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Users Manual of CS-6306R
26.2.4.2 Configuring the Transit Node
Configure a switch to be the transit node of a ring network according to the following steps:
Command Purpose
Switch#config Enters the switch configuration mode.
Switch_config#ether-ring id
Sets a node and enters the node configuration
mode.
id: Instance ID
Switch_config_ring#control-vlan
vlan-id
Configures the control VLAN.
Vlan-id: ID of the control VLAN
Switch_config_ring#transit-node Configures the node type to be a transit node.
Switch_config_ring#pre-forward-time
value
This step is optional. Configures the time of
maintaining the pre-forward state on the transit
port.
Value: It is a time value ranging from 3 to 30
seconds and the default value is 3 second.
Switch_config_ring#exit Saves the current settings and exits the node
configuration mode.
26.2.4.3 Configuring the Ring Port
Configure a port of a switch to be the port of Ethernet ring according to the following steps:
Command Purpose
Switch#config Enters the switch configuration mode.
Switch_config#interface intf-name
Enters the interface configuration mode.
intf-name: Stands for the name of an interface.
Switch_config_intf#ether-ring id
{primary-port | secondary-port |
transit-port }
Configures the type of the port of Ethernet ring.
ID of the node of Ethernet ring
Switch_config_intf#exit Exits from interface configuration mode.
Remarks:
The no ether-ringidprimary-port { secondary-port | transit-port } command can be used to cancel the port
settings of Ethernet ring.
26.2.4.4 Browsing the State of the Ring Protection Protocol
Run the following command to browse the state of the ring protection protocol:
Command Purpose
show ether-ring id
Browses the summary information about the
ring protection protocol and the port of Ethernet
ring.
id: ID of Ethernet ring