EXP Computer S200 manual Step Action Result/Description, Then

Configuring the PathBuilder S200 Series Switch for Bridging Operation

Attaching a Station This table describes how a station attaches to a ring. to a Ring

Step	Action		Result/Description
1	The station requests values for the
	ring’s operational parameters from
	the RPS.
2	An attaching station also sends the
	RPS its adapter software level as
	well as its Upstream Neighbor
	Address.
	If...	Then...
	An RPS is	It responds to	The RPS then notifies the LAN
	present on the	the station’s	managers that a new station has
	ring,	request by	attached to the ring.
		sending it the
		current values
		for the ring’s
		operational
		parameters.
	An RPS is not	The ring station	An RPS has a functional address of
	present on the	uses the values	C00000000002.
	ring,	assigned by the
		program using
		the ring station
		or the default
		values for its
		operational
		parameters.

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