Foxboro ™ I/A Series Model H90 Workstation Server

Foxboro ™  I/A Series Model H90 Workstation Server

Product Overview and Core Positioning

Model H90 is a 2U rack mounted server level workstation pre installed with Microsoft Windows Server ®  2008 R2 (64 bit) operating system, with Foxboro as its core positioning ™  I/A Series or Foxboro Control System (FCS) is a "multi-purpose application platform" that simultaneously undertakes tasks such as control station hosting, data collection and monitoring, human-machine interaction (HMI), file services, etc. It supports the distribution of application views to remote clients through a local area network (LAN) and is suitable for central control requirements in industrial scenarios that require high server performance, redundancy, and security.

1. Core functions

Multi role support: It can serve as a control station (running I/A Series/FCS control software), data acquisition station (processing various on-site device data), human-machine interface station (displaying graphic and text information), and also supports file services and enterprise network integration.

Hardware redundancy guarantee: standard redundant hot swappable power supply, redundant hot swappable fan, optional RAID1/RAID5 disk array (including hot spare), to avoid system interruption caused by single point of failure.

Peripheral expansion capability: Supports up to 4 displays (including USB touch screen), 4 USB alarm keyboards (or 2 serial/GCIO alarm keyboards), external USB floppy disk drives, printers, etc., to meet complex human-computer interaction needs.

Security Protection Kit: Pre installed McAfee ®  A complete set of security software, including virus protection, host intrusion prevention, data leakage protection, etc., in compliance with industrial security standards (such as NERC CIP).

2. Basic adaptation requirements

Software dependency: Requires I/A Series S10 software license, supporting I/A Series software v8.2-v8.8 or Control Core Services (CCS) v9.0 and above versions; Pre installed with the latest version of Symantec System Recovery (SSR) Server Edition software, supporting system backup and recovery.

Network connection: Connect to the Mesh network of I/A Series/FCS through dual PCIe Ethernet cards, and also connect to non control information networks through two integrated Ethernet ports (subject to standard security specifications).

Key features and technological advantages

1. Core Features

Specific description of characteristic categories

The high-performance hardware configuration is equipped with Intel Xeon 5650 processor, standard with 4GB ECC DDR-3 SDRAM (expandable to 12GB, up to 24GB in dual CPU configuration), internal storage supports up to 8 300GB hard drives (total capacity 2.4TB), supports SAS interface and RAID array, meeting the high requirements of industrial control for computing power and storage.

Full redundancy design - power supply: 2 750W hot swappable redundant power supplies (100-240VAC wide input);

-Heat dissipation: Redundant hot swappable fans to avoid overheating and shutdown;

-Storage: RAID1 (mirror)/RAID5 (distributed parity) disk array, optional hot spare to prevent data loss;

-Network: Dual network cards are redundantly connected to the Mesh network to ensure communication continuity.

Industrial grade security protection based on McAfee ®  Building multi-layered protection with software suite:

-VirusScan with AntiSpyware Enterprise: Real time scanning and killing of viruses and spyware, automatic updating of virus databases;

-EPolicy Orchestrator (ePO): Centralized management of all McAfee products, unified distribution of policies and updates;

-Host Intrusion Prevention (HIP): Proactively intercepting zero day attacks and unauthorized access, supporting port control and application blacklisting;

-Data Loss Prevention (Device Control): Control the hardware ports (floppy drives, optical drives, USB, etc.) of Windows 7 workstations to prevent data leakage.

Flexible remote expansion support enables remote deployment of peripherals through Remote Graphics Unit (RGU):

-Adopting fiber optic transmission, supporting 62.5/125 μ m multimode fiber (up to 70m) or 50/125 μ m multimode fiber (up to 150m);

-It can remotely connect 4 monitors and 5 USB devices (keyboard, mouse, touch screen, etc.) to meet the deployment requirements of separating the control room from the equipment site.

2. Differences from ordinary industrial workstations

Comparison item Model H90 server ordinary industrial workstation

Hardware redundant power supplies, fans, storage, and networks are mostly single power supplies and single hard drives, with no redundancy

Performance limit: Xeon processor, up to 24GB memory, 2.4TB storage mostly for Core processors, 8GB memory limit

The security suite comes pre installed with McAfee's complete set of industrial security software, basic antivirus software, and no intrusion defense

Remote extension supports RGU fiber optic remote (up to 150m) and only supports short distance wired connections (<10m)

Applicable scenarios: Central control station, multi client data server, local single user operation station

Hardware configuration and expansion specifications