Nexans Industrial Ethernet Managed Full Gigabit 16 Ports Switches with HSR/PRP redundancy

Nexans iGigaSwitch 1606 HSR/PRP switch model is designed for the applications with highest requirements for network availability and redundancy, like electrical substations automation, industrial communication and many others.

Both technologies High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) and Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) are described in the standard IEC 62439-3 and provides that provides seamless failover against failure of network components. HSR works inside local network of, for example electrical substation, while PRP protocol provides the redunduncy between remote sites (connections between substation with central management unit for example) by using an infrastructure of existed LAN.

This becomes especially critical as the last edition of IEC 61850 standard targeted to substation automation pays a special attantion on redundancy that provides zero-time recovery with zero packet loss. So HSR/PRP protocols have been adopted for substation automation in the framework of IEC 61850.

iGigaSwitch 1606 HSR/PRP switches have 16 Gigabit ports: 10x RJ45 + 4x SFP + 2x HSR/PRP SFP ports. The iGigaSwitch allows to adapt the interfaces to the application by using the corresponding pluggable modules (Fast Ethernet or Gigabit SFP). 

Nexans managed Industrial Ethernet switches of iGigaSwitch 16xx E+ family are the core of LANactive Industry solution and are designed for building robust and reliable network in harsh environment of many mission critical applications.

LANactive Industry solution includes:

• managed Industrial Ethernet switches and its accessories
• wide copper and fibre cabling offer including their industrial variant
• configuration and management software for the switches
• support services

I/O interfaces
Optional I/O interfaces (product code 88301600) of iGigaSwitch 16xx E+ family allow a fast, simple and low-cost integration of non-IP based devices directly in the field - different sensors, controllers, buttons etc. The switches are offering extensive management functionalities with interactions, sending of messages as well as the activation of alarms.

Power over Ethernet (PoE/PoE+)
Up to 8x connected devices can be supplied with Power over Ethernet. In accordance with the latest IEEE 802.3at (PoE+) standard, up to 30 Watts of power are available for each connected device, with total budget of 240Watts.

There are two PoE/PoE+ options available for iGigaSwitch 16xx E+ family depending on the switch model - for 4x or 8x ports (88301602 or 88301604 respectively).

IEC 61850 / KEMA/DNV-GL certification
Nexans iGigaSwitch family comply to IEC 61850 requirements (parts 6, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 8-1, 9-1 and 9-2 Communication networks and systems for power utility automation). This functionality is critical for Smart grid and allows to use standardized equipment to ensure correct and reliable communication of all networked devices of Smart grid infrastructure (including switches, PLCs, different controllers, sensors etc.) with each other and with central SCADA.
The compliance is tested and confirmed by KEMA/DNV-GL.