Configure SNMP in SonicWALL device
Configure SNMP in SonicWALL device
Article Applies To:
Gen6 SM E10000 series: NSA E10800, NSA E10400, NSA E10200, NSA E10100
Gen6 SM 9000 series: NSA 9600, NSA 9400, NSA 9200
Gen6 NSA Series: NSA 6600, NSA 5600, NSA 4600, NSA 3600, NSA 2600
Gen5 NSA E-Class series: NSA E8510, E8500, NSA E7500, NSA E6500, NSA E5500
Gen5 NSA series: NSA 5000, NSA 4500, NSA 3500, NSA 2400, NSA 2400 MX, NSA 240, NSA 220, NSA 220 /W. NSA 250M, NSA 250M /W.
Gen5 TZ Series: TZ 215, TZ 215 W, TZ 210, TZ 210 W, TZ 205, TZ 205 W, TZ 200, TZ 200 W, TZ 105, TZ 105 W, TZ 100, TZ 100 W
Firmware/Software Version: SonicOS (5.9 & above) and SonicOS (6.1 & above)
Services: SNMP Traffic
Feature/Application:
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a network protocol used over User Datagram Protocol (UDP) that allows network administrators to monitor the status of the SonicWALL security appliance and receive notification of critical events as they occur on the network. The SonicWALL security appliance supports SNMP v1/v2c and all relevant Management Information Base II (MIB) groups except egp and at. The SonicWALL security appliance replies to SNMP Get commands for MIBII via any interface and supports a custom SonicWALLMIB for generating trap messages. The custom SonicWALL MIB is available for download from the SonicWALL Web site and can be loaded into third-party SNMP management software such as HP Open view, Tivoli, or SNMPC.
Procedure:
Step 1: Configure SNMP in SonicWALL device
Step 2: Configuring SNMP & adding SonicWALL unit in PRTG Monitoring software
Step 1: Configure SNMP in SonicWALL device
1) Enable SNMP and configure SNMP parameters
Please login to the SonicWALL Management GUI as admin.
2) Enable SNMP on the SonicWALL interface
Please login to the SonicWALL Management GUI as admin.
Navigate to Network > Interfaces and click on the configure button in front of the LAN & WAN interface.
>> LAN Interface (X0):
>> WAN Interface (X1):
Step 2: Configuring SNMP & adding SonicWALL unit in PRTG Monitoring software
Open the SNMP software and register the SonicWALL. (You can download and install a free edition of PRTG from http://www.paessler.com/prtg/download)
Screen shots for PRTG (V14.2.9.1689) are attached below, just enter the SonicWALL appliance's LAN IP address, along with the community string and it will start gathering data from the SonicWALL
Select Device tab in the PRTG software. Under Overview Click Add Device button to add your sonicwall device.
You will find the new device which we added. Click Add Sensor button to select the sensor type.
Select the interface for which you would like to monitor traffic. In this scenario select X0, X1 & W0 interface and click Continue button
Now you can see the sensor information for all the interface with the traffic rate
How to Test
In order to test the SNMP traffic. Select any one interface to see its traffic rate with graph. Click on X0 interface to see the information as below
The Live data can be shown in the graph format as below for the X0 interface
Gen6 SM E10000 series: NSA E10800, NSA E10400, NSA E10200, NSA E10100
Gen6 SM 9000 series: NSA 9600, NSA 9400, NSA 9200
Gen6 NSA Series: NSA 6600, NSA 5600, NSA 4600, NSA 3600, NSA 2600
Gen5 NSA E-Class series: NSA E8510, E8500, NSA E7500, NSA E6500, NSA E5500
Gen5 NSA series: NSA 5000, NSA 4500, NSA 3500, NSA 2400, NSA 2400 MX, NSA 240, NSA 220, NSA 220 /W. NSA 250M, NSA 250M /W.
Gen5 TZ Series: TZ 215, TZ 215 W, TZ 210, TZ 210 W, TZ 205, TZ 205 W, TZ 200, TZ 200 W, TZ 105, TZ 105 W, TZ 100, TZ 100 W
Firmware/Software Version: SonicOS (5.9 & above) and SonicOS (6.1 & above)
Services: SNMP Traffic
Feature/Application:
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a network protocol used over User Datagram Protocol (UDP) that allows network administrators to monitor the status of the SonicWALL security appliance and receive notification of critical events as they occur on the network. The SonicWALL security appliance supports SNMP v1/v2c and all relevant Management Information Base II (MIB) groups except egp and at. The SonicWALL security appliance replies to SNMP Get commands for MIBII via any interface and supports a custom SonicWALLMIB for generating trap messages. The custom SonicWALL MIB is available for download from the SonicWALL Web site and can be loaded into third-party SNMP management software such as HP Open view, Tivoli, or SNMPC.
Procedure:
Step 1: Configure SNMP in SonicWALL device
Step 2: Configuring SNMP & adding SonicWALL unit in PRTG Monitoring software
Step 1: Configure SNMP in SonicWALL device
1) Enable SNMP and configure SNMP parameters
Please login to the SonicWALL Management GUI as admin.
- Navigate to System -> SNMP
- Check the box 'Enable SNMP'.
- Click on the 'Configure' button and supply the parameters for SNMP or keep the defaults for general configuration.
- Click the 'OK' button.
- Click the Apply button on the top of the page.
2) Enable SNMP on the SonicWALL interface
Please login to the SonicWALL Management GUI as admin.
Navigate to Network > Interfaces and click on the configure button in front of the LAN & WAN interface.
>> LAN Interface (X0):
- In the 'Management' section of Edit X0 interface window, check the 'SNMP' box.
- Click the 'OK' button.
>> WAN Interface (X1):
- In the 'Management' section of Edit X1 interface window, check the 'SNMP' box.
- Click the 'OK' button.
Step 2: Configuring SNMP & adding SonicWALL unit in PRTG Monitoring software
Open the SNMP software and register the SonicWALL. (You can download and install a free edition of PRTG from http://www.paessler.com/prtg/download)
Screen shots for PRTG (V14.2.9.1689) are attached below, just enter the SonicWALL appliance's LAN IP address, along with the community string and it will start gathering data from the SonicWALL
Select Device tab in the PRTG software. Under Overview Click Add Device button to add your sonicwall device.
- In the device name enter SonicWALL TZ 200 (You should use the same name which you used in SNMP configuration of SonicWALL
- In IPV4- Address/DNS Name 192.168.168.168 (IP address of the SonicWALL interface to which server is connected)
- Device Icon: Select Dell Icon
You will find the new device which we added. Click Add Sensor button to select the sensor type.
- Select SNMP under Technology Used
- Select SNMP Traffic under Matching Sensor Type
Select the interface for which you would like to monitor traffic. In this scenario select X0, X1 & W0 interface and click Continue button
Now you can see the sensor information for all the interface with the traffic rate
How to Test
In order to test the SNMP traffic. Select any one interface to see its traffic rate with graph. Click on X0 interface to see the information as below
The Live data can be shown in the graph format as below for the X0 interface
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