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Figure 33. Sample PVP Configuration

You display configuration information about PVPs using the SHOW PVC
command, as described in 5.1.5, “How to Configure PVCs” on page 83.

The following is an example of the output display for a PVP.

8285A> set pvc 2.7 100 1.9 2 path 14 15 best_effort
PVC set and started.
8285A> show pvc all

Local endpoint

| Remote endpoint

|

-----------------------------|-------------------|

Port id type Vpi/Vci

| Port Vpi/Vci HNb| role

|QOS| Status

-----------------------------|-------------------|---------|---|---------
2.07

100 PTP-PVP

14/*

| 1.09

15/*

2| Primary | BE|Active

8285A>

5.1.8 How a VPI/VCI Is Allocated to SVCs

For virtual connections (both SVCs and PVCs), the VPI/VCI allocation is
performed on a per-port basis.

For an SVC, it

s always the 8285

s role to allocate any VPI/VCI used by the SVC

at each segment of the connection. The procedure for allocating a VPI/VCI for
the SVCs is based on the following considerations:

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