Monitoring
Fiber Sentinel System™ Solutions
Introduction
Opterna’s Fiber Sentinel System (FSS) is the answer to the security threats of your optical
communication infrastructure. Optical communications systems are generally insensitive to
anomalies below a certain level due to its wide optical budget considerations during network
designing. Even a very well designed optical communication system will come across
undetectable/ unnoticeable signal variations which if not identified instantly can pose a threat to
your data protection and information security. Opterna’s Fiber Sentinel System uses WaveSense
TechnologyTM to monitor such optical anomalies and provides continuous, real-time, protocol
independent physical layer monitoring of a fiber optic communication system. It detects any
signal variations (including tapping or signal injections), shuts down instantly and isolates
affected path in milliseconds, re-routes the traffic to a back-up fiber path (which will also be
monitored) and notifies the network administrator. Fiber Sentinal System thus offers security,
network integrity, reliability and redundancy to your optical network.
Features
“Fiber Sentinel System”
• Automatically identifies, differentiates, and characterizes nine distinct optical event types like
intrusions, optical signal injection by an intruder, cable breaks, transients, receiver overloads,
low optical signal levels, loss of data signal, FSS power off conditions and fiber degradation.
• Fiber Sentinel System is non-evasive
• Monitors the optical carrier
• Does not decode the data on the optical carrier
• Optical path redirected by photon switching
• Fully passive - data remains in its optical state and is not regenerated
• Available in two SNMP versions
• Provided with Fiber Sentinel user interface.
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Fiber Sentinel System™ Solutions Fiber Sentinel System™ Solutions
Applications:
•Telecommunications networks • CATV networks • Secure data Environmental
processing networks
Operating Temp erature 0 C to 550C (32 F to 130 F)
• Government Communications and military infrastructure
Storage Temperature -10 C to 65 C (14 F to 150 F)
• Communication infrastructure for Law Enforcement, Banking and Intelligence
Humidity (operational) 0% - 90%, non condensing
Humidity (stroage) 0% - 95%, non condensing
Diagnostic LEDs Power status, Tx & Rx status Primary and backup paths Link/Activity,
Ethernet SNMP Port
General
Operating wavelength 1310nm
Protocols supported Protocol independent
Insertion loss 1.5dB typical, 2.4dB maximum
Minimum Channel strength -45dBm
Maximum Channel strength +5dBm
Monitoring resolution 0.02dB
Intrusion shutdown time 25ms typical
Backup Path switching time < 4ms
Data channel cable type Singlemode
Dimensions & Approvals Data channel connector type SC duplex, FC (optional), ST (optional)
Dimensions 19” rack mountable, 1U 17” x 13” x 1.75” Network management SNMP via Ethernet interface, RS232c console port
Approvals FCC Part 15J Class A,CE, UL 1950 - third edition
Electrical
Power input interface IEC 320, 3 positions
Input Voltage 100 – 240V, 60/50Hz
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