Enterasys P0973BJ is a high-performance Ethernet switch meticulously designed to meet the needs of complex network environments, playing a key role in industrial automation, enterprise network construction, data center interconnection and other fields. With Enterasys' profound technical accumulation and excellent craftsmanship in the field of network communication, this switch, with its outstanding performance, rich functions and high reliability, has become an ideal choice for many industries to build efficient and stable network architectures. Whether in industrial control scenarios with extremely high requirements for real-time data transmission, or in enterprise campus networks pursuing large-scale port expansion and flexible management, the P0973BJ can demonstrate strong adaptability and excellent work efficiency.
Input Voltage: Supports a wide voltage input range of 100-240V AC with a frequency of 50/60Hz. This broad voltage adaptability enables it to operate stably in power grid environments in different regions around the world. Whether in office places with standard mains power supply or industrial sites with complex power supply conditions, it can be easily adapted, greatly improving the versatility and application range of the equipment.
Power Consumption: Under normal working conditions, the power consumption is about 20W, making it a low-power device. The low-power design not only helps reduce the energy costs of enterprises and reduce long-term operating expenses, but also effectively reduces equipment heat generation, prolongs the service life of the equipment, reduces the frequency and cost of equipment maintenance, and conforms to the current development concept of green energy conservation.
Current Capacity: It has a stable current-carrying capacity, which can provide sufficient and reliable power support for various connected devices, ensuring that when the equipment is running at full load, its performance and network communication quality will not be affected by power supply issues, thus guaranteeing the stability and continuity of network operation.
Operating Temperature Range: It has a relatively wide operating temperature range, generally from 0°C to 50°C. This enables the device to work normally in common commercial-grade environments and some industrial environments. Whether in temperature-appropriate office areas or factory workshops with large temperature changes, as long as the temperature is within this range, the device can operate stably, ensuring uninterrupted network communication and providing reliable guarantee for enterprise production and operation.
Storage Temperature Range: The storage temperature range is wider, usually from -40°C to 70°C. This means that even when the device is in idle storage and encounters extreme temperature environments, the electronic components inside the device can maintain good performance. When the device needs to be reactivated, it can quickly resume normal operation, greatly extending the storage life and flexibility of the device, and reducing the risk of device damage due to temperature issues in the storage environment.
Humidity Requirement: It can operate stably in an environment with a relative humidity of 10% to 90% (non-condensing). In factories in humid coastal areas, underground mines and other places with high environmental humidity, the electronic components inside the device, through special moisture-proof treatment and design, can effectively resist the erosion of humid air, prevent short circuits, corrosion and other faults caused by humidity problems, ensure long-term reliable operation of the device, and reduce equipment maintenance costs and downtime risks caused by environmental humidity.
Protection Level: Although the specific protection level is not clearly specified, the device adopts certain dust-proof and moisture-proof designs. In industrial environments, it can play a certain protective role for the precision electronic components inside the device, effectively reducing the impact of dust, moisture and other pollutants on the device's performance, improving the reliability of the device in complex industrial environments, and reducing the probability of device failure caused by external environmental factors.
Diverse Port Configuration: The switch is equipped with 24 100BASE-FX SC multimode fiber interfaces, specially designed for application scenarios with high requirements for long-distance transmission and anti-interference. Multimode fiber interfaces can achieve high-speed and stable data transmission within a certain distance range, effectively avoiding the impact of electromagnetic interference on data signals. They are suitable for scenarios such as long-distance connections between devices in industrial automation production lines, communication links between stations and control centers in rail transit, and information interaction between substations and monitoring centers in power systems. In addition, it is also equipped with 2 Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 interfaces as uplink ports, providing high-speed and flexible uplink options for the network, facilitating high-speed interconnection with core switches, servers and other devices, and meeting the needs of enterprise networks for fast transmission of large amounts of data.
High-Speed and Stable Data Transmission: Adopting advanced switching chips and an optimized switching architecture, the AP0973BJ has a switching capacity of up to 8.8Gbps (some data show 12.8Gbps or 17.6Gbps, which may vary depending on the version or testing method), enabling non-blocking data forwarding. This means that when there is a large amount of data traffic in the network, the switch can ensure high-speed and smooth data transmission, effectively avoiding congestion during data transmission, and providing strong network support for key business applications in enterprise networks, such as real-time data collection, high-definition video surveillance, and large-scale file transmission. Its forwarding rate can reach 6.5Mpps (some data show 9.5Mpps or higher), which can quickly process and forward data packets, greatly improving the overall performance and work efficiency of the network.
Support for VLAN Function: The Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) function is crucial in modern network management. The P0973BJ provides comprehensive support for it and complies with the IEEE 802.1Q standard. Users can divide a physical network into multiple logically isolated VLANs according to actual needs. Devices in different VLANs cannot communicate directly, which not only enhances network security and effectively prevents data leakage between departments, but also facilitates network administrators to carry out refined network management and resource allocation according to the network needs of different departments and business scenarios. For example, in an enterprise campus network, office areas, production workshops, and R&D departments can be divided into different VLANs, and network policies suitable for each area can be formulated respectively, such as restricting the access rights of office areas to the production workshop network to ensure the security of production data; providing higher network bandwidth and priority for the R&D department to meet its special requirements for data transmission speed and stability.
Comprehensive QoS Service Quality Guarantee: With the increasing diversification of network applications, the requirements for network service quality are getting higher and higher. The P0973BJ is equipped with a powerful QoS function, supporting 802.1p priority scheduling and having 4 hardware queues. Through these functions, the switch can prioritize different types of data traffic according to user-defined rules. For applications with extremely high real-time requirements, such as the transmission of real-time control commands in industrial automation and video and voice data in remote medical consultations, high priority can be given to ensure their network bandwidth and transmission stability, ensuring that these key task applications are not interfered by other low-priority traffic, thus realizing the rational and efficient use of network resources. For example, in smart factories, the control command data of production equipment is set to high priority, which can be transmitted through the switch first, ensuring the accurate operation of the equipment and the continuity of the production process; while low-priority traffic such as ordinary office file transmission is transmitted when the network is idle, avoiding affecting the normal operation of key businesses.
Support for Multicast Function: In some specific network application scenarios, such as large-scale collection of equipment status monitoring data and unified software upgrade and distribution within enterprises, multicast technology is of great significance. The P0973BJ supports the multicast function, which can efficiently send data to multiple receivers without establishing a separate connection for each receiver, greatly saving network bandwidth resources and improving data transmission efficiency. For example, in an enterprise data center, administrators can quickly push software update programs to all servers and terminal devices that need upgrading through multicast, avoiding network congestion that may be caused by unicast transmission, and at the same time reducing the load pressure on servers, improving the efficiency and success rate of software upgrades.
Stacking Expansion Capability: Considering the continuous development and expansion needs of enterprise networks, this switch has a stacking function. Up to 8 P0973BJ switches can be stacked together to form a logical whole for management. After stacking, not only the number of ports is significantly increased to meet the network access needs of new devices, but also redundant backup and load balancing between switches can be realized, greatly improving the reliability and overall performance of the network. For example, in a large enterprise campus network, with the increase in the number of users and the expansion of business, by stacking multiple P0973BJ switches, network ports can be easily expanded to provide network access for office equipment of new employees, new production equipment, etc.; at the same time, when one switch fails, other switches can automatically take over its work, ensuring uninterrupted network communication and guaranteeing the normal operation of enterprise business. In addition, the device is provided with Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) interface slots, supporting the installation of mini GBIC modules. Users can flexibly choose 1000Base-T Ethernet copper cable RJ45 connection (1Gbps rate) or 1000Base-SX/LX/ELX fiber connection (1Gbps fiber connection) according to the actual network environment, providing a variety of options for high-speed uplinks of the network and meeting the needs for network connection methods and transmission rates in different scenarios.
High Stability Design: Industrial environments are often harsh, placing extremely high demands on the stability and reliability of equipment. The Enterasys P0973BJ is made of high-quality materials, and its shell is specially designed to effectively resist the erosion of dust, moisture and other pollutants, providing reliable protection for internal precision electronic components. At the same time, the internal circuit is carefully laid out and fully shielded, with excellent anti-electromagnetic interference capability, and can operate stably in complex electromagnetic environments. In industrial places with strong electromagnetic interference such as steel plants and steelmaking plants, the switch can ensure the continuity and accuracy of the industrial control process, ensuring the smooth progress of production. For example, in the steel production process, various large motors, electric welders and other equipment will generate strong electromagnetic interference. The P0973BJ, with its excellent anti-interference performance, can stably transmit the control commands and operating data of production equipment, ensuring that the automated process of steel production is not interfered, and improving production efficiency and product quality.
Support for Multiple Communication Protocols: In order to achieve seamless connection with industrial equipment and systems of different brands and types, the P0973BJ supports a wide range of communication protocols, such as Ethernet/IP and Modbus/TCP. This enables it to be easily integrated into the existing industrial automation network system, conduct efficient data interaction with various PLCs, DCS systems, smart meters and other devices, and realize precise control and comprehensive monitoring of the industrial production process. In automobile manufacturing production lines, through the Ethernet/IP protocol, the switch can communicate with automation equipment in real time, obtain production data and feedback control commands in a timely manner, ensuring the efficient and stable operation of the production line. For example, in the automobile welding station, the switch communicates with welding robots and welding controllers through the Modbus/TCP protocol, real-time monitors welding current, voltage and other parameters, and adjusts the welding process according to preset process requirements to ensure the stability and consistency of welding quality.
Flexible Control Logic: The switch has a flexible control logic function, which can be programmed and configured by users according to the needs of actual industrial application scenarios. By writing specific control programs, various complex control strategies for industrial equipment can be realized, such as sequence control, logic control, and closed-loop control. In the food and beverage production industry, the P0973BJ can be used to achieve precise control of filling equipment, flexibly adjusting key parameters such as filling volume and filling speed according to the filling requirements of different products, ensuring the stability and consistency of product quality. For example, in a beverage filling production line, the switch is connected to the controller of the filling equipment. According to the formulas and packaging specifications of different beverage varieties, corresponding control programs are set to realize automatic control of the filling process, improve production efficiency and product quality, and reduce errors and costs caused by manual intervention.
Intuitive and Convenient Operation Interface: To facilitate users to monitor the device and adjust parameters, the P0973BJ is equipped with an intuitive display interface, such as a digital liquid crystal display (LCD) or operated through a Web management interface. Through these interfaces, users can clearly view the real-time operating status of the device, various key parameters and alarm information. At the same time, the operation interface is designed to be simple and easy to understand, so that even users who are in contact with it for the first time can quickly get started to set parameters and operate the device, greatly improving the convenience and efficiency of industrial control, and reducing the operation threshold and maintenance cost. For example, network administrators can remotely log in to the switch through the Web management interface to monitor and adjust port status, VLAN settings, QoS policies, etc. in real time without visiting the equipment site, improving management efficiency and response speed; while on-site operators can also quickly view the operating status and fault information of the device through the LCD display on the device and handle them in a timely manner to ensure the normal progress of production.
Access Control Function: The P0973BJ supports the Access Control List (ACL) function. Users can flexibly set access rules according to various conditions such as source IP address, destination IP address, and port number, so as to precisely restrict the access rights of different devices or users to network resources. In enterprise networks, by reasonably configuring ACL rules, unauthorized external devices can be effectively prohibited from accessing enterprise internal sensitive data servers, preventing data leakage and malicious network attacks, and building a solid defense line for enterprise network security. For example, in financial enterprise networks, by setting ACL rules, only internal office devices in specific IP address segments are allowed to access core business servers, and direct access from external network devices is prohibited, effectively protecting the security of sensitive information such as customer information and transaction data.
Port Security Features: The device has complete port security functions, which can bind MAC addresses to devices connected to the port. Only devices with pre-bound MAC addresses can access the network normally, effectively preventing illegal devices from accessing the network, avoiding security risks caused by illegal device access, and ensuring network security and stability. In campus networks, network ports in student dormitories can be bound to the MAC addresses of students' computers to prevent external devices from accessing the campus network at will and disrupting network order. At the same time, the maximum number of connections for a port can be set to limit the number of devices connected to a single port, preventing network congestion caused by a large number of illegal devices occupying the port.
DHCP Snooping Function: This function is mainly used to prevent illegal DHCP servers from accessing the network, avoiding problems such as IP address conflicts and network chaos in the network. The P0973BJ strictly allows only trusted DHCP servers to assign IP addresses by real-time monitoring of DHCP messages in the network, ensuring network security and stability from the source. In enterprise network environments, if unauthorized personnel set up DHCP servers privately in an attempt to interfere with the normal operation of the network, the DHCP Snooping function can detect and block such behaviors in a timely manner, ensuring the normal operation of the network. For example, in enterprise office networks, by enabling the DHCP Snooping function, the switch can identify and block IP address assignment requests sent by illegal DHCP servers, ensuring that IP address assignment in the enterprise internal network is managed by legal DHCP servers, avoiding network failures caused by IP address conflicts, and improving network reliability and stability.
Support for Rich Security Protocols: To ensure the security of data during network transmission and prevent data from being stolen or tampered with, the P0973BJ supports multiple security protocols, such as SSL/TLS encryption protocols. In financial industry networks, which involve the transmission of a large amount of sensitive customer information and transaction data, SSL/TLS encryption can ensure the confidentiality and integrity of data during transmission, effectively protecting customer rights and interests and the reputation of financial institutions. In addition, it also supports the 802.1X authentication protocol. Through user identity authentication, only authorized users can access the network, further enhancing network security. For example, in a bank's online banking system, when users log in, identity verification is performed through the 802.1X authentication protocol to ensure that only legitimate users can access the system; at the same time, during data transmission, the SSL/TLS encryption protocol is used to encrypt data to prevent data from being stolen or tampered with during transmission, ensuring the security of users' funds and the reliability of transactions.
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