Network Configuration - Made Easy
One of Westermo's clear mission statements is Industrial Data Communications 'Made Easy' which is why huge effort has been made to make the RedFox easy to use. The RedFox is a state of the art Layer2 switch which means that it actually needs no configuration out of the box to allow a simple network to be created.
The next level of configuration is our auto-discovery IP-Config tool that allows the IP address, subnet mask and gateway address to be set up. Once the IP address is set then the easy to use web interface allows you to set up many of the most common configurations in just a few minutes. An FRNT ring, VLANs or a basic firewall are only a few clicks away.
The RedFox is a powerful device and is capable of being finetuned for the most rigorous applications. This tuning is achieved using the RedFox Command Line Interface (CLI), which has been developed to be as intuitive as possible.
Building up a live configuration is often difficult in complex networking devices where a reboot is often necessary to test a new function. The RedFox has been developed to allow 'running changes' which means that fine tuning can be achieved quickly and with the option to revert back to the start point at any time. Once the optimum solution is proved this can be saved as the boot configuration so that when ever the unit is re-powered it will revert to those settings.
RedFox features USB port that can access a standard memory stick so a copy of the operating configuration can be backed up and reloaded into a replacement RedFox to allow quick and simple maintenance by unskilled staff.
RedFox is designed to form part of significant multi-vendor networks that will often need to be centrally managed. RedFox fully supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) hence providing yet another way for it to be configured and monitored.
