Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 524)

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FIGURE 119 Unexpected switching path with shared interface
In Figure 119 ring 2 was configured with shared ring interfaces on S1 and S3 as depicted. S1 was
configured as the master for ring 1 and the shared interface was defined as the secondary
interface and subsequently blocks data. The designer intended the switching path between a host
on S2 and another host on S3 to be via S1 shared interface, however due to the shared interface
being blocked the actual switching path becomes S1 to S4,S5,S6 and finally S3.
Ring 2 is still operational but is not behaving in the manner which the design called for. By
configuring the secondary interface on the regular port for ring 1 we obtain the expected result as
shown in
Figure 120 .