Emerson DeltaV™ Smart Switches Plug and Play Industrial Switches

DeltaV™ switches are plug-and-play industrial switches with enhanced security features

New and improved hardware and software platforms with increased focus on security and improved performance

Fully managed by the DeltaV™ system

Automatically reports network alarms and diagnostic information to DeltaV workstations

Can be installed on the network between DeltaV workstations and Emerson's Intelligent Firewall (DeltaV 2.5 network)

Plug-and-play installation

Automatic security lockout

Full range of industrial-grade fanless switches

Fully supported by Emerson

Introduction

The new DeltaV™ network "smart" switches are the next generation in the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components in control systems.

These switches combine the low cost of off-the-shelf components with DeltaV-specified software and features that

making it more integrated and plug-and-play in the DeltaV Area Control Network (ACN) and other DeltaV networks outside the ACN.

The DeltaV Smart Switch requires no configuration to operate in a DeltaV network.

Access to advanced features requires minimal configuration and is easily accomplished using the DeltaV Network Device Command Centre.

This ensures that all Smart Switches on the network are configured consistently and securely, and that the performance of the DeltaV system is not compromised by misconfiguring any switch function.

This dedicated switch allows the DeltaV system to provide an advanced security feature of automatic port lockout, which can be easily implemented by the control system user.

Control system users can easily implement this feature: an increasingly important product feature in today's harsh environments.

The DeltaV Smart Switch is also pre-configured to utilise features in the latest software releases, such as ARP sniffing and enhanced security features.

(The DeltaV Smart Switch is also preconfigured to detect certain man-in-the-middle attacks using features in the latest version of the software, such as ARP sniffing and enhanced port locking algorithms: ARP spooffng detection and enhanced port locking algorithms.

Benefits

Enhanced security. The new generation of DeltaV Smart Switches is based on a more powerful hardware and software platform with an increased focus on security.

The new hardware features powerful CPUs for control plane and management operations.

The software has many new features such as role-based access, secure user and password management, brute force attack protection, audit trails and user-readable event logs.

There is also a new HTML5 web interface that can be accessed through the Network Device Command Centre, making it easy to upgrade the switch software.

The next-generation switch also offers more flexible configuration options.

Improved performance. The switching ASICs used in these new products offer new capabilities

such as increased network buffers, the ability to process/forward/filter packets based on more L2 address information such as IP addresses, UDP or TCP ports, and a non-blocking architecture.

and non-blocking architecture, in addition to more powerful CPUs for control plane and management operations.

Fully managed by DeltaV. The DeltaV Switch Commissioning application automatically discovers the switch in the Network Device Command Centre (formerly the Smart Switch Command Centre) when the switch is started.

Network addresses are automatically assigned by DeltaV DCS or by the user when installed in a DeltaV 2.5 network (new in DeltaV v13.3).

Simply provide the switch name and description and select a few setup parameters and the switch will begin reporting. A serial connection is no longer required to configure the switch.

Automatic reporting of network alarms and diagnostics to DeltaV workstations. Operators and maintenance stations will automatically receive device alerts that indicate abnormal network communications.

The DeltaV Network Device Command Centre application provides an interface for diagnosing and troubleshooting network problems. All of this is built-in, eliminating the need for third-party applications for network monitoring.

Plug and Play Installation. The new generation of DeltaV Smart Switches feature a DeltaV-compatible setup that installs out of the box into a compatible DeltaV network.