Dell Validated Design for Manufacturing Edge with PTC - Design Guide

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  Introduction
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  A global partnership
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  Benefits of a collaborative solution
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  Scope of the validated design
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  APEX Private Cloud
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  Summary

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  Use Cases
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  Enterprise operational intelligence
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  Intelligent asset optimization
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  Predictive maintenance

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  Architectural overview
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  Architecture components

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  Overview
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  VxRail and cluster
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  Deployment models
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  Database layout
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  Sizing considerations
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  Service level management
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  High Availability and Disaster Recovery
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  Latencies and throughput
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  IT and OT personas and requirements
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  Networking
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  VxRail network planning considerations
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  Security
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  Summary

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  Overview
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  Service level management
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  Scaling up environments to manage growth
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  Digital Performance Management setup and considerations
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  Tuning the environment for higher performance
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  Creating templates to rapidly deploy new environments
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  Leveraging analytics for smart manufacturing operations
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  Adding table indexing in SQL for better read performance
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  Ensuring time zone consistency across devices
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  Summary

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  What is high availability?
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  High availability overview
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  HA considerations

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  What is disaster recovery?
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  Disaster defined
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  DR overview
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  VxRail PTC ThingWorx disaster recovery considerations

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  Introduction
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  Test environment
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  Test case 1: Hardware redundancy
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  Test case 2: ThingWorx and Kepware Server VM live migration - local ThingWorx persistence DB
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  Test case 3: ThingWorx and Kepware Server VM live migration - external MS SQL ThingWorx persistence DB
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  Test case 4: ThingWorx and Kepware Server VM live migration - external InfluxDB ThingWorx persistence DB
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  Test case 5: ThingWorx and Kepware Server VM live migration - external PostgreSQL ThingWorx persistence DB
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  Test case 6: Kepware Server in disconnected scenario
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  Test case 7: Kepware Server is rebooted and resumes operation
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  Test case 8: Edge gateway stops and resumes operation
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  Test case 9: Multiple clients subscribe to MQTT broker on Monnit Gateway
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  Test case 10: Multiple PTC setups for role-based HA/DR configurations
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  Test case 11: Multiple Kepware Servers registered with single ThingWorx instance
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  Test case 12: Standby PTC ThingWorx setup for HA and DR
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  Test case 13: Standby PTC Kepware Server setup for HA and DR
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  Test case 14: PTC VM live migration when ESXi node shuts down - local MS SQL persistence DB
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  Test case 15: PTC VM live migration when ESXi node shuts down - external MS SQL persistence DB
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  Test case 16: Backup configurations for long-term retention and recovery
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  Test case 17: Backup and restore ThingWorx persistent database
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  Test case 18: Kepware Server or Kepware Edge and ThingWork connectivity HA test
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  Test case 19: Kepware Server or Kepware Edge simulator and ThingWorx connectivity HA test

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  Application Consolidation
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  Application workload consolidation in IIoT
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  Application workload requirements influencing consolidation
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  Enabling application workload consolidation through virtualization
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  Dell Virtualization Technology Portfolio

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  Security considerations
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  IEC 62443 overview
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  Defense-in-depth
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  Industrial demilitarized zone
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  Hardening

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  What is an industrial gateway?
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  Gateway considerations
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  Gateway deployment validation

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  Pro Tips and Considerations
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  Historian
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  System sizing examples
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  MES application
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  Hardware recommendations
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  Cybersecurity and privacy concerns

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  Conclusion

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  Bill of Materials
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  Small-scale configurations
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  Medium-scale configurations
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  Large-scale configurations

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  Configuration tasks
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  Gateway configuration tasks
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  Scaling, infrastructure, and migration tasks
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  Date and time configuration tasks
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  Security tasks

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  Sizing guidance
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  Ordering guidance
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  About Dell Validated Designs
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  Acronyms and terminology

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  Dell Technologies documentation
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  PTC documentation
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  VMware documentation
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  Industry references
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  Support and feedback