Network redundancy mechanisms

for Substation Automation,

Principals and comparison

Dual Link
RSTP
PRP
HSR

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IEC 61850 communication within a substation

Principals of redundancy mechanisms

Comparison of redundancy mechanisms

Summary
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IEC 61850 communication within a substation

Control Center
IEC 608705-104
DNP3 TCP

Substation Controller

Station bus
2

3rd
party
device

Process bus

Parallel wiring
1

Control / Inforeport
(ca. 500 ms delay time)

GOOSE Inter IED Communication

(ca. 10-100 ms, dep. on application)

Sampled Values
(ca 2 ms delay time)

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Merging
Unit

Digital Instrument
Transformer
Data via IEC61850-9-2
Energy Automation

Circuit
Breaker
Controller

CT
VT

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Agenda

IEC 61850 communication within a substation

Principals of redundancy mechanisms

Comparison of redundancy mechanisms

Summary
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Principals of redundancy mechanisms

Redundancy with recovery time

Dual Homing Link Redundancy

Two active links, one is sending,
sending link changes if one link is down

RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

Redundancy IEEE 802.1D-2004

Seamless Redundancy Systems:

Parallel Redundancy Protocol IEC 62439-3.4

Two active links, both sending, parallel configuration

High availability seamless redundancy IEC 62439-3.5

Two active links, both sending, ring configuration

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Principal of Dual Link (Dual homing) Redundancy

2 external Switches directly

connected
SIPROTEC devices
connected in star structure to
switches
SIPROTEC devices with two
Ethernet ports
Port 1 is sending
Port 2 is standby
Switch over time < 5 ms
Established since 2004.

Substation Controller

dual link

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Features of Dual Link Redundancy

PRO

Easy to handle

No settings

Huge field experience

CONS

Double number of external switches required

Only supervision of directly linked connections.

Broken connections in the upper network will be not detected by the device.

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Principle of RSTP-Configuration
IEEE 802.1D-2004

2 external RSTP-Switches
SIPROTEC devices with
integrated RSTP switch
Rings with up to 30 devices
Several rings can be
connected to external
switches
Setting of RSTP parameters
necessary
Well established technology
( > 250.000 devices)
Field proven interoperability

Substation Controller

dual link

RSTP

Up to 30
SIPROTEC
devices per ring
.

RSTP Switch
RSTP over
Fast fibre optic Ethernet
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Features of RSTP
PRO

Only one network required

Redundancy achieved ring structure

Huge field experience

Approved IEEE 802.1D-2004 Standard

CONS

Short reconfiguration time in case of interruption

(dependent from failure location)

Settings within RSTP switches necessary

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Principle of PRP - IEC 62439-3.4

PRP-B

PRP-A

Two parallel networks

Device are connected to
network PRP-A and PRP-B
Devices send via both active
links
RedBox for connection of
non PRP devices
Seamless
Interoperability tests done
PRP-Switch
PRP-A network

RB

PRP-B network
Non PRP
devices

RB

Field level

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PRP-RedBox

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Details of redundancy principles

Features of PRP
PRO

Seamless reconfiguration - No recovery time

Highest level of redundancy

Simple mechanism, no special switch settings (as in RSTP)

normal Devices with 1 interface can be connected to one of the PRP-Lans

(SAN = Single attached nodes)

Siemens supports the latest version of IEC 62439-3 (PRP1)

Approved IEC Standard

CONS

Double number of switches = increased cost

Switches have to handle Jumbo-Ethernet frames

Linkage of the two networks leads to breakdown of the network

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 Seamless redundancy is required

Star-structure and redundant
networks are preferred

PRP available for all protection

devices
Strict separation of communication
and protection in device design
Dedicated communication module
relieves protection CPU
Additional filters on communication
module for higher communication
performance and security
existing modules can be updated

Benefits

Siemens
solution

Customer
requirement

PRP Solution from Siemens

Seamless
Setting free
High availability
Retrofitting on existing module
Secure and safe operation
Safes investment

seamless and doubled network

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Principle of HSR-Configuration
IEC 62439-3.5

2 Redboxes
SIPROTEC devices with
integrated HSR switch
Rings with up to 50 devices
Redboxes distributed in the
ring
Seamless
Interoperability tests done

Substation Controller

PRP-A

PRP-B

RB

Up to 50
SIPROTEC
devices
per ring
.

PRP-Switch
HSR Ring

HSR
RB
RB

HSR RedBox
PRP-A connection
PRP-B connection

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Features of HSR
High Available Seamless Redundancy
PRO

Seamless reconfiguration - No recovery time

One common Network

Cost reduction through ring configuration

Approved IEC 62439-3 Standard

CONS

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RedBox

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 Seamless redundancy is required

Cost effective network structure are
preferred

HSR available for all protection

devices
Ring structures up to 50 devices
Strict separation of communication
and protection in device design
Dedicated communication module
relieves protection CPU
Additional filters on communication
module for higher communication
performance and security
existing modules can be updated

Benefits

Siemens
solution

Customer
requirement

HSR Solution from Siemens

Seamless
Setting free
High availability
Retrofitting on existing module
Secure and safe operation
Cost effective
Safes investment

cost effective and seamless

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Agenda

IEC 61850 communication within a substation

Principals of redundancy mechanisms

Comparison of redundancy mechanisms

Summary
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Comparison of redundancy mechanisms

RSTP

PRP

HSR

>250.000 devices

>2.000

>100

ring

parallel

ring

Unlimited
(max. 30 / ring)

512

512
(max. 50 / ring)

Parameter free

Budget-saving
network

Siemens
field experience
Network
configuration
Max. devices per
layer 2 network
Seamless
(no recovery time)

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Agenda

IEC 61850 communication within a substation

Principals of redundancy mechanisms

Comparison of redundancy mechanisms

Summary
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SIEMENS Seamless Ethernet Media Redundancy Suite

SICAM
Substation
Controller

Siemens SOFTNET - IE RNA V8.1

PRP-Driver for PC
using two Ethernet-Cards

PRP-A

SIPROTEC 4
Communication
Module EN100 optical
(PRP and HSR)

PRP-B

B
SIEMENS Redbox
SCALANCE X204RNA EEC
- Coupler for PRP to HSR
- Connects non-PRP/HSR to
PRP or HSR

HSR

HSR

HSR

Non HSR
device

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Non HSR
device

Energy Automation

Ruggedcom A Siemens Business

A Complete Portfolio of Industrial
Networking

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Summary
Siemens offers redundancy solutions
Dual link redundancy
RSTP
PRP (seamless)
HSR (seamless)
SIPROTEC with integrated RSTP/PRP/HSR switches
Dual link and RSTP: Field proven established technology
PRP: High level redundancy through double network solution
HSR: High level redundancy through cost effective ring network
structure. Combinable with PRP network.
Successful participation at UCA Interoperability test CIGRE 2010
and 2012
Siemens solutions offer a wide variety in long year field proven
as well as state of the art redundancy
protocols
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