Magnum 6K8-Series Industrial Field Switch Installation and User Guide 03/06)
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2.4 Applications
Magnum 6K8-Series Fiber Switches offer high performance, modularity and
higher availability to provide an effective solution for Industrial Ethernet needs. They
provide the flexibility of 100Mbps fiber and copper ports as well as single or dual
Gigabit(1000Mb) ports, with industry-standard MNS-6K software. Magnum 6K8-Series
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 for a diversified combination of mixed media for
monitoring and signaling in Industrial floor applications. The performance characteristic
of the 6K8-Series Switches enable them to inter-connect a series of subnets (one subnet
per 6K8-Series Switch port) in a LAN traffic center. The subnet connections may be via
fiber or twisted pair cabling, 1000Mbps, 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.
Example 1 : Magnum 6K8-Series Switch for a Industrial application
Equipped with lots of useful features such as a hardened Industrial enclosure, a
wide spread of AC/DC power supply options, extended temperature rating and secured
management features qualifies the Magnum 6K8-Series Managed switch for any
Industrial factory-floors, traffic control, transportations systems, monitoring and
signaling and power utilities applications. The bundle of MNS-6K software operated
features diversifies this managed switch to operate and perform securely and reliably in
all critical applications. The addition of the
S-Ring
and
Link-Loss-Learn
software feature
allows this Managed switch to provide a very reliable highly available redundant
network capability in any ring topology network.
In an Industrial environment where the factory floors are networked with
Ethernet based mixed-media LANs and equipped with PLC computers to take readings
and data from M/C Client/ Server databases and transport this important data to the
central office data warehouses the Managed 6K8-Series shines. The Managed 6K8-
Series’s modularity along with MNS-6K management software features handle these
kinds of networks very securely and reliably through out the Factory-floors. The DIN-
Rail Mounting options on the Magnum 6K8-, allow the Industrial Factory floor user to
