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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
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