Allen-Bradley ArmorStratix 5700 on-machine switch

The Allen-Bradley ArmorStratix 5700 is an on-machine switch. Built with ruggedised IP67 protection, the Layer 2 managed industrial ethernet switch can be mounted directly onto a machine or application, reducing the overall size and cost of a control cabinet, and shrinking the machine footprint.

The managed switch advances connected enterprise goals by delivering integration of machine-level data that, due to cost or location, would otherwise remain isolated from business-level systems. Using the Cisco IOS network infrastructure software, this switch manages the transfer of production data to enterprise-level databases and information systems for improved decision making.

The industrial switch simplifies the design and development of machine-level networks through configuration and monitoring tools. These tools help enable easy set-up and diagnostics from within the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture system - bridging the gap between IT and the automation engineer.

The Layer 2 switch offers high availability, quality of service (QoS), and automated monitoring to help simplify network optimisation and convergence. The switch comes standard with 8, 16 and 24 fixed-port configurations, and each base model comes with M12 ethernet connectors, SD flash card, dual-power inputs and a panel-mounted design. An expanded switch includes 10 and 18 fixed-port configurations, with two Gigabit ports, hardware-based IEEE 1588, hardware alarms, and up to eight PoE ports.