Hirschmann SPIDER III Premium switches come with a USB interface

USB Configuration Interface

The Hirschmann SPIDER III Premium switches come with a USB interface that

allows for quick customization of individual port parameters. The easy-to-use

Switch Programing Tool makes it easy to generate a configuration file and 

transfer it to a switch using a USB drive. This free application is available for

both Windows and Linux operating systems. And it’s portable so it doesn’t

require any installation.

In order to document the configuration of a particular switch, the Switch

Programming Tool can also export a detailed configuration report in PDF format.

Plus, you can download the running configuration of a switch and open it with the

Switch Programming Tool so the configuration can be read and edited.

Four Easy Steps to Configure a Premium Switch

1.   Use the Switch Programming Tool to configure

all switch and port parameters.

2. Save the configuration file to a USB drive.

3. Connect the USB drive to the switch.

4.  Power-cycle the switch to transfer and apply the new configuration.

Benefits

•  Turn off unused ports to help secure the network.

•  Use the potential free-fault relay contact to supervise redundant power status

or any port’s link status without management software.

•  During periods of heavy traffic the flow control mechanism – which acts as an

overload protection for the device – holds off additional traffic from the network 

and ensures that no data packets are lost.

•  Activate Broadcast and/or Multicast Storm protection to limit traffic on the ports

when Broadcast or Multicast data packets flood the device.

•  Enable or disable the transmission of large data packets (jumbo frames) to

increase network efficiency.

•  Eliminate duplex mismatch errors by matching Auto-Negotiation, Speed and

Duplex Mode parameters to the end device settings.

•  Use the Quality of Service function to prevent time-critical data traffic (language,

video or real-time data) from being disrupted by less time-critical data traffic during

periods of heavy traffic. By enabling this feature the switches can be applied in PROFINET

conformance class A applications.

•  Regulate energy efficiency depending on network traffic through the Energy Efficient

Ethernet standard. Save energy by operating the physical layer of a link in low power

mode when there is no traffic to send.