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Recommendations for EIOC Network Switches.

Looking for recommendations on what switches to use with our EIOC network.

looking to have switches in the MCC rooms where they would be close to VFDs and have switches in the field where they would be close to ASi Gateway and air manifolds.

I am thinking that the ones in the field might have to be mounted in an enclosure so that they would be protected from water and dust, but maybe there are other options out there?

Are people using managed or un-managed switches and why?

What switches have you found to be the easiest to setup/maintain?

Thanks for the suggestions. 

• EIOC
• network
• switches

Adam Villhauer

• 30 Nov 2023 2:42 PM
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• s_brwn

  

  • 30 Nov 2023 3:28 PM

  We have different flavors around the plant. Some of the installs use a Stratix 5700. We are moving away from that switch for several reasons. We have had good luck with Hirschmann switches, both the Mach and Spyder series. We physically separate and or VLAN off the VFDs from PLC comms due to trouble in the past. We have used MOXA as well. They seem to make pretty solid stuff and if I recall, they have an automation type of switch that is "lightly" managed from the factory based on the protocol. Some of the ones mentioned above are 24vdc and others 120. Based on criticality of comms, you might consider a dual power input switch and/or a redundancy module in the cabinet.

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• pmhamilton

  

  • 30 Nov 2023 4:29 PM

  The MCCs can be delivered with Stratix switches. These manage switches are often configured with DHCP port persistence, VLAN, NAT, connected routing, HSRP, port security, and QoS. It is common to see these switches as participants in a Device Level Ring. The Stratix 5200/5800 can be provide Parallel Redundancy Protocol (in lieu of DLR).
  
  One of the main features of the Stratix is integration with Cisco ISE and StealthWatch, where the Stratix can be a CyberVision Sensor and it can enforce SGACL via TrustSec.

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