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EtherScope ™ Industrial Ethernet KitsNetwork Assistant
Helping engineers solve network problems fast.
Features and BenefitsWith EtherScope Industrial Ethernet Kits you can:
• Useasingle,integratedtooltocoverthe
IndustrialEthernetdeploymentlifecycle.
• SolveEthernetproblemsfastoncopper,
fiberopticandwirelessnetworks.
• Validatesecuritymeasuresbytesting
accesscontrolandauthentication,
communicatesecurely,oreventaudit
yournetworkbygenerating
malicioustraffic.
• Generatecomprehensivereportsthat
provideacomprehensivebaselineof
networkperformance.
• Identifyunintendedtrafficbytraffic
type,toptalkersandprotocolusing
mirrorports.
• Trendutilizationbyunicast,multicastand
broadcastforupto18hours.
• MonitorVLANutilizationbyVLANID
andpriority.
• Characterizeredundancyfail-over
performanceofringstructuresortrunk
redundancybetweenswitches.
• Monitorthebuilding,plant,orremote
locationsforperformancetestingand
problemsegmentation.
• Analyze802.11a/b/gwirelessnetworks
withfullsuiteoftestsincludingdetailed
informationaboutRFsignalstrength,
accesspointandclientconfigurations,
andnetworkutilization.
TheEtherScopeIndustrialEthernetKitscontainseverythingneededtoprequalify,deploy,qualify
andtroubleshootIndustrialEthernet.TheEtherScopeSeriesIINetworkAssistantisthenext
generationofIndustrialEthernettestequipmentfornetworkscarryingcontrol,data,voiceand
video.KitsincludeeitheraLinkRunnerDuoLinkReflectortesterwhichletsyouperformcomplete
EthernettransportqualificationfromphysicallayertohigherTCP/IPlayersoraCableIQ
QualificationTesterwhichletsyoudetermineifyourexistingcablinghasthebandwidthto
supportvoice,10/100,VoIPorGigabitEthernet.
Key applications allow you to:
• Remotelymonitorandtroubleshootforrapidin-servicediagnosticstoensurecriticalnetworklinksdon’tbringyournetworkdown
• Characterizeyournetworkfordeterministicperformanceinstrumentation,includinglatencyandjitter
• Detectnetworkbottlenecksandareasforoptimizingnetworkandapplicationsdiscreteprocess
• Switchelementprovisioning,management,andtroubleshooting
• Evaluatevendorequipmentpriortoinstallation
• Testport-levelsecurityandQualityofService(QoS)
• Create,distribute,andarchivereportsforpreventativemaintenancerecords
• Simulatemulticasttrafficgenerationandclientsignalingpriortonewequipmentinstallations(stresstestingandworst-caseloading)
• TestLANprovisioningandprioritization
• Performwirelessserviceturn-upandtroubleshooting
Determinism AsthemovetoIndustrialEthernetcontinuesonthemanufacturing
floor,akeyissueofconcernisend-to-endperformance.Determinism,
theabilitytoensurethatapacketissentandreceivedinaspecific
periodoftime,isanimportantdesigngoalforindustrialnetworks.
Performancetestsforswitchedandroutednetworkshaveshownthatit
ispossibletoprovidereal-timecommunicationonthenetworkdomain
makinguseofQualityofService.Determinismforthecriticalcontrol
dataisachievedthroughtheuseoflayer2VLANsperIEEE802.1p/1Q
andTOS/DiffServforlayer3.
MeasuringDeterminismmeansthecapabilitytoaccurately
characterizetheworstcasetimetoexchangeinformationendto
end,nomatterwhatothernetworktrafficisoccurring,suchasweb
exchanges(HTTP,FTP)ornonreal-timeexchanges(configuration,
management).Inevaluatingthisdeterminismitisimportantto
considernotonlynetworkthroughputandlatency,butalsodelay
variabilityorjitter.Thesemeasurementsmustalsobemadeinthe
presenceofaprescribedtrafficloadwithprecisehardwaretiming
fortransmissionandreception,insuringaccuracyinthepresenceof
congestion.EtherScopeIndustrialKitperformancetestscharacterize
determinismbydirectlymeasuringpoint-to-pointnetworkthroughput,
loss,latencyandjitter.Thecharacterizationcantakeplaceacrossan
individualswitchduringvendorevaluation,oracrossawide
areaglobalnetwork.
Redundancy IndustrialEthernetnetworksmustbehighlyreliableandcontinueto
operateduringharshenvironmentalconditions,accidentalnetwork
disruptions,andequipmentfailures.Networkdowntimecanbe
dangerousandexpensive.Networkreliabilityislargelyachievedby
theuseofredundancyforallcriticallinks.Therearefourpopular
redundancyschemesforEthernet:SpanningTreeProtocol(STP),Rapid
SpanningTreeProtocol(RSTP),LinkAggregation(Trunking),and
proprietaryringtopology.
Independentoftheredundancyscheme,EtherScopecoupledwith
aLinkReflectorprovidesprecisemeasurementoffailoverrecovertime
withsub-millisecondaccuracy.Thecharacterizationisperformedatthe
prescribedloadtoensureaworstcastmeasurement,uptofullgigabit
linerate.
Multicasting ManyIndustrialEthernetapplicationsdependonIPmulticast
technology.IPmulticastallowsahost,orsource,tosendpacketsto
anothergroupofhostscalledreceiversanywherewithintheIPnetwork
usingaspecialformofIPaddresscalledtheIPmulticastgroup
address.Whiletraditionalmulticastservices,suchasvideoor
multimedia,tendtoscalewiththenumberofstreams,Industrial
Ethernetmulticastapplicationsdonot.
IndustrialEthernetenvironmentsuseaproducer-consumermodel,
wheredevicesgeneratedataforconsumptionbyotherdevices.The
devicesthatgeneratethedataareproducersandthedevicesreceiving
theinformationareconsumers.Multicastismoreefficientthan
unicast,becauseconsumerswilloftenwantthesameinformation
fromaparticularproducer.Eachdeviceonthenetworkcanbebotha
producerandaconsumeroftraffic.Whilemostdevicesgeneratevery
littledata,networkswithalargenumberofnodescangeneratea
largeamountofmulticasttraffic,whichcanoverrunenddevicesinthe
network.UsingmechanismslikeQoSandIGMPsnooping,organizations
cancontrolandmanagemulticasttrafficinindustrialenvironments.
EtherScopecanoperateaseitheraproducerorconsumerof
multicasttraffic.
SecurityWhiletheincreasingintegrationofITandIndustrialEthernetshas
thepotentialtodelivernewlevelsofbenefitinindustrialoperations,
italsoraisespotentialvulnerabilities.Theactofmonitoringand
analyzingdatafromcontrolsystemsatplant-devicelevelmeansthat
thenetworkextendsintheotherdirectiontoo.Thisgreatlyincreases
exposureoftheexpandednetworktointrusionsandthreats.Internal
factorsofferdifferentrisks.Forexamplewhenthenetworkisoverload-
edduetofaultydevicesoroperatingerrors,switchesandroutersmay
offerlittlerelief.IndustrialEthernetcanusemanymethodstohelp
ensurenetworkconfidentialityandintegrity.
Thesenetworksecuritymeasurescanbegroupedintoseveral
categories,includingaccesscontrolandauthentication,andsecure
connectivityandmanagement.
Whendesigninganaccess-controlsolution,networkadministrators
cansetupfilteringdecisionsbasedonavarietyofcriteria,suchasan
MACorIPaddressorTCP/UDPportnumber.Intelligentswitchescan
providesupportforthisadvancedfilteringtolimitnetworkaccessto
authorizedusers.Atthesametime,theycanenableorganizationsto
enforcepolicydecisionsbasedontheIPorMACaddressofalaptop
orPLC.Evensimplestepssuchasturningoffunusedportsreduce
theopportunityforintrusion.EtherScopeallowstheusertomanually
configureMACandIPaddressestovalidateaccessordenialprovision-
ing.TheincludedServerResponseToolallowstheusertotestaccess
basedonTCP/UDPportnumbersbytestingportresponsetimestoany
IPaddress.
VirtualLANs(VLANs)areanotheraccess-controlsolution,providing
theabilitytocreatemultipleIPsubnetswithinanEthernetswitch.
VLANsprovidenetworksecurityandisolationbyvirtuallysegmenting
factory-floordatafromotherdataandusers.VLANscanalsobeused
toenhancenetworkperformance,separatinglow-priorityenddevices
fromhigh-prioritydevices.Ether-Scope’sextensiveVLANdiscover-
and-monitoringfeaturesallowscompleteVLANSuperVision.
Monitoring Othermirrorportsprovideengineersandtechnicianswithreal-time
monitoringtoolsforsystembehavior.Monitoringallowsvisioninto
livenetworkoperationforexpectedtraffictypesandamounts.Equally
importantistheidentificationofunexpectednetworkusagetoidentify
leakagefromenterprisetofactorynetworks.EtherScopeprovidesthe
abilitytomonitorlinksforutilization,traffictypes,toptalkersand
protocols,andVLANusageforminutes,ordays.
UsingportmirroringonindustrialEthernetswitches,statisticsand
historycanbeusedtoidentifycapacitytrends,allowingusersthe
abilitytopinpointproblemsquicklyandseewhothetopbandwidth
usersareataglance.Utilizationbyunicast,multicast,broadcastand
errorscanbetrendedupto18hoursforlong-termanalysis.
Utilization history
FlukeNetworks’IndustrialEthernetKitsoffersadditional
capabilitiesnotfoundinotherhandhelds–capabilitiesthatcan
eliminatetheneedtobringalaptopalong.Forexample,EtherScope’s
built-inwebbrowser,terminalemulator,ortelnetcanconfiguredevices
oraccess-shareddocuments,whilebuilt-inFTPcapabilityprovidesthe
abilitytoeasilydownloadfiles.Allthesecapabilitiesarecontrolled
throughatouch-sensitivekeyboardonthedisplayoranoptionalUSB
keyboard.EmbeddedLinux®shellprogrammingallowstheautomation
ofstandardwork,datacollection,andreporting.
EtherScope LAN and WLAN Analyzer
Ethernet Transport QualificationEtherScopecanbeteamedwithLinkRunnerDuoReflectortooffer
alow-costsolutionforend-to-endtesting.AReflectorisan
intelligentIPloopbacksolutionsupportinggigabitspeedsbasedon
FlukeNetworks’LinkRunnerDuoNetworkMultimeter.Thisuniquede-
vicecanbeplacedanywhere,onthefactoryfloor,aremotefacility,or
ontheenterprisenetworks.
Inadditiontoprovidingtheend-to-endtestingcapability,
LinkRunnerDuoisapowerfultroubleshootingtoolonitsown,withthe
abilitytopingkeydevices,verifylinkandportstatus,providebasic
monitoring,andtestcoppercabling.WiththeEtherScopeIndustrial
Kit,youcanqualifyanddocumentyourEthernettransportforthrough-
put,determinism,latency,packetlossundercongestion,broadcast,
andmulticastbehaviorindependentofthephysicalmediaordistance.
WirelessEtherScopehasawidevarietyofWLANtroubleshootingtools.Use
RFmeasurementstodetermineifco-channelinterferencecausinga
problem?Issignalstrengthtoolowtosupportallusers?EtherScope
continuouslyscans2.4GHzand5GHzfrequencies,providingvisibility
intowirelessLANcoverageandperformance.Drop-downmenusinclud-
ingsignalstrength,signal-to-noiseratio,utilization,andseveralother
usefulmeasurementsallowuserstochoosethemeasurementthey
wish.Userscanquicklydetermineifaccesspointsareconfiguredfor
theappropriatechannelsandthattheRFtransmitpowerisappropriate
fortheenvironment.
NetworkDiscoveryidentifieswhoisusingthenetwork,andwhere
theyare.Arewirelessclientscongregatinginoneareaofthebuild-
ing,draggingdownwirelessnetworkperformance?WirelessEtherScope
quicklyidentifiesallwirelessnetworkaccesspointsanddiscoversall
associatedclients.Visibilityintowirelessnetworkutilizationhelpsus-
ersmakebetterdecisionsaboutaccess-pointplacementandexpansion
tosupportactualusagepatterns.
Identifytoptalkerstoseewhothetopbandwidthusersareata
glance.UseWirelessEtherScopetoidentifythebusiestaccesspoints
andthemostdemandingwirelessclients.Drill-intoviewwirelessLAN
metricssuchasFCSerrors,crosstalk,andretries.Identifysuspicious
activity,thenidentifythesourceandsolvetheproblem.
Industrial Ethernet protocols identified in EtherScope local protocol stats page
4IEEthertypes Profinet,EtherCAT,Powerlink,SERCOS-III
13UDP/TCPports Modbus(TCPonly),FieldbusAnn,FieldbusMsg,FieldbusSys,RockwellCSP2,ProfinetRT,ProfinetRTM,ProfinetCM,EtherCATPort,DeviceNet,BACnet,SNAPI/O,OptoControl
M12/ RJ45 Cable Specifications
Cabletype Ethernetcable,Cat5e,shielded,2PairAWG26stranded(7wire),RAL5021(waterblue),M124pos.D-codedonRJ45connector
Numberofpositions 4
Fixedcablelength 2m
Volumeresistance ≤5mΩInsulationresistance ≥ 100MΩAmbienttemperature -20°to50°C
InflammabilityclassacctoUL94
V0
Surgevoltagecategory II
Pollutiondegree 3
Degreeofprotection IP20/IP67
Externalcablediameter 6.7mm
Transmissioncharacteristics
Cat5(IEC11801:2002),Cat5e(TIA568B:2001)
Specifications
Ordering Information
Model Number Name Description
IE-NA-KIT IndustrialEthernetNetworkAssistantKit
EtherScope LAN and WLAN analyzer with Fiber and ProVision/RFC2544 options, plus a CableIQ Qualification tester:SeriesIImainframe,1000BASE-SXtransceiver,802.11a/b/gCardBusadapter,directionalantenna,protectiveboot,carryingstrap,rechargeableLi-Ionbatterypack,ACadapter/batterycharger,CompactFlash®card,remotewiremapadapter(ID#1),RJ-45patchcable,RJ-45adapter,M12(M)toRJ45patchcable,GettingStartedGuide,resourceCD,carryingcase,additionalProVision/RFC2544-relatedfeatures,plusaCIQ-100CableIQQualificationTester
IE-NP-KIT IndustrialEthernetNetworkPerformanceKit
EtherScope LAN and WLAN analyzer with Fiber and ProVision/RFC2544 options, plus a LinkRunner Duo with Reflector:SeriesIImainframe,1000BASE-SXtransceiver,802.11a/b/gCardBusadapter,directionalantenna,protectiveboot,carryingstrap,rechargeableLi-Ionbatterypack,ACadapter/batterycharger,CompactFlash®card,remotewiremapadapter(ID#1),RJ-45patchcable,RJ-45adapter,M12(M)toRJ45patchcable,GettingStartedGuide,resourceCD,carryingcase,additionalProVision/RFC2544-relatedfeatures,plusaLinkRunnerDuowithReflectoroption,rechargeableLi-Ionbatterypack,1000BASE-SXtransceiver,andremotewiremapadapter(ID#1)
Accessories
M12PCJ-IE M12/RJ45PatchCableJack
M12-to-RJ45jackpatchcable-2m
M12PCP-IE M12/RJ45PatchCablePlug
M12-to-RJ45plugpatchcable-2m
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