User`s manual

NPort S8000 Series Switch Featured Functions
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How to Enable or Disable the Turbo Ring DIP Switches
Disable the Turbo Ring DIP Switch
Setting Description Factory Default
Enable the Turbo Ring
DIP Switches
The four DIP switches are enabled when the “
Disable the Turbo
Ring DIP Switch” box is not checked.
Not checked (i.e.,
the Turbo Ring DIP
Switches are
enabled by default)
Disable the Turbo Ring
DIP Switches
The four DIP switches are disabled when the “
Disable the Turbo
Ring DIP Switch” box is checked.
Set DIP switch as Turbo Ring / Set DIP switch as Turbo Ring V2
Setting Description Factory Default
Set DIP switch as T
urbo
Ring
Select this option to enable the Turbo Ring DIP switches to
configure the NPort S8000 for a “Turbo Ring” ring.
This is the default if
you do NOT reset
the switch to factory
default settings
(provided you
upgraded the
firmware for Turbo
Ring V2).
Set DIP switch as Turbo
Ring V2
Select this option to enable the Turbo Ring DIP switches to
configure the NPort S8000 for a “Turbo Ring V2” ring.
This is the default if
you DO reset the
switch to factory
default settings
(provided you
upgraded the
firmware for Turbo
Ring V2).
How to Configure the Turbo Ring DIP Switches
The Turbo Ring DIP Switches are set to the OFF position at the factory.
NOTE
The four DIP Switches are used to configure both the
“Turbo Ring” and “Turbo Ring V2”
protocols, depending
on which protocol is active. To select which protocol the NPort S8000 will use, start the user interface software,
and then use the left menu to navigate to the Communication Redundancy page. To use one of the Turbo Ring
protocols for the NPort S8000, select
either “Turbo Ring” or “Turbo Ring V2” in the Redundancy Protocol
drop
-down box. See the Configuring “Turbo Ring” and “Turbo Ring V2” section in this chapter for details.
The following tables show how to use the DIP switches to configure the NPort S8000 for “Turbo Ring” or “Turbo
Ring V2.”