TES-3082GT-M12-BP1 User’s Manual
ORing Industrial Networking Corp
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Label
Description
Enable Ring
Mark to enable Ring.
Enable Ring Master
There should be one and only one Ring Master in a ring.
However if there are two or more switches which set
Ring Master to enable, the switch with the lowest MAC
address will be the actual Ring Master and others will be
Backup Masters.
1
st
Ring Port
The primary port, when this switch is Ring Master.
2
nd
Ring Port
The backup port, when this switch is Ring Master.
Enable Coupling Ring
Mark to enable Coupling Ring. Coupling Ring can be
used to divide a big ring into two smaller rings to avoid
effecting all switches when network topology change.
It is a good application for connecting two Rings.
Coupling Port
Link to Coupling Port of the switch in another ring
.
Coupling Ring need four switch to build an active and a
backup link.
Set a port as coupling port. The coupled four ports of
four switches will be run at active/backup mode.
Control Port
Link to Control Port of the switch in the same ring.
Control Port used to transmit control signals.
Enable Dual Homing
Mark to enable Dual Homing. By selecting Dual
Homing mode, O-Ring will be connected to normal
switches through two RSTP links (ex: backbone
Switch). The two links work as active/backup mode,
and connect each O-Ring to the normal switches in
RSTP mode.
Apply
Click “Apply” to set the configurations.
Note:
We don’t suggest you to set one switch as a Ring Master and a Coupling Ring at the same time due
to heavy load.
