Adding SNMP devices to Security Center - Industrial IoT 5.0.1.1 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager

For the Industrial IoT plugin role to monitor SNMP devices, you must add them to Security Center.

1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
2. Select the Industrial IoT plugin role from the entity browser.
3. Click the Devices tab and click Add a device ().
   The Add a device dialog box opens.

   
4. Enter the following information:

   Name

   A unique name used to identify this device in your system.

   Type

   (Optional) The device type to apply as a model for this device. Device types define the common properties, such as protocol, states, data points, and actions, shared by a group of devices. Using a device type simplifies your configuration work. Device types are defined in the Device types page of the Industrial IoT plugin role.

   NOTE: If you select None, you must manually configure all properties for the device in Security Center. If this is your first device, you can complete its configuration and create the device type from it.

   Protocol

   Select SNMP Client.

   The dialog box expands to show SNMP specific fields.

   
5. Enter the following information:

   Host

   The IP address of the device.

   UDP Port

   The outgoing port used to poll the device.

   Version

   The SNMP version used by the device.

   Community

   (SNMPv2c only) The community to which this device belongs. It is an alphanumeric string used for authentication.

6. If you selected v3 as the version, enter the following information:
   

   User name

   (SNMPv3 only) The name assigned to the SNMP user.

   Authentication protocol

   (SNMPv3 only) The protocol used to authenticate the plugin role to the device.

   NOTE: It is recommended to use SHA256, SHA384 and SHA512 for the authentication protocol and AES192, AES256 for the privacy protocol.

7. Click Add.
   The device is added to the list of devices.
8. Click Apply.