Specifications

4.5 NetworkRedundancy
Itiscriticalforindustrialapplicationsthatnetworkremainsnonstop.PMISwitch
supportsstandardRSTP,MultipleSuperRing,RapidDualHomingandbackward
compatiblewithLegacySuperRingClientmodes.
MultipleSuperRing(MSR)technology,0msforrestoreandabout5milliseconds
forfailove r forcopper.
AdvancedRapidDualHoming(RDH)technologyalsofacilitatesPMISwitchto
connectwithacoremanagedswitcheasilyandconveniently.WithRDH
technology,youcanalsocoupleseveralRapidSuperRingsorRSTPcloudtogether,
whichisalsoknownasAutoRingCoupling.
TobecomebackwardscompatiblewiththeLegacySuperRingtechnology
implementedinPMIswitches,PMISwitchalsosupportsSuperRingClientmode.
TheSuperRingportscanpassthroughSuperRingcontrolpacketsextremelywell
andworkswithSuperRing.
Besidesringtechnology,allPMIManagedSwitchsupport802.1D2004version
RapidSpanningTreeProtocol(RSTP).NewversionofRSTPstandardincludes
802.1D1998STP,802.1wRSTP,IEEE802.1sMSTP(MultipleSpanningTree).The
MSTPfunctionisavailablefrom1.1versionfirmwear.
Following commandsareincludedinthisgroup:
4.5.1STPconfiguration
4.5.2STPPortconfiguration
4.5.3STPinformation
4.5.4MSTPconfiguration
4.5.5MSTPPortConfiguration
4.5.6MSTPinformation
4.5.7MultipleSuperRing
4.5.8MultipleSuperRingInfo
4.5.9CommandLinesforNetworkRedundancy
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