You can configure
Federation™ host so that operators can
monitor live events and generate reports for Industrial IoT entities.
Before you begin
- Understand Federation™.
- Deploy the plugin and integrate the Industrial IoT protocols
with Security Center on each remote site.
- Read the release notes to learn about known issues and limitations that affect the use
of Federation™ for this plugin.
What you should know
- It
is not possible to control the
Industrial IoT entities from the Federation™
host.
Procedure
-
Open Config
Tool on the server that host
Federation™.
-
Add the Industrial IoT base license.
-
Install the Industrial IoT
plugin.
-
Creating the Industrial IoT plugin role.
Leave the role disconnected. Creating the plugin role adds the Industrial IoT entities to the host.
-
Set up a
Security Center
Federation™.
- Create a Federation™ role for each remote site
that hosts theIndustrial IoT
plugin role.
-
Deactivate and then re-activate the Federation™
role.
The Industrial IoT entities are displayed in the entity browser of
the Federation™ host.
-
Expand the Federation™ host role and confirm that the
entities are listed in the entity browser.
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If the entities are missing, restart the Main server for the Federation™ host.
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(Optional) Delete the Industrial IoT
plugin role that you
created
in step 4.
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In the Monitoring task, add the entities to the event monitoring list.