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Rockwell Automation and Cisco Systems®
Reference Architectures for Manufacturing
Reference Architectures for Manufacturing are part of an ongoing collaboration between Rockwell Automation and Cisco to provide customer education and network design guidance to help establish a robust and secure network infrastructure, utilizing Cisco's Ethernet to the Factory and the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture™.
Designed to facilitate seamless enterprise integration, Integrated Architecture is a control and information architecture consisting of the Logix Control Platform and the FactoryTalk integrated production and performance suite, featuring EtherNet/IP and other enabling technologies.
Reference Architectures are built on technology and manufacturing standards common between IT and manufacturing. These resources provide the foundation for success when deploying the latest, innovative technology. They also address the cultural and technical challenges of Ethernet network convergence between IT and Engineering, speaking to secured connectivity topics such as information visibility (e.g. KPIs, Regulatory), remote access, and guest access. This helps the two organizations to eliminate guesswork and decrease implementation costs while providing security, flexibility and visibility of information plantwide.
Rockwell Automation and Cisco are publishing ongoing phased releases of deliverables to provide solutions (such as documentation, products, technology, and services) to address Ethernet network convergence for manufacturing and enterprise applications. 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. Deliveries include:
- Rockwell Automation and Cisco Partner Profile [PDF]
- Design Guides — documented best practices and recommendations
- Network Infrastructure for EtherNet/IP: Introduction and Considerations [PDF] — (ODVA) provides an introduction to the network infrastructure used in EtherNet/IP networks.
- Design and Implementation Guide [PDF] — Reference Architectures for Manufacturing, including Cisco’s Ethernet-to-the-Factory and the Rockwell Automation Integration Architecture, provides documented and tested recommendations and best practices for network infrastructures from the manufacturing zone through the enterprise zone (Cisco Validated Design I).
- EtherNet/IP Media Planning and Installation Manual [PDF] — (ODVA)
- Whitepapers — focusing on technology trends and application topics
- EtherNet/IP: CIP on Ethernet Technology [PDF] — (ODVA) Overview of the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP), and how it is adapted to Standard Ethernet and Standard IP, resulting in EtherNet/IP.
- Securing Today's Global Networks in Industrial Environments [PDF] — Understand best practices and solutions for securing industrial automation and control systems by reading this white paper.
- EtherNet/IP: Guidance for Selecting Cables [PDF] — (ODVA)
- Techniques for Infrastructure Deployment: Reference Architectures in Manufacturing Networks [PDF] — (ODVA)
- Industrial Ethernet for Control Engineers [PDF] — Understand Ethernet technology and its benefits in the data networking environment in "industrial Ethernet: A Control Engineer's Guide White Paper.
- Presentations
- EtherNet/IP: Guidance for Selecting Cables [PDF] — (ODVA)
- Techniques for Infrastructure Deployment: Reference Architectures in Manufacturing Networks [PDF] — (ODVA)
- Ethernet Network Design for IT and Manufacturing Automation [PDF] — (Automation Fair 2007)
Learn the guidelines for designing Ethernet infrastructures, including topology design, protocol selection, and media-switch router technology. Both IT and manufacturing automation considerations are included.
Education Series: Webinars, Seminars, Profiles, Presentations
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.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.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.