APPENDIX A
u-Ring CONFIGURATION PROCEDURE
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APPENDIX A. u-Ring CONFIGURATION
PROCEDURE
Introduction
u-Ring is a proprietary redundancy protocol that supports 250 units in a ring topology and can
bring redundant paths into service within 10 ms when link failures occur. Compared with spanning
tree protocol, u-Ring achieves faster recovery time on the network and is more flexible and
scalable in network architecture. u-Ring redundancy protocol can automatically self identifies the
ring Master (the user-defined Master is also supported) and then block a port resided in Master
device for backup purposes. Once the disconnection is detected on the network, u-Ring can bring
backup ports back into “forwarding” mode so that the disconnected path can keep contact with
the whole network.
The purpose of this document is to give valuable aid to a network engineer in topology design,
deployment and configuration of Industrial Grade Ethernet Switches for ring protection. The
example uses a ring of three units and performs all configurations via the web GUI management
interface.
Equipment Used in this Example:
1.
The Industrial Grade Ethernet Switches with u-Ring redundancy protocol * 3
2.
Laptop * 1
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