Edge from GE Digital

IIoT connectivity, local applications and analytics, and secure cloud connection
Edge computing, an integral part of Essentials platform, is Benefits
positioned at the intersection of industrial control systems and
Industrial IoT promises increased asset uptime, cost reductions,
the enterprise. Using Edge, customers can:
optimized operations, and insights that lead to strategic advantage.
• Collect data from assets and IT/OT sources Edge is a key enabler of these benefits, whether functioning standalone
or in conjunction with cloud.
• Apply local machine learning analytics

• Execute container-based applications

Connect, monitor and manage assets
• Securely and reliably forward data to cloud Edge provides the connectivity options and management features to:
• Rely on a secured stack with embedded OS
• Easily connect to assets and data sources
• Easily configure and manage edge devices and workloads
• Monitor Edge instance status and health
• Choose between integrated software or embedded deployment
• Scale to thousands of Edge instances and connected devices
With powerful connectivity and management capabilities, support for
Put analytics to work Edge Manager
container-based apps and analytics and scalable deployment options,
Use Complex Event Processing engines or container analytics to:
Edge simplifies data collection and supports edge computing needs
from the device to the data center. • Apply rich analytics to data streams in near-realtime Edge Manager is a cloud-based application that enables secure Edge
• Locally detect anomalies in device or process operations management. It provides an intuitive and automated user experience to
Intelligent Data Collection enroll and manage Edge and Edge-connected devices, manage Edge
Powerful Apps & Analytics • Add intelligence to local equipment controls
applications and analytics, and control all Edge operations.
Management Simplicity CLOUD Take advantage of Edge applications With Edge you can
use Edge-based applications to: With Edge Manager you can manage:
Analytics & Applications Cloud
Processing Forwarding • Handle near-realtime monitoring and response needs • Edge devices and fleets
EDGE • Complement and extend existing solutions • Connected devices and fleets
OT Data Connectivity Edge
& Ingestion Management • Comply with security and regulatory requirements • Edge apps, analytics and workloads
Simplify solution management • Cloud data forwarding
Edge is an integral part of the Essentials Platform Edge Manager simplifies and automates tasks to: • Secure end-to-end authentications
— a complete Edge-to-Cloud industrial IoT
solution • Provision Edge instances and connected devices • Full remote updates

• Provision and manage local apps and analytics Edge also supports local management via the browser-based
• Monitor and control secure operations Technician Console.
Edge Manager
Simplified and secure edge management

Edge Manager Overview Edge Manager Benefits

Edge Manager is a SaaS application that enables remote Edge Manager delivers an intuitive and automated user experience to enroll
and manage Edge instances, connected devices, applications and analytics,
management of Edge instances. From a single instance to large-scale
and control all Edge operations.
fleets, Edge Manager provides a single pane of glass to monitor and
CLOUD EDGE centrally administer all edge operations. Edge Manager is key to helping customers:
MANAGER
• Increase IIoT solution reliability and uptime
Key functionality includes:
Analytics & Applications Cloud
Processing Forwarding • Reduce operational cost and complexity
• Edge lifecycle management – securely commission Edge instances and • Harness the power of edge computing
EDGE
perform device configuration for large-scale Edge fleets
OT Data Connectivity Edge
& Ingestion Management
• End-to-end data flows – use automation and templates to define Centrally monitor and manage edge connectivity
connectivity, local processing and forwarding flows for any new source

• Fleet management – organize Edge instances in groups, apply filters, and • Utilize guided setup tools to rapidly configure devices, connected devices,
and edge-to-cloud data processing flows
schedule bulk operations on multiple instances collectively
• Track availability, status and performance of devices and connected
Edge management is provided by • Application lifecycle management – deploy, install, and update edge machines
applications, and configuration packages to Edge instances
Edge Manager or the local • Create schedules and packaged profiles for an Edge device or device
• Cloud connectivity – monitor connectivity status, signal strength and groups
browser-based Technician data usage of cellular links; manage OpenVPN tunnels
Console. • Alerts management – centrally monitor and manage alerts from edge Simplify and automate edge operations
Edge Manager provides advanced tools and instances and connected assets
• Centrally manage the entire lifecycle of thousands of devices from
capabilities, but both options give you full • User management – control authorized users and assign roles and anywhere, anytime
responsibilities
control over Edge operations. • Deploy and schedule container-based applications, analytics and OS
• Complete system management – update Edge OS, related systems updates
The Technician Console main functions include: software, and configurations without limitation • Monitor and control all aspects of workload processing and system
performance
• Edge commissioning and configuration • API support – access Edge Manager functionality via a graphical web
interface or via a REST API for integration with other applications
• Management of system software
• Security – depend on certificate-based device enrollment, role-based
• Applications and analytics management
access and extensive end-to-end security controls
• Cloud connectivity monitoring

• System log access

Edge Computing Use Cases

and anomaly detection, and other valuable functions in support of local

Centralized views,
ERP EAM PLM analytics & apps or cloud-based applications. Edge provides a flexible analytics data
CLOUD
fabric enabling both commercial analytics engines and container-
based analytics.

Operational level Intelligent equipment controls

Work Flow &
MES Historians Edge Edge computing can apply sophisticated machine learning analytics to
Batch Mgt analytics & apps
equipment data streams to detect subtle anomalies and even predict
issues. With manufactures increasingly opening controller APIs, it’s
now possible to leverage these powerful analytic results to issue direct
Data Data Monitoring & control commands to industrial equipment.
DCS HMI SCADA Edge
Collection Forwarding supervisory functions
Monitoring and supervisory applications
Edge computing brings the opportunity to deploy applications to
aid local operators in monitoring devices and rapidly responding to
emerging issues. With support for container-based applications and
Edge Basic embedded
Sensors I/O Controllers analytics, Edge solutions can augment HMI/SCADA capabilities and
(embedded) functions
operations efficiency and reliability.

Operational level applications

Edge applications can integrate OT data with data from external
sources or applications in order to provide users with rich unified views
to their fleet or plant operations. These new applications can be used
Edge computing in action Intelligent connection and collection standalone or to augment the views and capabilities of standard MES-
The foundational use of Edge is to connect assets, ingest and process type solutions.
Industrial IoT needs are driving a rapid evolution in Edge computing.
data, and forward data to cloud. It can filter, pre-process and aggregate
Local data processing – whether in tandem with cloud/datacenter or
data, apply stream analytics for additional local and pre-processing Guest applications platform
standalone – is becoming a cornerstone of IIoT.
value, and provide a reliable and secure connection to the cloud. With a scalable platform and standard Docker-based container
processing and management, Edge can also host “guest” applications,
Edge systems can play an important role at several levels of the modern
Analytics and machine learning reducing hardware costs and systems management overhead. These
industrial architecture, deployable from an embedded systems to a server-
Edge analytics enable data analysis, precision device/process monitoring applications can function independently but also benefit from the app
based application platform. Typical use cases for Edge include:
services offered by Edge.
 Edge Architecture & Specifications

Edge Apps and Services provide the container-based framework for Security
Edge Data Integration Services executing Edge workloads and functions, including protocol adapters, Edge creates a secure end-to-end operating environment via key
Manager Time-series, Event Hub, Alerts
data bus, Edge app services, and customer-developed apps and analytics. functionality and design principles, including:

PETC Edge Manager is a cloud-based application that enrolls and manages • Management console security and role-based access
Management
Cloud
Gateways
Analytics
Engines
Local
Storage
Customer
Apps/Analytics
end devices, manages Edge applications and analytics and controls the • Certificate-based device connection
Edge
Agent Edge platform itself. • Hardened embedded OS
Data Bus
Edge
Services • Data encryption
Protocol Adapters Edge Technician Console (PETC) provides a local management via
OPC-UA, Modbus, EGD, MGTT, OSI-PI
secured browser-based Edge device access. Deployment options
Edge OS Edge can be deployed as a VMware ESXi virtual machine or an
Hypervisor
Customer-supplied components can include analytics and CEP embedded software image.
engines, data storage, and container-based apps and analytics.
Edge Device Hardware

Additional specifications
Edge architecture overview VM deployment requirements:
Device connectivity and protocols
Main components:
Edge ships with adaptors for OPC UA, Modbus, OSI PI, MQTT and EGD. • VMware ESXi 6.5.0 U1 CPU Cores: 1
Edge OS is a hardened, small footprint Yocto Linux operating system • CPU Cores: 1; RAM: 1GB
Applications & Analytics
that is the foundation of Edge, enabling it to operate on a variety of
Docker container-based applications and analytics can be developed • Disk Size: 5GB (1GiB *2 root partitions, 2GiB data partition, 100MiB boot,
hardware or virtual environments, and support containerized apps and 20MiB conf = 4308992 bytes = 4.31GB or 4.11GiB) )
using the following languages: C, C++, Python, Node.js or Java.
analytics. • Disk Type: SCSI
• Network Interface Type: Bridged
Edge Agent interfaces with Edge Manager and PETC to control Edge
operations, including: scheduling and managing workloads, enrolling and Embedded deployment: Please contact GE Digital
monitoring devices, and executing management functions.

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