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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL CNGE2FE8MSPOE+
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Label Description
Enable Ring Mark to enable Ring.
Enable Ring Master There should be only one Ring Master in a ring. If there are two or
more switches that set Ring Master to enable, the switch with the
lowest MAC address will be the actual Ring Master and others will be
Backup Masters.
1st Ring Port The primary port, when this switch is Ring Master.
2nd Ring Port The backup port, when this switch is Ring Master.
Enable Coupling Ring Mark to enable the Coupling Ring. Coupling Ring can be used to
divide a big ring into two smaller rings to avoid affecting all switches
when network topology changes. It is a good application for
connecting two Rings.
Coupling Port Link to Coupling Port of the switch in another ring. Coupling Ring
need four switch to build an active and a backup link.
Set a port as coupling port. The coupled four ports of four switches
will be run at active/backup mode.
Control Port Link to Control Port of the switch in the same ring. Control Port used
to transmit control signals.
Enable Dual Homing Mark to enable Dual Homing. By selecting Dual Homing mode,
ComRing will be connected to normal switches through two RSTP
links (ex: backbone Switch). The two links work as active/backup
mode, and connect each ComRing to the normal switches in RSTP
mode.
Apply Select Apply to set the configurations.
Note: ComNet does not recommend setting one switch as a Ring Master and a Coupling Ring
at the same time due to heavy load.