User’s Manual
iRBX6GF
Intelligent 6 Port HSR/PRP Ethernet Switch
IEC 61850 and IEEE 1613 Compliant

iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

http://is5com.com/products/irbx6gf/
Version 4.5.7, Nov 2022
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FCC STATEMENT AND CAUTIONS

Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency
Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use, and radiate radio frequency energy. If not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will at his/her own expense, be required to correct the interference.
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
Caution: LASER
This product contains a laser system and is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT. Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.
Caution: Service
This product contains no user-serviceable parts. Attempted service by unauthorized personnel shall render all warranties null and void.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by iS5 Communications Inc. could invalidate specifications, test results, and agency approvals, and void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Should this device require service, please contact support@iS5Com.com.
Caution: Physical Access
This product should be installed in a restricted access location. Access should only be gained by qualified service personnel or users who have been instructed on the reasons for the restrictions applied at the location, and any precautions that have been taken. Access must only be via the use of a tool or lock and key, or other means of security, and is controlled by the authority responsible for the location.

GETTING STARTED

1.1 About iRBX6GF

The iRBX6GF (“the Switch”) is an Intelligent 6 Port Ethernet switch compliant with IEC 61850 and IEEE 1613 applications, with DIN rail and panel mount options, and optimized for harsh environments. The Switch provides redundant port for critical and high-availability networks. It supports both highavailability seamless redundancy (HSR, IEC 62439-3 Clause 5 [3]) and parallel redundancy protocol (PRP, IEC 62439-3 Clause 4 [3]).
Both of those standards provide redundant patch with no single point of failure and zero time to recover in case of failure. Single network faults in the ring will not result in any frame loss. The network is fully operational during maintenance, and any device can be disconnected and replaced without breaking network connectivity.
The Switch can protect mission-critical applications from network interruptions or temporary malfunctions with this fast recovery technology.
The iRBX6GF supports a wide range of operating temperature of -40oC to +75oC.
1.2 References

1.  802.1Q Virtual LANs (dot1q, VLAN tag)

2. RFC 1901, Introduction to Community-Based SNMPv2

3. IEC 62439-3 Industrial communication networks – High availability automation networks – Part 3: Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) and High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR)

4. IEEE 1588 Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and Control Systems

5. TechLibrary, Junos OS, ACX Series Universal Access Router Overview
   https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/concept/layer-2 -services-stpguidelines-statement-bridge-port-forwarding-delay.html Online, Accessed on May 7, 2018

6. Oracle, Sun Ethernet Fabric Operating System, STP Administration Guide, Online, Accessed on May 7, 2018″
   https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E39109_01/html/E21706/z40037c31419011.html#scrolltoc

7. 802.1D IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks. Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges” IEEE. 2004

8. IEEE 802.1AB Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery (LLDP)

9. Simple Network Management Protocol, Protocol Details,
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol Online, Accessed on Mar 4, 2019

10. Cisco, Understanding Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Traps,
    https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/simple-network-management- protocolsnmp/7244-snmp-trap.html , Online, Accessed on Mar 4, 2019

11. Cisco, Monitor Alarms and Events,
    https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/32/user/guide/bk_CiscoPrimeInfrastructure_3_2_0_UserGuide/bk_CiscoPrimeInfrastructure_3_2_0_UserGuide_chapter_01001.html?dtid=osscdc000283#con_1153508
    Online, Accessed on Mar 4, 2019

1.3 Acronyms
The following table shows all acronyms used in this document.

1.4 Software Features
IEEE 802.1Q for VLAN Tagging compliant
IEEE 802.1w for RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
IEEE 1588v2 PTP clock synchronization
HSR (High-availability Seamless Redundancy)
PRP (Parallel Redundancy Protocol)
NTP Time Synchronization
Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
Multi User support (Admin/Guest)
SNMP support
SSH Support
Login Banner for CLI and WebUI
Inband and dedicated Management interface
LLDP support
WebUI Management

1.5 Hardware Specifications Supports:
2 Combo ports: 2 x 10/100/1000Base-T(X) RJ45 or 2 x 100/1000Base-X SFP, and 4 x 100/1000 SFP
Single HSR/PRP Redundancy Box (RedBox)
IEEE 1588 v2 (one-step command) transparent clocks
PPS and IRIG-B ports (future implementation)
Available with dual power supplies
DIN rail or wall mount design
Rigid IP-40 galvanized metal housing
Compliant with IEC 61850-3 Ed. 2 and IEEE 1613
4 ports 100/1000 Base-X and 2 ports of (10/100/1000 Base-TX or 100/1000Base-X)
Operating temperature: 40oC to +75oC
Storage temperature: 40oC to +85oC
Operating humidity: 5% to 95%, non-condensing
Dimensions: see section Physical Characteristics

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 DIN-Rail Installation
Each switch has a DIN-Rail bracket on the rear panel. The DIN-Rail bracket helps secure the switch on to the DIN-Rail.
2.2 Mounting on DIN-Rail
Step 1: Tilt the switch and position the top 2 catches of the metal bracket onto the top of the DIN-Rail. Step 2: Push the bottom of the switch toward the DIN-Rail until the bracket snaps in place. 2.3 Panel Mount Installation
The switch can also be panel or wall mounted. The following steps show how to mount the switch on a wall or panel.
Mounting on Wall or Panel
Option 1: Fix mounting brackets to the side of switch using the 4 screws included in the package.![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• Wall or Panel](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/is5com- iRBX6GF-Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-Wall-or-Panel.jpg)

Option 2: Fix mounting brackets to back of switch using 4 screws included in the package.
Note: To avoid damage to the unit when mounting the panel, use the screws provided.

HARDWARE OVERVIEW

3.1 Front Panel
The following table describes the labels that are used on the iRBX6GF series.
Table 1 – iRBX6GF Front Panel

switch.

1. 100/1000 Base-X SFP ports (Ports 1 &2)
2. 100/1000 Base-X SFP ports (Ports 3 &4)
3. LED for SFP ports link status
4. LED for Combo ports link status
5. Ports 5&6
6. Reset button. To reset, push the button for 3 seconds
7. LED for Alarm. When the light on, it means failure
8. LED for Power. When the Power is UP, the green led will be light on
9. Console port
10. Management port
11. Power connector

3.2 Front Panel LED
Table 2 – Front Panel LED s

10/100/1000Base-T(X) Fast Ethernet ports
LNK| Green| On| Port link up
ACT| Green| Blinking| Data transmitted
Full Duplex| Amber| On| Port works under full duplex
SFP (not shown on picture below)
LNK| Green| On| Port link up
ACT| Green| On| Data transmitted

Note: LEDs on P1,2,3,4 are always ON. No traffic activity indication.
3.3 Network Ports and Interfaces

Table 3 – Port Naming

BX DIN Rail Face Panel Port Names| Internal Port Names| Description| Operation Mode
---|---|---|---
P1/A| PORT 1| Redundancy port A| HSR/PRP
P2/B| PORT 2| Redundancy port B| HSR/PRP
P3/A| PORT 3| Inter-link port| Switching Port
P4/B| PORT 4| Inter-link port| Switching Port
P5| PORT 5| (I) Inter-link port**| Switching Port
P6| PORT 6| Inter-link port| Switching Port
MGMT| MGMT| Management Port| Management Port

Note: *The ports P3/A and P4/B are not supporting HSR/PRP functionality.
Port 5 is Interlink port when HSR-PRP-A/B coupling mode is used
3.4 Bottom View Panel**
The Phillips Screw Terminal Block, which is located on the bottom of the unit, has Phillips screws with compression plates that allow bare wire connections or crimped terminal lugs. To ensure secure and reliable connections under severe shock or vibration, the use of #6 size ring lugs is recommended.
The terminal block comes with a safety cover that must be removed before connecting any wires. The cover must be reattached after wiring for ensuring safety of personnel.
The iRBX6GF series support dual redundant power supplies (PWR1 and PWR2). There are 3 options:

• LV: Dual Input 9-36VDC
• MV: Dual Input 36-75VDC
• HV: Input 110-370VDC or 90-264VAC.

There are also connections for Failsafe Relay. The Failsafe Relay is rated 1A @ 24VDC. The connections to the terminal block are listed in the table below. Table 5 – Revision 2000-0001-B01 and older

J2 Pinout| 2000-0001-B01 1500-0011-A02 PCBA)| Connection Details
---|---|---
Pin – 2| PWR1 (G)—Ground| Connect to the (Live) of DC Power Supply 1 or (Live) terminal of an AC power source.
Pin -1| PWR1 (L)—Live| DC Power Supply 1 ground connection or AC power ground connection
Pin – 3| PWR1 (N)—Neutral| Connect to the Neutral of the DC Power Supply 1 or (Neutral) terminal of an AC power source.
Pin – 4| G—Chassis Ground| Connected to the ground bus for DC inputs or Safety Ground terminal for AC Units; Chassis Ground connects to both power supply surge
grounds via a removable jumper.
Pin – 5| PWR2 (L)—Live| Connect to the (Live) terminal of Power Supply 2 or backup DC power source.
Pin – 6| PWR2 (G)—Ground| Power supply 2 or backup DC power source ground connection
Pin – 7| PWR2 (N)—Neutral| Connect to the (Neutral) terminal of Power Supply 2 or backup DC power source.
Pin – 8| FAIL Open| Fault Relay
Pin – 9| FAIL RLY| Fault Relay
Pin – 10| FAIL Close| Fault Relay

Table 6 – Revision 2000-0001-C01 and newer

J2 Pinou| 2000-0001-C01 (1500-0011-801 PCBA)| Connection Details
---|---|---
Pin -1| PWR1 (L)—Live| Connect to the (Live) of DC Power Supply 1 or (Live) terminal of an AC power source.
Pin – 2| PWR 1 (N)—Neutral| Connect to the Neutral of the DC Power Supply 1 or (Neutral) terminal of an AC power source.
Pin – 3| PWR1 (G)—Ground| DC Power Supply 1 ground connection or AC power ground connection.
Pin – 4| PWR2 (G)—Ground| Power supply 2 or backup DC power source ground connection
Pin – 5| PWR2 (L)—Live| Connect to the (Live) terminal of Power Supply 2 or backup DC power source.
Pin – 6| PWR2 (N) —Neutral| Connect to the Neutral of the DC Power Supply 2 or (Neutral) terminal of an AC power source.
Pin – 7| G—Chassis Ground| Connected to the ground bus for DC inputs or Safety Ground terminal for AC Units. Chassis Ground connects to both power supply surge
grounds via a removable jumper.
Pin – 8| FAIL Open| Fault Relay
Pin – 9| FAIL RLY| Fault Relay
Pin – 10| FAIL Close| Fault Relay

Chassis Ground Connection
The iRBX6GF’s chassis ground connection, which is located next to the terminal block, uses a #6-32 screw. We recommend terminating the ground connection using a #6 ring lug and a torque setting of 15 in.lbs (1.7Nm).

100-240VAC rated equipment: A 250VAC appropriately rated circuit breaker must be installed.
Equipment must be installed according to the applicable country wiring codes.
When equipped with a HI voltage power supply and DC backup,
120-370VDC rated equipment: A 370VDC appropriately rated circuit breaker must be installed.
A circuit breaker is not required for DC power supply voltages of 10-48VDC.
For Dual DC power supplies, separate circuit breakers must be installed and separately identified.
Equipment must be installed according to the applicable country wiring
3.5 Rear Panel
The components on the rear of the iRBX6GF are as shown below:

1. 4 Holes for the screws for the wall mount kit
2. DIN-Rail mount

3.6 Side Panel
The components on the side of the iRBX6GF are shown below:

1. Holes for the screws (4) for the wall mount kit

CABLES

4.1 Ethernet Cables
The iRBX6GF switch has standard Ethernet ports. According to the link type, the switches use CAT 3, 4, 5, and 5e UTP cables to connect to any other network device (e.g. PCs, servers, switches, routers, or hubs). For cable types and specifications, refer to the following table.
Table 7 – Port Numbering

4.1.1 Pin Assignments
With 10/100/1000BASE-T(X) cables, pins 1 and 2 are used for transmitting data, and pins 3 and 6 are used for receiving data. All pin assignments are as follows:
Table 8 – 10/100 Base-T(X) Line Pin Assignments

Table 9 – 1000 Base-T Line Pin Assignments

The iRBX6GF supports Auto MDI/MDI- X operation. Use a cable to connect the switch to a PC.
Table 10 – 10/100 Base-T(X) MDI/MDI- X Pin Assignments

Table 11 – 1000 Base-T MDI/MDI- X Pin Assignments

Note: “+” and “-” signs represent the polarity of the wires that make up each wire pair.
4.2 SFP
The switch comes with fiber optical ports that can connect to other devices using SFP modules. The fiber optical ports are multi-mode or single-mode with LC connectors. Remember that the TX port of Switch A should be connected to the RX port of Switch B.![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• SFP](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/is5com-iRBX6GF- Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-SFP.jpg) 4.2.1 Supported SFPs
  iS5 Communications strongly recommends that suitable SFP modules are used. The SFP modules can be ordered from iS5 Communications.
  4.3 Console Cable
  The iRBX6GF can be managed via the console port (a RS-232 Serial interface) by a RS-232 cable supplied with the switch. Connect the port to a PC using the RS-232 cable with an RJ-45 connector to a DB-9 female connector. The DB-9 female connector of the RS-232 cable should be connected to the PC, while the other end of the cable (with the RJ-45 connector) should be connected to the console port of the switch (Standard Cisco Serial Cable supplied with iRBX6GF).
  Table 12 – Signals and Pinouts from Console Port RJ-45 to DB-9 Serial Port Adapter

1. NC indicates not connected.
2. TXD indicates transmit data
3. RXD indicates receive data
4. GND indicates ground

SYSLOG GUIDELINES

5.1 Managing Disk Space
Syslog stores logging events. Depending on the compression level, from 16MB to 300MB of events may be stored.
Periodically( every 1 hour), the system checks the space available and performs the following steps:

1. After every reboot or after every 1 hour when and if 65% of the available space has been utilized, the 3 largest files will be truncated to 5K lines. Syslog would not report anything.
2. If the 85% of the available space has been used, the 3 largest log files are truncated to up to 2K lines. Syslog would report (this will be available in a future implementation): syslog uses 86% of available disk space, truncating logs
3. If above 95% of the available space has been used, the 3 largest logs will be cleared. Syslog would report as follows (this reporting capability will be available in a future implementation): syslog uses 86% of available disk space, removing …

5.2 Examples of Syslog Messages
Table 13 – Examples of Syslog Messages

2019-01-02 12:44:28 irbx info cdb: admin changed
lldp| LLDP neighbor has been discovered|  PORT5 discovered Industrial  ….
rstp| Topology change| TDB
rstp| Port up| PORT4: bridge state forwarding (200)
system| Port up| PORT4: link is up
rstp| Port down| PORT4: bridge state disabled (202)
system| Port down| PORT4: link is down

Alarms Management

An event is a distinct incident that occurs at a specific point in time, such as a port status change. Events can indicate errors, failures, or exceptional conditions in the network. Events can also indicate the clearing of those errors, failures, or conditions.
An alarm is a response to one or more related events. Only certain events generate alarms. Alarms have a state (cleared or not cleared) and a severity (for iRBX6GF, info, warn, error, critical). An alarm inherits the severity of its most recent event. Alarms remain open until a clearing event is generated (or if the alarm is manually cleared). [11] A trap is an SNMP message. All SNMP messages are transported via User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The SNMP agent receives requests on UDP port 161. The manager may send requests from any available source port to port 161 in the agent. The agent response is sent back to the source port on the manager.
The manager receives notifications (Traps and InformRequests) on port 162. [9] A Syslog message is message sent via Syslog protocol using UDP port 514 (by default).
iRBX supports monitoring critical events such as a port up/down, temperature, or power supply status.
These parameters are accessible through SNMP, CLI and Web UI. Critical alarms are viewed through LEDs of the switch
An user may selectively assign one or more of the events to monitor. If a monitored port changes its link status, or if temperature goes above a threshold or power supply goes down, an SNMP trap and/or syslog message is issued to report that event.
Alarm configuration is accessible through SNMP, CLI and Web UI.
6.1 SNMP Traps
iRBX6GF generates the following SNMP traps:

1. Power status:
   powersupplybothup(1)
   powersupply2down(2)
   powersupply1down(3)

2. Temperature

3. Port link status(Port up/down)—linkDown, linkUp

4. Cold Start—coldStart

5. Warm Start—warmStart

6.2 SNMP Traps and MIB OID
For a management system to understand a trap sent to it by an agent, the management system must know what the MIB object identifier (OID) defines. [11] MIB stands for Management Information Base.
Table 14 – SNMP Traps and MIB OID

powersupply2down(2)
powersupply1down(3)
temperature| 1.3.6.1.4.1.41094.0.50.10.24.1.4.1| 0- normal
1-exceeded
Port1 link status| 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.1| 1 – Port is up
2 – Port is down
Port2 link status| 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.2| 1 – Port is up
2 – Port is down
Port3 link status| 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.3| 1 – Port is up
2 – Port is down
Port4 link status| 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.4| 1 – Port is up
2 – Port is down
Port5 link status| 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.5| 1 – Port is up
2 – Port is down
Port6 link status| 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.6| 1 – Port is up
2 – Port is down

Note: Use IRBX6GF-MIB.txt for MIB definition
irbx(config-alarm)#

For more details, refer to section 9.7.1 alarm and snmp-trap-community and snmp-trap-manager.
6.4 Alarm Configuration by WEB UI
iRBX6GF introduces a global alarm icon in the top right corner of the Web page which represents the status of the alarm.
Color is changed to red if one or more alarms have been triggered.
Normal operation of iRBX6GF is identified by green color of the alarm icon. For Alarms, refer to 10.1.5, Alarm.
For SNMP traps configuration, refer to Sec 10.1.5.1, Alarms to generate SNMP trap.
For alarm history, refer to Sec 10.1.5.2, History of Alarms.
6.5 Behavior During an Alarm
iRBX periodically (every minute) monitors for occurrence of selected events. Examples of such events are port down, temperature above an assigned threshold, power supply off, etc.
To process events, the following will be performed:

1. The events are recorded into Syslog (facility alarm)
2. An SNMP trap is sent if network manager IP is configured. irbx(config-alarm)# snmp-trap-manager 192.168.10.10
3. Web UI updates its global alarm icon’s color to reflect the event.

6.6 Cold / War m System Start
During its start up, the device sends coldStart or warmStart trap, reporting its uptime on the previous run (if any). The previous uptime might be inaccurate with approximation of one hour.
To send the trap, the device should have the alarm-manager IP address configured. Perform the following command:
irbx(config-alarm)# snmp-trap-manager 192.168.10.10
Stopping rsyslog daemon: OK
Starting rsyslog daemon: OK
System warm start after uptime 00:09:40
Welcome to iRBX Switch
Copyright (c) 2017 iS5 Communications
All rights reserved irbx login:
6.7 Fail Safe Relay
Test using the following commands (login as root)
cli.system.fsafe.on.sh
cli.system.fsafe.off.sh

| Situation/ Condition| Alarm Led| Fault Relay
---|---|---|---
1| Shutting down| OFF| ON
2| Alarm cleared| OFF| OFF
3| Alarm detected| ON (Red)| ON

REDUNDANCY OVERVIEW

7.1 Introduction
Industrial networks demand high availability and uninterrupted operation. A short loss of connectivity may have dramatic consequences in automation, power generation and distribution systems.
Redundancy is used to minimize system downtime which is one of the most important concerns for industrial networking devices. HSR/PRP has zero recovery time compared to the existing redundancy technologies widely used in commercial applications, such as STP, RSTP, and MSTP.
5.1 HSR
HSR—High-availability Seamless Redundancy is a redundancy protocol for Ethernet that is standardized as per the IEC 62439-3 Clause 5 [3]. For more information, refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High- availability_Seamless_Redundancy
HSR and PRP protocols are interoperable. Both protocols can be implemented in a network to achieve the desired topology. HSR-PRP operation is described in HSR-PRP (Dual RedBox Mode).
The basic HSR topology is a ring. The source RedBox duplicates the incoming frame and sends it using two different directions in the ring. If either one of the paths is broken, the frame will still be able to reach its destination using the second path. The receiving RedBox accepts first copy of the frame and discards the second one. 7.2 PRP
PRP (Parallel Redundancy Protocol) is a protocol standardized by IEC 62439-3 Clause 4 [3].
For more information, refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Redundancy_Protocol
Each node is connected to two separated and parallel networks (see the figure below). The nodes send two copies of each frame, one over each network. When a RedBox’s node (Redundancy Box’s node) receives a frame, it accepts the first copy and discards the second, eliminating the duplicate frame. 7.3 HSR-PRP (Dual RedBox Mode)
HSR-PRP mode, also called Dual RedBox mode, is used to bridge HSR and PRP networks. In this mode, two different RedBoxes connect to LAN A and LAN B of the PRP network. Two ports connect to the HSR ring and one port connects to one of the two PRP LANs. The traffic on the upstream interlink port connecting the RedBox to the PRP network is PRP-tagged. In HSR-PRP mode, the RedBox extracts data from the PRP frame and generates the HSR frame using this data and performs the reverse in the opposite
direction. To avoid loops and use network bandwidth effectively, the Redbox does not transmit frames already transmitted in same direction.

FIRMWARE UPGRADE

The iRBX6GF firmware can be upgraded via uBoot and WebUI. For firmware upgrade via WebUI, refer to Section 10.1.4.1 Firmware Upgrade.
All upgrades are done through TFTP protocol as follows:
8.1 Connecting
Connect management PC with iRBX6GF’s Management network port.
8.2 Installing TFTP Server
For Windows, download and install from: https://bitbucket.org/phjounin/tftpd64

8.3 Configuring TFTP Server
Use settings as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.

8.4 Preparing Firmware Files
Obtain iRBX firmware files and copy them to the TFTP server base directory (c:\tftp)

• irbx-D-image-4.5.118.itb– firmware image for upgrade via Boot loader
• irbx-uboot-5.34.itb (latest uboot version at the moment of writing this manual)

8.5 iRBX Boot Loader Menu
iRBX maintains two firmware images (0 and 1) on CFI flash and one copy of a bootloader. See Figure 4 for the iRBX Boot Menu options.

• Options 0-1 show which firmware version reside on the flash on spots 0 and 1.
• Option 2 on Menu (Edit Active Image) allows controlling which image would be loaded by  default upon device boot up. Option 9 might be used to save a change. After reset, the selection bar shows which image is selected for automatic load.
• Options 3-5 allow configuring iRBX device IP addressing.
• Options 6-7 allow configuring the TFTP Server address and pinging it to ensure the proper connectivity.
• Option 8 controls the filename pulled by TFTP.
• Option 9 triggers the update on non-Active image. To place the update on another Active Image, the Active number should be toggled by Option 2.

It is unlikely but possible that the boot loader might be corrupted. Then, direct (JTAG) flash programming will be required.
8.6 Upgrade Procedure
Upgrading via Boot Loader
Copy irbx_image-xxxxx.itb—firmware upgrade image file on TFTP Server to Base Directory (c:\TFTP).
Setting up IP addresses

• Set IP on PC and iRBX; make sure that IP addresses are in same subnet and pinging is successful.
• On PC, disable Windows Firewall
• Connect PC to iRBX Management port

You may use Option 7 to ping the TFTP Server and check connectivity. For the opposite direction, pinging from PC to iRBX may not work.
8.6.1.2.FPGA Upgrading
FPGA Upgrade can be performed through u-boot menu by following the steps:

1. Ensure compliance with the hardware requirements: D006-PS0103-FM0615-FB0614 or later
2. Obtain file irbx-fpga-X.YY.itb (for this manual the most current version is irbx-fpga-6.15.itb)The iRBX Boor menu 5.34 <6.15> appears:
3. Identify the FPGA version- currently the version is 6.15 and the file is irbx-fpga-6.15.itb.
4. Once TFTP server IP is set up, press Option 8 to download the itb file.
5. Press y to continue.
   Note that the process takes a few minutes. Upon successful completion, the power cycle is required. On the failure, you may need to repeat the process or contact Tech Support:
   On success, please power cycle and check FPGA version (top of u-boot menu)
   In the case of failure (any reason the desired FPGA version cannot come up) the Backup (Factory default) version may be loaded and its version will appear.

8.6.2 Showing FPGA and firmware Versions
To verify the version of FPGA and firmware:

DEVICE MANAGEMENT

To control the iRBX switch, use the following options:

• SNMP—through Mgmt / Inband port
• Command Line Interface—RS-232 Serial interface
• WebUI—through Mgmt/Inband port

9.1 Configuration Parameters
The following parameters are preserved across restarts and might be changed through a management interface.
Table 16 – Configuration Parameters

255.255.255.0
Mode| Switch Redundancy protocol mode: HSR or PRP| HSR
SSH| Secure Shell Protocol| disabled
SNMP| Simple Network Management Protocol| enabled

9.2 SNMP
The iRBX6GF switch supports MIB which defines the Network Management interfaces for the redundancy protocols defined by the IEC 62439 suite including Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP v1 is supported. Standard SNMP browser can be used to manage iRBX6GF by using standard IEC-62439-3_Ed2 mib file.
9.3 Command Line Interface Setup
CLI Management is performed by RS-232 Serial Console (115200, 8, none, 1, none). Before configuring RS-232 serial console, connect the RS-232 port of the switch to your PC. Follow the steps below to access the console via a RS-232 serial cable.

1. Start Tara Term VT (or other terminal emulator) application.
2. Go to Setup menu and select Serial Port.
3. Select the COM Port used by your PC to connect to the Console Port. Set the rest of the properties to 115200 for Baud rate, 8 for Data bits, none for Parity, 1 for Stop bits, and none for Flow control. Then, click OK.

Use the following credentials to login (as illustrated on the figure below):
iRBX login: admin
Password: admin

9.4 Command Line Interface Overview
There are 3 configuration contexts: General Context, Show Context, and Configuration Context.
To access Help in each configuration context, type a “?”. When you type a question mark (“ ?”), the following will appear in the 3 different contexts.
9.4.1 General Context

9.4.2 Show Context

9.4.3 Configuration Context

9.4.3.1 Context Sensitive Help
iRBX6GF CLI framework offers context sensitive help; The user can type a question mark (?) anytime during a session to get help. The help can be invoked in several ways. It is not displayed as a whole and is available only for the specific token from where it is invoked.
Examples of possible scenarios are given below.

1. If the user types “?” in the middle of a command or immediately after the command, the available options together with their description will be displayed.
   

2. If an user enters a command at the appropriate prompt and enters a question mark (?) after hitting a space, this displays a corresponding help string.
   Some of the basic concepts implemented for context sensitive help are:
   • The next possible tokens are listed only in the alphabetical order and not in the order as available in the syntax or command structure. • Sometimes the help string will specify a range or list.• The format is directly provided as help token for some non-keyword such as IP address, gateway, etc. For example, A.B.C.D represents that a MAC address of this format should be provided.• When the help token appears after the help string explaining the operation of the command, this means that the command can be executed at that point without any additional parameters.

9.5 General Command Line Interface Syntax
Table 17 – General Level Command Line Interface

NOTE: if port names displayed differently, follow Port Naming Table
9.5.1 Command configure terminal
Note: To go to the Configuration Context of CLI, always use the command configure terminal.
To complete a command or keyword after entering a partial string, press the Tab or just hit Enter.
9.5.1.1 alarm command 9.5.1.2 do command 9.5.1.3 exit command

9.5.1.4 factory-reset command

Note: Command factory-reset requires reboot of the system to apply the configuration settings.

9.5.1.5 ip command![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• ip command](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/is5com-iRBX6GF- Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-ip-command.jpg) 9.5.1.6 lldp command

9.5.1.7 no command

9.5.1.8 ntp command 9.5.1.9 password command 9.5.1.10 port command 9.5.1.11 ptp command 9.5.1.12 reboot (a cold restart) command![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• reboot command](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/is5com- iRBX6GF-Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-reboot-command.jpg)

9.5.1.13 redundancy command 9.5.1.14 rstp command 9.5.1.15 save command 9.5.1.16 snmp command 9.5.1.17 ssh command 9.5.1.18 syslog command If you want to access the show command within the Configuration Context, use do show command. For details about do command, go to do command.

9.6 Show Context CLI Syntax
The user can use show commands to view switch performance statistics in the General Context mode.
The following table gives details on their usage.
Table 18 – Show Context CLI

9.6.2 show config command

9.6.3 show date command 9.6.4 show ip command

9.6.5 show ip command

9.6.6 show mac_table command

9.6.14 show stats command

Note: show stats command presents current status of counter. It differs from the shown next show stats clear command.

9.6.15 show syslog![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• show syslog](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/is5com-iRBX6GF- Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-show-syslog.jpg)

9.6.15.1 show syslog alarm

9.6.15.1.1 show syslog alarm info, warn, error, critical

9.6.15.1.2 show syslog facilities The following columns of information are shown above:
Column 1: facility name (as shown in the first row, alarm)
Column 2: it shows if the facility is enabled: the options are yes or no.
Column 3: max severity level to be recorded. Messages with higher severity Level are not recorded.
The severity is established as follows:The default severity is info.
Column 4: corresponding file name (e.g. alarm.log)
Column 5: number of recorded events (0 in the first row)
Column 6: last recorded event time stamp (e.g. 2019-02-26 05:43:13)

Table 19 – show syslog facilities

their Alarms are turned on). See show alarm.
Lldp, rstp, ssh| protocol messages
login| User login/logout and security messages
system| Show running system information
 web| Web UI log

Table 20 – Syslog severity levels

Severity label| Description| Value
(Numerical code)| Actio
---|---|---|---
info| INFO messages| 6| Record all messages
warn| WARN or NOTICE messages| 4 or 5| Record all messages except INFO (<=5)
error| ERROR, CRITICAL, ALERT, EMERGENCIES| 0,1,2,3| Record all messages except INFO, NOTICE and WARN (<=3)

For more information such as Values and Syslog Definition for other alarms’ severity level (e.g. debug) which are not available for iRBX6GF, refer to the table below.
Table 21 – Alarms Severity Mapping Table

Value| Severity| Keyword| Description| Examples| Syslog Definition
---|---|---|---|---|---
0| Emergency| emerg| System is unusable| This level should not be used by| LOG EMERG
1| Alert| alert| Should be corrected immediately| Loss of the primary ISP connection.| LOG_ALERT
2| Critical| crit| Critical conditions| A failure in the system’s primary| LOG CRIT
3| Error| err| Error conditions| An application has exceeded its file storage limit and| LOG_ERR
4| Warning| warning| May indicate that an error will occur
if action is not| Anon-root file system has only 2GB remaining.| LOG WARNING
5| Notice| notice| Events that are unusual, but not errors.| | LOG_NOTICE
6| Info| info| Normal operational messages that require no action.| An application has started
paused or ended successfully.| LOG INFO
7| Debug| debug| Information useful to developers for
debugging the application| | LOG_DEBUG

9.6.15.3 show syslog lldp

Syslog lldp can be filtered by severity as well.
9.6.15.3.1 show syslog lldp info

9.6.15.5.1 show syslog rstp error
Note that if the syslog rstp severity level is set up to info, a severity “error” will be not reported in the syslog file. 9.6.15.6 show syslog search It searches a facility for specific keyword as shown in the examples above. 9.6.19 show timezone command

Note: for Time Zone Map, refer to https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ . Toronto is -4.

iRBX# show timezone list
Africa/Abidjan
Africa/Accra
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Africa/Algiers
Africa/Asmara
Africa/Asmera
Africa/Bamako
Africa/Bangui
Africa/Banjul
Africa/Bissau
Africa/Blantyre
Africa/Brazzaville
Africa/Bujumbura
Africa/Cairo
Africa/Casablanca
Africa/Ceuta
Africa/Conakry
Africa/Dakar
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Africa/Djibouti
Africa/Douala
Africa/El_Aaiun
Africa/Freetown
Africa/Gaborone
Africa/Harare
Africa/Johannesburg
Africa/Juba
Africa/Kampala
Africa/Khartoum
Africa/Kigali
Africa/Kinshasa
Africa/Lagos
Africa/Libreville
Africa/Lome
Africa/Luanda
Africa/Lubumbashi
Africa/Lusaka
Africa/Malabo
Africa/Maputo
Africa/Maseru
Africa/Mbabane
Africa/Mogadishu
Africa/Monrovia
Africa/Nairobi
Africa/Ndjamena
Africa/Niamey
Africa/Nouakchott
Africa/Ouagadougou
Africa/Porto-Novo| Africa/Sao_Tome
Africa/Timbuktu
Africa/Tripoli
Africa/Tunis
Africa/Windhoek
America/Adak
America/Anchorage
America/Anguilla
America/Antigua
America/Araguaina
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
America/Argentina/Catamarca
America/Argentina/ComodRivadavia
America/Argentina/Cordoba
America/Argentina/Jujuy
America/Argentina/La_Rioja
America/Argentina/Mendoza
America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
America/Argentina/Salta
America/Argentina/San_Juan
America/Argentina/San_Luis
America/Argentina/Tucuman
America/Argentina/Ushuaia
America/Aruba
America/Asuncion
America/Atikokan
America/Atka
America/Bahia
America/Bahia_Banderas
America/Barbados
America/Belem
America/Belize
America/Blanc-Sablon
America/Boa_Vista
America/Bogota
America/Boise
America/Buenos_Aires
America/Cambridge_Bay
America/Campo_Grande
America/Cancun
America/Caracas
America/Catamarca
America/Cayenne
America/Cayman
America/Chicago
America/Chihuahua
America/Coral_Harbour
America/Cordoba
America/Costa_Rica| America/Creston
America/Cuiaba
America/Curacao
America/Danmarkshavn
America/Dawson
America/Dawson_Creek
America/Denver
America/Detroit
America/Dominica
America/Edmonton
America/Eirunepe
America/El_Salvador
America/Ensenada
America/Fort_Nelson
America/Fort_Wayne
America/Fortaleza
America/Glace_Bay
America/Godthab
America/Goose_Bay
America/Grand_Turk
America/Grenada
America/Guadeloupe
America/Guatemala
America/Guayaquil
America/Guyana
America/Halifax
America/Havana
America/Hermosillo
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
America/Indiana/Knox
America/Indiana/Marengo
America/Indiana/Petersburg
America/Indiana/Tell_City
America/Indiana/Vevay
America/Indiana/Vincennes
America/Indiana/Winamac
America/Indianapolis
America/Inuvik
America/Iqaluit
America/Jamaica
America/Jujuy
America/Juneau
America/Kentucky/Louisville
America/Kentucky/Monticello
America/Knox_IN
America/Kralendijk
America/La_Paz
America/Lima
America/Los_Angeles
---|---|---
America/Louisville
America/Lower_Princes
America/Maceio
America/Managua
America/Manaus
America/Marigot
America/Martinique
America/Matamoros
America/Mazatlan
America/Mendoza
America/Menominee
America/Merida
America/Metlakatla
America/Mexico_City
America/Miquelon
America/Moncton
America/Monterrey
America/Montevideo
America/Montreal
America/Montserrat
America/Nassau
America/New_York
America/Nipigon
America/Nome
America/Noronha
America/North_Dakota/Beulah
America/North_Dakota/Center
America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
America/Ojinaga
America/Panama
America/Pangnirtung
America/Paramaribo
America/Phoenix
America/Port-au-Prince
America/Port_of_Spain
America/Porto_Acre
America/Porto_Velho
America/Puerto_Rico
America/Rainy_River
America/Rankin_Inlet
America/Recife
America/Regina
America/Resolute
America/Rio_Branco
America/Rosario
America/Santa_Isabel
America/Santarem
America/Santiago
America/Santo_Domingo
America/Sao_Paulo
America/Scoresbysund
America/Shiprock
America/Sitka
America/St_Barthelemy| America/St_Johns
America/St_Kitts
America/St_Lucia
America/St_Thomas
America/St_Vincent
America/Swift_Current
America/Tegucigalpa
America/Thule
America/Thunder_Bay
America/Tijuana
America/Toronto
America/Tortola
America/Vancouver
America/Virgin
America/Whitehorse
America/Winnipeg
America/Yakutat
America/Yellowknife
Antarctica/Casey
Antarctica/Davis
Antarctica/DumontDUrville
Antarctica/Macquarie
Antarctica/Mawson
Antarctica/McMurdo
Antarctica/Palmer
Antarctica/Rothera
Antarctica/South_Pole
Antarctica/Syowa
Antarctica/Troll
Antarctica/Vostok
Arctic/Longyearbyen
Asia/Aden
Asia/Almaty
Asia/Amman
Asia/Anadyr
Asia/Aqtau
Asia/Aqtobe
Asia/Ashgabat
Asia/Ashkhabad
Asia/Baghdad
Asia/Bahrain
Asia/Baku
Asia/Bangkok
Asia/Barnaul
Asia/Beirut
Asia/Bishkek
Asia/Brunei
Asia/Calcutta
Asia/Chita
Asia/Choibalsan
Asia/Chongqing
Asia/Chungking
Asia/Colombo
Asia/Dacca
Asia/Damascus| Asia/Dhaka
Asia/Dili
Asia/Dubai
Asia/Dushanbe
Asia/Gaza
Asia/Harbin
Asia/Hebron
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
Asia/Hong_Kong
Asia/Hovd
Asia/Irkutsk
Asia/Istanbul
Asia/Jakarta
Asia/Jayapura
Asia/Jerusalem
Asia/Kabul
Asia/Kamchatka
Asia/Karachi
Asia/Kashgar
Asia/Kathmandu
Asia/Katmandu
Asia/Khandyga
Asia/Kolkata
Asia/Krasnoyarsk
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Asia/Kuching
Asia/Kuwait
Asia/Macao
Asia/Macau
Asia/Magadan
Asia/Makassar
Asia/Manila
Asia/Muscat
Asia/Nicosia
Asia/Novokuznetsk
Asia/Novosibirsk
Asia/Omsk
Asia/Oral
Asia/Phnom_Penh
Asia/Pontianak
Asia/Pyongyang
Asia/Qatar
Asia/Qyzylorda
Asia/Rangoon
Asia/Riyadh
Asia/Saigon
Asia/Sakhalin
Asia/Samarkand
Asia/Seoul
Asia/Shanghai
Asia/Singapore
Asia/Srednekolymsk
iRBX#

9.7 Configuration Context CLI Syntax
In the Configuration Context, the user can configure switch system parameters, ports, PTP, VLANs, RSTP, SNMP, etc. To go to the Configuration Context, execute configure terminal command first. When the (config)# prompt appears, use the commands shown in the following table.

Table 22 – Configuration Context Level CLI

Note: If port names are displayed differently, follow Port Naming Table.

When used within Global Configuration mode, the do command allows going to system commands within this mode. See below for examples.![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• factory-reset command](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10 /is5com-iRBX6GF-Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-factory-reset- command.jpg)

Note: use this command to restore the Factory settings, when you can’t access the WebUI interface. Note: type server1 without a space.

Note: leave a space between a port and its number (e.g. port 2, not port1). To see the pvid and egress values for port 1 and port 6, go to show vlans. Or use the do show vlans command from the Configuration Context

9.7.13.3 netid command Note that the netid’s value is from 1 to 6. If HSR-PRP-A and HSR-PRP-B is chosen, the netID is defined 1 by default.

9.7.14 rstp command![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• rstp command](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/is5com- iRBX6GF-Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-rstp-command-1.jpg) For details on the RSTP configuration terms and values, see RSTP Bridge

Note: I changed the maxage=6 (refer to maxage command), since the default maxage=20. A default value of 5 doesn’t meet 2 (fdelay -1)= 2 (5-1)=8 it is not >= 20 = Bridge Max Age. After port R,3, “ Syntax error: Illegal parameter” appears. ![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• p2p](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/is5com-iRBX6GF- Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-p2p.jpg)To view the changes in the RSTP parameters, use the do show rstp command.

Note: first time enabling of ssh and subsequent keygen can take long time to be completed.

severity warn—ignores all INFO messages going to web facility
severity error—ignores all INFO and WARN messages going to system facility As shown above the syntax is (config-syslog)# remote [ID] [facility] [severity] to [host] [proto] [port] It forwards facility messages to a remote syslog server.

Note: for Time Zone Map, refer to https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ . Toronto is -4.

A do show system command can be executed to see all show parameters.

Note: The command vlan must be followed by its number – e.g. vlan 1. Use the do show vlans command to see all vlans’ settings.

WEB MANAGEMENT

Warning!!! Prior to upgrading the firmware, remove any physical loop connections. DO NOT power off the unit during a firmware upgrade.

This section introduces configuration of the iRBX6GF switch by a web browser.
An embedded HTML web site resides in the flash memory of the CPU board. It contains advanced management features that allow the user to manage the iRBX6GF switch from anywhere on the network via a standard web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The Web Management function supports Internet Explorer 5.0 or later. It is based on Java Applets with an aim at reducing network bandwidth consumption and enhances access speed in a viewing screen.
Note: By default, IE 5.0 or later versions do not allow Java Applets to open sockets. The browser settings need to be explicitly modified to enable Java Applets to be used on network ports.

The default values are as below:

• IP Address: 192.168.10.1
• Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
• Default Gateway: 192.168.10.254
• User Name: admin
• Password: admin

To login, perform the following:

1. Launch Internet Explorer.
2. Type http:// and the switch’s IP address (default is 192.168.10.1), and then press Enter.
3. The Welcome to iRBX6GF screen appears. Click
4. The login screen appears (see Figure 11 – Login Screen).
5. Enter the username and password. The default username and password are “admin”.
6. Click OK. The main interface of the Web Management appears (see Figure 12).

10.1 System
10.1.1 System tab
See above Figure 12 – Main Interface or System tab.
The following table describes the labels for the System tab.

10.1.2 Time

The following table describes the labels for the System tab, Time screen.

values.

10.1.3 IP

The following table describes the labels for the IP Interface screen.

Format is A.B.C.D. e.g. 8.8.8.8
DNS2| Enter IP address corresponding to DNS2 name. Format is A.B.C.D.
VLAN| Set management VLAN. The default value is 1.
Save| Click to save changes.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

10.1.4 Maintenance ![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• Maintenance Interface](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10 /is5com-iRBX6GF-Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-Maintenance- Interface.jpg)10.1.4.1 Firmware Upgrade The following table describes the labels for the Firmware upgrade screen.

10.1.4.2 Configuration The following table describes the labels for the Configuration Interface screen.

Select Open with or Save file indicating also where to save the file.
Configuration Factory reset| Select this option to reset to the factory’s settings

10.1.4.3 System Reboot

10.1.5 Alarm The following table describes the labels for the Alarm Interface screen.

Monitor box.
PORT2| To have an alarm warning if this port is down, add a checkmark in the Monitor box.
PORT3| To have an alarm warning if this port is down, add a checkmark in the Monitor box.
PORT4| To have an alarm warning if this port is down, add a checkmark in the Monitor box.
PORT5| To have an alarm warning if this port is down, add a checkmark in the Monitor box.
PORT6| To have an alarm warning if this port is down, add a checkmark in the Monitor box.
Power Supply 1| To have an alarm warning if the Power Supply 1 is down, add a checkmark in the Monitor box.
Power Supply 2| To have an alarm warning if the Power Supply 1 is down, add a checkmark in Monitor box.
Temperature| To have an alarm warning if the temperature is, change the default value of the threshold temperature. The default is 75 ºC.
Status| It shows the status. The options are down, up, on or off, or a value for temperature.
Alarm| The options are yes or no. Yes is colored in red.
Since| It shows the duration of the alarm (e.g. 2019-02-26 04:09:27)
Save| Click to save changes.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved values.

10.1.5.1 Alarms to generate SNMP trap The following table describes the labels for the Alarms to generate SNMP trap screen.

values.

10.1.5.2 History of Alarms

10.1.6 Banner The following table describes the labels for the Banner Interface screen.

values.

10.1.7 Syslog

10.1.7.1 Control The following table describes the labels for the Control, Syslog Interface screen.

Syslog defaults set”
Restart| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

10.1.7.2 Facilities

The following table describes the labels for the Facilities, Syslog screen.

enabled.
Clear| Click to clear it.
Severity| Select a severity. The options are info, warn, error, and critical. The default is info.
File| It shows the name of the log file (e.g. lldp.log is the file used by lldp).
Events| Number of events for every facility (e.g. 65 events for lldp facility).
Recent Event| It show the name of the most recent event.
| Click to save changes.
Clear All| Click to clear changes.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

10.1.7.3 Search

When lldp is entered in the Search box, the result is as shown above.
10.1.7.4 Forward syslog to a remote server

The following table describes the labels for the Forward syslog to a remote server, Syslog screen.

The default is info.
Server| Remote server IP address.
Protocol| The protocol to be used – UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
Port| Port No 514 is used for system logging, Syslog,[10]
| Click to delete a rule.
| Click to edit Syslog Remote Rule Entry.

When you click , Syslog Remote Rule Entry dialog box appears.

The following table describes the labels for the Syslog Remote Rule Entry Interface screen.

lldp, login, rstp, system, web.
Severity| Select a severity. The options (filters) are info, warn, error, and critical. The default is info.
Server| Enter server IP address.
Protocol| Select a facility from the drop-down list. The options are tcp (Transmission Control Protocol) and udp (User Datagram Protocol).
Port| Port number. With UDP, the server is listening on port 514.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

10.2 Redundancy

10.2.1 Redundancy Mode
The two redundancy protocols specified by IEC 62439-3 [3] are:

• PRP (Parallel Redundancy Protocol)
• HSR (High-availability Seamless Redundancy)

The following table describes the labels for the Redundancy Mode Interface screen.

another redundancy mode, click one of the boxes below.
PRP| To switch to PRP, add a checkmark to the box adjacent to the label.
HSR-PRP-A| To switch to HSR-PRP-A for LAN A (Dual RedBox A), add a checkmark to the box adjacent to the label.
HSR-PRP-B| To switch to HSR-PRP-B for LAN B (Dual RedBox B), add a checkmark to the box adjacent to the label.
PRP NetID| For HSR-PRP-A/B, set PRP NetID. Note that the PRP NetID’s value is from 1 to 6.
 Save| Click Save to save the changes.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

Note: iRBX6GF is using PRP mode with PORT5 as an I-Port (Interlink port) as seen in dimmed field next to I-PORT label. Port 5 is I-Port when HSR- PRP-A/B (Dual RedBox) mode is in use. For more details on Dual RedBox, see Section 7.3 HSR-PRP (Dual RedBox Mode).
10.2.2 Redundancy Ring Nodes (IreNodes Table) IreNodes Table shows all dynamic entries available. Currently, there are no HSR ring nodes entries

10.3 Ports
This setting allows managing individual ports of the switch.

10.3.1 Ports Control![is5com iRBX6GF Industrial Management Ethernet Switch

• Ports Control Interface](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/10 /is5com-iRBX6GF-Industrial-Management-Ethernet-Switch-Ports-Control- Interface.jpg)

The following table describes the labels for Ports Control Interface screen.

Tagged packets contain an 802.1Q (dot1q, VLAN) tag with a PVID (for more details, refer to IEEE 802.1Q [1]). The default value is untagged (not checked).
PVID| To assign PVID (port VLAN ID), enter a number in the appropriate box. The default value is 1. A Port VLAN ID (pvid) is a default VLAN ID that is assigned to an access port to designate the virtual LAN segment to which this port is connected. PVID number must be in the range 1-4095 (number of the available VLANs for the switch)
| Click Save to save the changes.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

10.3.2 Ports Status

This table shows read-only information about all ports. Same information can be accessed when the show ports command is used.

10.3.3 Ports Statistics

This table shows read-only information about ports statistics. Ports statistics can be accessed by using the show stats command.
10.4 Protocols
This web page shows all protocols available for iRBX6GF:

• RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
• PTP (Precision Time Protocol)
• LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)
• NTP (Network Time Protocol)
• SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

10.4.1 RSTP
10.4.1.1 RSTP Bridge The following table describes the labels for the RSTP Bridge screen.

Enable label. By default, the RSTP Bridge is not enabled.
Note: In discussions of spanning-tree protocols, the terms bridge and switch are often used interchangeably.
Bridge Self ID| When the RSTP Bridge is enabled, this is a read-only field of e8:e8:75:00:03:13.
Bridge Root ID| When the RSTP Bridge is enabled, this is a read-only field of 0.000.
e8:e8:75:00:08:5a – Priority number / internal MAC address.
Bridge Root Port| When the RSTP Bridge is enabled, root port is the port that offers the lowest cost path to the root bridge. In this case, this Port 5.
Bridge Path Cost| When the RSTP Bridge is enabled, for this dialog box, this is a read-only field with a value of 20000.
Domain ID| Enter a value for Domain separation ID (0 stands for no separation). Its default value is 0 for not enabled RSTP Bridge, and 1 for enabled.
Max Hops| Enter a value. Max Hops is in range of 6 to 40; default is 20. The max hop count is the maximum number of hops the BPDU can traverse before getting discarded and also before the information held for a port is aged out. [6]
Hello Time| Enter a value. Hello Time is in range of 1 to 10; default is 2. Hello Time is the time interval at which the root bridge transmits configuration BPDUs. [5] RSTP is typically able to respond to changes within 3 × Hello Time (default: 3 times 2 seconds) or within a few milliseconds of a physical link failure.
Max Age| Enter a value. Max Age is in range of 6 to 40; default is 20. The maximum age timer specifies the maximum expected arrival time of hello BPDUs. If the maximum age timer expires, the bridge detects that the link to the root bridge has failed and initiates a topology reconvergence. The maximum age timer should be longer than the configured hello timer. [5]
Bridge Priority| Enter a value. Bridge rstp_priority is in range of 0 to 15. Priority is the number multiplied by 4096; default is 32768 (8). The bridge priority controls which bridge is elected as a root bridge
Forward Delay| Enter a value. Forward delay value must be in the range of 4 to 30 (in seconds), with a default of 15 sec. The forwarding delay timer specifies the length of time a RSTP bridge port remains in the listening and learning states before transitioning to the forwarding state. By default, the bridge port remains in the listening and learning states for 15 seconds before transitioning to the forwarding state. [5]
Transmit Hold Count| Enter a value. Transmit Hold Count is in range of 1 to 10; default is 6. Transmit Hold Count value is a counter that limits the maximum transmission rate of the switch. [6]
Save| Click Save to save the changes.
Defaults| Click Defaults to go back to all default values.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

10.4.1.2 RSTP Ports

The following table describes the labels for the RSTP Ports screen.

Enable label. By default, the RSTP Bridge is not enabled. Note: In discussions of spanning-tree protocols, the terms bridge and switch are often used interchangeably.
Bridge Self ID| When the RSTP Bridge is enabled, this is a read-only field of e8:e8:75:00:03:13.
Bridge Root ID| When the RSVP Bridge is enabled, this is a read-only field of 0.000. e8:e8:75:00:08:5a – Priority number / internal MAC address.
Bridge Root Port| When the RSTP Bridge is enabled, root port is the port that offers the lowest cost path to the root bridge. In this case, this Port 5.
Bridge Path Cost| When the RSTP Bridge is enabled, for this dialog box, this is a read-only field with a value of 20000.
Domain ID| Enter a value for Domain separation ID (0 stands for no separation). Its default value is 0 for not enabled RSTP Bridge, and 1 for enabled.
Max Hops| Enter a value. Max Hops is in range of 6 to 40; default is 20. The max hop count is the maximum number of hops the BPDU can traverse before getting discarded and also before the information held for a port is aged out. [6]
Hello Time| Enter a value. Hello Time is in range of 1 to 10; default is 2. Hello Time is the time interval at which the root bridge transmits configuration BPDUs. [5] RSTP is typically able to respond to changes within 3 x Hello Time (default: 3 times 2 seconds) or within a few milliseconds of a physical link failure.
Max Age| Enter a value. Max Age is in range of 6 to 40; default is 20. The maximum age timer specifies the maximum expected arrival time of hello BPDUs. If the maximum age timer expires, the bridge detects that the link to the root bridge has failed and initiates a topology reconvergence. The maximum age timer should be longer than the configured hello timer. [5]
Bridge Priority| Enter a value. Bridge rstp_priority is in range of 0 to 15. Priority is the number multiplied by 4096; default is 32768 (8). The bridge priority controls which bridge is elected as a root bridge
Forward Delay| Enter a value. Forward delay value must be in the range of 4 to 30 (in seconds), with a default of 15 sec. The forwarding delay timer specifies the length of time a RSTP bridge port remains in the listening and learning states before transitioning to the forwarding state. By default, the bridge port remains in the listening and learning states for 15 seconds before transitioning to the forwarding state. [5]
Transmit Hold Count| Enter a value. Transmit Hold Count is in range of 1 to 10; default is 6. Transmit Hold Count value is a counter that limits the maximum transmission rate of the switch. [6]
Save| Click Save to save the changes.
Defaults| Click Defaults to go back to all default values.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.
State| This is a read-only column with a value of discarding for all ports, except for Port 6 for which the value is forwarding. Discarding means that no user data is sent to a port, and forwarding state of a port–a fully operational port. Note these values are assigned during Configuration Factory Reset.
Save| Click Save to save the changes.
Defaults| Click Defaults to go back to all default values.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

10.4.3 PTP
The purpose of Precision Time Protocol (PTP), as defined by IEEE 1588-2008 [4], is to synchronize independent clocks running on separate nodes of a distributed measurement and control system to a high degree of accuracy and precision.
PTP achieves accuracy when hardware timestamping is used. IEEE 1588-2008 standard has defined two types of switches (or routers) which specifically deal with their own queues. One device is called a transparent clock. This type performs hardware timestamps when a sync message arrives or departs the transparent clock.

The following table describes the labels for the PTP, Control Interface screen.

PTP not enabled.
One-step| If checked, the One-step PTP clock mode is enabled. This is the default setting. For any sync message, a hardware timestamp or stamps are generated.
• One-step—the clock updates the SYNC message, which also has a correction field on-the-fly as it is about to leave the device, and pass the FOLLOW_UP message unaltered
• Two-step-departure and arrival timestamps are used to update the correction field in a follow-up message (a second message different from the sync message).
Priority code (PCP)| Assign a value to the Priority Code (PCP). Smaller numeric values indicate higher priority.
Enable host clock sync to PTP time| If checked, the sync of the host clock is enabled. Remove the checkmark to disable it. The default is enabled sync of the host clock to PTP time.
Tagged| To configure the sending of tagged PTP packets, add a checkmark in the box next to label Tagged. The packet format for PTP messages can be  802.1q tagged or untagged. When PTP packets are sent on the native VLAN in E2E Transparent Clock Mode, they are sent as untagged packets. This is the default option.
VLAN ID| Enter a value for VLAN ID for PIT messages.
Save| Click Save to save the changes.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

10.4.3.2 Status

This a status report for PTP features such as device id, time read, and numerically controlled oscillator’s (NCO) characteristics.

10.4.4 LLDP
HSR supports LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) which provides an efficient Layer2 neighbor discovery mechanism. It allows devices to advertise information about them to peer devices on the same LAN and to learn information about peer devices.
LLDP information is sent by devices from each of their interfaces at a fixed interval, in the form of an Ethernet frame. Each frame contains one LLDP Data Unit (LLDPDU). Each LLDPDU starts with the following mandatory type-length- value (TLV) s: Chassis ID, Port ID, and Time-to-Live (TLV). The mandatory TLVs are followed by any number of optional TLVs. The frame ends with a special TLV, named end of LLDPDU in which both the type and length fields are 0.
To see the LLDP configuration, Global statistics, and LLDP mandatory TLVs, use do show lldp command.
On the status report, TTL is the length of time (in seconds) for which an LLDP neighbor retains the advertised data before discarding it.
LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery), the LLDP (IEEE 802.1AB)[8] industry standard for supporting advanced features on the network edge for Voice Over IP (VoIP) endpoint devices with specialized capabilities and LLDP-MED standards-based functionality, is supported by default. By default, LLDP-MED fast start mechanism is set to “yes” and LLDP-MED fast start interval=1.

10.4.4.1 Control and LLDP Neighbor Table The following table describes the labels for the LLDP Interface screen.

Control
Enable| To enable LLDP, check the box adjacent to the Enable label. By default, LLDP is enabled. Enabling LLDP operation causes the switch to:
•Use active, LLDP-enabled ports to transmit LLDP packets describing itself to neighbor devices.
•Add entries to its neighbors table based on data read from incoming LLDP advertisements.
LLDP Neighbor Table
Local Port| This is a read-only value of PORTS. This is the LLDP interface. “Local,” means assigned locally by LLDP.
Remote Chassis Name| This is a read-only field (e.g. it shows iES22GF)
Remote Chassis Desc| This is a read-only field as shown above.
Remote MAC| This is a read-only value of e8:e8:75:00:08:5a. This is an ChassisID, where
the chassis ID subtype is the MAC address of the switch.
Remote IP| This is a read-only field (e.g. 198.168.20.22).
Remote Port Index| This is a read-only field (e.g. 3)
Remote Port Id| This is a read-only field (e.g. 7)
Remote Port Desc| This is a read-only field with (e.g. port)
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

10.4.5 NTP
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol used to synchronize computer clock times in a network. NTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to synchronize computer clock times with extreme precision, offering greater accuracy on smaller networks — down to a single millisecond in a local area network and within tens of milliseconds over the internet. NTP does not account for time zones – we can enter the correct time zone in the timezone UTC field.

The following table describes the labels for the NTP Interface screen.

-4.
Server 1| Add a time Server 1. The default is 1.pool.ntp.org. The pool.ntp.org is a big virtual cluster of timeservers providing reliable and easy to use NTP service.
Server 2| Add a time Server 2. The default is 2.pool.ntp.org.
Save| Click to save the changes.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

10.4.6 SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), the most widely-used network management protocol on TCP/IP-based networks, is used for collecting information from /and configuring, network devices, such as servers, printers, hubs, switches, and routers on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

The administrative framework for SNMPv2 associates each message with a “community”. So, SNMP Ver 2 is commonly known as “Community-based SNMPv2 (SNMPv2C)” [2]. A security shortcoming of SNMP v2c is that the community strings used for authentication are communicated in cleartext over the network and can potentially be captured while in transit.

The following table describes the labels for the SNMP v2 Interface screen.

Control
Enable| To enable SNMP, check the box adjacent to the Enable label. By default, SNMP is enabled.
SNMP v2 Authorized Communities

| A community string number. Default is 1 public read-only

Community| The default Community name is public and is read-only field for community # 1. For community #2, the name entered in the Edit Community Entry will appear in this field (e.g. private as shown in Figure 45).
Privilege| The default Privilege is read-only as shown for community # 1. For community #2, the privilege entered in the Edit Community Entry will appear in this field (e.g. read-write as shown in Figure 45). There are 2 options: read only or read-write.
| To create a new community, on the row # of the dialog box,  click . The Edit Community Entry appears.
• Community-enter a name (e.g. private)
• Privilege-select one of the 2 options: read only or read-write
After selection, click OK to save your choices or Cancel to discard them.
| For community string to be deleted, click . The following dialog box appears.
Click OK to save your entry or Cancel to discard it.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

SNMPv3 is designed mainly to overcome the security shortcomings of SNMPv1/v2, and it supports authentication and encryption. SNMP community strings are essentially used as “Passwords” for device authentication within the SNMP management infrastructure. To configure SNMPv3, first, SNMP v3 Authorized Users are established.

The following table describes the labels for the SNMP v3 Authorized Users Interface screen.

and 4.
| To create a new SNMP v3 Authorized User, click . The Edit User Entry appears.
The labels are as shown below.
User| Enter Username in the User field.(e.g. iS5Com)
Password|  A SNMP v3 Password should meet the following requirements (admin1)
• Community strings should be at least 20 characters or greater in length.
• Community strings should contain characters from all four of the following categories:
• Uppercase & lowercase characters (A through Z)
• Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
• Special characters (for example, &, $, #, %)
• Community strings should not be based upon or contain a dictionary word.
• Community strings should not contain or be based upon corporate culture or name.
Public and private community strings should not match.
Hash| Select a Hash function from the drop–down menu:

• MD5 (Message Digest) algorithm has a hash value of 128 bits and as of 2010, the CMU Software Engineering Institute considers MD5 “cryptographically broken and unsuitable for further use”
Encryption| The encryption options are:
• DES (Data Encryption Standard) – default. DES is a symmetric block cipher (shared secret key), with a key length of 56-bits.
• AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) – AES allows selection of a 128-bit, 192-bit or 256-bit key, making it exponentially stronger than the 56-bit key of DES Note that only one encryption type for each SNMPv3 user can be specified.
Privilege| Select Privilege function from the drop–down menu:
The options are:
• Read-only
• Read-write

| For community string to be deleted, click . The following dialog box appears.
Click OK to save your entry or Cancel to discard it.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

10.5 VLAN

Use the VLAN web page to configure port membership.
The following table describes the labels for the VLAN Interface screen.

numbers as needed. The first row shows the default – VLAN 1 with all ports members.
Port Membership| Enter port numbers in this field.
Save| Click Save to save new VLAN and its ports membership.
Note: it may take up to 30 seconds to save the date. At the end, the following message will appear

| For VLAN to be deleted, click . It will be deleted without any extra notification.
Reload| Click to undo any changes such as deletion and revert to the saved ones.

10.6 Services
10.6.1 Web

The following table describes the labels for the Services, Web tab Interface screen.

Control
Session Timeout| Enter Session duration
Apply| Click Apply to save the changes.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.
Web Service
Stop| Click to stop web service
Restart|
Access Control Rules| Configure IP networks which are allowed to access SNMP.

10.6.1.1 Access Control Rules

The following table describes the labels for the Services, Web tab Interface screen.

appear. Access control entry (ACE) is an entry in an access control list (ACL) that will grant or deny a user or group access to a resource.

Choose Access| Select Access. The options are allow and deny. The default is allow.
Enter Pattern| In Edit ACL Entry box, enter a pattern (e.g. 192.168.1.1./24). Click OK to confirm.
| To delete a record in the Access Control Rules table, click at the record’s row.
Click OK to save your entry or Cancel to discard it.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.
Save| Click to save changes.
Reload| Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to the saved ones.

10.6.2 SSH
SSH (Secure Shell) is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network. An example application is a remote login to computer systems by users. The following table describes the labels for the Services, SSH tab Interface screen.

When you click Regen-Keys, the following message appears: Success! Regeneration is in process, it may take up to 20 minutes for the process to complete.
Next to the Keygen Status label, during the regeneration process, keys are being re-generated…. the following message appears:
10.7 IS5
Click IS5 to be redirected to iS5Com’s web site – http://is5com.com/

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model Number iRBX6GF

10/100/1000Base-T(X) RJ45 and 100/1000Base-X SFP| 2 Combo Ethernet ports (Port 5 & 6)
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 100/1000Base-X SFP| 2 Ethernet ports
100/1000Base-X SFP| 2 HSR/ PRP ports (Port 1 &2)
PPS and IRIG-B Outputs (for future releases)| BNC Connector (based on request)

Technology

Ethernet Standards| IEEE 802.3 for 10Base-T
IEEE 802.3u for 100Base-TX and 100Base-FX IEEE 802.3ab for 1000Base-T
IEEE 802.z for 1000Base-X
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Priority Queues| 4
Time Synchronization| Supports IEEE 1588v2 transparent clock
Network Redundancy| HSR, PRP as per IEC62439-3; RSTP – Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Software Features| IEEE 802.1Q for VLAN Tagging
IEEE 802.1w for RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
IEEE 1588v2 PTP clock synchronization
HSR (High-availability Seamless Redundancy)
PRP (Parallel Redundancy Protocol)
NTP Time Synchronization
Multi User support (Admin/Guest)
SNMP support
SSH Support
Login Banner for CLI and WebUI
Inband and dedicated Management interface
LLDP support
WebUI Management

Power

Input Power| Redundant Power Supplies: Dual DC Inputs 9-36VDC, Dual DC Inputs 36-75VDC, or Dual Input 110-370VDC or 90-264VAC
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Power Consumption (Typ.)| Up to 20 W
Overload Current Protection| Present
Reverse Polarity Protection| Internal

Physical Characteristics

inches) (panel mount option)
133.7 (W) x 167.4 (D) x 175.7 (H) mm (5.27 x 6.59 x 6.92 inches) (DIN rail mount option)
Unit Weight (g)| ~ 2700 g
Dimensions iRBX6GF-S| 88.9 (W) x 159.4 (D) x 203.2 (H) mm (3.50 x 6.28 x 8.00 inches) (panel mount option)
88.9 (W) x 167.4 (D) x 203.2 (H) mm (3.50 x 6.59 x 8.00 inches) (DIN rail mount option)
Unit Weight (g)| ~ 2000 g

Environmental

Model Number iRBX6GF
Regulatory Approvals

IEC 61000-4-5
(Surge), IEC 61000-4-6 (Induced (Conducted) RFI), IEC 61000-4-8, IEC 61000-4-11
Warranty| 5 years

For dimensions, refer to the latest revision of the products datasheet: http://is5com.com/products/irbx6gf/

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References

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• Configure the Maximum Hop Count - Sun Ethernet Fabric Operating System
• High-availability Seamless Redundancy - Wikipedia
• Parallel Redundancy Protocol - Wikipedia
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