User Manual

IF1000series 7
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3 Introduction
TheIndustrialFirewallconstitutesalinkbetweentheITworldandautomation,therebymeetingthe
requirementsofITsecurityaswellasthosebytheproductionlinemaintenancepersonnel.Itenablesmonitoring
andcontroloftheplantsetupnetwork,andoftherelativeaccesspoints.Itsessentialsecurityprotection
mechanismis
constitutedbytheevent‐dependentandphysicalnetworkseparation.ThisFirewallfurthermore
offers,amongstothers,asecureaccessintheeventofserviceoperations;itenablestrafficshapingandis
capableofimplementingtheavailablevirusscanners.
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 Note:
Fortheefficientonlineconfigurationofyourads‐tecdevices,it
ispossibletodownload
thecurrentversionofthefreetool„IDAlight"onthecompany`shomepage
http://www.ads‐tec.de.Thetooloffersyouforexamplethepossibilityofdefining
individualparametersorwholegroupsofparametersataServerdeviceandtotransfer
yoursettingstoalimitedselectionand/orto
allads‐tecdevicesofsamedesignand
version,withouthavingtomaketheseconfigurationstime‐consumingateachindividual
device.YoualsohavethepossibilityofassigningsequentialIPaddressesforyourads‐tec
devices.
WithIDAlightyoucancomfortablyprovideowngroupsofparametersaccordingto
your
specificrequirementsandmodifythematanytime.
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3.1 Cut&Stop
Duringcriticalstart‐uporproductionphases,theEthernetuplinkcanbephysicallydisconnectedi.e.via
hardware,througha24Vinput.Thiswillsafelyruleoutbothintentionalandunintentionalexternal
manipulation.
Theuplinkisreconnectedthroughthesameinput.Thisfunctionmakesintegrationintoanautomationconcept
verysimple.
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3.2 Alarming
Intheeventthataruleisviolated,thealarmsignalisreportedtothecontrolcentrethroughanoutput.
Necessarymeasurescanbeautomateddirectly.Forexample,acousticindicatorlightscansignalthealarm
condition.
E‐mailscanbesentoutautomaticallytosignalarulesviolationevent.
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3.3 Eventlog
Azero‐voltageeventlogbookwithretentivememorystoresalleventswheneverthefirewallisdisconnected
fromthepowersupply(NV‐RAMoption).
TheeventlogbookcanbereadouteitherlocallyorviaacentralSyslogserver.
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3.4 Display/Keypad
Thebuilt‐indisplaycanbeusedtoconfiguretheessentialunitfunctions.Itisthuspossibletoobtainaquick
systemanalysis,e.g.ofthenetworkload,directlyfromthedisplay.
Thedisplayandkeyscanbepassword‐protectedagainstunauthorizedmanipulation
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