EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual

Featured Functions

Redundant Port Status

This field indicates the current status of redundant ports. The state is Forwarding for normal transmission, Blocked to stop transmission if this port is the backup path, and Link down for non-connection.

Ring Coupling

This indicates if the Ring Coupling function is Enabled or Disabled.

Coupling Port Status

This indicates the current status of coupling ports. The state is Forwarding for normal transmission, Blocked to stop transmission if this port is the backup path, and Link down for non-connection.

At the lower part of the page, the user can configure this function’s Settings. For Turbo Ring, the user can configure:

Redundancy Protocol

Setting

Description

Factory Default

Turbo Ring

Select this item to change to the

None

Turbo Ring configuration page.

 

 

RSTP (IEEE

Select this item to change to the

None

802.1W/1D)

RSTP configuration page.

 

Set as Master

 

 

 

 

 

Setting

Description

Factory Default

Enable/Disable

Select this EDS as Master

None

Redundant Ports

 

 

 

 

 

Setting

Description

Factory Default

1st Port

Select any port of EDS to be one of

Port 7 if enabled for

the redundant ports.

Turbo Ring

 

2nd Port

Select any port of EDS to be one of

Port 8 if enabled for

the redundant ports.

Turbo Ring

 

Enable Ring Coupling

 

 

 

 

 

Setting

Description

Factory Default

Enable/Disable

Select this EDS as Coupler

None

Coupling Ports

 

 

 

 

 

Setting

Description

Factory Default

Coupling Port

Select any port of EDS to be the

Port 5 if enabled for

coupling port

Ring Coupling

 

Coupling Control Port

Select any port of EDS to be the

Port 6 if enabled for

 

coupling control port

Ring Coupling

It is easy and convenient for users to set up Turbo Ring settings using the DIP Switches located on EDS-408A/405A’s outer casing. (For details on how to do this, refer to “Configuring Basic Settings—Turbo Ring DIP Switch.”)

If you use the web, console, or Telnet interface to enable the DIP Switch, and then set the DIP Switch on the switch’s outer casing from OFF to ON, you will not be able to use the web browser

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