NetAcquire Server 8 New Products and New Features May, 2015 1. Includes all NetAcquire 7.6 and earlier enhancements 2. Runs on a new real-time operating system: NetAcquire Deterministic Linux (NDL) a. 50 microsecond worst-cast determinism/latency (500 times better than desktop Linux) 3. Higher processing throughput with multi-core processor support 4. High reliability that leverages memory protection of kernel data structures and processes 5. More convenient navigation with Web interface enhancements a. Full left navigation bar with expand/collapse b. Improved page layout 6. More accurate real-time scheduling including the ability to accurately schedule Data Flow timers at faster than 1 KHz rates 7. Faster system restart after most global configuration changes 8. Convenient network administration with DHCP support for network address assignment 9. Enhanced file transfer security available with SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) support 10. Flexible software version management with new software downgrade/fallback capability 11. New TCP/UDP device streams offer Convenient Network Communication a. Using a simple UNC addressing scheme, for example /tcp/connect/192.168.0.1/1500, /tcp/listen/1600, /udp/unicast/2001:db8::1/1700, this feature provides convenient network access to any NetAcquire software entity that can read/write from/to NetAcquire device streams, such as the recorder, player, BERT, data flows, etc. b. For TCP, both the client role (actively connecting to a remote endpoint) and the server role (passively listening for connections) are supported c. Unicast, multicast, and broadcast are supported for UDP 12. IPv6 Support for Next-Generation Networks with Increased Security/Availability a. Supported in all network subsystems 1 b. Network interfaces can be automatically configured using either DHCPv6 or autonomous auto-configuration based on IPv6 router advertisements, or else bymanual configuration c. DNS resolver configuration can be obtained via DHCP, from IPv6 router advertisements, via manual configuration, or a combination of these d. IPv6 interfaces use duplicate address detection to prevent address conflicts e. IPv6 multicast can be used to efficiently send UDP packets to multiple recipients 13. Integrated network firewall for enhanced security 1 Except Network Protocol Demultiplexer (planned for a future release) NA-VER-023-76-81-C NetAcquire 8 Features.docx Page 1 of 9
a. Allow or block network port access based on flexible criteria (interface, source/destination port or protocol, IP flags, etc.) b. Configurable logging of occurrences of rejected traffic c. May be used in conjunction with virtual networking option to process tunneled traffic 14. Advanced Network Quality-of-Service (QoS) control for Network Traffic Control a. Allows network traffic regulation through the use of DSCP (DiffServ) IP packet header configurability to prioritize packets b. Extensive criteria for determining traffic priority based on port number, type of traffic, source/destination IP, etc. c. Supports marking of IP headers to flag packets for custom processing by virtual networking option 15. Enhanced SNMP Management a. Support persistent SNMPv3 configuration, including User Security Model (USM), View Based Access Control Model (VACM),as well as the standard TARGET-MIB and NOTIFICATION-MIB definitions b. Update NA-MIB for SMIv2 16. IP address information is configurable locally from the NetAcquire hardware using a directlyconnected keyboard and monitor 17. Management network traffic supported on all network interfaces rather than just the first two interfaces 18. Support for USB keyboards with dynamic attach/detach 19. Secure command line access for administrators using SSH 20. Disk and file system robustness enhancements a. Journaled file system provide extra protection from unexpected loss of power b. Customized access control permissions on individual files NetAcquire Telemetry-Over-IP (TMoIP) Option 1. New UDP network transport option in addition to existing TCP option for increased protocol flexibility 2. Support for RCC Standard 218-10 TMoIP packet formats for cross-vendor interoperability (both UDP and RTP options are available) 3. Option to send two copies of each UDP packet to the same or different destinations for network redundancy and/or avoidance of dropped UDP packets 4. Updated naming of ComTunnel Source and ComTunnel Destination configuration pages 5. Reporting of time/data correlation performance 6. Support for time-critical commanding (TCC) that guarantees fixed end-to-end PCM serial delay 7. Enhancements to TMoIP Status to display advanced mesh network topologies 8. Ability to bridge and route networks across distributed locations (see Virtual Networking Option below) New Virtual Networking Option 1. Ability to capture and tunnel network traffic over a communications link NA-VER-023-76-81-C NetAcquire 8 Features.docx Page 2 of 9
a. Communications link options include both PCM serial or an independent network interface 2. Options for both bridging Ethernet MAC packets (layer 2) and also routing IP packets (layer 3) 3. In addition to raw Ethernet packet record capabilities present in previous software versions, Virtual Networking adds the ability to play back raw Ethernet traffic 4. Network firewall rules may be applied to virtual networking interfaces to filter and mark tunneled traffic NetAcquire Server Extension Toolkit 1. Higher productivity with integrated source code debugging 2. Faster development iterations with one-click upload and deployment of extensions 3. Rapid startup for new extension programmers a. Preconfigured NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) b. Coding wizard for auto-generating starting projects for different extension types NA-VER-023-76-81-C NetAcquire 8 Features.docx Page 3 of 9
User Interface Examples New Web Interface NA-VER-023-76-81-C NetAcquire 8 Features.docx Page 4 of 9
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Quality-of-Service User Interface TMoIP Status Display NA-VER-023-76-81-C NetAcquire 8 Features.docx Page 7 of 9
Virtual Networking Configuration Comment [PH1]: Can we show something more interesting here? Or, should we just skip showing a screenshot? Bridged (Layer 2) Network Configuration 192.168.10.x Network Segment A net/0 WAN 192.168.10.x Network Segment B net/0 net/1 net/1 tap tap 192.168.10.100 192.168.10.101 NA-VER-023-76-81-C NetAcquire 8 Features.docx Page 8 of 9
IP (Layer 3) Routing Configuration 192.168.10.0 Network C net/0 WAN 172.20.0.0 Network D net/0 net/1 192.168.10.1 net/1 172.20.0.1 switch switch 192.168.10.100 172.20.0.100 NA-VER-023-76-81-C NetAcquire 8 Features.docx Page 9 of 9