EcoStruxure Plant is Schneider Electric IIoT platform (Industrial Internet of Things) designed to address the key challenges of many different types of users, including plant managers, operations managers, engineers, maintenance teams, and operators, by delivering a system that is scalable, flexible, integrated, and collaborative.
This document presents usage of industrial Ethernet managed switches with the Modicon M580 offer. A switch centric architecture provides flexibility and openess on system network design.
This guide provides detailed information about planning such M580 open architecture, including the following:
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topology rules and recommendations for designing an open network architecture
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implementation of industrial managed Ethernet Switches
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system commissioning and maintenance
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system performance and limitations
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system diagnostics
