Developed specifically to withstand the harshest industrial environments, these switches offer the most flexible and resilient industrial Ethernet products with secure connectivity, simple management and edge application execution.

Product overview

The Cisco^® Industrial Ethernet (IE) 4000 Series delivers Gigabit connectivity to Cisco ruggedized switching portfolio with superior high-bandwidth switching capacity and proven Cisco IOS^® Software. The IE 4000 Series provides highly secure access and industry-leading convergence ring protocols to support resilient and scalable networks while adhering to industry compliance requirements.

The IE 4000 Series is ideal for industrial Ethernet applications where hardened products are required, including manufacturing, energy, transportation, smart cities. The IE4000 has built-in SW image verification to ensure authenticity of the Cisco Software. With improved overall performance, greater bandwidth, advanced security features, and enhanced hardware, the Cisco IE 4000 Series complements the current industrial Ethernet portfolio of related Cisco industrial switches, such as the Cisco IE 2000 and IE 3000.

The IE 4000 Series can be used to easily and securely extend the enterprise network to harsh environments with a software-defined access extension for the Internet of Things (IoT) enabling connectivity in outdoor areas, warehouses, distribution centers, roadways, etc., using powerful enterprise-grade intent-based network management platform such as Cisco DNA Center.

The Cisco IE 4000 can easily be installed. with a GUI based Device Manager, it also offers out-of-the-box industrial usage configuration and simplified manageability to deliver advanced security, data, video, and voice services over industrial networks.

The IE 4000 executes edge applications using Cisco IOx to transform sensor data into insight and action. With Cisco IOx for customers take advantage of consistent, distributed computing across Cisco IoT network infrastructure. For more information on Cisco IOx, please see the Cisco IOx data sheet.