Cisco Industrial Network Director Management Software Техническое Руководство
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Features and Benefits
Table 1. Features and Benefits
Feature
Benefit
Purpose-built user experience for non-IT
operations personnel
operations personnel
Rapid adoption by operations teams for improved productivity
Passive and targeted discovery of plant
floor network assets customized for
industrial environments
floor network assets customized for
industrial environments
Ensures that automation devices connected to the network are not affected by discovery
process
process
Automation endpoint discovery using CIP
and PROFINET industrial protocols
and PROFINET industrial protocols
Complete automation infrastructure inventory, not just network
Hierarchical grouping of network and assets View assets in line with how they are deployed in industrial environments
Intuitive graphical dashboard
Displays system health and metrics based on grouping of assets allowing users to focus
on areas of interest
on areas of interest
Integrated topology of automation and
networking assets
networking assets
Common framework for plant floor and plant IT personnel to operate and maintain the
industrial network
industrial network
Optimized alarm management with real-time
alerting of network events and reporting of
effects to automation assets
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
industrial process to simplify troubleshooting issues
Real-time monitoring of device metrics,
traffic statistics, and network infrastructure
status
traffic statistics, and network infrastructure
status
Increased visibility of network health for the operations team and reduce unplanned
downtime
downtime
Comprehensive RESTful APIs for
integration with automation applications
and control systems
integration with automation applications
and control systems
Rapid adoption and integration with existing systems and customization by system
integrators
integrators
Role-based access control with
customizable permission mapping
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
of network changes, additions, and
modifications
Record user actions on network devices for change management
Search capability integrated with major
functions
functions
Easily locate functionality and mine for information
Cisco Active Advisor
Free cloud-based service that provides essential network lifecycle information to make
sure security and product updates are current
sure security and product updates are current
Guided tours
Step-by-step guidance to maximize productivity and ease adoption
Get Full Visibility and Control of Your Industrial Automation Network
The Industrial Network Director provides operations teams an easily integrated system delivering increased
operator and technician productivity through streamlined network monitoring and rapid troubleshooting as part of a
comprehensive IoT solution from Cisco:
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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.
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Creates a dynamic integrated topology of automation and networking assets using industrial protocol (CIP,
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.
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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.