Weidmüller IE-SW-VL08M Series User Manual

IE-SW-VL08M Series User’s Manual Featured Functions
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At the top of this page, the user can check the Current Status of this function. For RSTP, you will
see:
Now Active:
This shows the communication protocol being used—Turbo Ring, RSTP, or none.
Root/Not Root
This is displayed only when RSTP is selected as the mode of operation. It indicates whether or not
this device is the Root of the Spanning Tree (the root is determined automatically).
At the lower portion of this page, the user can configure the Settings of this function. For RSTP, you
can configure:
Redundancy Protocol
Setting Description Factory Default
Turbo Ring
Select this item to change to the
Turbo Ring configuration page.
Turbo Ring V2
Select this item to change to the
Turbo Ring V2 configuration page.
Turbo Chain
Select this item to change to the
Turbo Chain configuration page
RSTP (IEEE
802.1W/1D)
Select this item to change to the
RSTP configuration page.
None Ring redundancy is not active
None
Bridge priority
Setting Description Factory Default
Numerical value
selected by user
Increase this device’s bridge priority by
selecting a lower number. A device with a
higher bridge priority has a greater chance of
being established as the root of the Spanning
Tree topology.
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Forwarding Delay
Setting Description Factory Default
Numerical value
input by user
The amount of time this device waits before
checking to see if it should change to a different
state.
15 (sec.)
Hello time (sec.)
Setting Description Factory Default
Numerical value
input by user
The root of the Spanning Tree topology
periodically sends out a “hello” message to
other devices on the network to check if the
topology is healthy. The “hello time” is the
amount of time the root waits between sending
hello messages.
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Weidmüller IE-SW-VL08M Series Specifications

General

Brand	Weidmüller
Model	IE-SW-VL08M Series
Category	Network Router
Language	English