Setting up Federation™ to monitor remote Siemens SiPass entities - SiPass 3.4.0

Siemens SiPass Plugin Guide 3.4.0

Product
SiPass
Content type
Guides > Plugin and extension guides
Version
3.4
Release
3.4.0
Language
English
Last updated
2023-08-11

You can configure the Federation™ host so that operators can monitor live events and generate reports for SiPass entities.

Before you begin

  • Understand Federation™.
  • Deploy the plugin and integrate the SiPass server 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

  • Controlling the SiPass entities from the Federation™ host in not supported.

Procedure

  1. Open Config Tool on the server that host Federation™.
  2. Add the SiPass base license (part number GSC-1PSipass).
  3. Install the SiPass plugin.
  4. Set up a Security Center Federation™.
    Create a Federation™ role for each remote site that hosts the SiPass plugin role.
  5. Expand the Security Center Federation™ role on the Federation™ host and confirm that the entities are listed in the entity browser.
  6. If the entities are missing, restart the main server of the Federation™ host.
  7. (Optional) Delete the SiPass plugin role that you created in step 4.
  8. In the Monitoring task, add the entities to the event monitoring list.