FLEXHA 5000™ I/O is a reliable and flexible distributed I/O solution, allowing you to choose your I/O to meet youroperational needs. This platform will allow for integrated safety I/O and base process control I/O to be convenientlymounted in the same rack which reduces hardware complexity and cost. All modules will be TUV certified toSIL3. FLEXHA 5000 I/O enhances communication with 1 Gb EtherNet/IP™ connectivity, offering higher speedand increased bandwidth. Ease of communication is optimized with multiple network topology options such asParallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP), Device Level Ring (DLR), Linear and Star. A defense in depth security strategy isachieved with module vendor certificates, firmware encryption and secure boot functionality.