FTView SE with PC Ethernet Cards Redundancy

Hi all,

i have a Contrologix Redundant System, i wish to have two ethernet cards in the operator PC to enhance the redundancy, so i propose the architecture in the attachement.

questions :

1. Is FTView SE supporting this configuration?
2. if yes which IP configuration i will have?

i can't propose redundant controlnet because my client wants TWO NETWORK CARDS in each operator PC.

thanks.

Interesting, I`ve never seen something like this. Let`s wait and see.

Yes!!!!

Siemens for example propose CP1613 ethernet cards, which you can put two in your PCI slots, and with S7-Redconnect (WinCC Licence) WinCC will reconize them both of!

but with AB any idea...

Thanks.

I have built a system like this with two network cards in each PC, using Intel Pro/100 dual port cards with "Adapter Teaming" enabled. Each Ethernet port was connected to a separate Ethernet switch network, and the two networks were linked together.

Only one port and one IP address per card remains active at a time. If the link fails for the active port, the other port becomes active and takes over the IP address. There will always be a short interruption in connectivity because the MAC tables inside the Ethernet switches need to be rebuilt.

Hi,

I think you are Ken from RA forums? what is the problem with the forum this days?

ok now about the intel pro card... i'll need a server with windows server or i can install it on a normal pc with windows xp??

Thanks.

I was involved with the RA Forums only as a participating member. I don't know what sort of malfunction has happened there... it's probably part of a migration, as AB.COM and the Knowledgebase have both been moved to new platforms recently.

In my case we were running RSView32 on ordinary Windows XP SP2 computers with the Intel Pro/100 cards. The cards don't require a Server operating system.