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Table 65: Port Redundancy Fields (continued) | ||
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| Primary | The primary port of the port redundancy pair. |
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| Secondary | The secondary port of the port redundancy pair. |
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| Switch Over (sec) | The minimum time between switching between the ports in a port |
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| Switch Back | The amount of time after the primary port link is reestablished after |
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| ● Disabled - The primary port does not take over from the |
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| secondary port. |
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| ● Immediately - The primary port takes over from the |
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| secondary port as soon as the primary port link is |
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| reestablished. |
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| ● After x sec- The primary port takes over from the secondary |
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| port x seconds after the primary port link is reestablished. |
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To configure the device’s port redundancy configuration:
1.Enter an amount in the Switch Over field to determine initial switching time between ports in a port redundancy pair.
2.Select one of the Switch Back option buttons.
3.If you selected After x sec, enter the number of seconds for the switch back in the After x sec field.
4.Update the device. For more information on updating the device, refer to “Updating the Device” on page 202.
Adding a Port Redundancy
To add a new Port Redundancy:
1.From the Port Redundancy dialog box, click Wizard. The Port Redundancy Wizard starts. For more information, refer to “Port Redundancy Wizard” on page 196.
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From the Port Redundancy dialog box, click Insert. A row is added to the Port Redundancy dialog box.
2.Enter a name for the Port Redundancy in the Name field.
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