Siemens Industrial Ethernet Switches SCALANCE X-200 - Manual (Page 22)

Network topologies / media redundancy
2.2 Options of media redundancy
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Operating Instructions, 12/2011, A5E00349864-19
2.2 Options of media redundancy
There are various options available to increase the network availability of an Industrial
Ethernet network with optical or electrical linear bus topologies:
● Mesh networks
● Parallel connection of transmission paths
● Closing a linear bus topology to form a ring topology