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Siemens IK PI · 2015
PROFINET/Industrial Ethernet
Industrial Ethernet Layer 3 Switches / Routers
Media modules for modular SCALANCE XR-500 managed
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Overview
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4-port media modules for flexible, 4-port-granular equipping
of SCALANCE X-500 Industrial Ethernet switches
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Electrical versions with RJ45 ports are available as well as
optical versions with BFOC and SC ports for the use of multi-
mode and single-mode fiber-optic cables
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Using a 4-port SFP media module, the optional use of fiber-
optic SFP plug-in transceivers (small form-factor pluggable)
with LC connection technology is possible
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SFP+ and SFP plug-in transceivers for flexible equipping of
the four integral SFP+ slots in SCALANCE X-500
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Benefits
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Unlimited flexibility during network expansions (e.g. more
terminal devices), conversion (e.g. switching from copper to
fiber-optic cables), or performance enhancement (e.g. from
Gigabit to 10 Gigabit) through modular construction using
media modules and SFP+ or SFP plug-in transceivers
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Reduction of storage costs and maintenance overhead by
focusing on a few basic device versions
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Application
Use of media modules in the SCALANCE X-500 switches
enables:
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Extension of networks by subsequent insertion of additional
media modules in unused media module slots (possible
during operation)
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Extension of networks by subsequent insertion of additional
SFP+ or SFP plug-in transceivers in unused SFP+ slots
(possible during operation)
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Changing of cabling technology (e.g. conversion from copper
to fiber-optic cables, or from multimode to singlemode FOC)
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Change of the data transfer rate (e.g. conversion from
SFP plug-in transceivers (1 000 Mbit/s) to SFP+ plug-in trans-
ceivers (10 Gbit/s)
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