Latest Cisco router installed on conduction-cooled 3U VPX board

Elma Electronic now supplies the NetKit-3110, based on the Cisco ESR6300 Ethernet router, created for harsh, deployed industrial and defence environments. With six high-performance Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (two routed, four switched), the 3U conduction-cooled (VITA 48.2) VPX router serves as an aggregation point for on-demand network connectivity in mobile or fixed deployments.

Mark Littlefield, director of system products for Elma Electronic, noted, “There has been a notable increase in data mobility demands across deployed defence and industrial applications. No matter the harshness of the environment, our new rugged NetKit-3110 brings Cisco Mobile Ready Net capabilities to mobile and fixed IP-based network routing needs to systems based on 3U VPX.”

From mobile ground operations, shipboard and air defence equipment, homeland security and emergency services to harsh industrial environments such as drilling and mining operations, the new device allows enterprise-grade routing and switching security using the Cisco IOS XE software, providing highly secure voice, video, and data communication.

The device efficiently manages network resources for improved performance. The included SD-WAN features allow unified distributed network management at the edge, and an onboard hardware encryption module offloads packet encryption and decryption from the routing engine.

To ensure that the code running on the ESR6300 hardware platform is authentic, unmodified, and operating as intended, the NetKit-3110 includes an Onboard Trust Anchor module (TAm), together with image signing, Secure Boot, and runtime defences.

The device provides three throughput license tiers: 50Mbps encrypted (Default), 250Mbps encrypted (Performance), and 350Mbps encrypted (Boost). The router weighs only 1lb and meets MIL-STD-810H and RTCA DO-160G environmental specifications.