Switch Manager; Installation - GE MiCOM P40 Agile Technical Manual

Chapter 4 - Configuration
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SWITCH MANAGER

Switch Manager is used to manage Ethernet ring networks and MiCOM H35x-V2 and H36x-V2 SNMP facilities. It is
a set of tools used to manage, optimize, diagnose and supervise your network. It also handles the version software
of the switch.
The Switch Manager tool is also intended for MiCOM Px4x IEDs with redundant Ethernet using Self Healing Protocol
(SHP) and Dual Homing Protocol (DHP). This tool is used to identify IEDs and GE Switches, and to configure the
redundancy IP address for the GE proprietary Self Healing Protocol and Dual Homing Protocol.
Switch hardware
GE switches are stand-alone devices (H3xx, H6x families) or embedded in a computer device rack, for example
MiCOM C264 (SWDxxx, SWRxxx, SWUxxx Ethernet boards) or PC board (MiCOM H14x, MiCOM H15x, MiCOM H16x).
Switch range
There are 3 types of GE switches:
Standard switches: SWU (in C264), H14x (PCI), H34x, H6x
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Redundant Ring switches: SWR (in C264), H15x (PCI), H35x,
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Redundant Dual Homing switches: SWD (in C264), H16x (PCI), H36x
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Switch Manager allows you to allocate an IP addresses for GE switches. Switches can then be synchronized using
the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) or they can be administrated using the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP).
All switches have a single 6-byte MAC address.
Redundancy Management
Standard Ethernet does not support a loop at the OSI link layer (layer 2 of the 7 layer model). A mesh topology
cannot be created using a standard Hub and switch. Redundancy needs separate networks using hardware in
routers or software in dedicated switches using STP (Spanning Tree Protocol). However, this redundancy
mechanism is too slow for one link failure in electrical automation networks.
GE has developed its own Redundancy ring and star mechanisms using two specific Ethernet ports of the
redundant switches. This redundancy works between GE switches of the same type. The two redundant Ethernet
connections between GE switches create one private redundant Ethernet LAN.
The Ethernet ports dedicated to the redundancy are optical Ethernet ports. The GE redundancy mechanism uses a
single specific address for each Ethernet switch of the private LAN. This address is set using DIP switches or
jumpers.
Switch Manager monitors the redundant address of the switches and the link topology between switches.
6.1

INSTALLATION

Switch Manager requirements
PC with Windows XP or later
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Ethernet port
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200 MB hard disk space
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● PC IP address configured in Windows in same IP range as switch
Network IP address
IP addressing is needed for time synchronization of GE switches and for SNMP management.
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