ATSMHS · X.400 · X.500

SOPHIA HERMOD

High-reliability Exchange, Routing and Messaging Operational Daemon

Aeronautical messaging, brought together in one platform.

HERMOD is the ATS Message Server of the SOPHIA suite. It combines MTA, Message Store, directory services and operational supervision in a Linux architecture designed for service continuity and integration with AMHS environments.

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MTA ↔ MTA

MTS Access

Message Store

X.500

Essential AMHS services, integrated

A single foundation for transfer, access, storage, addressing and administration of aeronautical messages — with centralized configuration and a clear operational view of the environment.

MTA and routing

P1 peers, O/R Address routing, route priority, and forwarding to local or remote destinations.

P3 and P7 access

MTS and Message Store access services for integration with AMHS terminals and applications.

X.500 directory

Hierarchical O/R Address catalogue, DAP access and a complementary LDAP interface for integration and administration.

Operational supervision

Service health, statistics, events, queues, subscribers and infrastructure in a unified interface.

Full backend control

HERMOD's ATSMHS core is developed and maintained by SOPHIA ATC, with direct control over protocols, routing and messaging services. No reliance on proprietary X.400 middleware, recurring subscriptions or third-party commercial components in the messaging core.

Technology autonomy

Evolution · integration · maintenance

Unified Management

Administration without losing sight of the system

The WebAdmin brings together the elements that matter to technical operations: connections, peers, subscribers, directory, routing, messages, statistics, events and high availability.

Peer topology and status

Subscribers and credentials

Directory and O/R Addresses

Complementary administrative CLI

Deployment

From compact deployment to redundant architecture

The architecture can be sized to the organization's needs while preserving the same application and administration layer.

Single node — application and database on one server.

Distributed — application and database on separate hosts.

High Availability — redundant application and database pairs, service VIPs, VRRP and PostgreSQL replication.

SOPHIA HERMOD high-availability topology

Reference architecture

Architecture designed for operational continuity

HERMOD can be deployed in redundant topologies with separation between application services, databases, supervision and network access. The architecture can be sized to each operational environment while preserving centralized administration and room for expansion.

Redundant topology

Separated application and data layers

Centralized supervision

Deployment scalability

SOPHIA HERMOD reference architecture diagram

Standards alignment

Engineering guided by aeronautical messaging standards

HERMOD is developed with reference to the profiles and specifications applicable to the ATS Message Handling Service.

ICAO

Doc 9880

Technical reference for ATSMHS and directory services in the ATN/OSI environment.

EUROCONTROL

EUR Doc 020 · SPEC-0136

European references for AMHS profiles and system interconnection.

ITU-T

X.400 Family

X.411, X.413 and X.419 for message transfer, storage and service access.

OSI / DIRECTORY

RFC 1006 · X.500

OSI transport over TCP/IP and directory structures for integration with aeronautical infrastructures.

Standards references describe the engineering basis observed in product development and do not constitute a statement of external certification.

Operational view

Clarity for operation and administration

A restrained technical interface designed for a fast reading of system status and direct administration of the main AMHS objects.

SOPHIA HERMOD hierarchical X.500 directory

An AMHS core designed to grow with the operation

HERMOD combines messaging, routing, directory services and supervision in a single platform, with deployment options ranging from compact installations to redundant architectures.

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