Before device onboarding could be started at least one Factory Online 365 instance and hub must be deployed. Following deployment scenarios are supported:
|
Factory Online 365 Component |
Edge Server |
Hybrid |
Cloud Service |
|
Instance |
x |
x |
x |
|
Hub |
|
|
x |
Considerations to take into account when choosing instance deployment scenario:
|
|
Edge Server |
Hybrid |
Cloud Service |
|
Number of devices |
30 – 10.000 |
1 – 30 |
1 – 100 |
|
Device response time (sec) |
1 – 3 |
1 – 3 |
3 – 5 |
|
Device-to-device communication |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Local cache |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Setup and maintenance |
Vendor or local partner |
Customer or local parter |
Vendor or local partner |
Following minimum software requirements must be met before starting deployment:
|
Scenario |
Requirements |
|
Edge Server |
Microsoft Azure IoT Edge runtime |
|
Hybrid (container mode) |
OCI-compatible container engine |
|
Hybrid (virtual machine mode) |
Windows Hyper-V or VMware vSphere |
|
Cloud Service |
Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS subscription |
Depending on the chosen scenario, detailed deployment instructions, scripts and containers (or virtual machines) are provided.
