Belden Certified Industrial Network

Provider Partner Program Guide

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Be Belden Certified

Belden Certified Industrial Network Provider Program

Your Commitment is Appreciated

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Thank you for your commitment to becoming

a Belden Certified Industrial Network Provider.
We appreciate the effort you have put into
being accepted into the program. The next
steps are for you to complete our training
and be tested and accredited. You also need
to learn the requirements for Belden Certified
Industrial Networks.

We can terminate your accreditation at any

time for any reason and so can you. If this
happens, we will honor any certification projects in progress and we will recommend that
prior customers continue to use your services
for ongoing support.

Your pricing for Belden products is available

on a separate pricing sheet from your Belden
sales sponsor.

This document provides you with a synopsis

of important elements of this program plus
information on the training you will receive.

Two key components add up to the Belden part

of Belden Certified. These components are:

Important Elements of the Belden

Certified Industrial Network Provider
Program
Training Requirements
Once approved for the program your staff
will need to complete training program(s).
While these programs will be offered at no
charge to you, you are responsible for any
travel and related expenses necessary to
participate in the courses.
Annual training is required.
The coursework is intended for experienced
network designers, administrators and controls
engineers. It does not cover basic concepts;
rather it shares Beldens experience and best
practices for designing, implementing, testing
and supporting industrial networks with you.
We expect that you will use the people we
have trained to lead certification projects.
They should also be the primary point of
contact with us during the design and test
reviews.
Annual Review
Once you become accredited you will participate in an annual review of your Belden
Certified Industrial Network Provider performance. We want to have an open dialogue
with you about what worked and what did
not. We also look forward to receiving your
feedback so we can improve this program
and our delivery of it.

Key Program Components


Maximize Belden Product Content
You need to maximize the use of Belden
and its brands (Hirschmann, GarrettCom,
Lumberg Automation, Tofino Security and
Belden wire and cable) in the project. If the
customer has legitimate business reasons
to make exceptions to using Belden products, please call us to discuss them.

Follow the Belden Process for Industrial
Networks
During training you will learn our best
practices and standard work processes for
designing and delivering high performing
and reliable industrial networks. These processes have been developed as a result of
our numerous man-years of participation
in the industrial networking market. We
believe that knowing our processes and
tools will give you a competitive advantage.
To ensure that we both deliver excellent
results for customers, facilitate communication between your team and ours, and
to protect our reputations, following the
Belden process for industrial networks is
very important.
Requirements for Network
Certification Proposals
The network must be a multi-node network that includes Hirschmann and/or
GarrettCom switching and routing
equipment, plus other Belden products
The minimum size limit is $25K BOM
(Bill of Materials) to Belden

Training, Testing, Certification

To become Belden Certified, one or more of
your staff must complete a 3-day training
course and pass the tests given during it. Once
that is done (and your application information
is complete) you will be accredited and
can identify yourself as a Belden Certified
Industrial Network Provider.
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You will then be able to use the Belden
Certified logo on your marketing materials.

Training Overview

1. Network Design
During this lab you will learn the questions
to ask customers to get the information
needed to design their network. You will then
use that information to go through multiple
design steps, each of which requires you to
complete exercises to apply your skills.

Lab exercises include:

Setting equipment to default factory
configuration
Using the HiDiscovery program
Using HiView

Hands-on labs and instruction will utilize

Fluke Networks cable analyzers and teach
you how to test and certify every physical
link in the network. Most importantly you will
learn how to resolve issues when copper or
fiber links do not pass initial testing.

Customizing Industrial HiVision

Scanning the network

Testing of Customers Industrial Networks

Lab exercises include:

Naming links and changing generic icons

Segmenting communications into groups:

subnets

Exploring other HiVision tabs

Once you have completed the required tests

you will forward all test results and photos
to Belden a few days prior to a test review
meeting (usually a telephone conference call).

Segmenting communications into groups:

VLANs Virtual LANs
Creating a network infrastructure by
adding routers and switches

Documenting the state and configuration

of devices in the network
Monitoring events and learning how
to handle them

Provided you and we agree that the project

is acceptable , Belden will issue the Belden
Certified Industrial Network documentation
to you to share with the customer.

Evaluating redundancy needs

Using HiView to connect to a server

running Industrial HiVision

Defining Power over Ethernet (PoE)

requirements

Using the MultiConfig functionality to

configure multiple devices simultaneously

Determining time synchronization needs

Using the Demo Network for simulating

a network

This documentation may note parts of the network not covered by the certification program.
Such exceptions will usually have been discussed with you and the customers at design
time, so that exclusions are not a surprise.

Adding network security

Detecting duplex mismatches and learning to

correct them for best network performance

Warranty

Adding any additional standards or

specifications

Using RSTP or Rapid Spanning Tree for

redundant secondary paths

Choosing the appropriate Belden products

Using MRP (Media Redundancy Protocol)

for redundant secondary paths

Designs for Customer Projects

Preventing network loops using MRP Ring

over RSTP

Choosing the IP Ratings for switches and

routers

On certification projects, once you have

completed a network design, you will forward
it to Belden a few days prior to having a
design review meeting with us.
We will be looking for:
Physical & logical network drawings
A Bill of Materials for the equipment
and media needed for the network
A plan that covers areas of specific
concern or risk
2. Network Installation and
Configuration
This lab teaches the methods used to accomplish
common network configuration and management related tasks using Belden products. The
tasks are arranged in an order that closely
mimics what happens in real world networking installations at facilities around the world.

Belden will extend to your organization, for

the benefit of the customer, an extended
Belden Industrial Component Warranty as per
the details in Appendix 1 Terms & Conditions.

Configuring VLANS

Customer Deliverables at Project

Close

Protecting end devices from unnecessary

multicast traffic

Belden Certified Industrial Network

documentation

Disabling unused ports

Enabling port security
Restricting management access to the
network
Using Industrial HiVision to document
the network
This lab will provide you with special tools
used by Belden to efficiently configure and
test industrial networks. At the end of this
module you will be tested.

Belden Industrial Component Warranty

Support Information for Belden Certified
Industrial Networks
Expansion Guidelines for Belden Certified
Industrial Networks
Fee Schedule for Network Changes not
covered in the Expansion Guidelines
Belden also retains a copy of these documents
to facilitate project support in the future.

3. Network Testing
During this module you will learn the whys
and hows of testing the network infrastructure with special emphasis on cable testing.

Appendix 1: Terms and Conditions Belden Industrial Component Warranty

Belden Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA, will provide

to the customers of Belden Certified Industrial Network Providers an extended Belden
Industrial Component Warranty for End-toEnd Belden Certified Industrial Networks.
The extended Belden Industrial Component
Warranty is offered to the customers of Belden
Certified Industrial Network Providers by
Belden Inc. in accordance with the following
terms and conditions.
This Warranty applies only to Belden Certified
Industrial Networks installed by a system
integrator, machine builder or automation
vendor acting as a Belden Certified Industrial
Network Provider and in compliance with
the certification guidelines communicated by
Belden. Belden Certified Industrial Network
Providers can be identified through use in
their marketing materials of the following
Belden Certified logo:

A Belden Certified Industrial Network is a

network consisting of Belden-branded networking, cable and connectivity products
that have been verified by the Certified
Industrial Network Provider and by Belden
to provide an uninterrupted signal from one
end of the network to the other.
In order to maintain the validity of the extended
Belden Industrial Component Warranty, the
Belden Certified Industrial Network must be
maintained in accordance with these terms
and conditions and the user manual.
Extended Belden Industrial
Component Warranty
Belden Inc. warrants that:
the Belden networking components installed in the Belden Certified Industrial
Network are covered by a limited lifetime
manufacturers warranty against defects
in material and workmanship.

the Belden cable and connectivity components

installed in the Belden Certified Industrial
Network are covered by a manufacturers
warranty against defects in material and
workmanship for a period of twenty-five
(25) years from the date of installation, at
the original installation location.
Once a Belden component has been deemed
defective, Belden shall repair or replace, at
Beldens discretion, the defective component.
Belden may use refurbished materials in either
repair or replacement procedures, and the repaired or replaced component will be warranted
for the balance of the remaining warranty
term, or ninety (90) days, whichever is longer.
The repair or replacement of a defective component under this warranty includes the reasonable
costs of labor required to repair or replace the
defective component. The decision to repair
or replace components and the selection of
labor services to perform the repair or replacement are at the sole discretion of Belden Inc.
Recertification
A Belden Industrial Certified Network will need
to be recertified if any of the components are
replaced or if the system design is modified in
any way. If new Belden components are used
in the replacement, Belden will perform the
recertification free of charge. There may be a
charge for recertification if non-Belden parts
are used in a system design.

the Belden Certified Industrial Network that

result from failure to comply with Belden
design guidelines and installation procedures.
Belden Inc. shall not be liable for damages
or defects resulting from circumstances
beyond its control, including, but not limited
to, misuse, alteration, unauthorized repair,
damages in transit, fire, floods and acts of
God. Under such circumstances, the warranties
described herein shall be null nd void.
Repair or replacement of the Belden Industrial Certified Network by Belden Inc. is the
customers exclusive remedy under the Belden
Industrial Component Warranty. There are
no other warranties, express or implied,
made by Belden Inc in this Belden Industrial
Component Warranty.
The contractual or statutory rights of the
customer against the supplier of the Belden
Certified Industrial Network (i.e. the Belden
Certified Industrial Network Provider) remain
unaffected by this Belden Industrial Component Warranty.
These terms and conditions apply to all
Belden Brands, including, but not limited
to, Belden, Hirschmann, GarrettCom,
Lumberg Automation and Tofino Security.

Benelux: +31 (0)77 38 78 770

Limitations
Under this Belden Industrial Component
Warranty, Belden Inc. will not be liable for,
nor pay for, any loss of use of the Belden
Industrial Certified Network or products;
costs of substitute goods, facilities or services;
or for any other economic losses or incidental,
consequential or exemplary damages.
The Extended Belden Industrial Component
Warranty does not cover any deficiencies in

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