Configuration of an industrial control system

摘要

A method for planning a reconfiguration of an industrial control system 10 comprises the steps of: receiving operational requirements 48 for at least one industrial computing facility 12 of the industrial control system 10; receiving cloud computing characteristics 54 of a plurality of cloud computing facilities 30; receiving cloud computing deployment rules 52; and generating a cloud computing deployment plan 58 by applying cloud computing deployment rules 52 on the operational requirements 48 and the cloud computing characteristics 54.