Proper configuration and maintenance of networking solutions for WAN, LAN, SAN and IPC including network security is mandatory for the integration of systems and software in distributed manufacturing environments. This applies both to Datacenter Bridging as well as to routing across rather diverse physical communication systems, like Ethernet, Wireless LAN, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand. Integration of Voice over IP telephone systems, facility control, security and fire alarm systems has to be safe within the same infrastructure.

Managing Parallel Computing and Storage in the Datacenter