Industrial P.O.E. Managed Ethernet Switch - Meridian Technologies

MS10FT8GX2POE User’s ManualHowever if there are two or more switches which set Ring Masterto enable, the switch with the lowest MAC address will be theactual Ring Master and others will be Backup Masters.1 st Ring Port The primary port of M-Ring.2 nd Ring Port The backup port of M-RingCoupling Ring To enable Coupling Ring. Coupling Ring can be used to divide abig ring into two smaller Rings to avoid effecting all switches whennetwork topology change. It is a good application for connectingtwo Rings.Coupling Port Set a port as coupling port to link to the Coupling Port of theswitch in another ring. Coupling Ring need four switch toconstruct an active and a backup link. The coupled four ports offour switches will be operated at active/backup mode.Control PortSet a port as Control Port to link to the Control Port of the switchin the same ring. Control Port used to transmit control signals.Dual HomingTo enable Dual Homing. By selecting Dual Homing mode, Ringwill be connected to normal switches through two RSTP links (i.e.,backbone Switch). The two links act as active/backup mode,and connect each Ring to the normal switches in RSTP mode.ApplyClick “Apply” to activate the configurations.Note: It is not recommended to set one switch as a Ring Master and a Coupling Ring at the same time due toheavy load of system.5.1.7.2 M-RSTPDifferent from standard STP/RSTP, the recovery time of M-RSTP is less than 10mS andsupports more nodes of connection in a ring topology.Meridian Technologies, Inc., 700 Elmont Rd., Elmont, NY 11003Phone: +1 516-285-1000 · Fax: +1 516-285-6300Web: www.meridian-tech.com | E-mail: support@meridian-tech.comVersion 1.333