708TX Industrial Ethernet Switch

N-Tron Networking Series

Managed Industrial Ethernet Switch

Remote Monitoring Options

For ease of configuration and monitoring, the 708TX offers web

browser management and N-View OLE for Process Control (OPC)

server software. N-TRON's N-View software can be combined with

popular HMI software packages to add network traffic monitoring,

trending, and alarming to any application using N-TRON switches.

In addition SNMP is available for switch link and status monitoring.

The Alarm Contact and Status LED can be configured to respond to

power failure on power input 1 or input 2, N-Ring Broken, Partial Break

High, Partial Break Low, or if multiple ring managers are detected.

N-Ring Technology

The 708TX ring manager, using N-TRON's N-Ring technology,

offers expanded ring size capacity, detailed fault diagnostics,

and a standard healing time of ~30ms. The 708TX ring manager

periodically checks the health of the ring via packets. If the ring

manager stops receiving these health check packets, it converts the

ring to a linear bus topology within ~30ms. When all switches in

the ring are N-TRON fully managed switches, a detailed ring map

and fault location chart will also be provided on the ring manager’s

web browser and OPC server to identfy the health status of the ring.

N-Link allows the linking of two N-Rings.

Up to 250 fully managed

N-TRON switches can participate in N-Ring topologies.

Industrial Packaging and Specifications

The 708TX is designed to operate in industrial environments. It

is housed in a rugged steel DIN-Rail enclosure. It has extended

industrial specifications and features to meet or exceed the operating

parameters of the connected equipment. These include extended

temperature ratings, extended shock and vibrations specs, redundant

power inputs, and high MTBF (greater than 2M hours).

Ease of Use

The 10/100BaseTX ports are auto sensing and auto configuring.

Each copper port is automatically negotiated for maximum speed

and performance by default, but can also be hard coded using the

user interface. A high-speed processor allows wire speed capability

on all 100BaseTX ports simultaneously.

outstanding performance and ease of use. The fully managed switch

is ideally suited for connecting Ethernet-enabled industrial and/or

security equipment.

PRODUCT FEATURES

• Eight 10/100BaseTX RJ-45 Ports

• ESD and Surge Protection Diodes on all Ports

• Auto Sensing 10/100BaseTX, Duplex, and MDIX

• Store-and-Forward Technology

• Rugged DIN-Rail Enclosure

• Redundant Power Inputs (10-30 VDC)

• Configurable Alarm Contact

• Configurable Bi-Color Fault Status LED

Fully Managed Features:

• Full SNMP and Web Browser Management

• Detailed Ring Map and Fault Location Charting

• Plug-and-Play IGMP Support

• 802.1Q tag VLAN and Port VLAN

• 802.1p QoS and Port QoS

• LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)

• Trunking

• Mirroring

• 802.1d, 802.1w, 802.1D RSTP

• DHCP Server, Option 82 relay, Option 61, IP Fallback

• Port Security—MAC Address Based

Management Features

The 708TX offers several management functions that can be easily

configured using a web browser.

IGMP Snooping - Internet Group Management Protocol is

a feature that allows the 708TX switch to forward and filter

multicast traffic intelligently.

VLAN - Virtual LocalArea Network allows you to segment the switch

in order to create two or more separate local area network domains.

QoS - Quality of Service provides prioritization of network traffic

in order to provide better network service. The primary goal of QoS

is to improve the latency of prioritized Ethernet packets required

for ring management, real-time, and other interactive applications.

Trunking - Trunking (link aggregation) enables multiple physical

ports to be linked together and function as one uplink to another

N-TRON trunking capable switch configured in the same

manner, thereby increasing the bandwidth between switches. This

configuration can provide increased bandwidth and redundancy to

applications requiring high levels of fault tolerant operation.

Port Mirroring - This function allows the traffic on one port to be

duplicated and sent to a designated mirror port. Port mirroring can

be used to monitor Ethernet traffic on the designated source port

using the assigned mirror port.

Rapid Spanning Tree - This function allows the switch to be

configured in a ring or mesh topology, and provides support for

redundant path communications with high speed (rapid) healing.

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