Zabbix and SCADA: Who watches the watchers?

Yuri SuslovInstrument & Systems Manager, Apache Egypt JV

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Who is Apache

Apache Corporation is an upstream oil & gas exploration and production company with operations in USA, UK North Sea, Egypt and Suriname.

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Industrial Automation terminologySCADA - Supervisory Control and Data AcquisitionDCS - Distributed Control SystemPLC, RTU, ESD, F&G, etc.

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Salam Base Gas Plant

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Operations

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Operations

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MaintenanceSystem Status display

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Complex monitoring is a challenge 9 remote locations 3 main OEM suppliers (Honeywell, GE & Rockwell) Multiple PLC types from several vendors Almost all generations of Windows (W2K,XP,7,10,2003/08/12) Communication over fiber optic, WiMax and VHF Radio

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Complex monitoring is a challenge 31 Physical and Virtual Servers (Windows, CentOS, VMWare) 51 Operator Stations (Windows) 102 Network Devices (Cisco, Hirschmann, Systech, Digi, Ubiquiti, Cambium, Comtrol) 33 Process Controllers (Honeywell, GE, Rockwell) 17 ESD / F&G Controllers (Honeywell, GE) Printers, cabinet fans, power supplies, batteries, etc.

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Why Zabbix?

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Why Zabbix?

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Why Zabbix?

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System Architecture

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System Architecture

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System Architecture

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System Architecture

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Main dashboard

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Maps

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PC-based hardware

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PC-based hardware

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PC-based hardware

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PC-based hardware

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OPC server per-process memory

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Communication Equipment

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Communication Equipment

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Domain Infrastructure

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Backup Infrastructure

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Overall System Health

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Detail Diagnostic

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Detail Diagnostic

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Special Case

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Special Case

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Few more parameters to monitor<add Cimplicity DB size>

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Remote Well Heads

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Remote Line Break Valves

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Daily notification by e-mail with PDF report

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Integration with other systems

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Integration with other systems

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Thanks for Zabbix Team

E-mail: Yuri.Suslov@khalda-eg.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuri-suslov