Gigabit industrial Ethernet switch

March 2009 Fieldbus & Industrial Networking

The EKI-7656C Gigabit managed redundant Industrial Ethernet switch from Advantech received the 2008 ‘Top 10 Innovative Products’ award from China’s automation industry. Gathering high praise from industry veterans, EKI-7656C was chosen for its high performance, versatile functionality and outstanding reliability.

The switch combines Advantech’s own X-Ring, Dual-Ring and Quad-Ring technologies, and features 16 fast Ethernet ports and two gigabit fibre-optic/copper combo ports providing a long-distance uplink that transmits important data up to 110 km at gigabit speeds.

Advantech’s X-Ring architecture promises near-instant redundancy with a recovery time of less than 10 ms. EKI-7656C’s Dual Ring technology, allows it to be a hub for an existing X-Ring, so that users need only one switch to link redundant rings, rather than two. Furthermore, the Quad Ring topology combines four adjoining X-Rings into one central switch. This provides centralised management and cost-efficiency to fit industrial networking solutions.

As a gigabit managed redundant switch, the unit features advanced management functions, such as IP security, VLAN, QoS, port mirroring, MAC security, IGMP snooping, port trunking, CoS/TOS, e-mail warnings, SNMP trap, SMTP and more. For user access control, the EKI-7656C supports port-based IEEE 802 and user authentication from a centralised RADIUS server.

For more information contact Elton Prytz, ProMicro, +27 (0)11 706 7913, [email protected], www.promicro.co.za

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