Ring Ports - Siemens SCALANCE XM-400 Configuration Manual

8.4.6.1

ring ports

Description
With this command, you configure the ports of the ring redundancy manager / client on the
device.
● Redundancy manager
● Redundancy client
Requirement
You are in the Redundancy Configuration mode.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli(config-red)#
Syntax
Call up the command with the following parameters:
ring ports <iftype1><ifnum1><iftype2><ifnum2>
The parameters have the following meaning:
Parameter
iftype1
ifnum1
iftype2
ifnum2
For information on names of addresses and interfaces, refer to the section "Addresses and
interface names (Page 30)".
Note
Differing port addresses
The first and second port must be configured on different interfaces
Result
The ports of the ring redundancy are configured.
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Command Line Interface
Configuration Manual, 05/2014, C79000-G8976-C252-07
– In the normal status, the network structure is operated via the first port
The second port is only used for monitoring by the redundancy manager
– If there is a disruption, the two parts of ring structure operate via both ports
– The client forwards all frames.
Description
Specifies the interface type for the first ring port
Specifies the number of the interface for the first ring port
Specifies the interface type for the second ring port
Specifies the number of the interface for the second ring port
Layer 2 management protocols
8.4 Ring redundancy and standby connection
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