F5 Big-IP is monitored via its REST API.

Virtual Server

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets
• Connection: active, rate
• Connection duration

Pool

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets
• Connection active, rate
• Member: active, available

Pool member

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Connection active, rate

Node

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets
• Connection: active, rate

Port

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets
• Error: error, discard

Port Channel

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets

VLAN

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]

System

• CPU
• Memory

Examples

Total:

Health Status:

Configuration:

Topology:

Virtual Server:

Pool:

Port:

Palo Alto is monitored via its REST API.

Monitoring scope

Port

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets
• Error
• Discard

Port Channel

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets
• Error
• Discard

VLAN

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets
• Error
• Discard

VSYS

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets
• Error
• Discard

Tunnel Interface

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets
• Error
• Discard

VPN Tunnel

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Packets

Global Protect

• Tunnels
• Used %
• Users
• Auth Failures

High Availability

• State
• Link-up in %
• Role changer

Data Plane

• CPU in %
• Packet buffer in %
• Descriptor packet in %
• Descriptor on-chip in %
• Packet processing lookup in %
• Packet processing fast path in %
• Packet processing slow path in %

Sensors

• Temperature
• Fan

NAT Pool

• Used in %
• Used addresses/ports

Routing peer

• Peer up
• Prefix received
• Updates/s
• Flap events

Examples

Summary:

Configuration:

Topology:

Port:

VSYS:

Monitoring scope

• Total:
  • Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
  • Packets
  • Error
  • Discard
• Port:
  • Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
  • Packets
  • Error
  • Discard
• CPU
• Memory
• Health status
• Configuration

Examples

CPU usage:

Memory usage:

Port health status:

Port configuration:

Supported models

• Cisco ASA 5500 Series
• Cisco ASA 5500-X Series
• Cisco Firepower 1000 Series (FPR1010, FPR1120, FPR1140, FPR1150, ...)
• Cisco Firepower 2100 Series
• Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
• Cisco Firepower 9300 Series
• Cisco Secure Firewall appliances
• Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) deployments

Supported technology

• Port-Channel
• VLAN
• Physical ports
• HA interface (Active/Standby failover)

Monitored metrics

Interface metrics

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Link utilization [%]
• Packets throughput [packet/sec]
• Error packets [packet/sec]
• Discarded packets [packet/sec]

System metrics

• CPU usage [%]
• Memory usage [%]

Firewall metrics

• Active connections
• Connection rate [conn/sec]
• Max connections
• Half-open connections
• NAT translations
• Packets dropped [packet/sec]
• Firewall drops [packet/sec]

NAT metrics

• Active NAT translations
• NAT translation misses [/sec]

VPN metrics

• IPsec tunnels active
• IKE phase-1 tunnels active
• VPN sessions (AnyConnect / Remote Access)
• SSL users
• IPsec RX/TX throughput [Mbit/sec]
• IKE RX/TX throughput [Mbit/sec]

HA metrics (collected if available)

• HA role status (Active / Standby)

BGP metrics (collected if available)

• BGP peer status (up/down) per peer
• BGP updates in/out [/sec]
• BGP session established time [sec]

QoS metrics (collected if available)

• Per class-map traffic in/out [bytes/sec]
• Per class-map drops [bytes/sec]

Additional features

• Display comprehensive configuration data
• Healthcheck (HW or logical issues on ports or switches)
• Historical reporting
• Alerting: performance metrics
• Alerting: HW issues

Supported network devices (via SNMP)

• Cisco
• Cisco-compatible SNMP MIBs
• HPE Aruba
• Huawei

Monitored metrics

• Data throughput [MB/sec, Mbit/sec]
• Unicast packets throughput [packet/sec]
• CPU, Memory usage
• Error packets [packet/sec]

Supported technology

• Port-Channel
• VLAN
• FEX
• VSS
• Physical ports

Additional features

• LAN Topology
• Display comprehensive configuration data
• Healthcheck (HW or logical issues on ports or switches)
• Historical reporting
• Alerting: performance metrics
• Alerting: HW issues

Examples

Total: data in in bit/sec

Total: CPU usage

Total: heatmap

Switch: health status

FortiGate and all its managed switches are monitored via FortiGate REST API.

Monitored devices

• FortiGate
• FortiSwitch

Monitored components FortiGate

• Port
• VLAN
• Port Channel
• VDOM
• VPN Tunel
• SD-WAN
• Link
• HA
• FortiAP
• CPU
• Sensors

Monitored components FortiSwitch

• Port

Monitored metrics

• Data Mbit/sec
• Packet, error
• CPU
• Memory
• Sessions
• Setup Rate
• SSL VPN (Connections, Tunels, Users)
• Latency
• Jitter
• Packet lost
• Radio data
• Temperature
• Fan
• Voltage

Examples

FortiGate Data:

FortiSwitch summary:

FortiSwitch port:

FortiSwitch Health Status: