Purpose and Scope

This document defines the procedure that is executed to activate the Range-Based Address Resolution (RBAR) feature on a DSR network element (NE). This procedure may be run either 1) as part of a new DSR installation, after the standard DSR installation is complete, but before the NE is in service, or 2) on an in-service DSR NE, where the RBAR feature is activated during a planned maintenance window to minimize the impact to network traffic.

This document also provides a procedure to deactivate RBAR after it has been activated. Refer to Section 6 for a discussion of deactivation.

No additional software installation is required before executing this procedure. The standard DSR installation procedure has loaded all of the required software, even if the RBAR feature is activated at a later time.