- Preface
- CPwE Physical Layer Overview
- Physical Infrastructure Network Design for CPwE Logical Architecture
- Physical Infrastructure Design for the Cell/Area Zone
- Physical Infrastructure Design for the Industrial Zone
- Physical Infrastructure Deployment for Level 3 Site Operations
- References
- Acronyms and Initialisms
Physical Infrastructure for the Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architecture
- Updated:
- November 10, 2020
Chapter: Preface
Preface
Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) is a collection of architected, tested, and validated designs. The testing and validation follow the Cisco Validated Design (CVD) and Cisco Reference Design (CRD) methodologies. The content of CPwE, which is relevant to both operational technology (OT) and informational technology (IT) disciplines, consists of documented architectures, best practices, guidance, and configuration settings to help industrial operations and OEMs achieve the design and deployment of a scalable, reliable, secure, and future-ready plant-wide or site-wide industrial network infrastructure. CPwE can also help industrial operations and OEMs achieve cost reduction benefits using proven designs that can facilitate quicker deployment while helping to minimize risk in deploying new technology. CPwE is brought to market through a CPwE ecosystem consisting of Cisco, Panduit, and Rockwell Automation emergent from the strategic alliance between Cisco Systems and Rockwell Automation.
Resilient plant-wide or site-wide network architectures play a pivotal role in helping to confirm overall plant/site uptime and productivity. Industrial Automation and Control System (IACS) application requirements such as availability and performance drive the choice of resiliency technology. A scalable, holistic, and reliable plant-wide or site-wide network architecture is composed of multiple technologies (logical and physical) deployed at different levels within plant-wide or site-wide architectures. When selecting resiliency technology, various IACS application factors should be evaluated, including physical layout of IACS devices (geographic dispersion), recovery time performance, uplink media type, tolerance to data latency and jitter and future-ready requirements.
Physical Infrastructure for the Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architecture, which is documented in this Application Guide, outlines several physical layer use cases for designing and deploying reliable OEM, plant-wide or site-wide architectures for Industrial Automation and Control System (IACS) applications.
Release Notes
Document Organization
This document is composed of the following chapters and appendices:
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Provides an overview of CPwE Physical Layer and the uses cases in this release. |
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Introduces key concepts and addresses common design elements for mapping the physical infrastructure to the CPwE Logical Network Design, key requirements and considerations, link testing, and wireless physical infrastructure considerations. |
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Describes the Cell/Area Zone physical infrastructure for applications and the locations for the Allen-Bradley® Stratix ® Industrial Ethernet Switches (IES), including IES in control panels and/or PNZS components. |
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Describes the physical infrastructure for network distribution across the Industrial Zone (one or more Cell/Area Zones) through use of Industrial Distribution Frames (IDF), industrial pathways, and robust media/connectivity. |
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Describes the physical infrastructure for Level 3 Site Operations, including Industrial Data Centers (IDCs) for compute, storage, and switching resources for software and services within industrial operations. |
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Links to documents and websites that are relevant to this Application Guide. |
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For More Information
More information on CPwE Design and Implementation Guides can be found at the following URLs:
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https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/capabilities/industrial-networks/network-architectures.html
– http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise/design-zone-manufacturing/landing_ettf.html
Note This release of the CPwE architecture focuses on EtherNet/IP™, which uses the ODVA, Inc. Common Industrial Protocol (CIP™) and is ready for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). For more information on EtherNet/IP, CIP Sync™, and DLR, see odva.org at the following URL:
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