Cabletron Systems EMM-E6 manual Repeater Redundancy, 4. The Add Circuit Address Window

Repeater Redundancy

In the appropriate boxes, enter a new circuit name (up to 16 alphanumeric characters) and/or number of retries; Retries is the number of times the EMM-E6 tests the connection to the first IP address listed in the Circuit Addresses window before it gives up and moves on to the next address. The valid range of retries you can enter into this field is 0-16. Be sure to click on before exiting the window to save your changes.

3.With the appropriate Circuit Name highlighted, click to access the Add Circuit Address window, Figure 5-4.

Figure 5-4. The Add Circuit Address Window

In this window you can define IP addresses of up to 8 devices on the network. These addresses identify the destination nodes that the EMM-E6 looks for to determine the status of the active link. If the device determines that it has lost the link with the first address in the Circuit Addresses list, it checks the link status with the next address. If it can’t establish a link with any address in the list, the device switches traffic to a backup port.

a.To add a circuit address, enter a valid network IP address and then click

. Repeat as necessary to add additional addresses. Click

to exit the window.

NOTE

The EMM-E6 will poll the circuit addresses in the order they were entered.

b.To delete a circuit address, highlight the address in the Circuit Addresses

list in the Channel X Redundancy window, and click .

4.The bottom half of the Channel X Redundancy window is where you define the primary port and backup ports for the highlighted Circuit Name. Using the Module and Port boxes and the Add button, enter up to 8 ports to define the circuit.

5-4 Setting Network Circuit Redundancy