Cybersecurity enhancements include
stronger encryption, configurable password
policies, signed firmware packages and the
use of signed digital certificates
of any suspicious activity, providing an
additional layer of cybersecurity.
“There has been a phenomenal industry
response to Eaton’s Gigabit Network card
since it launched a little over six months
ago,” said Ashraf Yehia, Managing Director,
Eaton Middle East. The card allows facility managers to
monitor the state of the UPS, power
conditions, temperature and humidity
within the UPS network, enabling early
warning of any threats to the system.
“The cards address a major need for
advanced security protection of connected
UPS networks. The latest additions mean
IT and facility managers can now use the
same network cards across both single-
phase and 3-phase UPSs, which enables
easier management and monitoring and
ultimately more effective cybersecurity.” The Gigabit Network and Industrial
Gateway Cards use a future-proof design
that allows for feature and security
updates and has increased memory and
hot-swappable external components.
Eaton is also introducing the Industrial
Gateway Card, which is compatible with
the MODBUS communications protocol.
This card features the same cybersecurity
protection as the Network Card and
is designed for building management,
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Both cards are compatible with Eaton’s
new environmental monitoring probe, to
detect humidity, temperature and contact
inputs and provide effective monitoring of
rack environments. The Gigabit Network
and Industrial Gateway Cards have
additional features to allow up to three new
generation sensors per card to be daisy-
chained and at greater distances, which is
important in monitoring applications such
as free cooling.
When used with Eaton Intelligent Power
Manager (IPM), the cards improve
business continuity by triggering policies
configured to keep mission critical
applications running.
In addition, the cards are compatible
with today’s widespread Gigabit network
switches and can be installed in Gigabit-
only data centre networks. ◊
THE CARDS
ADDRESS A
MAJOR NEED
FOR ADVANCED
SECURITY
PROTECTION OF
CONNECTED UPS
NETWORKS.
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New features available on Gigabit
cards include remote and centralised
authentication through LDAP/Active
Directory and Radius. industrial facilities and large data centres.
The card enhances the protection
given by the UPS to providing real-
time monitoring of the UPS system
and environment through a Building
Management System (BMS) or Industrial
Automation System (IAS).
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