User guide

RUGGEDCOM ROS
User Guide
Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview 1
Introduction
This chapter provides a basic overview of the ROS software. It describes the following topics:
• Section 1.1, “Overview”
• Section 1.2, “Security Recommendations and Considerations”
• Section 1.3, “Port Numbering Scheme”
• Section 1.4, “Available Services by Port”
• Section 1.5, “SNMP Management Interface Base (MIB) Support”
• Section 1.6, “SNMP Traps”
• Section 1.7, “ModBus Management Support”
• Section 1.8, “Certificate and Key Requirements”
Section 1.1
Overview
Welcome to the ROS Software User Guide for the RS8000. This Guide describes the wide array of carrier grade
features made available by ROS (Rugged Operating System). These features include:
IMPORTANT!
The RS8000/RS8000A/RS8000H/RS8000T is not intended for use or resale as online control
equipment in hazardous, high-risk environments that require fail-safe performance, such as nuclear
facilities, aircraft navigation or communication systems, air traffic control, direct life support machines
or weapons systems, in which the failure of the software could result in death, personal injury, or
severe physical or environmental damage.
Rugged Operating System (ROS) Features
• Simple plug and play operation - automatic learning,
negotiation and crossover detection
• RSTP (802.1w) and Enhanced Rapid Spanning Tree
(eRSTP™) network fault recovery (<5ms)
• Quality of Service (802.1p) for real-time traffic
• VLAN (802.1Q) with double tagging
• Link aggregation (802.3ad)
• IGMP Snooping for multicast filtering
• Port rate limiting and broadcast storm limiting
• Port configuration, status, statistics, mirroring,
security
• SNTP time synchronization (client and server)
• Industrial automation features (eg. Modbus)
Cyber Security Features
• Muti-level user passwords
• SSH/SSL (128-bit encryption)
• Enable/disable ports, MAC based port security
• Port-based network access control (802.1X)
• VLAN (802.1Q) to segregate and secure network
traffic
• RADIUS centralized password management
• SNMPv3 authentication and 56-bit encryption
Management Features
• Web-based, Telnet, CLI management interfaces
• SNMP v1/v2/v3 (56-bit encryption)
• Remote Monitoring (RMON)
• Rich set of diagnostics with logging and alarms