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MULTILINK ML810 MANAGED EDGE SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCTION
2.4
Applications
Multilink ML810 Edge Switches offer high performance, modularity and availability. They
provide the flexibility of 100Mbps fiber and copper ports as well as single or dual Gigabit
(1000Mb) ports, with industry-standard LAN management software. Multilink ML810
Switches are easily used in a variety of applications including client/server computing,
secure VLAN- performance upgrades to departmental networks, and stream traffic for
VOIP and audio/video applications. They can also be used in a much diversified
combination of mixed media in Industrial floor applications. The performance
characteristics of the ML810 Switches enable them to inter-connect a series of subnets
(one subnet per ML810 Switch port) in a LAN traffic center. The subnet connections may be
via fiber or twisted pair cabling, 100Mbps or 10 Mbps speed, and full-or half-duplex.
The mixed-media modular capability is ideal for industrial applications where existing
Ethernet LAN network cabling must be accommodated. The fiber-built-in media capability
is ideal for integrating future-proof fiber cabling into the LAN structure.
Figure 2-1: Multilink ML810 or ML1600 Switch for an Industrial Application
Equipped with lots of useful features including hardened enclosures, a wide spread of DC
power supply options, and extended temperature ratings qualifies the Multilink ML810
Managed switch for any Industrial factory-floor, traffic control, transportation system, or
power utility application. The several MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch firmware
operated features qualifies this managed switch to operate and perform securely and
reliably in all critical applications. The addition of
S-Ring
and the
Link-Loss-Learn
software
features allow this Managed switch to provide a very secure highly available redundant
network capability in any ring topology network.
The Managed ML810’s modularity along with the MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch
firmware features remarkably handle industrial environments (i.e. where the factory floors
are networked with Ethernet based mixed-media LANs equipped with PLCs, computers for
taking readings and data from Machines, Client/ Server databases, etc. and sending these