The Cisco 2000U Industrial Ethernet Switches (IE 2000U) are a range of compact switches designed for the harsh, rugged environments often found in the energy and utility industries. IE 2000U switches are designed to support the communications infrastructure needs for the energy delivery infrastructure across distributed generation, transmission, and distribution sectors. This infrastructure includes utility and customer-owned energy infrastructure, such as substation applications supporting electrical transmission and distribution, renewable generation, oil and gas, water, distributed generation, cogeneration, and trackside operations. The infrastructure also includes communications infrastructure for delivery applications such as transmission pipelines, distribution mains, and service lines for oil and gas and water.
High availability and redundancy
Hardware ready to support IEC 62439-3 protocols for transparent redundancy: Parallel Redundancy Protocol/High-Availability Seamless Redundancy (PRP/HSR), field-replaceable components such as power supplies and SFPs reduce redeployment time. Intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) in Cisco Configuration Professional simplifies configuration of switches and reduces training time and costs. Utility-focused enhancements have been added to further increase ease of use.
Energy efficiency
The IE 2000U architecture provides energy-saving features that include the high-efficiency power supplies with dual connections for redundancy and high availability, no fans are used, which reduces overall power consumption.
