topic Cisco FTD interfaces monitoring in Network Security

Cisco FTD interfaces monitoring

IamSamSaul — Tue, 24 May 2022 20:01:44 GMT

Hello Team,

I got two Cisco FTDs being managed by Cisco FMC. I'm looking for a way to monitor the interfaces (inside and outside) of both FTDs when there is change in their status i.e. Up, Down, when there is no traffic passing through them etc.

I have installed a free version of Kiwi Syslog and configured SNMP in FMC under platform settings but unfortunately I'm not receiving any data on Syslog server. Am I missing something? Or maybe there are other ways to achieve this.

Thanks & Regards,

Sam

Re: Cisco FTD interfaces monitoring

Rob Ingram — Tue, 24 May 2022 20:06:34 GMT

@IamSamSaul well SNMP is what you need to monitor the device and get interface information. You wouldn't use a SYSLOG server when using SNMP for monitoring, you need an NMS that supports SNMP, such as PRTG or Solarwinds

Platform Settings is the correct place to configure SNMP settings.

Re: Cisco FTD interfaces monitoring

IamSamSaul — Tue, 24 May 2022 20:09:51 GMT

Thanks Rob for your reply. I'll install a trail version of PRTG (free for 100 sensors) and see I can get it working.