When securing the iba computers (ibaRackline, ibaDeskline) as well as ibaDAQ and ibaM-DAQ devices, the requirements and technical solutions in your environment must be used as a benchmark.

As a minimum, it must be ensured that your system is equipped with efficient protection against malware and necessary updates to compensate for known vulnerabilities.

Abrupt shutdown of Windows systems may result in corruption of the file system. Therefore, it is advisable to protect the systems by means of a UPS (uninterruptible power supply). This can ensure that your system is protected against short-term voltage fluctuations, and will shut down properly in the event of a prolonged supply voltage failure.

Fig. Example for ibaRackline with UPS

The ibaRackline computer is shut down over the network using additional software provided by the UPS manufacturer.

Fig. Example for ibaDAQ with UPS

In this example, the 24 V DC UPS outputs a digital signal that is evaluated by the ibaDAQ device and used to trigger a proper shutdown.

Note

The duration of a controlled shutdown of a service differs from system to system. Particularly applications which acquire and store big quantities of data , such as ibaHD-Server, are affected by factors like CPU performance, HDD write performance, number of data stores and number of signals per data store. In those cases, use an UPS which grants a battery buffer time of several minutes for a controlled shutdown.