Magnum 6KQ Managed Field Switch Installation and User Guide (04/07)
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2.4 Applications
Magnum 6KQ Field 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. Magnum 6KQ 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
very diversified combination of mixed media in Industrial floor applications. The
performance characteristics of the 6KQ Switches enable them to inter-connect a series of
subnets (one subnet per 6KQ 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.
Example 1 : Magnum 6KQ Switch for a 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
Magnum 6KQ Managed switch for any Industrial factory-floor, traffic control,
transportation system, or power utility application. The several MNS-6K software
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 6KQ’s modularity along with the MNS-6K management
software 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 important data to the central office data warehouses) very securely and
reliably. The DIN-Rail Mounting options on the Magnum 6KQ allow the factory floor’s
industrial user to mount the 6KQ securely anywhere on their Network setup.
The option of setting the ports at 10 or 100Mb on copper and 10 or 100Mb on
