Cabletron Systems EMM-E6 - Manual (Page 107)

Setting Front Panel Redundancy 8-3
Front Panel Redundancy
1. Use mouse button 1 to highlight a port, either AUI #1 or AUI #2.
2. Click on to access the Add Circuit Address window, Figure 8-2 .
Figure 8-2. Add Circuit Address Window
3. In the Add Circuit Address window, enter the IP Address of a network device
and then click
. Once the circuit is enabled, the device monitors
its link with the specified IP address. If you add more than one address, the
redundancy test checks the connection status of
each address, in the order
they were entered. You can add up to three addresses which will be used to
check link status; be sure to click on
after entering each address.
4. Highlight the second AUI port and repeat step 3.
5. To designate one port as the Active port, highlight the AUI port number and
click the Active button. Only one port can be active at any one time; activating
one port automatically deactivates the other port.
6. You can edit the Poll Interval timer and Retry Count and enable the new
settings with the Set button. Poll Interval specifies the time, in seconds, that
the device waits between polls of an IP address listed in the Circuit Addresses
box. The Retry Count specifies the number of times the device will poll an
address before it gives up and begins polling the next address in the circuit.
7. When you have set all configuration settings, click .
NOTE
To clear all Front Panel Redundancy settings, click the Reset button.