Networks and Communications
Rockwell Automation and Cisco Systems®
Reference Architectures for Manufacturing
Industry adoption of EtherNet/IP™ for control and information has driven the wide deployment of standard Ethernet and IP network technology for manufacturing networks. This deployment acts as the technology enabler for the convergence of industrial and enterprise networks. By gaining timely access to key performance indicators (KPIs), at the right levels by business and operation decision makers, manufacturers make business decisions from real time information. Information convergence between manufacturing and business systems within the enterprise allows greater business agility and opportunities for innovation.
To support and accelerate this network convergence, Rockwell Automation and Cisco Systems collaborated to develop Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) Architectures, to provide education, design guidance, recommendations and best practices. These resources, comprised of the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture™ and Cisco's Ethernet-to-the-Factory, provide users with the foundation for success to deploy the latest technology by addressing topics relevant to both engineering and information technology (IT) professionals. They also address the cultural and technical challenges of Ethernet network convergence between IT and engineering.
Rockwell Automation and Cisco are publishing ongoing phased releases of deliverables to provide solutions (such as documentation, products, technology, and services) to address convergence between industrial and enterprise networks. Rockwell Automation and Cisco have identified other published documents that will help customers properly deploy Ethernet networks. Included are published documents by ODVA, which Rockwell Automation and Cisco are principle members.
A Series of Webcasts for IT and Controls Professionals
Securing Architectures and Applications for Network Convergence
Learn the fundamentals and recommendations for securing your manufacturing computing and controller assets.
Fundamentals of Secure Remote Access for Plant Floor Applications and Data
Learn the fundamentals and best practices to balance the remote access needs of manufacturing, such as engineers and equipment vendors, with the secure access requirements of IT.Industrial Ethernet: Introduction to Resiliency
Making your network infrastructure resilient allows for secure availability to critical data. Gain best practices for choosing a network topology, resiliency protocol and infrastructure products that are right for your applications.What Every Plant Floor Controls Engineer Should Know about Working with IT
Prepare Controls Engineering to Address IT Design Considerations, Understand the Vocabulary, Meld with Current Plant Floor Practices.
Who should attend: Plant Floor Controls Engineering Responsible for Network Design.What Every IT Professional Should Know about Plant Floor Networking
Prepare IT to Address Plant Floor Design Considerations, Understand the Vocabulary, Meld with Current IT Practices.
Who should attend: IT infrastructure designers.The Trend — Network Technology & Cultural Convergence
Attendees will be able to identify what is happening in the world, compare it to their own company, and begin to understand some of the opportunities & challenges associated with the changes.