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Aging Time
A 608MFX monitors the age of the addresses it has learnt, and addresses that
exceed a certain age (aging time, default setting = 40 sec), are deleted again by
the 608MFX. If a packet with a source address matching the address entry is
received before the aging time elapses, the address entry is retained, and the age
is reset. If a packet is received and there is no address entry for the source
address, it is learnt. If a packet is received and there is no address entry for the
destination address, it is sent to all ports.
IEEE 802.1Q, VLAN
The 608MFX does not support VLAN tags according to IEEE 802.1Q. Users
must configure their networks so that no VLAN packets are sent to the
608MFX.
IEEE 802.1P, QOS
The 608MFX does support QOS. Users should configure their networks such
that no packets with a priority tag higher than 3 are transmitted via the 608MFX
since these packets can influence redundancy functions (for example, longer
switchover times if a fault develops, or false fault detection).
Two-Pin Dip Switch Setting
With the two-pin DIP switch on the upper casing of the 608MFX, you can
do the following:
•
With the
Stby
button, you can activate the standby function of the
device.
•
With the
RM
switch, you can activate the redundancy manager
function of the device.
Note
: The 6089MFX must be restarted after changing the DIP switch
settings. The switch settings are only adopted when the device powers up.
