Deploy, manage, monitor, and maintain utility FANs at scale
Manage IoT field area networks (FANs) for thousands or millions of connected devices. Cisco IoT Field Network Director is the network management system for FAN deployment at scale. Network connectivity and bandwidth availability for IoT gateways and devices are often influenced by environmental changes and cellular network coverage. IoT Field Network Director is designed to help operations teams manage large-scale FAN lifecycles across changing conditions and network constraints.
Zero-touch deployment and secure enrollment for tens of thousands industrial routers and millions of endpoints
Enhanced security
Role-based access and user audit trail, and secure communications for IoT data transport across networks and VPN tunnels
Increased reliability
Reliable communications over cellular and low-power networks for lifecycle management; 24/7 real-time monitoring and alerts
Improve visibility and reliability
Learn about Cisco FAN solutions and the benefits of Cisco Resilient Mesh for industrial IoT.
Use cases
Utility advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)
Zero-touch provisioning is crucial for deploying and managing millions of smart meters. IoT Field Network Director simplifies device lifecycle and certificate management for thousands of industrial routers and millions of endpoints for utility AMI deployments.
Utility distribution automation
IoT Field Network Director provides lifecycle management for tens of thousands of industrial routers in distribution automation deployments. A simplified headend architecture is made available to streamline secure provisioning of routers.
Features
Lifecycle management
Automated enrollment and provisioning of gateways and endpoints
Over-the-air lifecycle management
Dynamic, customizable dashboard
Device inventory
Network optimization
Configuration management
Network management for constrained bandwidth
Network troubleshooting
RBAC user management
Rich APIs for third-party-operation application integration
Real-time monitoring
Active monitoring and alerts for critical events
Real-time location tracking of assets and geofencing
