Waters Network Systems MS1008-2G-4POE/PSX1008-2G-4PoE User’s Manual Page 63
The switch can be set as the ring master or slave. The ring master has the rights to
negotiate and send commands to other switches in the X-ring group. If there are two or
more switches are in master mode, then the software will select the switch with lowest
MAC address as the ring master.
The system also supports a coupling ring that can connect two or more X-ring groups for
redundant backup.
Enable X-ring
– use to enable the X-ring function.
Enable Ring Master
- enable sets the switch as the ring master. Disable sets the
switch as the slave.
1
st
& 2
nd
Ring Ports
- select two ports as member ports. One port will be the
working port and one port will be the backup port. The system will automatically
decide which port is the working port and which port is the backup port.
Enable Coupling Ring
– use to enable the coupling ring function.
Coupling Port
- select the member port.
Control Port
- select the switch as the master switch in the coupling ring.
Enable Dual Homing
– Dual homing only works when
X-ring
is enabled. To
enable the
dual homing
function, set up one port as the dual homing port. Only one
port can be the dual homing port. Dual-homing provides reliability for your network
by allowing a device to be connected to the network by way of two independent
connection points. One access point is the operating connection and the other is a
standby or back up connection that is activated in case the operating connection
fails.
Click
Apply
to save the configuration.
