Hardware Components in an M580 Hot Standby System

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Overview

An M580 Hot Standby system requires the use of two local main racks: the primary and the standby. It can also include:

M580 RIO drops
Quantum RIO drops
Distributed equipment

NOTE: An M580 Hot Standby system does not support Premium racks and I/O.

What Is in This Chapter?

This chapter contains the following topics:

M580 Hot Standby Local Racks
M580 (e)X80 RIO Drops
Quantum RIO Drops
SD Memory Card

RIO drop

One of the three types of RIO modules in an Ethernet RIO network. An RIO drop is an M580 rack of I/O modules that are connected to an Ethernet RIO network and managed by an Ethernet RIO adapter module. A drop can be a single rack or a main rack with an extended rack.

distributed equipment

Any Ethernet device (Schneider Electric device, PC, servers, or third-party devices) that supports exchange with a CPU or other Ethernet scanner service.