Siemens Network Monitoring User Manual
Network Monitoring & Management
A requirement for a successful
digital enterprise
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Global trends are creating new challenges for our customers
Acceptance Network reliability Economic efficiency Compatibility
Support & warranty
F&B companies are using
advanced data analytics tools
as of 2017
4)
smart machines and system
are expected to be connected
into the IoT by 2021
1)
cyber attacks were reported in
2018 comparing to last year
5)
the market value of industrial
ethernet is estimated to reach
$70 billion with a CAGR of 15%
3)
Internet of Things Digitalization Industrial networks Data analytics Cybersecurity
A comprehensive network management system has become essential
25 BN
data will be created by the
digital universe by 2020 – a 10fold increase from 2013
2)
44 ZB 2025 48% 1.5x
1) Gartner 2) IDC 3) Global Market Insights, Inc 4) Longitude Research & Siemens 5) SiteLock
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Increasing demands on Industrial Network Management and
monitoring
Studies prove:
• World market for Industrial Ethernet networks
grows continually
• Number of PROFINET nodes rising
• Increasing number of managed devices
• Growing amount of devices with a small size
(fewer port count of each device)
This leads to:
• Size of networks will continue to increase
• Complexity within the network will continue to grow
➢ This results in an increasing demand for
network management solutions
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
Connectors/cable sets
Wireless access points
Routers
Managed switches - layer 3
Managed switches - layer 2
Unmanaged switches
IIoT Gateways
Products by revenue ($ millions)
2016
2021
0.0 200.0 400.0 600.0 800.0 1000.0 1200.0
24+
16 to 23
8 to 15
up to 7
Port count by revenue of all switches
2016
2021
Source: IHS Technology, Industrial Ethernet Infrastructure Components Report – 2016 und 2021
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Protect Productivity
Reduce cost
Comply to regulations
• Externally caused incidents
through increasing connectivity
• Unauthorized Access
• Outdated firmware versions
• Lack of transparency
• Manual monitoring of inventory
• Ageing assets
• Reporting Requirements
• Security Standards (IEC-62443)
Protect
against
Costs
Comply to
SINEC NMS helps you to face the current challenges:
Productivity, Cost Pressure and Regulations
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Network Management
Definition – FCAPS (universal) following ISO standard 10040
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The term "network management" usually refers to the administration, the operating technology and the monitoring of IT and
telecommunication networks.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 10040) defined five pillars of state-of-the-art
network management and developed FCAPS, an ISO model.
(F) Fault Management:
• Identify, save, report and solve any error status that occur
(C) Configuration Management:
• Record and manage all components the must be monitored
(A) Accounting Management:
• Record network usage to generate an invoice
(P) Performance Management:
• Gather performance data, maintain statistics and define limit values
(S) Security Management:
• Authenticate users and authorize access and users
SINEC NMS goes beyond FCAPS, offering two essential system elements specifically addressing the industrial network
requirements. They complete the NMS offering necessary for the OT environment:
“System Management” and Northbound Interface”
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SINEC NMS
Cornerstones of a network management system
Corrective
Policy-based configuration for
networks (up to 12,500 devices)
Preventive
Reduces unplanned
network downtime
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Predictive
Maximum transparency of the
entire network architecture
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SINEC NMS Top highlights
Maximum transparency for your industrial network
Validation of network
parameters
- Repeatedly check and document
the essential characteristics of
the network
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Graphical representation
- Topological recognition and
representation of the network
- Integration into HMI / SCADA
systems possible
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Management
- Device configuration via
policy-based roll-out
- Firmware management
- Monitoring and management
centrally and 24/7
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Monitoring and diagnostics
- SNMP, PROFINET and
SIMATIC mechanisms are being
used
- Evaluation and presentation of
diagnostic conditions
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Automatic Documentation
- Permanent inventory and
documentation of all
network users
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SINEC NMS
• SINEC NMS is fully web- based network management platform developed to meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges
• Operators can monitor and manage their industrial network with a single SINEC NMS installation.
• Thanks to the distributed approach of SINEC NMS, the network management system can be dynamically adopted to your specific
network requirements.
• SINEC NMS is divided into two levels:
SINEC NMS – a new Network Management System
Control:
The control is the central instance in SINEC NMS, which displays the
overall condition of the network. It gives the user an overview of the
overall network status. Furthermore, the distributed SINEC NMS
Operations are centrally managed in the control.
Operation:
The Operations detects the network devices and reads the respective
information from the devices. In addition, the SINEC NMS Operations
is distributed throughout the network and implement the configuration
parameters (policies) from the Control on the devices.
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• In addition to using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), it is also possible to directly access SIMATIC
controllers (S7-300/S7-400), or access PROFINET participants via “read data record”.
• Detection and fundamental diagnosis of SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500 via SNMP.
• Port statistics: central evaluation of the network utilization of individual ports in the devices: number of received, sent
and rejected telegrams.
• A wide range of mechanisms (DCP, ICMP, ARP, SNMP, PROFINET/SIMATIC diagnosis) are used to collect and
centrally archive diagnostic data from all network components.
• Diagnostic states are reported as events, assigned to the corresponding devices, and highlighted in the device list and
topology. This allows early fault detection.
• The network topology is automatically discovered, displayed and monitored for changes (reference topology).
• Medium type, redundancy and VLANs are graphically displayed.
• Changing topologies (e.g., tool changers) can be monitored without disruptive error messages.
• By structuring the entire network topology into different views, topological hierarchies can be created for the convenient
localization.
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SINEC NMS Fault Management (FCAPS)
Network monitoring
Diagnosis
management
Topology
Fault Management
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SINEC NMS – Network Management System – Method and
phases
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Filtering
possibilities
• Recognition of the IP addresses in the
network
• Identification of network participants via
• DCP
• SNMP
• PROFINET
• Reading of device and diagnostical
information
• SNMP
• PROFINET read record
• SIMATIC S7 Protocol
• Reading of the network topology with
SNMP via LLDP-MIB
• Determination of IP address ranges
that are to be searched
• SCAN is done with the following
protocols:
• Discovery Configuration Protocol
(DCP)
• Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP)
MonitoringNetwork scan
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