3com 5500-ei pwr Instruccion De Instalación

 

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When configuring smart link, go to these sections for information you are interested in: 

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Smart Link Overview 

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Smart Link Configuration Example 

As shown in 

, dual-uplink networking is widely applied currently. Usually, Spanning Tree 

Protocol (STP) is used to implement link redundancy backup in the network. However, STP is not 

suitable for users with a high demand for convergence time. Smart Link can achieve active/standby link 

redundancy backup and fast convergence to meet the user demand.  

Smart Link has the following features:  

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Active/standby backup for dual-uplink networking 

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Simple configuration and operation 

A smart link group consists of two member ports, one master port and one slave port. Normally, only one 

port (master or slave) is active, and the other port is blocked, that is, in the standby state. When link 

failure occurs on the port in active state, the smart link group will block the port automatically and turn 

standby state to active state on the blocked port.  

Figure 1-1 Network diagram of Smart Link 

Switch A

Switch B

Switch C

Eth1/0/1

Eth1/0/2

uplink

uplink

Master Port

Slave Port

 

 

, Ethernet 1/0/1 and Ethernet 1/0/2 on Switch A are two member ports of a smart link group.  

The master port can be either an Ethernet port or a manually-configured or static LACP aggregation 

group. For example, you can configure Ethernet 1/0/1 of switch A in 

 as the master port 

through the command line.