CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OVERVIEW
MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL 1–15
Embedded Web Server
(HTTP/HTTPS)
•Primary User Interface
• Compatible with standard web browsers (such as Internet
Explorer or Firefox)
User Account Management • Configurable security policies
• Up to 16 user accounts
• Stored passwords are hashed using MD5
Configuration File Management • XML Configuration Files
• Web-based Upload/Download
• Multiple configurations stored in Flash File System
Software Image Management • Software upgrade with revert capability
• Web-based upload of new software images
Time and Date Management • Real-time clock support
• Active or passive-mode SNTP client
• Time offsets, time zone and Daylight Saving Time support
• Up to 3 SNTP servers can be specified for redundancy
Event Logging • Flexible logging options
• Log files stored in flash file system
• SYSLOG capability
• Up to 5 remote collectors may be specified
SNMP v1/v2c/v3 Agent • Supports User-based Security Model (USM) when v3 is
enabled
• MIB-II and SNMPv2 Traps
• Up to 4 remote management/trap destinations may be
specified
• Proprietary Enterprise MIB
Modbus/TCP • Modbus/TCP to Modbus/RTU or Modbus/ASCII encapsulation
• Support for multiple masters and slaves
• Maps Modbus device addresses to configurable remote IP
addresses
• Enables multi-master access to slaves on a single bus by
serializing Modbus requests at the server, a capability not
possible in normal serial Modbus
Protocol Monitor • Sniffs ingress and egress packets on any port
• Filter by MAC address, IP address, TCP port, or protocol
• Displays frame addresses, ports, protocol identifier, and data
payload
Table 1–11: Software Features Summary
Feature Details