Specifications

selectedtobeRingPorts.ForRingMaster,oneoftheringportswillbecomethe
forwardingportandtheotheronewillbecometheblockingport.
PathCost:ChangethePathCostofRingPort1.IfthisswitchistheRingMasterof
aRing,thenitdeterminestheblockingport.ThePortwithhigherPathCostinthe
tworingportswillbecometheblockingport,IfthePathCostisthesame,the
portwithlargerportnumberwillbecometheblockingport.
RingPort2:Assign anotherportforringconnection
PathCost:ChangethePathCostofRingPort2
RapidDualHoming:RapidDualHomingisanimportantfeatureoftheRing
redundancytechnology.WhenyouwanttoconnectmultipleRSRorform
redundanttopologywithothervendors,RDHcouldallowyoutohavemaximum7
multiplelinksforredundancywithoutanyproblem.
InDualHomingyouhavetoconfigureadditionalportasDualHomingportto
twouplinkswitches.InRapidDualHoming,youdon’tneedtoconfigurespecific
porttoconnecttootherprotocol.TheRapidDualHomingwillsmartlychoosethe
fastestlinkforprimarylinkandblockalltheotherlinktoavoidloop.Ifthe
primarylinkfailed,RapidDualHomingwillautomaticallyforwardthesecondary
linkfornetworkredundant.Ofcourse,iftherearemoreconnections,theywillbe
standbylinksandrecoveroneofthenifbothprimaryandsecondarylinksare
broken.
Ringstatus:Toenable/disabletheRing.Pleaseremembertoenabletheringafter
youaddit.
MultiRing:TheMultiRingtechnologyisoneofthepatternsoftheMSR
technology;itallowsyoutoag gregatemultipleringswithinoneswitch.Create
multipleringIDandassigndifferentringport1andport2toeachring,thusthe
switchcanhavemultipleringsinonePMISwitch.
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WhenimplementingMultiRing,rememberthatthedifferentringscanNOTuse
thesameringID.Theothersettingsarethesameasabovedescription.
Technically,themaximumringvolumetheMultiRingsupportedisupto16rings.
Duethelimitednumberofports,thenumberofringnetworkisthehalfofport
number.
TrunkRing:TheMultiRingtechnologyispartoftheMSRtechnologywhich
combinestheMSRwiththeporttrunkingtechnology.Aftermultipleports
aggregated,thisisso‐callporttrunking(StaticlyorlearntbyLACPprotocol),the
TrunkIDcanbeoneoftheportIDoftheMSRtechnology.Configuredtheport
trunkingfirstthenyoucanaddtheTrunkgroupasaRingPortinmanagedswitch.
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