Panduit: Seeing is Believing: Real-Time Physical Network Visualization

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A strong physical infrastructure is foundational to successful Connected Enterprise deployments whether a single machine/skid, process area, or plant information system. This session will cover the challenges associated with managing a physical network and introduce a new software platform designed to help. Never before has it been so straight forward to understand bandwidth, troubleshoot device connections, and map logical system layouts to their physical location.

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Real Time Physical Network Visualization

Panduit Corporation

Real Time Physical Network Visualization

Bob Voss & John Senese

Panduit Laboratories

Nearly 60 years of Infrastructure

Leadership 84% of Fortune 100

companies use Panduit solutions.

Real World Solutions

• Technology Leadership

• Partner Ecosystem

• Strategic Alliances

• Global Business Commitment

• Sustainability

Network Physical Infrastructure

• Network physical infrastructure includes both active and passive components

– Active includes switches, hubs, servers, routers, wireless access points and end devices

– Passive includes mostly media and connectivity

• So, what is more important?

“55% of network problems are related to cabling infrastructure issues.” – Gartner, Inc.

“A significant portion of network downtime, approximately 80%, is attributed to physical layer connections.” – Sage Research

Physical Infrastructure Visibility enables

• Rapid troubleshooting and recovery from problems

– Finding problems frequently takes longer than correcting them

• Network Maintenance

– An up-to-date, accurate visualization streamlines network maintenance

• Vital reference for capacity planning

– Quickly identify where and how to expand capacity

Network Information at your fingertips ….

Discover & Document

• A tool that automatically discovers …

– Switches, including L2/L3 switches

– Routers, servers, storage devices

– DLR devices, including Ring & Bus topologies

– EtherNet/IP enabled devices

– Panduit SmartZone hardware

• … And renders accurate logical and physical visualizations of the discovered elements

Logical View vs Physical View

Visualize End to End Connectivity

Network Monitoring & Diagnostics

• Connection status of device ports

• Duplex mismatch monitoring

• Overloaded device monitoring

• Cable fault monitoring

Device Analytics

Monitor Bandwidth

Bandwidth Rate Chart: Stratix #1 / port 1

Event Management

Functional Summary

Discover & Document

Discover device(s)

Network snapshots

DLR discovery

As built vs. as planned

Wired and Wireless

Visualize

Logical Connectivity

Physical Connectivity

VLANs

End to end connections

Physical location asset

Diagnose & Monitor

Switch port queue

Bandwidth monitor

Mode mismatch/port

Packets dropped/port

Rogue device identifier

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Real Time Physical Network Visualization

Panduit Corporation