OPC Server for SNMP offers a full monitoring of SNMP* enabled devices from OPC client applications such as Historians, HMI, SCADA or distributed control systems. These devices can include workstations, servers, switches, Uninterrupted Power Supply systems (UPS), PLC, routers, etc.
In fact, you can configure your devices and monitor their availability, status, performance, traffic and other parameters within few easy steps. The OPC Server for SNMP empowers end users to:
Proactively monitor control and enterprise networks in order to prevent problems from happening
Raise notifications based on detected issues and the status of critical network and automation assets
Reduce downtime and problems troubleshooting effort
Moreover, the SNMP OPC Server can also receive trap messages from manageable devices. This reduces the network traffic between the SNMP agents and the server.
This OPC Server is the bridge that you have been looking for to establish a reliable OPC link between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT). It supports SNMP integration with controllers and devices from a wide variety of manufacturers.
*Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a popular Internet standard protocol for network management and exchanging information between network devices.
Monitoring of an unlimited number of devices from different vendors using the SNMP protocol
Support of SNMP version 1, version 2c and version 3
Discovering of SNMP or non-SNMP enabled devices within a provided IP range using both SNMP and ICMP protocols
Capturing alerts messages via SNMP traps