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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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