Native PRTG Device Template for Siemens SCALANCE Industrial Switches
“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.”
AdminDarshil Moradiya
(Admin, Paessler)
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