USER GUIDE
EdgeSafe 40G Bypass Modular Network TAP | M40GBP
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2.13 Two Port Link (2PL)
The M40GBP supports a two ports link feature. When enabled, if one of the network ports link fails it
will drop the link on the other network port as well.
2.14 Restore from active expire state
The M40GBP supports manual and auto restoring from heartbeat expiration event.
2.15 Heartbeat active mode
When heartbeat active mode is ON and the M40GBP does not detect the heartbeat packet received from
the monitor port the M40GBP will switch to
Active Bypass
or
TAP
or
Linkdrop
mode according to
the predefined settings of the switch expire state.
When heartbeat active mode is set to OFF the EDGESAFE 40G stops sending the heartbeats and the
M40GBP can be set manually via the management port to one of the following modes
Normal (Inline),
Active Bypass, TAP
or
Linkdrop
mode.
By default Heartbeat active mode is not preserved after reset or after power off cycle. The Heartbeat
active mode can be configured to be preserved after reset or power off cycle by enabling the
parameter.
