diff --git a/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/cisco_dom.py b/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/cisco_dom.py
index 83d8be28734..a18579d0b46 100644
--- a/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/cisco_dom.py
+++ b/cmk/gui/plugins/wato/check_parameters/cisco_dom.py
@@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ def _valuespec_discovery_cisco_dom_rules() -> Dictionary:
                     default_value=["1", "2", "3"],
                 ),
             ),
+            (
+                "operational_states",
+                ListChoice(
+                    title=_("Operational states to discover"),
+                    choices={
+                        1: _("up"),
+                        2: _("down"),
+                        3: _("testing"),
+                        4: _("unknown"),
+                        5: _("dormant"),
+                        6: _("not present"),
+                        7: _("lower layer down"),
+                        8: _("degraded"),
+                    },
+                    toggle_all=True,
+                    default_value=["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8"],
+                ),
+            ),
         ],
     )
 
diff --git a/cmk/plugins/cisco/agent_based/cisco_temperature.py b/cmk/plugins/cisco/agent_based/cisco_temperature.py
index bb4fd0b0136..1708fc41a70 100644
--- a/cmk/plugins/cisco/agent_based/cisco_temperature.py
+++ b/cmk/plugins/cisco/agent_based/cisco_temperature.py
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@
     "3": "testing",
 }
 
+_CISCO_TEMPERATURE_OPER_STATE_MAP = {
+    "1": "up",
+    "2": "down",
+    "3": "testing",
+    "4": "unknown",
+    "5": "dormant",
+    "6": "not present",
+    "7": "lower layer down",
+    "8": "degraded",
+}
+
 
 class EntSensorThresholdRelation(enum.IntEnum):
     LESS_THAN = 1
@@ -427,16 +438,21 @@ def _get_contained_sensor_ids(
 
 
 def _map_admin_states_container(
-    if_oid_admin_states: Mapping[str, str],
+    if_oid_admin_states: Mapping[str, Sequence[str]],
     sensor_if_map: Sequence[Sequence[str]],
     container: Mapping[str, set[str]],
 ) -> Mapping[str, str | None]:
     admin_states_dict = {}
 
     sensor_oid_admin_status_map = {
-        sensor_oid.removesuffix(".0"): _CISCO_TEMPERATURE_ADMIN_STATE_MAP.get(
-            if_oid_admin_states.get(if_ref_oid.split(".")[-1], "")
-        )
+        sensor_oid.removesuffix(".0"): [
+            _CISCO_TEMPERATURE_ADMIN_STATE_MAP.get(
+                if_oid_admin_states.get(if_ref_oid.split(".")[-1], ["", ""])[0]
+            ),
+            _CISCO_TEMPERATURE_OPER_STATE_MAP.get(
+                if_oid_admin_states.get(if_ref_oid.split(".")[-1], ["", ""])[1]
+            ),
+        ]
         for [sensor_oid, if_ref_oid] in sensor_if_map
         # this was written with the expectation that the entAliasMappingIdentifier always
         # points to ifTable. If not, the referenced oid needs to be added to the SNMPTree
@@ -465,7 +481,10 @@ def _map_admin_states(
     # Map admin state of Ethernet ports to sensor_ids of corresponding ethernet port sensors.
     # Since the naming schema in the description can differ between interfaces and physical entities
     # use the entAliasMappingIdentifier to map between the ifEntry and the entPhysicalEntry
-    if_oid_admin_states = {if_oid: admin_state for if_oid, if_name, admin_state in admin_states}
+    if_oid_admin_states = {
+        if_oid: [admin_state, oper_state]
+        for if_oid, if_name, admin_state, oper_state in admin_states
+    }
     admin_states_dict = _map_admin_states_container(if_oid_admin_states, sensor_if_map, container)
 
     if len(admin_states_dict) == 0:  # fallback if entAliasMapping did not work
@@ -533,6 +552,7 @@ def _map_admin_states(
                 OIDEnd(),
                 OIDCached("2"),  # Description of the sensor
                 OIDCached("7"),  # ifAdminStatus
+                OIDCached("8"),  # ifOperStatus
             ],
         ),
         SNMPTree(
@@ -638,11 +658,22 @@ def discover_cisco_temperature_dom(params: Mapping[str, Any], section: Section)
         _CISCO_TEMPERATURE_ADMIN_STATE_MAP[admin_state]
         for admin_state in params.get("admin_states", ["1"])
     } | {None}
+    oper_states_to_discover = {
+        _CISCO_TEMPERATURE_OPER_STATE_MAP[oper_state]
+        for oper_state in params.get("operational_states")
+    } | {None}
     for item, attrs in parsed_dom.items():
-        dev_state = attrs.get("raw_dev_state")
-        adm_state = attrs.get("admin_state")
-        if dev_state == "1" and adm_state in admin_states_to_discover:
-            yield Service(item=item)
+        try:
+            dev_state = attrs.get("raw_dev_state")
+            adm_state, oper_state = attrs.get("admin_state")
+            if (
+                dev_state == "1"
+                and adm_state in admin_states_to_discover
+                and oper_state in oper_states_to_discover
+            ):
+                yield Service(item=item)
+        except TypeError:
+            continue
 
 
 def _determine_levels(
@@ -707,7 +738,10 @@ def check_cisco_temperature_dom(
     service_name="DOM %s",
     sections=["cisco_temperature"],
     discovery_function=discover_cisco_temperature_dom,
-    discovery_default_parameters={"admin_states": ["1"]},
+    discovery_default_parameters={
+        "admin_states": ["1"],
+        "operational_states": ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8"],
+    },
     discovery_ruleset_name="discovery_cisco_dom_rules",
     check_function=check_cisco_temperature_dom,
     check_ruleset_name="cisco_dom",