Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (Rstp) Support - Bosch DICENTIS Configuration Manual

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Right-click the DICENTIS Server Console to:
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An icon showing the status of the DICENTIS server is displayed:
Status
How to permanently display the server console icon
By default, the server console icon is only displayed on event. To permanently display this
icon:
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Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) support

The DICENTIS system supports redundant cabling when the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
(RSTP) is enabled. By default RSTP is disabled to prevent network failures in a system where
RSTP is not supported or allowed.
To enable cable redundancy:
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Start services / Restart services / Stop services.
– Use these options to manually Start/Restart/Stop the services.
Upgrade devices.
– Use the firmware upgrade tool to upgrade the devices to the latest supported
version of the services (see Downloading software to the devices, page 29 for
detailed information).
Activate licenses.
– Click here to activate your licenses (see Initial activation of the system, page 31 for
detailed information).
Start the activation tool.
To add or remove licenses, see chapter Adding and removing licenses, page 30 .
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Description
Running. The services are automatically started if there is a system license
(DCNM-LSYS) installed (checked every 20 minutes), and if the system can
connect to the database (checked every 60 minutes). Note: A network adapter
with a valid IP address is required for the services to start
Stopped. Every 20/60 minutes, the system checks if the criteria are met and
will automatically stop or restart the services depending on the status.
If the services are stopped manually, the automatic check is also stopped.
If the system license is extended or reduced, the services must be restarted to
update to the current state.
Warning. For example, this icon is displayed when a license is not activated.
Select the Notification Area Icons window:
– Windows server 2012 R2 and Windows server 2016
Go to the Start screen and type notification. Filter the results by Settings, and then
click Notification Area Icons.
Use the slider bar to scroll down to DICENTIS Server Console.
Select Show icon and notifications.
Click OK. The Server console icon will now be permanently displayed.
Power up the system without cable redundancy.
Configure RSTP for all third party switches in the network.
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