Network Management Cards

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Remote monitoring and visibility across your IT infrastructure is mission critical

Running your business without remote monitoring exposes you to unexpected issues and downtime.

The Schneider Electric Network Management Card (NMC) enables essential and secure remote monitoring and management of your critical power and cooling infrastructure.

Connecting your devices will improve the availability, resiliency and efficiency of your power infrastructure systems and the IT workloads they support.

What a Network Management Card can do for you

Bolster your cybersecurity strategy

Secure NMC System (SNS)
SNS Benefits
Cybersecurity
SNS Tool

Introducing the Secure NMC System

Our new Secure NMC System (SNS) protects your business by ensuring your connected devices are secure from unknown threats (IEC 62443-4-2), compliant with changing regulations and resilient for the entirety of your hardware’s life.

A Secure NMC subscription is required to upgrade to NMC3 firmware version 3.x (IEC-certified). The subscription is activated via the Secure NMC System (SNS) Tool.

Secure NMC System Benefits

Remote visibility requires connecting critical power and cooling devices to the network, opening potential avenues for attack and this is why we invest in cutting-edge cybersecurity measures.

• Secure Products: The NMC is independently certified to the IEC 62443-4-2 SL2 standard.

• Secure Development Processes: Our development processes are certified to IEC 62443-4-1 and ISASecure® SDLA standards.

• Easy to manage and deploy NMC updates: The new Secure NMC System Tool to manage updates because being secure should not be difficult.

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Ongoing Independent Cybersecurity Certification

Access NMC3 firmware independently certified to the IEC 62443-4-2 SL2 standard by TÜV Rheinland; one of the world’s largest and leading testing service providers.

Schneider Electric is the first in the industry to achieve IEC 62443-4-2 SL2, a certification with more stringent requirements and increased security resiliency than SL1, which was obtained last year.

Independent validation that Schneider Electric is committed to the highest NMC cybersecurity standards for your peace of mind and protection.

Secure NMC System Tool

The Secure NMC System (SNS) Tool provides an easy-to-use interface for remotely managing and updating your NMC3 firmware, so you never become outdated or exposed to additional risk.

For sophisticated multi-device monitoring and management options which include the Secure NMC System capabilities, upgrade to EcoStruxure™ IT Expert or Data Center Expert.

1-Year Secure NMC subscription included

To ensure your Network Management Card has the latest firmware which is independently certified to the IEC 62443-4-2 SL2 standard, your NMC includes a 1-year Secure NMC subscription.

A 1-year Secure NMC subscription is included with all NMC3 or NMC4 for 1-Phase and 3-Phase UPS and PDU products.

To activate your included subscription for 1-Phase, download the SNS Tool

For 3-Phase, your subscription is activated at the time of installation by our service experts.
- Explore 3-Phase UPS and PDU Systems

Secure NMC System Benefits

Reduce exposure to attack

Limit your attack surface by ensuring you never become outdated with the latest security updates deployed.

Achieve consistent compliance

Cyberthreats are becoming more complex so protect your business with the highest level of independent certification and compliance (IEC 62443-4-2 SL2 certified).

Stay up-to-date

The Secure NMC System Tool helps protect your devices from unseen threats with easy firmware update deployment.

NMC3 Features

The Network Management Card enables essential and secure remote monitoring and management of your critical power and cooling infrastructure; giving you mission critical visibility.
Advanced technology and features keep sensitive data secure with newest and best-in-class security compliance:
• Secure Boot with Root of Trust for enhanced security
• Independently assessed cybersecurity certification for NMC firmware v3.0 and above (IEC 62443-4-2)
• Increased password security with stricter credentials and force password policy configurations
• EAPoL (Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN) architecture used in IEEE 802.1x port-based network access control
• Secure access SSH, HTTPS (TLS 1.2)
• Secure email authentication
• Secure file transfer (SCP)
• 2048-bit encryption key support (SSH/web)
• 5-tier user access (Super User, Administrator, Device User, Read-Only User, Network-Only User)
• RADIUS and TACACS+ protocol support for centralized user management and easier user sign on when remotely managing multiple or multi-site UPS
• Easy-to-use web user interface for secure remote monitoring and management of your devices
• Easily view your power and cooling infrastructure status and configure your settings
• Pre-loaded support for 9 languages (French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese)
• Multiple user logins in simultaneous sessions with user access control (Super User, Administrator, Device User, Read-Only User, Network-Only User)
• EcoStruxure IT integration: Monitor and manage your equipment more efficiently with our vendor-neutral Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) portfolio; the new standard for proactive insights
• PowerChute Network Shutdown: Graceful shutdown, unattended start-up and VM migration options for disaster avoidance and business continuity.
• Network Management System (NMS) compatible: Make device information available to your preferred NMS by forwarding SNMP traps (events) or polling across SNMP (v1//v3) using the PowerNet MIB
Take proactive actions and troubleshoot easily with detailed data and event logging for timely resolution:
• Data Logging: Identify problematic trends before they escalate or export logs for analysis
• Event Logging: Pinpoint the timing and sequence of events leading up to an incident with the event log
• Syslog Support: Send messages to up to four Syslog servers when an event occurs for centralized logging of events that occur at network devices
• Email Notification: Be notified of problems, ensuring crucial situations are dealt with in a timely manner

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Related products

Power and cooling monitoring and management with NMC

The Network Management Card in APC and Schneider Electric UPS, PDU and cooling products enables efficient monitoring and management of power infrastructure from anywhere. Explore these compatible management options for additional capabilities:

-PowerChute Network Shutdown - Provides graceful, unattended shutdown and unattended start-up in a power event for physical and virtual IT infrastructure

-EcoStruxure IT Expert - Vendor neutral cloud-based solution to monitor and manage your equipment more efficiently by delivering proactive insights

-EcoStruxure IT Data Center Expert - Vendor neutral on-premises solution to monitor and manage your equipment

Discover Network Management Card

Remote monitoring and visibility across your IT infrastructure is mission critical

What a Network Management Card can do for you

Don’t compromise security for connectivity

Bolster your cybersecurity strategy

Introducing the Secure NMC System

Secure NMC System Benefits

Ongoing Independent Cybersecurity Certification

Secure NMC System Tool

1-Year Secure NMC subscription included

Secure NMC System Benefits

Reduce exposure to attack

Achieve consistent compliance

Stay up-to-date

NMC3 Features

Remote monitoring and visibility

Secure by design

Easy-to-use web interface

Easy-to-use software and service integrations

Notifications and logging

Additional Resources

Secure NMC System FAQ (PDF, 109 KB)

NMC 3 Installation Guide (PDF, 1,752 KB)

NMC 3 User Guide (PDF, 2.2 MB)

NMC 3 CLI Guide (PDF,1,332 KB)

NMC Compatibility Chart

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