3Com PathBuilder S200 Series Owner's Manual page 51

Attaching a Station This table describes how a station attaches to a ring.
to a Ring
Bridging
T0008-16F
Configuring the PathBuilder S200 Series Switch for Bridging Operation
Step Action
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...
An RPS is
present on the
ring,
An RPS is not
present on the
ring,
Result/Description
Then...
It responds to The RPS then notifies the LAN
the station's managers that a new station has
request by attached to the ring.
sending it the
current values
for the ring's
operational
parameters.
The ring station An RPS has a functional address of
uses the values C00000000002.
assigned by the
program using
the ring station
or the default
values for its
operational
parameters.
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