IndustrialSNMP (iSNMP) Suite is the original network management and analysis software developed specifically for the industrial controls marketplace. iSNMP Suite seamlessly integrates monitoring and analyzing of managed and unmanaged Ethernet networks into the leading human-machine interface (HMI) software Packages. iSNMP Suite provides operators with a real time view of the health of their Ethernet network devices, the overall Ethernet network traffic volume and overall Ethernet network status from within their HMI software environment. iSNMP Suite also has the ability to analyze the raw data and issue warnings to you about the operating condition of your network. iSNMP Suite is an OPC 2.0 Server that can interface with any OPC client software.

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iSNMP Suite provides valuable insight into the performance of a variety of industrial control system networks. The controllers, software and plant control network make up a modern control system. The entire system can become unreliable without stable performance from all three components. With iSNMP Suite you can monitor and analyze your plant Ethernet-based network from within your existing HMI package and never have to rely on blind faith that the network is performing to specifications.

Real Time Network Analysis

Raw SNMP network data can be difficult to interpret. For the automobile user, a speedometer can convert the raw number of revolutions of the tires of a car into a more meaningful statistic: speed. iSNMP Network Analyst provides a similar service to the industrial Ethernet network user. iSNMP Suite Network Analyst gathers raw SNMP data from the network devices and continually performs calculations to generate data that can be used, such as bandwidth utilization and network error rate statistics. Additionally, iSNMP Network Analyst can offer the user a simple green light/ yellow light/ red light status tag for network devices. The HMI user can then easily summarize the health of their network devices with a simple inclusion of the device status tag.

Power Supply Management

Uninterruptible power supplies have become necessary to ensure maximum uptime and protect powered network equipment from power surges. Most UPS's have embedded microprocessors and are capable of reporting their status and operating mode information via SNMP. With iSNMP Suite, operators can integrate UPS status into their HMI databases. Now when a battery needs replacement, or a UPS trips, you can have immediate notification in your HMI.

Unmanaged Device Monitoring

Not all Ethernet network devices are SNMP managed. To help monitor any system from within your HMI, iSNMP auto-discovers both managed and unmanaged network devices. iSNMP automatically generates OPC tags for each device that represent "heartbeat" and response time.

Features

Network Analyst

iSNMP Suite v3.1 incorporates a new and powerful network analysis engine. iSNMP Network Analyst gathers the raw SNMP data from your network devices, and computes meaningful network analysis that you can display in your OPC client application. For example, a speedometer can convert the raw number of revolutions of the car's tires into a more meaningful statistic: speed. Additionally, an automobile's dashboard contains warning lights to alert the driver to problems with the car's internal systems. iSNMP Network Analyst provides a similar service to the industrial Ethernet network user. Now even an Ethernet novice can get a simple red light/ yellow light/ green light summary of overall network health, and useful derived network monitoring information, not just raw counters and statistics with no meaningful context.

MIB Template Generator

There are literally thousands of SNMP-manageable devices available. To make sure that iSNMP users can easily incorporate management information from any SNMP-manageable device they encounter.  Simply open the MIB file for the manageable device from within the iSNMP MIB template generator, and you can easily map network device MIB addresses to iSNMP tag names. Once a template has been created, iSNMP's Auto-discovery tool will recognize the network device, and automatically pre-build the OPC tag name database for you the next time.

Unmanaged Device Support

iSNMP offers an OSI Layer 1 device "heartbeat" feature for any Ethernet network device. Device response and reply latency tags are created for all network devices by iSNMP, and are made available to HMI client applications via the iSNMP OPC Server.

Auto-Discovery

iSNMP Suite includes a new timesaving feature: Auto-Discovery! Simply by pressing the Auto-Discover button in iSNMP Editor, this powerful tool will search through your Ethernet network for SNMP-manageable network devices and iSNMP RMON probes. Once the tool has discovered all the manageable devices and probes, you can choose to add them to your iSNMP monitoring system with the click of a button. If the device is one of the many manageable devices or RMON probes already defined in iSNMP, the software will pre-build the entire SNMP tag database for the device(s), as explained below.

SNMP Traps Support

Some SNMP-manageable devices can be configured to send unsolicited data to network management software systems such as iSNMP. By configuring an SNMP device to send data without being "polled" such as when a critical system tag goes into an unfavorable state, you can reduce the need for "polling" the network device. iSNMP v3.1 supports receiving SNMP
Trap data.

Communicator/DataViewer

iSNMP Communicator is an iSNMP Suite read/write utility that operates independently of your OPC client application. This powerful tool simplifies the process of starting up and troubleshooting your SNMP monitoring system. When initially developing the iSNMP Suite database, the iSNMP DataViewer allows the system programmer to view the SNMP tag data in real time, without having to develop screens in the GUI. This ensures the developer that network SNMP data communications are taking place and helps to reduce system driver checkout and trouble-shooting time.