MNS-DX is the operating software common to all Magnum DX products. It includes a wide range of networking functions, including IP routing, serial-IP terminal services, Ethernet switching, frame-relay based routed and non-routed Wide Area Network services, and network security functions including stateful firewall and Virtual Private Networks. In addition, MNS-DX includes a rich set of device management capabilities, including a browser-based graphical user interface, a Command Line Interface (CLI), and syslog and SNMP system interfaces.

MNS-DX Software Manual

More specific features include:

• IP Routing
• Routing per Ethernet port, VLAN or WAN interface
• Static routes
• RIP and RIP II, OSPF, BGP
• VRRP
• DHCP server
• DiffServ QoS marking and priority queuing
• IP Network Security
• Stateful IP firewall with logging
• IP address and port filters
• NAT/PAT
• ISSH port forwarding
• IPsec Virtual Private Networks with AES/3DES
• Serial-port SSL
• X.509 certificates or IKE key management
• Ethernet port security
• Serial Communications
• Async to TCP/IP encapsulation
• Serial-IP terminal server and reverse terminal server
• Multipoint and multi-master support
• DNP, telnet and raw mode support
• Modbus-TCP to Modbus-RTU interworking (master and slave)
• Ethernet Switches
• Bridging per 802.1d
• Flow control per 802.1p
• Tagged VLANs per 802.1Q
• Spanning Tree (STP) and Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) per 802.1w
• RSTP-2004 with sub-5ms per node revcovery
• Frame Relay Networking
• UNI/NNI, LMI/ANSI/CCITT
• IP/FR via RFC 1490
• SCADA Frame Forwarding (Serial-FR)
• Management Security
• Secure HTTP (HTTPS)
• SSH for CLI
• Strong password enforcement
• RADIUS authentication
• Activity logging and alarms
• Device Management Features
• Browser-based graphical user interface
• CLI via telnet, SSH or local console
• Built-in protocol analyzer
• Provisioning wizards for routing and VPNs
• SNMP/v1/v2/v3 with MIB II, traps and Enterprise MIB
• Syslog remote logging
• Local, retrievable logging
• XML-based config file management
• SNTP
• Traffic Statistics
• Alarm contact output