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Comtech EF Data CRS-500 User Manual

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CRS-500 1:N Redundancy System

Revision 2

Ethernet-Based Remote Product Management

MN-CRS500

8–11

Redundancy Parameters

Chapter 7. CSU FRONT PANEL OPERATION

Backup / Holdoff Times – Enter a valid time, in seconds, for the Backup Holdoff Time and

the Restore Holdoff Time. The valid range for either is 1 to 99 seconds.

Priority Modem – If one link is considered more important than all others are, this feature

enables you to prioritize that link. Using the drop-down list, the available selections are as

follows:

o

None

o

Traffic Modem 4

o

Traffic Modem 8

o

Traffic Modem 1

o

Traffic Modem 5

o

Traffic Modem 9

o

Traffic Modem 2

o

Traffic Modem 6

o

Traffic Modem 10

o

Traffic Modem 3

o

Traffic Modem 7

Once the desired configuration settings have been made in this section, click [Submit] to apply

these changes.

Manual Settings

When Manual is the selected Switching Mode (as defined in the Redundancy Configuration

section of this page), the Switch does not respond to any modem faults automatically, and

executes the manual settings as configured in this section.

To assign the Bridged Modem or Backed Up Modem – The available selections are as

follows:

o

None

o

Traffic Modem 4

o

Traffic Modem 8

o

Traffic Modem 1

o

Traffic Modem 5

o

Traffic Modem 9

o

Traffic Modem 2

o

Traffic Modem 6

o

Traffic Modem 10

o

Traffic Modem 3

o

Traffic Modem 7


As each Bridged and Backed-up Modem is assigned, click [Apply] as needed.

Availability of selections in this section is determined by the selected Capacity (i.e.,

1:N) as designated in the Redundancy Configuration section. With Capacity set by

default to 1:N, Bridged Modem #2 and Backed-up Modem #2 are non-

configurable/non-selectable.