Disaster Recovery with Allen-Bradley Stratix Switches

As of version 9.00 of FactoryTalk AssetCentre, an Allen-Bradley Stratix Switch asset is now available for Disaster Recovery operations. The Allen-Bradley Stratix Switch asset is capable of backing up the switch data including the configuration file (config.txt), the VLAN file (vlan.dat), and the DLR file (dlr.dat) via Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH). A Stratix Switch compare operation type returns a detailed compare report of the config.text file and a checksum report of the vlan.dat and dlr.dat files. The Allen-Bradley Stratix Switch assets are scheduled as part of Disaster Recovery for Rockwell Automation tasks.

FactoryTalk AssetCentre only supports Allen-Bradley Stratix Switches with password authentication method enabled. User account with administrative privileges (Privilege Mode – Enable Password) is required for Disaster Recovery operations of an Allen-Bradley Stratix Switch asset. A global maximum time duration can be set for the data transfer request between the Stratix Switch and FactoryTalk AssetCentre. This setting can be configured under

Tools > Options > Stratix Switch

from within the FactoryTalk AssetCentre desktop client.

For more information, see Knowledgebase Document ID: QA56314 – Stratix Disaster Recovery with FactoryTalk AssetCentre for detailed information.