Switch and Network Status Alerts

Using standard DeltaV device status reporting the DeltaV

Smart Switches will automatically repor t the status of both

the switch health and network communications problems.

Reporting items such as switch communications failure, switch

temperature, and power supply status. In addition the status

of network communications such as excessive packet collisions

or excessive dropped packets indicative of network problems

the DeltaV system provides all the network status information

without the use of third party SNMP applications.

Security Event Reporting DeltaV Smart Switches will report

security related events such as high network traffic that indicate

a denial of service attack is present and a port locking violation

that indicates an unauthorized device has been connected to

a “locked” switch port. Users are notified immediately that a

security event has occurred and can take actions to mitigate the attack.