Figure 8-10
Networking diagram of a closed ring running SEP
Router1
Router2
Router3
Router4
Router5
CE1
CE2
CE3
SEP
Segment
Block Port
Primary Edge Port
Secondary Edge Port
8.3.3 Multi-Ring Networking
As shown in
, the networking composed of Router1 to Router14 is called multi-ring
networking. Router1 to Router5 are at the aggregation layer, and Router6 to Router14 are at the
access layer. Layer 2 services are transparently transmitted at the access layer and the aggregation
layer. When SEP runs at the access layer and the aggregation layer, redundancy protection
switching can be implemented at the access layer and the aggregation layer and the topology of
the SEP segment can be displayed.
If the topology of the access layer changes, a node in the SEP segment sends a Flush-FDB packet
to instruct other nodes in the SEP segment to update their MAC address forwarding tables and
ARP tables. Edge devices in the SEP segment send TC packets to notify the upper-layer network
that the topology of the SEP segment changes.
In multi-ring networking, the topology change notification function needs to be configured
among ring networks.
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