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• Mounting Bracket Kit

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Top filler plate

• Bracket mounting hardware

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M4 screws (quantity 10)

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Power supply connectors (quantity – 2)

Alarm connector (quantity – 1)

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What’s in the Box?

Your kit includes:

• G500 Substation Gateway

• SFP and CD tray

• Hardware Compartment

Hardware Compartment

The hardware compartment is a single package which contains:

Bottom filler plate
Left bracket
Right bracket

M3 screws (quantity 8)

Connector set

IRIG-B connectors (quantity – 2)

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The rack mounting kit includes 4 metal pieces (left bracket, right bracket, top filler plate and the bottom filler plate) along with M4
(quantity 10) and M3 (quantity 8) screws. The M4 screws are used to attach the left and right bracket to the G500 chassis and the
M3 screws are used to secure the top and bottom filler plates to the brackets.

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The SFP’s are inserted in the tray in the same order as the cages are labeled on the rear of the G500 chassis.

Note: The single notch in the tray corresponds to the SFP cage labeled 1.

The Hardware compartment also includes the Connector set which includes two power supply connectors, one Alarm connector,
one IRIG-B input and output connectors.

Note: The IRIG-B input and output connectors are keyed and can only be installed in the corresponding position.

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Missing Something?

Contact GE Customer Service right away and we’ll figure it out. Be sure to include your order number and mail address
associated with your order.

Prerequisites

• DS-Agile Studio’s MCP Studio

• Minimum Windows 7 x64, 10 x64 and 8GB Memory required for DS Agile MCP Studio

G500 Interface Options

The following connection/interface options are available after G500 first powers up.

• Local KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse)

• Front Ethernet port – Default IP address 192.168.168.81

• Front USB Serial port with a baud rate 115200

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Setup & Configuration Tools

The following setup & configuration tools are available for the G500.

1. DS Agile MCP Studio Offline & Online Editor: To configure the Gateway & SCADA Configuration.

2. G500 Runtime HMI (Remote/Local): To view and control the runtime stats including One-line diagrams and to configure
the G500 Settings (e.g. User Management, Automatic Login etc.).

3. G500 Local Configuration Utility: To configure G500 system settings and perform the initial G500 setup (e.g. Users,
network, serial, time sync etc.)

G500 Local Configuration Utility – mcpcfg

The local G500 settings, including Serial ports, Network configuration, Time settings, User management etc. are managed using
the G500 Local Configuration Utility (mcpcfg), a Linux based command line tool.

“sudo” is a key cyber-security feature that strengthens the non-repudiation and protects from the attacks from malware that will
try to execute privileged operations while user is / are logged in under their account.

Typing “sudo” in front of functions in the G500 command line will prompt for the user’s password before executing the command.
Failing to use “sudo” prevents the command from executing – no error feedback is displayed.

To launch mcpcfg from the G500 command line the user must type “sudo mcpcfg” and the user password when prompted.

G500 Snapshot Management

“Snapshots” are an archived image of the G500 configuration created using DS Agile MCP Studio, which include all settings
required to completely recover a G500 device. This workflow greatly reduces time when replacing hardware, eliminating the need
for additional manual configuration.

Using DS Agile MCP Studio, Snapshots can be restored to the G500 using the “defadmin” default credentials.

Restoring a Snapshot updates the new G500 with the following hardware and software settings as were defined in the original
G500, at the time when the snapshot was taken:

1. User Authentication

2. Network Settings

3. Network Interfaces

4. Secure Access

5. Firewall settings

6. Host Names

7. Time settings and time synchronization

8. Local HMI settings – except number of displays and displays resolution which are specific to the G500 being restored

9. Synch Manager

10. Redundancy (except paired keys when the G500 target is already paired as redundant)

11. Emulation of D20 IEC101 DPA Unbalanced Mode and quality event suppression at startup

12. Serial port modes (RS232/485, 2/4 wires)

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13. Configuration implemented in MCP Studio:

• Connections

• Client and Server Map files

• System Point Manager

• Alarms

• Calculator

• Data Logger (storage may need to be re-adjusted if the target G500 has different storage sizes)

• Load Shed

• Systemwide (storage may need to be re-adjusted if the target G500 has different storage sizes)

• Access (Local users, Automatic HMI login settings, VPN Client List)

• ARRM

• AI Text Enumeration

• Oneline Screens

• Analog Reports

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• IEC61850 Client

• LogicLinx

Cyber security related Certificates are not included in snapshots, and therefore cannot be restored. All certificates must be
imported again after the snapshot restore. All secure connections using certificates must be re-associated with the new imported
certificates (e.g. Secure Connection Relay, VPN Server, etc.)

License file (key) is not restored with the snapshot.

G500 enrollment in Predix Edge Manager Cloud and associated settings are not restored with the snapshot.

Default Users

The G500 from the factory has two default users.

1. Default Root User – root (root has all permissions to the G500 but only available via the serial maintenance port or
Local KVM).

2. Default Administrator user – defadmin (restricted permissions - used for initial setup).

Note: There are no other default users on a from factory G500.

Default Root User - root

The G500 unit that comes from factory has below default root user credentials.

User Name: root

Password: geroot

The default root user is a super user in G500 which can access all the settings and files. The root user access is restricted via:

• Front serial maintenance port.

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