SEL-2731

Build Your Perfect 24-Port Switch—Choose from copper or small form-factor pluggable (SFP) options on eight 1 Gbps/100 Mbps and sixteen 100 Mbps ports. Mix and match port types in groups of four. The SEL-2731 offers flexible mounting options and wide-range dual power supplies. It supports both SEL and non-SEL fiber SFPs with a generous power budget.

Future-Proof Your System—Order the SEL-2731 with either RSTP-based or OT SDN-based control plane technology. With a simple firmware upgrade, you can field convert between RSTP and OT SDN.

Synchronize Time Over the LAN With Accuracy—The SEL-2731 is a transparent Precision Time Protocol (PTP) clock that supports the IEEE C37.238-2017 power system profile to ensure submicrosecond time synchronization of end devices.

Operate in Tough Environments—The SEL-2731 is designed without fans or other moving parts, increasing its operational lifetime. It is built and tested for reliable operation in extreme environments, meeting or exceeding IEEE 1613 (Class 1) and IEC 61850-3 standards for communications devices in electric power substations.

RSTP

Simplify Network Commissioning—Installing and configuring the SEL-2731 is simple. You can easily set up priority messaging with VLANs, which ensures the transmission of IEC 61850 GOOSE messages and current differential traffic to IEDs while segmenting protection, control, and automation traffic. Update settings either through a secure web interface or by importing configuration files. Using configuration files makes backups and restoration easy.

Preserve Network Integrity—Use the Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard in the SEL-2731 to prevent unauthorized network extensions. Provide central authentication with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) or one- or two-factor authentication with Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS). Protect client saturation with rate limiting.

Easily Segment and Monitor a Flexible Network Topology—Use any of the available 4,094 VLANs for switch-to-switch connections with the SEL-2731. Monitor VLAN configurations with easy-to-read graphics. Monitor the status through Syslog and the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

OT SDN

Create Stronger Network Security—Control exactly what is allowed on your network. The SEL-2731 and SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller software have a deny-by-default architecture and deliver multilayer packet inspection at each hop. Only packets matching authorized communications flows are forwarded; all others are dropped or sent to your intrusion detection system. OT SDN also makes systems more cybersecure by eliminating legacy, attack-prone networking features, like media access control (MAC) tables, RSTP, multicast, and broadcast.

Improve Failover Performance—Proactively engineer your network traffic with OT SDN. This solution brings more precision and predictability to critical infrastructure networks, reliably supporting even the most demanding control system signals, such as Sampled Values. Failover time is less than 100 μs—two orders of magnitude faster than what legacy networking technology can achieve. And since there are no blocked ports for RSTP, you can use all SEL-2731 ports for communications flows.

Streamline NERC CIP Data Collection—Use the SEL-2731 to establish inline, non-bypassable security controls for ports and services. Use the SEL-2731 and flow controller software with the SEL Flow Auditor application to automate information collection and reporting of NERC CIP-007-6 R1.1 without dangerous scanning or expensive site visits, which addresses system security management for open ports and services on cyber assets.

Centralize Network Configuration and Updates—Manage your network, not individual switches. The SEL-5056 Flow Controller software centralizes network configuration and all changes to the network, eliminating the need to update settings in individual switches.