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Two types of RingOn configurations are available: Single loop and dual loop. Dual loop configuration connects two
or more single loops. When configuring dual rings, unique ID's are used for each ring.
Single Ring
: Among several switches, the two ports of each switch will be connected with another switch. When
building the single ring network, the two ports of one switch are first connected with the ports of another switch;
and all the switches connect with each other. The RingOn protocol will automatically choose and block one port to
build the active link and backup link. When the ring network gets interrupted unexpectedly, the backup link will be
activated automatically. Please refer to the following figure:
Single RingOn configuration
Figure 24. Single Ring
The web configuration screen shot illustrates the steps needed to implement a single ring. In this case the switch is
automatically configured as Master. Port 1 is used for communications and Port 2 is blocked. Only the master will
display a Port Status of Blocked port.
Figure 25. RingON Configuration
Dual RingOn
: Dual loop configurations connect two or more single loops. When configuring dual rings, unique IDs
are assigned for each ring. Two single rings connect with each other through one common switch to build an
interchangeable ring. The two single rings can work independently and have their own blocking port, active link
and backup link. The working mechanism refers to the following figure:
