iES28TG/iES28GF User Manual
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1.1
About iES28TG/iES28GF
The iES28Tg and the iES28GF are similar in features. The iES28TG is a fully modular rack-mount Ethernet
switch with 4x10GE Uplink ports and hot-swappable power supply modules. It is optimized for harsh
environments and is fully certified to IEC 61850 ed.2 standards. The iES28GF is also modular, but
modules are fixed including the power supplies and i t d o e s not support 10GE uplinks. The product
line consists of the four models iES28TG-L2, iES28TG-L3 (future), iES28GF-L2 and iES28GF-L3
(future). All units come with the first 3 slots supporting up to 24 ports of 10/100/1000Base (X) and 1 slot
supporting up to 4x10GE ports (iES28TG only), and 4x1G (iES28GF only). The robust iES28 series switches
are designed for power substation and rolling stock applications. The iES28TG-L3 and iES28GF-L3 (future)
are furnished with Layer 3 functionality that boasts a faster forwarding hardware platform with
complete support for Ethernet redundancy protocols such as iRing (recovery time < 20ms over 250
units of connection) and MSTP (RSTP/ STP compatible). The switches can protect mission-critical
applications from network interruptions or temporary malfunctions with this fast recovery
technology. The iES28 series switches support a wide- operating temperature of -40
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C to +85
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C. All
products can be managed centrally and conveniently via the iManaged Software Suite, web browsers,
Telnet and console (CLI) configuration making it one of the most reliable choices for highly-managed
applications.
1.2
Software Features
Supports GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunneling protocol (L3 only).
Supports iRing (recovery time < 30ms over 250 units of connection) and MSTP (RSTP/STP
compatible) for Ethernet redundancy.
Supports iBridge which allows interoperability with other vendors‟ open architecture ring
technologies.
Supports iChain to allow multiple redundant network rings.
Supports standard IEC 62439-2 MRP (Media Redundancy Protocol) functionality. (NOTE – Feature
available upon request)
Supports IPV6 Internet protocol (L3 only).
Supports Modbus TCP protocol.
Supports priority-tagged frames to be received by specific IED’s.