Intelligent Data Centres Issue 06 | Page 53

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, www.intelligentdatacentres.com 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. Issue 06 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). 53