PLANET ISW-1022MPT - Manual (Page 117)

User’s Manual of ISW-1022M Series and ISW-1033MT
In Dual Homing application architecture, the upper level switches need to enable the Rapid
Spanning Tree protocol.
5.6.6.4 X-Ring Configuration
The Managed Industrial Switch supports the function and interface for setting the switch as the ring master or not. The ring
master can negotiate and place command to other switches in the X-Ring group. If there are 2 or more switches in master
mode, the software will select the switch with lowest MAC address number as the ring master. The X-Ring master ring
mode can be enabled by setting the X-Ring configuration interface. Also, the user can identify whether the switch is the
ring master by checking the R.M. LED indicator on the panel of the Switch.
The system also supports the Couple Ring that can connect 2 or more X-Ring group for the redundant backup function;
Dual Homing function that can prevent connection lose between X-Ring group and upper level/core switch.
Figure 5-62 X-Ring Interface
The page includes the following fields:
Object Description
Enable Ring:
To enable the X-Ring function, tick the checkbox beside the Enable Ring string
label. If this checkbox is not ticked, all the ring functions are unavailable.
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Enable Ring Master: Tick the checkbox to enable this switch to be the
ring master.
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