Rockwell Automation and

Cisco Systems Partner Profi le

Industry Leaders Deliver Secure Information

Throughout the Enterprise

Manufacturers face unprecedented challenges as global economic forces drive

competition and open opportunities in new markets. Flexibility and effi ciency are

required in order to quickly develop and manufacture an increasing number of

products to meet rapidly changing demands. At the same time manufacturing

companies are becoming more complex, and globally dispersed, accelerating

the need for increased collaboration and visibility. The organization must

become more responsive to changing market and operational conditions without

sacrifi cing effi ciency.

There is an undeniable trend in today’s manufacturing enterprise. The

convergence of technologies between traditional information technology

systems and manufacturing operations provides manufacturers with substantial

opportunities to reduce risk and costs, provide secure access to information, and

improve agility and overall business performance.

Now, industry leaders Cisco and Rockwell Automation are joining together to

accelerate this convergence and help you realize the benefi ts from:

A highly integrated network architecture uniting production intelligence with •

the rest of the enterprise.

Flexible and secure system implementation allowing IT and Manufacturing to •

easily deploy and maintain security, reliability, and quality of service across

the enterprise.

A scalable, future-ready network architecture using open standards, allowing •

you to quickly and effi ciently deploy new technologies and capabilities.

Helping Deliver Value Within

Four Key Initiatives:

Common Technology View:•

A single system architecture, using

open, industry standard networking

technologies, such as Ethernet, is

paramount for achieving the fl exibility,

visibility, and effi ciency required

in a competitive manufacturing

environment.

Converged Plantwide Ethernet •

Architectures:

Detailed design and implementation

guidance and best practices for a

converged network architecture,

bringing together relevant applications,

technologies, and principles enabling

Manufacturing and IT organizations

to successfully collaborate and

implement a truly integrated network

infrastructure.

Joint Product and Solution •

Collaboration:

Stratix 8000™ Layer 2 and Stratix 8300™

Layer 3 Industrial Ethernet Switch families

incorporating the best of Cisco and the

best of Rockwell Automation.

People and Process Optimization:•

Education and services to facilitate

Manufacturing and IT convergence and

help enable successful architecture

deployment and effi cient operations

allowing critical resources to focus on

increasing innovation and productivity.

Common Technology View

Visibility of production information is critical to achieving the fl exibility and

responsiveness required in today’s global manufacturing environment, and Ethernet

is the technology that delivers this information. Given the competitive nature of

manufacturing and the accelerating rate of change in the global economy, it’s important

to be sure that the investment you make today can continue to support your changing

business needs over time. Ethernet technology, along with the appropriate networking

features, provides the performance, manageability, and security for today’s production

control network, and provides the foundation for deployment of new applications in the

future, helping you to achieve high levels of productivity, better serve your customers,

and ultimately provide your competitive advantage.

Cisco and Rockwell Automation have adopted the use of the Common Industrial

Protocol (CIP) networks for applications throughout the plant, focusing on

deployment of EtherNet/IP. The EtherNet/IP specifi cation is managed by ODVA,

an international vendor-independent association comprised of more than 250

of the world’s leading automation companies.

As automation systems increasingly adopt open standards, you will have the

fl exibility to use common components across multiple systems, providing

additional investment protection and reducing the risk of obsolescence with the

deployment of new systems. You will see the potential benefi ts in reduced wiring

and installation costs, additional diagnostic capabilities, space savings, and the

fl exibility to reconfi gure and upgrade systems as your needs change.

Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architectures

To help you successfully implement Ethernet networks throughout the enterprise,

Cisco and Rockwell Automation are bringing together the respective skills,

leadership and technical expertise to provide network design guidance and

customer education to help establish a robust and secure network infrastructure

within a customer’s integrated architecture. These tools provide the foundation

for success when deploying the latest, innovative technologies. They also provide

access to critical production information to obtain key performance indicators (KPI).

Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architectures are built on common standards

between IT and manufacturing. These include technologies such as the IEEE’s

standard unmodifi ed Ethernet, IETF’s Internet Protocol (IP) and the ODVA’s Common

Industrial Protocol (CIP). The collaboration on the Converged Plantwide Ethernet

Architectures incorporates Cisco’s “Ethernet to the Factory” solution and the

Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture™ that expands across discrete,

motion, process, batch, drive and safety applications.

Cisco and Rockwell Automation are publishing ongoing phased releases of

deliverables to provide solutions to address Ethernet network convergence for

manufacturing and enterprise applications. As part of the Converged Plantwide

Ethernet Architectures documents, the Design and Implementation Guide consists

of recommendations, confi guration settings and best practices developed through

tested and validated architectures. This includes critical design considerations

to integrate industrial networks and the manufacturing enterprise, such as best

practices for segmentation, resiliency and security. Integrating these will help

achieve greater visibility, improve data assimilation, reduce costs and simplify

management. The two companies are continuously working closely with the

customers to expand the Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architectures and focus

on migration challenges, secured connectivity for remote access, time-critical

applications such as CIP Sync™ and CIP Motion™, as well as greater FactoryTalk®

application and service platform support.

Joint Product and Solution Collaboration

To further strengthen the collaboration between Cisco and Rockwell Automation,

the two companies have developed the Stratix 8000 Layer 2 and the Stratix 8300

Layer 3 managed industrial switch lines creating an ideal networking environment

for both IT and controls professionals. This Rockwell Automation industrial managed

switch line with Cisco Technology is the fi rst of its kind. Using the current Cisco Catalyst

switch architecture and feature set, along with powerful confi guration tools, the

product line helps to provide secure integration with the enterprise network. At the

same time, it allows for easy setup and comprehensive diagnostics from within the

Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture.

The collaboration between the two companies has been extended to delivery of

services. Cisco and Rockwell Automation Services & Support consultants collaborate

to provide manufacturing and IT network assessments, architecture design and

implementation, project management and audit services. In addition, the joint

consulting offerings include the design and creation of comprehensive security

programs from evaluation to network design; implementation to ongoing support.

People and Process Optimization

Adapting to changing business requirements, technology advancements, process

improvements and changing work force demographics all require new ways of

thinking, interacting and working together.

While technology and network convergence have occurred within many

manufacturing companies, the biggest challenge is often organizational and

cultural convergence. Cisco and Rockwell Automation hold a series of educational

seminars and customer advisory boards, publish joint documents to help companies

understand best practices, facilitate Manufacturing and IT convergence, and help

enable successful architecture deployment and effi cient operations allowing

critical resources to focus on increasing innovation and productivity.

Rockwell Automation and Cisco have been hosting a series of webinars to provide

education as requested by customers and partners. These webinars deliver the

information supporting industry and technology leadership, extend the conversation

of convergence to a broader audience on a regular basis and target key stakeholders,

such as IT professionals, manufacturing control engineers, machine builders and

business decision makers.

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From Production Through the Enterprise

Cisco and Rockwell Automation are joining together to help deliver secure

information throughout the enterprise increasing visibility, agility, effi ciency and

security while reducing costs and risk. Potential benefi ts include:

Lower Total Cost of Ownership: Single network and open standards from

the production process reduce the cost over isolated, multiple networks and

proprietary systems.

Faster Time to Market: Deeper insight into operations and real-time collaboration

between manufacturing, engineering and suppliers improve decision quality and

shorten lead times. The most fl exible approach enables manufacturers to adapt to

changing business requirements and supply-chain management needs quickly

and effi ciently.

Improved Operational Responsiveness: Data visibility between operations,

suppliers, partners and customers, and the ability to implement collaborative

technologies that help take action and improve decision marking.

Security: Critical manufacturing systems are protected allowing secure

information visibility and access between production and corporate networks.

Cisco and Rockwell Automation are continuously working together to expand the

technology roadmap, joint solutions and services to help manufacturers achieve

the visibility, fl exibility, security and collaboration necessary in today’s global

manufacturing environment. To learn more about how Cisco and Rockwell Automation

can help you deliver secure information through optimized network integration

across the plant fl oor and throughout the enterprise, please visit:

www.ab.com/networks/architectures.html

www.rockwellautomation.com/partners/cisco.html

http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/manufacturing/cisco-rockwell_automation.html

www.cisco.com/web/strategy/manufacturing/ettf_overview.html