MRA, or Media Redundancy Auto-Manager, supports the automatic election of the Media Redundancy Manager in an MRP ring. When several devices are configured with the MRA role, they exchange control information and elect one device to perform the MRM function. The elected MRM supervises the ring, blocks one ring port during normal operation to prevent a Layer 2 loop, detects failures, and changes the forwarding state when the ring becomes open.
An MRC is a Media Redundancy Client. It participates in the MRP ring and forwards MRP control packets, but it does not initiate the automatic manager-election process. MRM represents the operational manager role after election or manual configuration, rather than the role specifically designed to support election. MIM refers to a Media Redundancy Interconnection Manager, which is associated with interconnecting and protecting multiple MRP rings rather than electing the manager within one ring. MRP itself distinguishes the ring manager from ring clients and uses the manager to control ring forwarding and recovery.
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