Redundant Ring Structure - Hiper-Ring; The Hiper-Ring - Hirschmann PowerMICE User Manual

Redundant ring structure – HIPER-Ring

3.1 The HIPER-Ring

3 Redundant ring structure –
HIPER-Ring
3.1 The HIPER-Ring
The concept of the HIPER-Ring enables the construction of high-availability,
ring-shaped network structures.
By using the RM function (Redundancy Manager) of the switch, both ends of
a backbone in a line-type configuration can be closed to create a redundant
ring - the HIPER-Ring (see Fig. 10).
It is possible to mix the RS1, RS2-../.., RS2-16M, RS2-4R, RS 20, RS 30,
MICE, PowerMICE, MS 20, MS 30, MACH 3000 and MACH 4000 in any
combination within the HIPER-Ring.
If a line section fails, the ring structure of up to 50 switches transforms back
to a line-type configuration within 150 ms typically (500 ms maximal).
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