B&B Electronics EIR508-T - Manual - Manual (Page 23)

Manual Documentation Number: EIR508-2xx-T 1713m 23
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Network Application
X-Ring Application
The EIR508 series of Industrial Switches incorporate the X-Ring Protocol to
ensure network reliability and system restoration within 300 ms in the event
of a connection failure. The X-Ring algorithm is similar to the spanning tree
protocol (STP) algorithm but it has faster recovery time. The following figure
below is an example of an X-Ring application.