7018FX2 Industrial Ethernet Switch
N-Tron Networking Series
Managed Industrial Ethernet Switch
The N-TRON® 7018FX2 gigabit capable Industrial Ethernet Switch
offers outstanding performance and ease of use. It is ideally suited for
connecting Ethernet enabled industrial and/or security equipment
and is a fully managed switch.
PRODUCT FEATURES
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Fourteen 10/100BaseTX RJ-45 Ports
Two 100BaseFX Ports, ST or SC Style
Two Optional SFP (Mini-GBIC) Gigabit Transceivers
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1000BaseSX/LX Fiber with LC style connectors or
1000BaseT Copper with RJ-45 connectors
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-40oC to 70oC Operating temperature
Shown with Optional Gigabit
SFP Transceivers installed
ESD and Surge Protection Diodes on all Ports
Auto Sensing 10/100BaseTX, Duplex, and MDIX
Redundant Power Inputs (10-30VDC)
Configurable Alarm Contact & Bi-Color Fault Status LED
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Fully Managed Features:
RSTP 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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SNMP v1, v2, v3 and Web Browser Management
Detailed Ring Map and Fault Location Charting
N-Ring™ Technology with ~30ms Healing
N-View™ OPC Monitoring
Remote Monitoring Options
For ease of configuration and monitoring, the 7018FX2 offers web
browser management and N-View OLE for process control (OPC) server
software. The N-TRON 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-Link™ Redundant N-Ring Coupling
Plug-and-play IGMP Support
802.1Q tag VLAN and Port VLAN
802.1p QoS and Port QoS
EtherNet/IP™ CIP Messaging
LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)
Port Trunking
Port Mirroring
802.1d, 802.1w, 802.1D RSTP
DHCP Server, Option 82 relay, Option 61, IP Fallback
Port Security—MAC Address Based
N-Ring Technology
N-TRON's 7018FX2 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 7018FX2 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
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.
Management Features
The 7018FX2 offers several management functions that can be easily
configured using a web browser.
IGMP Snooping - Internet Group Management Protocol allows the
7018FX2 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. QoS improves the latency of
prioritized Ethernet packets required for ring management, real-time,
and other interactive applications.
Industrial Packaging and Specifications
The 7018FX2 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 connected equipment. These include extended temperature ratings,
extended shock and vibration specs, redundant power inputs, and high
MTBF (greater than 2M hours).
Port 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.
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 through the
user interface. The two optional gigabit ports support full 2000 Mb/s
communications via 1000BaseSX/LX/T. For added flexibility, these
SFP (Mini-GBIC) gigabit transceivers are field upgradable or can be
factory installed at the time of purchase.
Port Mirroring - Allows the traffic on one port to be duplicated and sent
to a designated mirror port. Port mirroring is used to monitor Ethernet
traffic on the designated source port using the assigned mirror port.
DHCP-DHCPServer / Client automates the assignment of IPaddresses.
DHCP Option 82 assures that if a device on a specific port is replaced,
the replacement receives the same IP address as the original device.