An example system includes a first network zone of a mobile system comprising a first interconnected plurality of end points; a second network zone of the mobile system comprising a second interconnected plurality of end points; a converged network device (CND) interposed between the first network zone and the second network zone, wherein the CND is configured to regulate communications between end points of the first network zone and the second network zone; a first mobile system controller on the first network zone; a second mobile system controller on the second network zone; and a network redundancy circuit structured to selectively provide a regulation control command; wherein the CND is further configured to adjust the regulating the communications between end points of the first network zone and end points of the second network zone in response to the regulation control command.