Ring Initialization For Shared Interfaces - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

With MRP Phase 2, MRP rings can be configured to share the same interfaces as long as the
interfaces belong to the same VLAN.
the same interface.
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On each node that will participate in the ring, you specify the ring's ID and the interfaces that will
be used for ring traffic. In a multiple ring configuration, a ring's ID determines its priority. The lower
the ring ID, the higher priority of a ring.
A ring's ID is also used to identify the interfaces that belong to a ring.

Ring initialization for shared interfaces

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Examples of multiple rings sharing the same interface - MRP phase 2
Example 1
S1
port1/1
VLAN 2
Ring 2
Ring 1
port2/2
VLAN 2
S2
Interface IDs and types
1
1
1
1
C = customer port
Ring initialization for shared interfaces
Figure 69 shows examples of multiple MRP rings that share
Example 2
2
1 T
2
1
S1
1,2 port1/1
Ring 2
Ring 1
port2/2
1,2
S2
1
2
T
1
2
S1
port1/1
VLAN 2
Ring 1 Ring 2
port2/2
VLAN 2
S2
S3
S4
Ring 3
2
2
2
2
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