User`s manual

NPort S8000 Series Switch Featured Functions
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Set as Master
Setting Description Factory Default
Enabled Select this NPort S8000 as Master Not checked
Disabled Do not select this NPort S8000 as Master
Redundant Ports
Setting Description Factory Default
1st Port Select any port of the NPort S8000 to
be one of the redundant
ports.
Ring 1: port 4
Ring 2: port 5
2nd Port
Select any port of the NPort S8000 to be one of the redundant
ports.
Ring 1: port 2
Ring 2: port 3
Enable Ring Coupling
Setting Description Factory Default
Enable Select this NPort S8000 as Coupler Not checked
Disable Do not select this NPort S8000 as Coupler
Coupling Mode
Setting Description Factory Default
Dual Homing Select this item to change to the Dual Homing configuration
page
Primary Port: port
2
Backup Port: port
3
Ring Coupling
(backup)
Select this item to change to the Ring Coupling (backup)
configuration page
Coupling Port : Port
2
Ring Coupling
(primary)
Select this item to change to the Ring Coupling (primary)
configuration page
Coupling Port : Port
2
Primary/Backup Port
Setting Description Factory Default
Primary Port Select any port of the NPort S8000 to be the primary port. port 2
Backup Port Select any port of the NPort S8000 to be the backup port. port 3
The Turbo Chain Concept
Moxa’s Turbo Chain is an advanced software-technology that gives network administrators the flexibility of
constructing any type of redundant network topology. When using the chainconcept, you first connect the
Ethernet switches in a chain and then simply link the two ends of the chain to an Ethernet network, as
illustrated in the following figure.
Turbo Chain can be used on industrial networks that have a complex topology. If the industrial network uses a
multi-ring architecture, Turbo Chain can be used to create flexible and scalable topologies with a fast
media-recovery time.