Organization

This guide includes the following sections:

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Conventions

This document uses the following conventions.

Note: Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.

About Cisco IND

Cisco Industrial Network Director provides operations teams an easily-integrated system delivering increased operator and technician productivity through streamlined network monitoring and rapid troubleshooting. IND is part of a comprehensive IoT solution from Cisco:

■Easy-to-adopt network management system purpose-built for industrial applications that leverages the full capabilities of the Cisco Industrial Ethernet product family to make the network accessible to non-IT operations personnel.

■Creates a dynamic integrated topology of automation and networking assets using industrial protocol (BACnet/IP, CIP, Modbus, PROFINET) discovery to provide a common framework for plant floor and plant IT personnel to monitor and troubleshoot the network and quickly recover from unplanned downtime.

■Rich APIs allow for easy integration of network information into existing industrial asset management systems and allow customers and system integrators to build dashboards customized to meet specific monitoring and accounting needs.

Cisco IND Features and Benefits

■Purpose-built user experience for non-IT operations personnel - Rapid adoption by operations teams for improved productivity.

■Targeted discovery of plant floor network assets customized for industrial environments – Ensures that automation devices connected to the network are not affected by discovery process.

■Automation endpoint discovery using industrial protocols, including PROFINET, CIP, BACnet/IP, and Modbus Complete automation infrastructure inventory, not solely network inventory details.

■Optimized alarm management with real-time alerting of network events and reporting of effects to automation assets – Allows for operations and plant IT team to consume network events in context of the industrial process to simplify troubleshooting issues.

■Real-time monitoring of Supported device metrics, traffic statistics, and network infrastructure status – Increased visibility of network health for the operations team and reduced unplanned downtime.

■Comprehensive RESTful APIs for integration with automation applications and control systems – Rapid adoption and integration with existing systems and customization by system integrators.

■Role-based access control with customizable permission mapping – Restrict system access to authorized users on a per feature basis.

■Detailed audit trails for operational visibility of network changes, additions, and modifications – Record user actions on network devices for change management.

■Search capability integrated with major functions - Easily locate functionality and mine for information.

■Cisco Active Advisor - Free cloud-based service that provides essential network life cycle information to make sure security and product updates are current.

■Guided tours - Step-by-step guidance to maximize productivity and ease adoption.

New Features

In this release of the product, there are four primary functions supported:

■Design

■Operate (Operations)

■Maintain (Maintenance)

■Settings

Release 1.3.x supports the following new IND features and enhancements summarized in New Features in IND 1.3.x.

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IND Licenses

The Cisco Industrial Network Director is licensed on a per-device, term subscription basis and supports two licensing models. For details on the supported lND licenses, refer to the:

Cisco Industrial Network Director Data Sheet

System Requirements

Pre-Configuration Requirements for IE Switches

The following information describes the CLI configuration required for IND to discover a Supported Device and transition the device from UNLICENSED to LICENSED state in secure mode.

■For IE switches running Cisco IOS, refer to Requirements for ALL IE Switches Running Cisco IOS

■For IE1000 switches, refer to Device Manager Configuration Required for Discovery and Management of IE 1000 Switches

Installation Notes

Important Notes

Please note the following information about Cisco IOS software and PID support on IND.

Limitations and Restrictions

Cisco recommends that you review this section before you begin working with IoT IND. These are known limitations that will not be fixed, and there is not always a workaround for these issues. Some features might not work as documented, and some features might be affected by recent changes to the software.

■PnP process fails intermittently in Cisco IOS Release 15.2(6)E0a.

■A PnP Service Error 1410 occurs in Cisco IOS Release 15.2(6)E0a due to AAA command not working (CSCvg64039).

■A crash occurs on IE 2000 and Stratix 5700 devices with IOS 15.2(6)E0a if the PnP process is enabled using DHCP option 43 (CSCvg72151).

Caveats

This section presents open caveats in this release and information on using the Bug Search Tool to view details on those caveats.

■Open Caveats

■Resolved Caveats

■Accessing the Bug Search Tool

Related Documentation

Installation Guide for Industrial Network Director Application for Release 1.3.x at:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/industrial-network-director/tsd-products-support-series-home.html

Find documentation for the Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches at: (select the link for the relevant switch to access user guide)

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/industrial-ethernet-switches/index.html

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