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Appendix B • Vission 20/20 Application Procedures
ETHERNET NETWORK TOPOLOGY
The confi guration of the plant Ethernet network might
be dictated by the plant IT department. One com-
mon confi guration is the star type topology, where a
master device will connect to a switch, and all devices
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Figure B-19. Ethernet Network Topology
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participating on the network (Vission 20/20 panels) will
also be connected to the switch. All Vission 20/20 pan-
els would have unique static IP addresses and the master
would communicate to each.