This course will help you:

• Understand what IIoT is, IIoT market verticals, and the related standards
• Understand the protocols, applications, and network infrastructure needed to support IIoT solutions
• Identify Cisco IIoT networking devices and how they are different from other devices
• Configure and verify IIoT networking devices to support IIoT solutions
• Define what IIoT is and identify IIoT architectures.
• Identify IIoT market verticals, and their motivations and requirements.
• Explore Cisco IIoT networking devices, how they are different from other devices, and use common administrative tools for managing them.
• Explore industrial communications protocols for control and automation, and how they have been adapted to run on top of a TCP/IP network infrastructure.
• Describe wireless protocols used in IIoT environments, including architectures and devices used.
• Understand the TCP/IP protocol stack and how it is used with other protocols in IIoT environments.
• Discuss network protocols for clock synchronization between network devices, and describe available tools for IIoT network administration.
• Discuss wireless technologies used in a core LAN, and their relevance to IIoT implementations.
• Explore field WAN technologies and how they are used in IIoT environments.
• Explore legacy protocols and explain the methods available to transport non-routable protocols over modern networks.
• Explain fundamental concepts of Quality of Service (QoS) related to IIoT network environments.
• Discuss Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) operation, components, terminology, and features, and explore its use in IIoT environments.
• Explore Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN technologies and describe the way they can be used on IIoT deployments.
• Describe Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology and its use in IIoT environments.
• Explore Layer 1 and Layer 2 high availability technologies and redundancy mechanisms.
• Describe Layer 3 high availability and the need for Layer 3 redundancy in IIoT deployments.

• Operational Technology (OT) Engineers
• IT engineers
• Generalists, including managers, project leads, and solutions and business architects

Course Introduction

• Defining Industrial Internet of Things
• Examining Common IIoT Verticals
• Examining Cisco IIoT Networking Devices
• Examining and Configuring Industrial Communication Protocols
• Describing Wireless IIoT Protocols
• Explaining and Configuring TCP/IP Protocols, Addressing, and Segmentation
• Examining Network Services and Administration
• Examining and Configuring Wireless Core LAN Technologies
• Describing Field WAN Technologies
• Examining and Configuring Transportation of Legacy Protocols
• Describing, Configuring, and Verifying Quality of Service (QoS) for IIoT Protocols
• Examining and Verifying MPLS and IIoT
• Configuring and Explaining VPN Technology and IIoT
• Describing DWDM
• Configuring and Defining Layer 1 and Layer 2 High Availability Technologies
• Defining and Configuring Layer 3 High Availability Technologies