Design Considerations for Reliable EtherNet/IP Networking
South Louisiana User Group

Video and Audio Recording Index

• 05:22 – Industrial Networking Design Introduction
• 09:50 – Managed Infrastructure (Managed Switches)
• 21:22 – Segmentation (VLAN)
• 28:49 – Topology Design Considerations (Star, Ring, Linear)
• 44:20 – Device Level Ring (DLR)
• 53:36 – Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP)
• 59:59 – Tenets of CPwE Summary

Audio Recording (Podcast)

Presentation

About this topic:

This discussion will review considerations to help you design and deploy a scalable, reliable, safe and future-ready EtherNet/IP network infrastructure. Topics will include segmentation techniques, data prioritization, resiliency, structure and hierarchy.

Concepts to be covered will include:

• Smart Industrial IoT Devices
  • EtherNet/IP Industrial IoT Technology, Hardened, ODVA Conformance Tested
• Managed Infrastructure –Stratix IES for:
  • Zoning (segmentation), Resiliency, Security, Diagnostics
• Zoning (Segmentation)
  • Logical Model based on Standards
  • Physical –e.g. CIP Bridge
  • Switch Hierarchy (L2/L3), VLANs, Firewalls
  • Software-Defined Virtual, Secure Group Tags
• Resiliency
  • Robust Physical Layer
  • Redundant Paths with Resiliency Protocols
  • Redundant Switches, Wireless and Firewalls
• Time-critical Data
  • Data Prioritization via Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Time Synchronization via IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and CIP Sync™
• Holistic Defense-in-Depth Security
  • Multiple Layers, at different IACS Levels, with diverse technology, implemented by different personas
• Convergence-ready
  • Network Address Translation (NAT)

Additional Resources:

• Stratix Network Solutions
• Cisco Strategic Alliance
• Panduit Strategic Alliance

Design Implementation Guides:

• Industrial Networks Design Guides
• Deploying a Resilient Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architecture
• Deploying Parallel Redundancy Protocol within a Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architecture
• Deploying a Fiber Optic Physical Infrastructure within a Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architecture

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