Enabling and Viewing Snmp Logs

Enabling and Viewing SNMP Logs

Field	Description

sc-status	The Firebox SSL VPN Gateway-to-client request status code. For a description of status
	codes, refer to http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html.

cs-uri	The client-to-Firebox SSL VPN Gateway request URI.

sc-uri	The Firebox SSL VPN Gateway-to-client request URI.

To view or download the log, go to the Logging > Configuration tab and click Download W3C Log.

When Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is enabled, the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway reports the MIB-II system group (1.3.6.1.2.1). The Firebox SSL VPN Gateway does not support Firebox SSL VPN Gateway-specific SNMP data.

You can view SNMP messages in the Administration Tool and you can configure an SNMP monitoring tool such as the Multi Router Traffic Grapher to provide a visual representation of the SNMP data reported by the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway in response to queries. For a sample of Traffic Grapher output, see “Multi Router Traffic Grapher Example” on page 139.

To enable logging of SNMP messages

1Click the VPN Gateway Cluster tab and then click the Logging/Settings tab.

2 Under SNMP Settings, select Enable SNMP.

3 In SNMP Location, type the SNMP location. This field is informational only. 4 In SNMP Contact, type the contact. This field is informational only.

5 In Community, type the community. This field is informational only. 6 In Port, type the port.

7 Click Submit.

Multi Router Traffic Grapher Example

The Multi Router Traffic Grapher is a tool used to monitor SNMP data, such as traffic load. Multi Router Traffic Grapher generates HTML pages containing PNG images that provide a visual representation of the traffic. Multi Router Traffic Grapher works under UNIX, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003.

Note

The information in this section provides a general overview of working with Multi Router Traffic Grapher. For information about obtaining and using this tool, visit the Multi Router Traffic Grapher Web site at

http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/.

Administration Guide

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