The Live Traffic provide a live visual representation of the traffic load across network links. Graphs are similar to that of MRTG, with the aim of providing a simple way to see exactly how much inbound and outbound traffic was generated for each device.
Ensure you configure SNMP settings in firewall devices to get live reports.
Note: | SNMP base Live report graphs are not available for virtual Firewalls (vdom). |
The procedure to configure the SNMP protocol settings of Firewall devices in the Firewall Analyzer is given below:
Note: | If SNMP query is not successful, error message will be displayed on top of the page. Upon error, ensure the credentials provided are correct. Also ensure you have provided Management access through the source interface for SNMP protocol. |
Once the 'Live Settings' is added successfully, the Edit | Disable | Delete SNMP options are displayed to respective devices in Interface Live Reports Dashboard. The Live Reports and Interface Live Reports are populated with SNMP data.
Using the SNMP parameters configured, all the devices will be queried to get interface details. To configure/enable SNMP protocol in individual Firewall devices, refer the respective device configuration documents. Fortigate, Netscreen, Cisco PIX, Cisco ASA, Cisco Firewalls using ASDM tool
Once the SNMP settings is done for Live Reports, we skip the syslog data and use SNMP data for Live Reports. To switch to syslog option either disabling or deleting the SNMP settings. You could find this option to the right of device name in Interface/Zone Live Reports dashboard.
Select the name of the device from the dropdown of the device list, to see the live reports for that device alone, over all the time periods described above.
The graphs for each device shows the minimum, maximum, and average amount of incoming and outgoing traffic through that device, over several time periods. Traffic is broken down into the last day, last week and last month, with an average granularity of 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes respectively. Details of the Live traffic graph can be zoomed in by selecting the required portion of the graph.
The incoming and outgoing bandwidth can be viewed in Kbps/Mbps/Gbps.
Note: | Live Reports will not be available for devices whose logs do not contain the "duration" field. For example: WatchGuard, SonicWall, Astaro, IP Filter Linux Firewall, etc... |
Click the Live Reports link present inside the list of reports for a device, to see the live reports for that device alone, over specific time periods.
The graphs for each device shows the minimum, maximum, and average amount of outgoing traffic through that device, over several time periods. Traffic is broken down into the last day, last week, and last month, with an average granularity of 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes respectively. Details of the Live traffic graph can be zoomed in by selecting the required portion of the graph.
The outgoing bandwidth can be viewed in Kbps/Mbps/Gbps.
Note: | Live Reports will not be available for devices whose logs do not contain the "duration" field. |