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RSTP Ring Network Configuration for RS6000 Series

Time：2025-06-18 Views：878

1. Web Interface Configuration

1. Log into the switch using a browser.

Web page: http://192.168.1.254, default username: admin, default password: admin.

2. Enable the RSTP Ring Network Function

Enter the switch IP in your browser to access the management page. Navigate to Basic Settings / STP / RSTP Settings / Spanning Tree Settings, and select Enable for the STP switch to modify.

Enable - Turn on Rapid Spanning Tree.

Disable - Turn off Rapid Spanning Tree.

3. Set the Number of RSTP Ring Network Switches

(1) RSTP Ring Network setup for 20 switches.

① Set the forward delay to 15 seconds, maximum age to 20 seconds, and maximum hops to 20 (default configuration).

(2) RSTP Ring Network setup for 40 switches.

① Set the forward delay to 30 seconds, maximum age to 40 seconds, and maximum hops to 40.

4. Select Ring Network Ports

1) Go to STP/RSTP Spanning Tree Configuration / Spanning Tree Port Settings - Protocol Version - RSTP;

2) Select the ports to enable for the ring network; all ports on the switch support ring network configuration;

3) By default, optical ports will all have the ring network enabled; check ge9-10 port state and modify it to Enable, then click Modify.

5. Save Configuration

1) After configuring the ring network port functionality, it is essential to save settings; otherwise, the switch will revert to default upon reboot.

2) Navigate to Basic Settings / Save and Reboot, then click the Save button.

2. Command Line Configuration

1. Telnet Command Line Operation

1) Press Win+R and enter CMD.

2) C:\Users\> telnet 192.168.1.254

Username: admin

Password: admin

Switch> en

Switch# con t

Switch(config)# multiple-spanning-tree enable // Enable Spanning Tree

2. RSTP Ring Network Setup for 20 Switches

Switch(config)# int range ge9 - 10 // Select ports ge9-10

Switch(config-if-range)# mstp // Enable port spanning tree functionality

Switch(config-if-range)# exit // Exit

Switch(config)# exit

Switch# write

3. RSTP Ring Network Setup for 40 Switches

Switch(config)# spanning-tree mst config // Enter spanning tree configuration

Switch(config-mst)# forward-time 30 // Set forward delay to 30 seconds

Switch(config-mst)# max-age 40 // Set maximum aging time to 40 seconds

Switch(config-mst)# max-hops 40 // Set maximum hop count to 40

Switch(config)# int range ge9 - 10 // Select ports ge9-10

Switch(config-if-range))# mstp // Enable port spanning tree functionality

Switch(config-if-range)# exit// Exit current mode

Switch(config)# exit

Switch# write// Save configuration

4. Quickly Modify Switch IP

1. The default IP for the switch is 192.168.1.254.

1) If the switch has not modified the management IP, it may cause conflicts, preventing access to which switch one has logged into;

2) Open the WT-SWITCH app to scan all switches on the network;

3) Modify the management IP address of the switch according to the network planning table;

4) When using the WT-SWITCH app to scan switches, the firewall function must be turned off (Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Defender Firewall > Custom Settings);

4. Switch Root Bridge Settings

1. When is it necessary to set the root bridge - root switch?

1) In a single ring state, no need to set a root switch;

2) In a multi-ring state, it is best to set the center as the root switch (root bridge); only one root switch is allowed within the multi-ring;

Root Switch Priority: 4096 (only one allowed)

Other Switch Priority: 32768 (default)

Root Switch Priority: 4096

Other Switch Priority: 32768 (default)

2. View the learning status of the ring network switches.

1) The center switch learns the root bridge as its own MAC; The bridge ID should be the same as the root bridge ID;

2) Other switches in the ring will have their bridge ID as their own MAC information, while the root bridge ID will be that of the central switch's MAC information. If two root bridge IDs appear in a multi-ring, a broadcast storm will occur in the network.

5. How to Obtain Adjacent Switch IPs

1. Why use LLDP Protocol (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)?

1) Switches often have incomplete configurations or configurations that are not saved, causing them to revert to defaults upon reboot, which can also lead to issues like storms in the ring network after running for some time.

2) Technical engineers need to physically visit each switch installation point to configure switch functions, which wastes time.

3) If the optical connections for the industrial switches are functioning correctly, engineers can configure each switch remotely from the control room, maximizing the use of every switch feature to reduce workload and enhance operations skills. The switches are set to enable LLDP discovery protocol by default. By connecting a debugging computer to the ring network switch in the central control room, you can log into the web page and find LLDP protocol information, confirming the next switch's IP connected via optical ports, and similarly logging into each switch to obtain the next switch's IP, compiling the IP addresses for each switch based on the installation diagram, and creating an IP planning table.

4) The RS6310 has LLDP Discovery Protocol enabled by default.

2. View LLDP Neighbor Information.

1) Go to Basic Settings / LLDP Settings / LLDP Information to view details.

2) Check the LLDP information table to view the IP addresses of adjacent switches connected via optical ports.

a. ge10 connected to the next switch IP - 192.168.1.5

b. ge9 connected to the next switch IP - 192.168.1.2

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