“We use Siemens SCALANCE switches in our OT networks. While PRTG can monitor them via generic SNMP, setup requires manual configuration and does not provide an optimized industrial template.

What we would like is a dedicated SCALANCE device template that automatically detects and configures relevant industrial monitoring sensors.

Desired functionality:

Switch Health & Hardware

CPU load

Memory usage

Temperature

Power supply status

Redundancy / ring status (MRP)

Port status overview

Industrial Network Diagnostics

Port errors (CRC, collisions, drops)

Link flaps

Bandwidth utilization per port

Industrial protocol traffic overview (if available)

OT-Specific Features

PROFINET diagnostics (if accessible via SNMP)

Ring topology monitoring

Alarm states mapped to clear status channels

Predefined thresholds optimized for OT environments

Today we need to manually build monitoring setups. A SCALANCE template would:

Reduce deployment time

Standardize monitoring across plants

Increase adoption of PRTG in OT environments

This would significantly improve usability for industrial customers.”