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Course Overview
Managing Industrial Networks for Manufacturing with Cisco Technologies (IMINS2024) is a lab-intensive course, which helps you with the skills required to successfully implement and troubleshoot the most common industry standard protocols while leveraging best practices needed in security and Wireless technologies for today\'s industrial networks. The IMINS2024 course helps plant administrators, control system engineers and traditional network engineers in the manufacturing, process control, and oil and gas industries, who will be involved with the convergence of IT and Industrial networks.
This course is job-role specific and enables you to achieve competency and skills to configure, maintain, and troubleshoot industry-standard network protocols as well as wireless and security technologies to ensure that current infrastructures are maximized while developing a converged platform for flexibility to support future business outcomes. Students will be exposed to multiple industrial network technologies as well as products from Cisco and other industrial suppliers.
The course qualifies for 30 Cisco Continuing Education credits (CE) towards recertification.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for IT and operations technology (OT) professionals and control engineers who will be involved with the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of networked industrial products and solutions for the following industries:
- Manufacturing
- Process control
- Oil and gas
- Other industries as applicable
Course Objectives
- Understand the functions of the OSI Layers and TCP/IP Model
- Recognize the differences between Enterprise and Industrial Networks
- Troubleshoot common issues found in Layers 1, 2, 3 of the OSI Model
- Describe the functions and components of Ethernet/IP Protocols
- Configure and troubleshoot CIP on Cisco
- Describe the functions and components of the PROFINET protocol
- Configure PROFINET Protocols on Cisco Industrial Ethernet Devices
- Troubleshoot common PROFINET Issues
- Identify common network threats and resolutions and configure basic security components (Access Lists and AAA Features)
- Configure a wireless network within an industrial environment
Course Outline
Module 1: Industrial Networking Concepts and Components
- Contrasting Enterprise and Industrial Environments
- Configuration Tools for Industrial Ethernet Switches
- Exploring Layer 2 Considerations
- Layer 2 Resiliency Using Spanning-tree Protocol
- Layer 2 Resiliency Considerations
- Layer 2 Multicast Control and QoS
- Exploring Layer 3 Considerations
Module 2: General Troubleshooting Issues
- Troubleshooting Methodologies
- Troubleshooting Layer 1
- Troubleshooting Layer 2 Issues
- Troubleshooting Layer 3 Issues
Module 3: Ethernet/IP
- Exploring Ethernet/IP Communications
- Exploring Hardware Capabilities
- Exploring CIP Sync, CIP Motion, and CIP Safety
- Exploring Embedded Switch Technology
Module 4: Troubleshooting EtherNet/IP
- Identifying Common EtherNet/IP Issues
- EtherNet/IP Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
Module 5: PROFINET
- Describe PROFINET Functionality and Connection Method
- Describing Basic PROFINET Devices
Module 6: Configuring PROFINET
- Enabling and Prioritizing PROFINET at L2
- Integrating Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches
Module 7: Troubleshooting PROFINET
- Identifying PROFINET Troubleshooting Methods
- Exploring PROFINET Troubleshooting Tools
Module 8: Exploring Security Concerns
- Overview Of Defense-in-Depth Strategy
- Controlling Access and Network Traffic
Module 9: 802.11 Industrial Ethernet Wireless Networking
- Understanding 802.11 Networks
- Industrial WLAN Design Considerations