To create a redundant path with RLinkX, simply connect a minimum
of two links between two GigaCore switches. The blue RLinkX LEDs of
the connected ports will turn on, indicating the redundancy is active
and available.
If your port’s RLinkX LED turn off , you have lost one of your redundant
paths.
User connects two switches with
two links. The switches automati-
cally create a backup link.
Active link becomes unavailable
Backup link becomes active
automatically
RlinkX
20-40ms
3.2 Groups (VLANs)
The groups function allows the user to segment the network into sev-
eral virtual networks (VLANs). The main benefi t of this function is that
no group will aff ect the other ones, on protocol level.
The user can create several groups on the network, and each device
included in a group will be able to communicate with devices in this
group only. This will result in a better bandwidth, and no protocol con-
fl ict.
Three groups have been created in the illustration to the right: Red,
Green and Blue. Each device included in each group can communi-
cate with devices from the same group. Thus, the sound console and
the sound processor can talk to each other, without being fl ooded by
packets streamed by the two other groups.
The GigaCore switches off er 20 groups, to which the user can assign
any of the ports. Two devices must be part of the same group to com-
municate.
When more than one switch is used in a group-based network, the
Inter Switch Link group (ISL Group 0) must be used to forward the
group’s packages between switches.
Light Over IP Converter
Light Over IP Console
Sound Over IP Processor
Sound Over IP Console
Video Over IP Out
Video Over IP Out
Inter Switch Links (ISL)
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