Enabling Snmp - Cisco PIX 500 Series Configuration Manual

Chapter 42 Monitoring the Security Appliance
Table 42-1 SNMP MIB and Trap Support (continued)
MIB or Trap Support
Cisco Firewall MIB
Cisco Memory Pool MIB
Cisco Process MIB
Cisco Syslog MIB

Enabling SNMP

The SNMP agent that runs on the adaptive security appliance performs two functions:
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To enable the SNMP agent and identify an NMS that can connect to the adaptive security appliance,
perform the following steps:
Ensure that the SNMP server on the adaptive security appliance is enabled by entering the following
Step 1
command:
hostname(config)# snmp-server enable
The SNMP server is enabled by default.
To identify the IP address of the NMS that can connect to the adaptive security appliance, enter the
Step 2
following command:
hostname(config)# snmp-server host interface_name ip_address [trap | poll] [community
text ] [version 1 | 2c ] [udp-port port ]
Where interface_name is the name of the NMS and ip_address is the IP address of the NMS.
Specify trap or poll if you want to limit the NMS to receiving traps only or browsing (polling) only. By
default, the NMS can use both functions.
SNMP traps are sent on UDP port 162 by default. You can change the port number using the udp-port
keyword.
To specify the community string, enter the following command:
Step 3
hostname(config)# snmp-server community key
OL-12172-03
Description
The adaptive security appliance supports browsing of the following
groups:
The adaptive security appliance supports browsing of the following table:
The adaptive security appliance supports browsing of the following table:
The adaptive security appliance supports the following trap:
You cannot browse this MIB.
Replies to SNMP requests from NMSs.
Sends traps (event notifications) to NMSs.
cfwSystem
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The information is cfwSystem.cfwStatus, which relates to failover
status, pertains to the entire device and not just a single context.
• ciscoMemoryPoolTable—The memory usage described in this table
applies only to the security appliance general-purpose processor, and
not to the network processors.
cpmCPUTotalTable
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clogMessageGenerated
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Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide
Using SNMP
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