3Com 5104M-FL1 installation and operation guide Selecting a Network, Enabling Port Redundancy

Selecting a Network

The ONline 10BASE-FL Module is equipped with the technology to work with the ONline Concentrator's unique TriChannel™ Architecture. This feature lets you assign the module to any of three networks (or none) on the ONline System Concentrator backplane. Refer to the ONline System Concentrator Installation and Operation Guide, Chapter 1, for a discussion of the ONline TriChannel Architecture.

To set the module to a network or set it to isolated mode, use the following management command:

SET MODULE {slot} NETWORK {ethernet_1} {ethernet_2} {ethernet_3} {isolated}

Note: The dip switch settings on the module refer to the backplane connection as the “channel” connection. The channel setting and the network setting are the same. Modules set to the same network communicate with each other.

Enabling Port Redundancy

You can enable port redundancy in one of the following ways:

❑If you have network management, you can enable or disable main port redundancy between any two ports on the 10BASE-FL Module.

❑If you do not have management, you can use the dip switches on the module to configure redundancy between ports 1 and 2 on the module and/or ports 3 and 4.

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