Introduction; Overview - Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROS User Manual

RUGGEDCOM ROS
User Guide

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 RSG2200. This Guide describes the wide array of carrier
grade features made available by ROS (Rugged Operating System). These features include:
IMPORTANT!
The RSG2200/M2200 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
• MSTP 802.1Q-2005 (formerly 802.1s)
• 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 and GVRP
support
• 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)
Overview
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
Chapter 1
Introduction
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