Overview of the Cisco IE3500 Series Switch
Cisco IE3500 Rugged Series Switches
These are ruggedized switching platforms and provides superior high-bandwidth switching and proven Cisco IOS XE Software for industrial environments.
These DIN-rail Industrial Ethernet switches are designed to cater deployments where hardened products are required, including factory automation, smart cities, energy and process control, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), energy production sites, smart city programs, and mining. They bring improved overall performance, greater bandwidth, a richer feature set, enhanced hardware, and class leading security
The switches include security features to provide secured networking environment
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Cisco Trusted Platform Module (TPM)—serves as a hardware root-of-trust for secure boot.
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Secure Boot—uses a public key to validate each subsequent booting stage.
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Chip guard—Cisco developed security feature that records unique ID of critical system to prevent hardware tampering.
Cisco IE3500H Heavy Duty Series Switches
These are the next-generation managed IP67 PoE switches powered by Cisco IOS XE and are ideal for deployment in the harshest environments. They are IP67-rated for water and dust resistance and are hardened to withstand temperatures ranging from freezing cold to extreme heat (-40 to 85°C), as well as severe shock and vibration.
The switches are available with up to 24 ports, offering either Fast Ethernet or all Gigabit Ethernet with M12 connectors. These switches can be wall-mounted and deployed without a housing cabinet, offering a power budget of 360W, and supporting Power over Ethernet (PoE), PoE+, and Universal Power over Ethernet (UPOE) at 60W.
The switches are equipped with advanced network-based security, segmentation, and visibility features for the most demanding industrial environments. They extend the power of intent-based networking to the harshest Internet of Things (IoT) edge, with use cases in industries such as mining, railways, and manufacturing.