Rugged Gigabit Ethernet switch with Cisco IOS router
ProductApril 12, 2015
Unmanned system payloads, radar, and signal processing-heavy military applications require fast Ethernet switches that also reduce size, weight, and power (SWaP). The XPand6206 20-Port Gigabit Ethernet switch and Cisco IOS router from Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) does all those thi...
Unmanned system payloads, radar, and signal processing-heavy military applications require fast Ethernet switches that also reduce size, weight, and power (SWaP). The XPand6206 20-Port Gigabit Ethernet switch and Cisco IOS router from Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) does all those things. A small form factor (SFF) system, it weighs less than 10 pounds and is based on two commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) XChange3013 3U VPX Gigabit Ethernet switches. The XPedite5205 Cisco IOS Router XMC may also be installed on the XChange3013 to enable secure data, voice, and video communications for stationary and mobile network nodes. The full Cisco IOS is familiar to about 99 percent of those who would use it in a military environment, thereby significantly reducing training costs, company officials say.
The X-ES XPedite5205 completed its Common Criteria Certification (NDPP 1.1 AND VPN GW EP 1.1) and is now officially posted on the NIAP Website as CCEVS-VR-VID10576-2014: https://www.niap-ccevs.org/st/Compliant.cfm?pid=10576. FIPS 140-2 Certification tests for the ESR 5900 series routers, including the XES XPedite5205, have been officially approved and posted on the FIPS NIST website as #2242 at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#2242. The system, which has an integrated 27 VDC power supply, also meets MIL-STD-810 and DO-160 requirements, and has MIL-STD-461 EMI filtering. The product also provides convection or conduction cooling, depending on customer requirements.
