Installation and Commissioning

Possible Settings of the Ring Ports

Note

Only two ports of a switch can ever be defined as ring ports. All other ports in slots 6 and 7 that are not defined as ring ports can be used for the optical connection of nodes or subnets.

Switch 1:

In the schematic below, switches R1 and R2 are set to OFF.

Switch 2:

In the schematic below, switch R1 is set to ON and R2 is set to OFF.

Switch 3:

In the schematic below, switch R1 is set to OFF and R2 is set to ON.

 

Switch1

 

Switch2

 

Switch3

 

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P1

P2

P2

P2

P2

P2

P2

P2

P2

P2

5

6

7

5

6

7

5

6

7

 

Port2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port1

 

Port1

 

Port2

Port1

Port1

Figure 6-22 The three possible settings for ring ports with R1 and R2

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Siemens X-400 Possible Settings of the Ring Ports, Switch, Schematic below, switches R1 and R2 are set to OFF, 104