The advanced managed switches in the Phoenix Contact 7000 series are particularly suitable for use in EtherNet/IP networks because the industrial ethernet switches are the first to be equipped with the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP).
The switches can be configured and diagnosed from the EtherNet/IP control system. The switches support the Device Level Ring (DLR) redundancy mechanism. With DLR switching, times of less than 3 ms can be achieved if failure occurs; this increases the availability of the network. Up to six non-DLR-enabled devices can be integrated into the ring with the FL SWITCH 7000 switch.
In addition, functions such as IGMP snooping, multicast source detection and auto-query port for intelligent multicast filtering are also available on the switches to enhance network stability.