
3LINK-UP.
4LINK-DOWN.
5PRE-FORWARDING.
6
-
255
reserved.

Hello sequence. 16 bits.
Sequence number of the Hello Frame.

Reserved. 36 bytes.
Always cleared to 0.


Glossary:


RFCs:

[RFC 3619] Extreme Networks' Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching (EAPS) Version 1.


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Obsolete RFCs:


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