Cisco and Schneider Electric have developed a common Secure Digital Plant solution architecture to provide a robust and security enhanced EcoStruxure™ Plant environment. 

This document makes recommendations for the use of Cisco Industrial Ethernet and Catalyst switches in both Schneider M580 Ethernet RIO and Distributed IO architectures for process and safety control systems. It also brings forward Cisco’s cybersecurity solutions to the EcoStruxure™ Plant environment.

This document is to be used as a guideline to assist both OT and IT in configuring an EcoStruxure™ Plant network. It includes sections on how to configure Cisco Cybersecurity solutions into an EcoStruxure™ Plant environment.

This TVDA includes the main aspects of an EcoStruxure™ Plant topology. The design incorporates:

• I/O devices running both Modbus TCP and EtherNet/IP, connected to both process and safety PACs.
• Cisco network switches and firewalls, in both a redundant and nonredundant design, connecting the entire infrastructure.