RuggedCom RX5000 manual Product Overview, Functional Overview, Feature Highlights

1. Product Overview

1. Product Overview

1.1. Functional Overview

The RuggedBackbone™ RX5000 is a high-port density routing and switching platform, designed to operate in harsh environments. The RX5000 can withstand high levels of electromagnetic interference, radio frequency interference, and a wide temperature range of -40°C to +85°C. This platform is designed to meet the challenging climatic and environmental demands found in utility, industrial and military network applications.

The RX5000’s superior ruggedized hardware design, coupled with the embedded ROX™ operating system provides improved system reliability when your network needs it the most. The cyber security and networking features make it ideally suited for creating secure Ethernet networks for mission critical, real-time, control applications.

The RX5000 is a scalable, hot-swappable, modular platform which provides its users with the ability to change the RuggedBackbone™ as their network grows or their needs change.

The RuggedEnclosure™ is rated for IP65 ingress protection, meaning that it is dust tight and can withstand water from a nozzle in any direction. Constructed with aluminum extrusions with fins on both sides combined with high reliability internal circulation fans optimizes heat transfer without exchange of outside air and improves MTBF for the enclosed electronics.

The combination of the RuggedEnclosure™ and the MX5000 RuggedBackbone™ provides an extremely flexible package that has MIL-STD approvals and continues RuggedCom’s tradition of pioneering advanced networking solutions specifically for the harsh environments found in military applications.

1.2. Feature Highlights

Ethernet Ports

•Up to 96 10/100TX + 2 10/100/1000TX copper ports

•Up to 48 100FX optical ports

•Up to 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports

•Long-haul optics allow distances up to 90km

•Multiple connector types (ST, MTRJ, LC, SC)

Cyber Security Features

•Multi-level passwords

•SSH/SSL encryption

•Enable/disable ports, MAC based port security

•Port based network access control (802.1x)

•VLAN (802.1Q) to segregate and secure network traffic

RuggedRated™ for Reliability in Harsh Environments

•Immunity to EMI and high voltage electrical transients:

•Zero-Packet-Loss Technology